Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
The Battle of Agincourt took place on this day in 1415, which resulted in an English victory over the French. On this day in 1881, artist Pablo Picasso was born. The Bolsheviks took over in Russia on this day in 1917 (the October Revolution). On this day in 1944, the first kamikaze attack of World War II took place. In 1983 on this day, the United States invaded the Caribbean island of Grenada.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• 625 - Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Royal France
• This day in 1131 marked the crowning of Louis VII the Young as King of France.
• 1147 - King Afonso I of Portugal occupiers Lisbon
1147 - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
1241 - Goffredo Castiglioni elected as Pope Coelestinus IV (-Nov 10 1241)
1315 - Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw, led an attack on Liverpool Castle.
• On this day in 1415 in northern France, England won the Battle of Agincourt over France during the Hundred Years' War. Welsh longbowmen defeated armored knights. Almost 6,000 Frenchmen were killed while fewer than 400 were lost by the English.
1415 - John IV van Bourgondy becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
• 1492 - Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)
• 1492 - Christopher Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic
• 1521 - Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam
• 1555 - Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan
• 1577 - Pope Gregory XIII asks renewal of ecclesiastical hymns
• 1596 - Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland
• 1616 - VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
• 1621 - Gov Bradford of US colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day
• 1666 - Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Neth form anti-French Quadruple Alliance
• 1671 - Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn
• 1747 - British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
Explorer of the New World Christopher ColumbusExplorer of the New World Christopher Columbus
• 1760 - George III becomes King of Great Britain.
• 1812 - US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian
1825 - Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes & Atlantic Ocean
1828 - The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
1854 - Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die
1854 - Prince Menshikov of Krim occupies British base at Balaclava
1859 - Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)
1861 - Telegraph message sent from St Louis to SF
• 1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange created.
1864 - Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)
1864 - Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS & Turkeytown, AL
1870 - Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore
1870 - Postcards 1st used in US
Bust of Russian Romantic era composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• 1875 - The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist.
• The iconic painter and founder of "Cubism," Pablo Picasso, was born in Malaga, Spain, on this day in 1881.
Composer Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyComposer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1884 - 1st World Series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps NY Mets (AA) in 3
• 1885 - John Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres
1891 - 1st International 6 day bike race (NY Madison Square Garden) ends
1893 - Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr Jameson beats Ndebeles
The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, South Africa.
• On this day in 1900 during the Anglo-Boer War, Great Britain annexed the Transvaal.
1902 - Maksin Gorki's "Na dne," premieres in Moscow
1902 - Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die
• 1906 - Georges Clemenceau succeeds Ferdinand Sarien premier of France
• 1906 - US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting
• 1907 - Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden
• 1915 - Atty James L Curtis named minister of Liberia
1917 - Pan-Russian Congress opens in Petrograd
1918 - Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die
1923 - Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal
1924 - "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published
1925 - Lester Patrick takes over NY Rangers
1925 - Rightist German ministers disavows Treaty of Locarno
1926 - Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach & gm of NY Rangers
1929 - Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe
1930 - 1st football game in Atlantic City Convention Center
1930 - 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began
1932 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Company consultant
Italian Dictator Benito MussoliniItalian Dictator Benito Mussolini
• 1932 - Benito Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years
• 1935 - Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie & Jacmel Haiti
• 1937 - Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money
1937 - Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees
1938 - Japanese troops occupies Hankou & Wuhan
1938 - The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces Swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell".
1939 - George Kaufman/Moss Hart's "Man Who Came to Dinner," premieres in NYC
1939 - William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," premieres in NYC
1940 - Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army
1940 - Col Bo Davis attains rank of Brigadier General
1940 - Duke, Latouche & Felter's musical premieres in NYC
1940 - US Army Gen Benjamin Davis becomes 1st black general
1941 - 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine
1941 - Germany attacks Moscow
Statue of soldier, author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London
• 1941 - Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia
Soldier, author, journalist, politician Winston ChurchillSoldier, author, journalist, politician Winston Churchill 1942 - 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive
1942 - Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins
• 1942 - Field Marshal Rommel back in North-Africa
1943 - Burma railroad completed & opens
1944 - Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink
1944 - Battle at Samar-island
1944 - Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed
1944 - Gas output stopped in Amsterdam
• 1945 - Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek
1946 - 1st trial against nazi war criminals (Neurenberg)
1947 - "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 27 perfs
1947 - Bradman scores 156 for SA v the Indians, 152 mins, 22 fours
1947 - Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan & Fred Saigh for $4M
1948 - Special Council of Annulment convicts F Weinreb for collaboration
1950 - Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
German WWII Field Marshal Erwin RommelGerman WWII Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 1950 - Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris
1950 - Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia
1951 - Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom
1952 - 1st Dutch edition of youth magazine "Donald Duck"
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Le Drapeau Tricolore (Tricour Flag) which was a product of the French Revolution, and which remains the national flag of France to this day.
• In 1952 on this day, French President Vincent Auriol inaugurated the Donzère Mondragon Dam.
1952 - Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's 1st Test century 124* v India
1953 - Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
1953 - Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
1953 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch completes his 10th Symphony
1953 - KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, CA (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1955 - Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938
1955 - Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates
1955 - Tappan sells 1st microwave oven
1956 - White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him
1957 - Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed
1960 - 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC
• 1960 - Cuba nationalizes all remaining US businesses
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 - 110th member of UN admitted (Uganda)
1962 - 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation
Author John SteinbeckAuthor John Steinbeck
Nobel Prize
• On this day in 1962, American author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• In 1962 on this day during the Cuban Missile Crisis, American ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson demanded answers from Soviet ambassador Zorin regarding Cuban missile bases and declared, "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over."
• In 1963 on this day less than a month before JFK's fateful visit to Dallas, anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets were scattered in Dallas, Texas.
• 1963 - Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1964 - Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1964 - Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety
• 1965 - Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
1966 - 6 youths sentenced in "Johnson murderer!" in Amsterdam
1968 - Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler
1968 - Longest Oly field hockey game, Hol beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT)
Ran into this image of John Lennon, and just thought it was cool, as well as appropriate for the day, given that Paul McCartney was in town (Syracuse, New York, June 2022).
• 1968 - Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby
• 1971 - Belgium & China PR establish diplomatic relations
Artist & Musician Yoko OnoArtist & Musician Yoko Ono 1971 - General Meeting of UN agrees to admit China PR
1971 - Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
Flag of the United Nations
• 1971 - UN votes to expel Chinese Nationalist-ruled Taiwan & admit Red China
1972 - Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
1972 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Kenneth J Arrow & John R Hicks
1973 - Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship
1973 - Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock & Vic Harris
1973 - SF Giants trade Willie McCovey to SD Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell
1974 - Air Force fires 1st ICBM
1974 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad
1974 - Wings release "Junior's Farm"
1975 - Denver Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits
1975 - USSR's Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing
1976 - 5th Enterprise, approach & lands test (ALT) flight
• 1976 - Gov Wallace grants full pardon to Clarence Norris, last known survivor of 9 Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 rape
1977 - Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
1978 - Israeli government approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace
1978 - Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)
1979 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1980 - Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
Singer-songwriter & Actress Barbra StreisandSinger-songwriter & Actress Barbra Streisand 1980 - Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
1981 - 11th NYC Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe in 2:25:29
1981 - 12th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13
1981 - 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missile
1981 - Allison Roe (2:25:29) & Alberto Salazar (2:08:13) win NYC marathon
1981 - George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator
1982 - David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA v Victoria
• 1983 - US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population
1984 - "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC)
1984 - Hepatitis virus is discovered
1984 - King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels
1984 - Rangers beat Devils 11-2
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Flag of Germany (formerly West Germany during the Cold War)
• 1984 - West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption
1985 - Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
New York Yankees Owner George SteinbrennerNew York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner 1985 - Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit
Flag of South Africa during the apartheid era
• On this day in 1986, the International Red Cross voted to suspend South Africa as a member of the organization because of its policy of apartheid, or official racial segregation. The vote took place during the 25th International Conference of the Red Cross in Geneva late in October of 1986.
1986 - Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS
• 1986 - Trailing 5-3 with 2 out & no one on in bottom of 10th, NY rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
1987 - Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series
1988 - ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets
1988 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 - Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 - NY Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)
1991 - Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah
1992 - "Dancing at Lughnasa" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 421 perfs
1992 - "Jake's Women" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 245 performances
1992 - Rene Lachemann hired as Fla Marlins 1st manager
The flag of Lithuania.
• 1992 - Lithuania holds a referendum on its first post-Soviet constitution.
1993 - Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead
Champion Boxer Evander HolyfieldChampion Boxer Evander Holyfield
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• In 1993 on this day, Canada's Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois won parliamentary elections.
1993 - Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record
1994 - Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them)
1995 - "Victor/Victoria," opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 738 performances
1996 - Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
1997 - After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
2001 - Windows XP first became available.
• 2004 - Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8.
2007 - The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
• 2009 - The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
• 2012 - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage
1812 - During the War of 1812, the U.S. frigate United States captured the British vessel Macedonian. 1854 - The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians. He took his troops into a valley and suffered 40 percent caualties. Later it was revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally. 1870 - The first U.S. trademark was given. The recipient was the Averill Chemical Paint Company of New York City. 1917 - The Bolsheviks (Communists) under Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Russia. 1929 - Alber B. Fall, of U.S. President Harding's cabinet, was found guilty of taking a bribe. He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000. 1939 - "The Time of Your Life," by William Saroyan, opened in New York. 1951 - In Panmunjom, peace talks concerning the Korean War resumed after 63 days. 1954 - A U.S. cabinet meeting was televised for the first time. 1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company. 1958 - U.S. Marines withdrew from Beirut, Lebanon. They had been sent in on July 25, 1958, to protect the nation's pro-Western government. 1960 - The Accutron watch by the Bulova Watch Company was introduced. 1962 - U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. 1962 - American author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. 1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and admit mainland China. 1983 - U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada's Communist (pro-Cuban) government. 1990 - It was announced by U.S. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney that the Pentagon was planning to send 100,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia. 2000 - AT&T Corp. announced that it would restructure into a family of four separately traded companies (consumer, business, broadband and wireless). 2001 - It was announced that scientists had unearthed the remains of an ancient crocodile which lived 110 million years ago. The animal, found in Gadoufaoua, Niger, grew as long as 40 feet and weighed as much as eight metric tons.
1400 Geoffrey Chaucer died in London. 1415 The Battle of Agincourt between England and France during the Hundred Years War took place. 1760 King George III of Britain was crowned. 1854 The Charge of the Light Brigade took place at Balaklava during the Crimean War. 1962 John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1971 The U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan. 1983 The United States invaded the Caribbean nation of Grenada.
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