| õBack to Calendar |
Friday, July 16th, 2010 |
||
463 - Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius 622 - Origin of the Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH) 1212 - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain 1439 - Kissing is banned in England 1548 - La Paz, Bolivia is founded 1769 - Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif 1775 - John Adams graduates Harvard 1790 - Congress establishes District of Columbia 1798 - US Public Health Service established & US Marine Hospital authorized 1845 - NY Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta 1862 - David G Farragut became 1st rear admiral in US Navy 1893 - A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia 1894 - Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners 1894 - Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England 1898 - A Charlois discovers asteroid #437 Rhodia 1904 - Islands of the Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs 1909 - AL's longest scoreless game, Senators & Tigers 0-0 in 18 1910 - J Helffrich discovers asteroid #702 Alauda 1912 - Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske 1920 - Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief 1920 - Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1920 - US wins Davis Cup sweeping Australia in 5 straight matches 1926 - National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1927 - Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua 1934 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka 1935 - 1st automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok 1936 - 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY 1936 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri 1936 - NY Giants are 10« games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant 1941 - 100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1941 - Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game 1945 - 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico 1946 - Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in SF history) 1947 - Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight In the nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19 1948 - Leo Durocher changes managership from Dodgers to Giants 1950 - Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 1950 - Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro 1951 - Novel "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger published 1955 - "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland 1956 - Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1956 - Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR 1956 - Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent 1957 - Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) 1960 - 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer 1960 - George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit HRs with a runner on 1961 - Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1967 - Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida) 1969 - Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on the Moon, launched 1970 - Pitts Pirates replaces Forbes Field with 3 River Stadium 1973 - During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes 1974 - Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2964 1976 - Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years 1980 - Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by Republicans in Detroit 1981 - Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously 1982 - NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth 1983 - 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident 1985 - F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph) 1985 - NL beats AL 6-1 in th All Star Game (HHH Metrodome, Minn) 1987 - Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of the season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1988 - Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec 1988 - Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's hepathlete record of 7,215 pts 1988 - Michael J Fox marries Tracy Pollan 1988 - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings 1988 - Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton 1990 - 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in the Philippines 1990 - NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities 1990 - Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premiers on ABC-TV DannyCarlton.net • BytheFireplace.com • America.NeedsYourPrayers.com • LookListenLearn.org • radioJesus.com • phpBible.org • Memorite Rogue • JackLewis.net • TulsaTalk.net • ElevenOClock.com • SpelChek.com • Red Primer |
|||