Today in History for 30th April 2018: Historical Events 1860 – Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) 1981 – “Can-Can” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances 1997 – “London Assurance” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances 1997 – 42 million watch Ellen DeGeneres publicly declare she is gay 2001 – US …
Today in History for 30th March 2018: Historical Events 1866 – Bedrich Smetana’s “Verkaufte Braut” (Sold Bride) premieres 1919 – Paul Claudel’s “Tête d’Or” premieres in Paris 1952 – Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women’s Golf Open 1964 – Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race 1970 – USSR wins its 8th straight …
Today in History for 30th January 2018: Historical Events 1889 – Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76) 1941 – Australian troops conquer Derna, Libya 1945 – “Wilhelm Gustloff” torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 9,400 die 1959 – Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test v England, Adelaide Oval 1968 …
Today in History for 30th December 2017: Historical Events 1666 – Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname 1903 – Electric arc lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago leaving 602 dead in one of the deadliest blazes in American history 1922 – Creation of the USSR formally proclaimed in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre, Soviet …
Today in History for 30th November 2017: Historical Events 1915 – St John Ervine’s “John Ferguson” premieres in Dublin 1922 – 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho 1953 – Edward Mutesa II, kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda 1968 – …
Today in History for 30th September 2017: Historical Events 1919 – Race riot at Elaine Arkansas 1953 – Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record) 1965 – Donovan’s 1st US TV appearance (Shindig) 1988 – LA Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings 1988 – …
Today in History for 30th August 2017: Historical Events 1721 – Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1901 – Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner 1933 – Air France forms from five French airlines 1956 – White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield High School, Texas 1971 – WNPI TV channel 18 …
Today in History for 30th July 2017: Historical Events 1678 – English troops land in Flanders 1870 – The Republic of Klipdrift is proclaimed by Transvaal President Andries Pretorius after the discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters; ownership of the diamond fields was contested by the …
Today in History for 30th June 2017: Historical Events 1559 – King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery. 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope 1893 – Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered 1913 – To increase the …
Today in History for 30th May 2017: Historical Events 1574 – Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot) 1895 – W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days 1923 – Howard Hanson’s 1st Symphony “Nordic” premieres 1951 – Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in …
Today in History for 30th April 2017: Historical Events 1860 – Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) 1871 – The Camp Grant Massacre of Apaches in Arizona Territory, perpetrated by white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1918 – Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen 1966 – Anton LaVey founds the Church of Satan in …
Today in History for 30th March 2017: Historical Events 1814 – Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification. 1893 – Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain 1894 – 56th Grand National: Arthur Nightingall aboard Why Not wins 1965 – Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front …
Today in History for 30th January 2017: Historical Events 1818 – John Keats composes his sonnet “When I Have Fears” 1933 – “Lone Ranger” begins a 21-year run on ABC radio 1956 – KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 – Vietcong launches Tet offensive on US embassy in Saigon 1989 …
Today in History for 30th December 2016: Historical Events 1908 – Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set 1929 – Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates 1933 – Government disallows NSB-membership for civil service 1943 – Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. 1967 – Great Western …
Today in History for 30th November 2016: Historical Events 306 – St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1787 – Spanish governor leaves the Philippines 1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking. 1974 – Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) …
Today in History for 30th October 2016: Historical Events 1899 – Battle of Ladysmith, Natal: Boers defeat the British, leading to the Siege of Ladysmith 1944 – Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau 1947 – 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva 1978 – Uganda troops attack Tanzania 1988 – Jim Elliott (US) completes …
Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) November 12, 2012 The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Concert Artists of Baltimore and conductor Edward Polochick continue their tradition of ushering in the Christmas season with an all-star performance of Handels Messiah on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Soloists include soprano Yulia Van Doren, …