Today in History for 26th October 2018: Historical Events 1942 – Fourth day of battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough 1951 – Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden 1952 – Pakistan’s 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India 1975 – Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games …
Today in History for 26th September 2018: Historical Events 1777 – British General William Howe occupies Philadelphia during American Revolution 1921 – Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7 1946 – 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993 1954 – Typhoon hits Japan – 5 ferryboats sink killing about …
Today in History for 26th August 2018: Historical Events 1966 – Balt Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs 1971 – NY Giant football team announces they’re leaving Bronx for NJ in 1975 1983 – Floods destroy most of the old town of Bilbao, Spain. 1986 – Rosa Mota wins …
Today in History for 26th July 2018: Historical Events 1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain (nicknamed “gasometer”). 1944 – US offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles 1948 – President Harry Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 to desegregate the US armed forces, directing “equality of treatment and opportunity” in …
Today in History for 26th June 2018: Historical Events 1630 – Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde 1797 – Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow, though farmers fear effects of iron on soil 1952 – Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1962 – Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, …
Today in History for 26th May 2018: Historical Events 1898 – San Francisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utilities 1906 – Archaeological Institute of America forms 1918 – Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1923 – 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d’Endurance is run 1987 – US Supreme Court ruled dangerous …
Today in History for 26th April 2018: Historical Events 757 – Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 1937 – German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain 1980 – Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120 feet 1983 – 1983 NFL Draft: John Elway from University …
Today in History for 26th March 2018: Historical Events 1526 – King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru 1889 – Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! South Africa v England 1958 – The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a …
Today in History for 26th February 2018: Historical Events 1534 – Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht 1839 – 1st Grand National: Jem Mason aboard Lottery wins 1930 – 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC) 1935 – RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt …
Today in History for 26th January 2018: Historical Events 1891 – Oscar Wilde’s “Duchess of Padua” premieres in NYC 1934 – Nazi Germany and Poland sign 10-year non-aggression treaty 1961 – 1st woman personal physician to a US president – Janet G. Travell (to John F. Kennedy) 1970 – Pendleton, Ford and Cryer’s “Last Sweet …
Today in History for 26th December 2017: Historical Events 268 – Pope St Dionysius dies 1943 – British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst 1946 – Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) 1950 – Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($ 6M for 6 yrs) 1954 – Cleveland …
Today in History for 26th November 2017: Historical Events 1905 – 1st Australasian Championships: Rodney Heath beats Albert Curtis (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4) 1943 – Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie “Girl Crazy” released 1950 – China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River 1955 – 43rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, …
Today in History for 26th September 2017: Historical Events 1733 – France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant 1908 – Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader 1948 – Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914 1978 – NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker …
Today in History for 26th August 2017: Historical Events 1071 – Battle of Manzikert, Byzantine Armenia (modern Malazgirt, Turkey). Fought between Byzantine Empire and Seljuq Turks. 1648 – People’s uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin 1938 – British leaders and Arabians fight in Palestine 1971 – NY Giant football team announces they’re leaving …
Today in History for 26th July 2017: Historical Events 1579 – Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean 1866 – Canoe Club opens in England 1881 – French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax 1966 – Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not …
Today in History for 26th June 2017: Historical Events 1879 – Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt 1968 – Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US 1989 – Supreme Court rules 16 year olds can receive death penalty 1991 – ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress 2015 – US Supreme Court …
Today in History for 26th May 2017: Historical Events 1828 – Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg. 1918 – Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1963 – 62nd Women’s French Championships: Lesley Turner beats Ann Jones (2-6, 6-3, 7-5) 1987 – William H Webster replaces Robert M …
Today in History for 26th April 2017: Historical Events 757 – Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 1514 – Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn 1654 – Jews are expelled from Brazil 1905 – Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate …