Today in History for 19th February 2017: Historical Events 197 – Lucius Septimius Severus’ army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon 1910 – Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is freed from her first periods of forced isolation and goes on to cause several further outbreaks of typhoid in the New York area 1945 – US 5th Fleet …
Today in History for 19th January 2017: Historical Events 1419 – French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War 1898 – Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game 1932 – Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds …
Today in History for 19th December 2016: Historical Events 1881 – Opera “Hérodiade” is produced (Brussels) 1931 – Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG 1931 – Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia 1962 – Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1980 – Mutual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater 1988 …
Today in History for 19th November 2016: Historical Events 1644 – First protestant ministry society in New England 1952 – Spain joins UNESCO 1977 – Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt 1984 – Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die 1985 – In the largest civil verdict in US history, Pennzoil wins $ …
Today in History for 19th October 2016: Historical Events 1298 – Rindfleisch-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered 1932 – British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union 1932 – Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP 1943 – Theater Guild presentation of “Othello” opens at Shubert 1960 – US imposes …