1/* 2 * History 3 * 4 * $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 320427 2017-06-28 00:50:51Z grog $ 5 */ 6 7#ifndef _calendar_history_ 8#define _calendar_history_ 9 1001/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959 1101/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947 1201/02 Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve 13 Niagara Falls, 1929 1401/03 Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers 15 over Italy, 1925 1601/03 Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British 17 Prime Minister in the 20th Century, 1988 1801/04 Burma becomes independent from United Kingdom, 1948 1901/05 -50 °F, Strawberry UT, USA, 1913 2001/06 Maria Montessori opens her first school in Rome, 1907 2101/07 First transatlantic telephone call, 1927 2201/08 Monaco gains its independence, 1297 2301/10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946 2401/10 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776 2501/12 Batman the TV series debuts on ABC, 1966 2601/13 Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance, 1930 2701/15 Angola becomes an independent state, 1975 2801/16 The Medici family are made official bankers of the Papacy, 1412 2901/17 Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the 30 Antarctic Circle, 1773 3101/18 The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time, 1896 3201/19 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant, 1978 3301/21 First commercial flight with a Concorde, 1976 3401/22 British colonists reach New Zealand, 1840 3501/23 The Royal Exchange opens in London, 1571 3601/23 The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in 37 the Netherlands, 1579 3801/24 Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement, 1908 3901/25 The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits 40 the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, 1791 4101/26 Sydney, New South Wales settled, 1788 4201/27 Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973 4301/28 The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the 44 Panama Railway, 1855 4501/29 Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, the last monarch of 46 Hawaii, 1891 4701/30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic, 1948 4801/31 "Ham" the chimpanzee soars into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, 1961 4901/31 Dmitry Mendeleev established optimal alcohol-water mixture ratio 50 in his PhD work on alcohol-water mixtures, 1865 5101/31 Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered 5201/31 Irving Langmuir invented tungsten filament lamp, 1881 5302/01 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979 5402/02 Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament, 1933 5502/03 The first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland, 1815 5602/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969 5702/04 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974 5802/05 Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of 59 the United Arab Republic, 1958 6002/06 Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New Zealand, 1840 6102/07 The British Labour Party is formed, 1900 6202/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq 6302/09 -51 °F, Vanderbilt MI, USA, 1934 6402/09 Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation, 1621 6502/10 New Delhi becomes the capital of India, 1931 6602/11 Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of 67 the Kalmar Union, 1814 6802/12 China adopts the Gregorian calendar, 1912 6902/13 France tests its first atomic bomb in Algeria, 1960 7002/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945 7102/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970 7202/16 Nylon patented, 1937 7302/17 The first ship passes through the Suez Canal, 1867 7402/18 Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech, 1943 7502/18 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell Observatory, AZ, 1930 7602/19 Serfdom is abolished in Russia, 1861 7702/20 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia 78 for 15 years, 2001 7902/20 John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times, 1962 8002/21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties 8102/22 Start of the Czechoslovak Revolution, 1948 8202/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971 8302/24 Cuban War of Independence, 1895 8402/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868 8502/25 The Democratic Republic of Georgia occupied by Bolshevist Russia, 1921 8602/26 Final radio broadcast of Dragnet, 1957 8702/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189 8802/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972 8903/01 The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded, 1565 9003/02 Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam, 1946 9103/03 Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire, 1878 9203/04 Emile Berliner invents the microphone, 1877 9303/05 Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, 1836 9403/06 The aspirin is registered as a trademark of Bayer, 1899 9503/07 Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for 96 women's voting rights in Kuwait, 2005 9703/08 The first case of Spanish flu occurs, killing 50 million to 100 million 98 people worldwide, 1918 9903/09 The Barbie doll debuts, 1959 10003/10 Republic of Cote d'Ivoire becomes a colony of France, 1893 10103/11 Ceasefire declared in the war between Iran and Irak, 1988 10203/12 The first bottles of Coca Cola were sold, 1894 10303/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894 10403/14 The kingdom of Cyprus is sold by the ruling Queen to Venice, 1489 10503/15 Day of the 1848 revolution in Hungary 10603/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874 10703/15 Ides of March. Gaius Julius Caesar assassinated by senators, 108 including adoptive son Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio, 44 BC 10903/15 Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by 110 several senators, 44 BC 11103/16 Largest coordinated worldwide vigil against the Iraq War, 2003 11203/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926 11303/17 Invention of the rubber band, 1845 11403/17 Ukrainian Nationalist Republic declared, 1917 11503/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped 11603/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965 11703/18 In the Pyramid of Cheops a 4.400 year old mummy is found, 1989 11803/20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980 11903/21 Henry V becomes the king of England, 1413 12003/22 First motion picture displayed by Auguste and Louis Lumière, 1895 12103/23 The first Islamic republic in the world is Pakistan, 1956 12203/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900 12303/25 The first Bed-In for Peace by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1969 12403/26 The driving test is introduced, in the United Kingdom, 1934 12503/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958 12603/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979 12703/29 The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all work places, 2004 12803/30 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867 12903/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 13003/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858 13103/31 The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated, 1889 13204/02 Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia, 1930 13304/03 First publication of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, 1896 13404/04 NATO established, 1949 13504/05 Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia, 1614 13604/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830 13704/08 Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin meet in Encounter Bay, 1802 13804/08 The Venus de Milo is found on the island of Melos, 1820 13904/09 The first public exhibition of art opens in Paris, 1667 14004/10 The Belfast Agreement is signed, on Good Friday, 1998 14104/11 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan, 1868 14204/12 Great Britain adopts the Union Jack as their national flag, 1606 14304/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 14404/14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912 14504/15 Insulin first becomes generally available for use by diabetics, 1923 14604/16 Syria becomes an independent Republic, 1946 14704/17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961 14804/18 The League of Nations is dissolved after 27 years, 1946 14904/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943 15004/20 In Bulgaria, the April Uprising takes place, 1876 15104/21 Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus, 753 BC 15204/22 Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to 153 sight Brazil, 1500 15404/22 The first Earth Day is celebrated, 1970 15504/22 Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, called Lenin, Russian political leader, 156 born in Simbirsk, 1870 15704/23 Bavarian co-rulers Duke Wilhelm IV and Duke Ludwig X proclaimed the 158 weighty and consequential Bavarian Beer Purity Law 159 (later Reinheitsgebot), 1516 16004/24 The Greek enter Troy with the Trojan Horse, 1184 BC 16104/25 Integrated circuit patented by Robert Noyce, 1961 16204/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564, 163 birthdate less certain 16404/27 Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521 16504/28 President of France, Charles de Gaulle resigns, 1969 16604/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913 16704/30 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide, 1945 16805/01 Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati of Bavaria, 1776 16905/02 The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness monster is reported, 1933 17005/03 Jamaica is spotted by Christopher Columbus, 1494 17105/04 Christopher Columbus sets foot on Jamaica, 1494 17205/05 Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire, 1260 17305/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1937 17405/07 Germany surrenders after World War II, 1945 17505/08 Herbert Akroyd Stuart patented the first "diesel" engine, 1890 17605/09 94 °F, New York, USA, 1979 17705/09 The first parliament of Australia opens in Melbourne, 1901 17805/10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940 17905/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933 18005/11 Thailand is no longer known as Siam, 1949 18105/12 Tunisia becomes a French protectorate, 1881 18205/13 Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after 183 having been accused of treason, 1619 18405/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 18505/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948 18605/15 The civil war in Finland ends, 1918 18705/16 Root beer invented by Charles Elmer Hires, 1866 18805/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982 18905/18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay, 1811 19005/18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804 19105/19 The Legion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte, 1802 19205/20 The first modern atlas issued by Abraham Ortelius, 1570 19305/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile 19405/22 The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony, 195 is abolished, 1840 19605/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960 19705/23 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953 19805/23 Federal Republic of Germany founded, 1949 19905/24 Battle of Pichincha in Ecuador, 1822 20005/25 Oral Roberts sees 900 foot tall Jesus Christ, Tulsa OK, 1980 20105/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830 20205/26 John Calvin and his followers are expelled from Geneva, 1538 20305/27 The pop-up toaster patented by Charles Strite, 1919 20405/28 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication, 1936 20505/29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953 20605/29 First food stamps issued, 1961 20705/30 Beginning of the civil war over Biafra, 1967 20805/31 Yom Kippur War comes to an end by the signing of a disengagement 209 agreement by Syria and Israel, 1974 21006/01 In a referendum the Dutch reject the European Constitution, 2005 21106/02 Denmark rejects the Maastricht Treaty in a close-call referendum, 1992 21206/03 Edward White becomes the first American to perform a "Space Walk", 1965 21306/03 Last "Star Trek" episode first aired ("Turnabout Intruder"), 1969 21406/04 Roquefort cheese developed, 1070 21506/05 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem, 70 21606/06 First drive-in movie, 1933 21706/06 Normandy landing, 1944 21806/07 The first act of civil disobedience by Gandhi, 1893 21906/08 The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa, 1866 22006/09 The Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, 68 22106/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C. 22206/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184 BC 22306/12 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison, 1964 22406/13 Much of Vancouver, British Columbia, is devastated by a fire, 1886 22506/13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System, 1983 22606/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834 22706/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215 22806/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford 229 that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop, 230 1878 23106/16 Henry Ford launched the Ford Motor Company, 1903 23206/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967 23306/18 Winston Churchill delivers his "Finest Hour" speech, 1940 23406/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953 23506/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893 23606/20 Victoria crowned, 1837 23706/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948 23806/22 The June Days Uprising in Paris begins, 1848 23906/23 Harriet, Darwin's turtle died at the age of 176 years, 2006 24006/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772 24106/24 The capital of Jamaica, Kingston, is founded, 1664 24206/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876 24306/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950 24406/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959 24506/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498 24606/27 100 °F, Fort Yukon, USA, 1915 24706/27 The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London, 1967 24806/28 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated in Sarajevo, 249 marking the beginning of World War I, 1914 25006/28 World War I ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919 25106/29 The Seychelles gains independence from the United Kingdom, 1976 25206/30 "That" explosion in Siberia at 7:17 local time, 1908 25306/30 Albert Einstein publishes his theory of special relativity, 1905 25406/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960 25507/01 Hong Kong becomes a special administrative region of the People's 256 Republic of China, 1997 25707/01 The first day on the Somme marked the beginning of the 258 Battle of the Somme, 1916 25907/01 Warsaw Pact officially dissolved, 1991 26007/02 Vermont abolishes slavery, as the first state, 1777 26107/04 76 °F, Cloudy, Philadelphia PA, USA, 1776 26207/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845 26307/05 Bikini demonstrated for the first time, 1946 26407/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 26507/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949 26607/07 Terrorists detonate four bombs on London public transport, 2005 26707/08 A UFO is believed to have crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, 1947 26807/09 The African Union gets established, 2002 26907/10 134 °F, in Death Valley, USA, 1913 27007/10 Most of London gets burned down in a severe fire, 1212 27107/11 Mongolia gains independence from China, 1921 27207/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933 27307/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908 27407/14 Storming of the Bastille by the citizens of Paris, 1789 27507/15 First item sold via Amazon.com, 1995 27607/16 End of the civil war in Rwanda, 1994 27707/17 Disneyland opens, 1955 27807/18 "Mein Kampf" is published, 1925 27907/19 France declares war on Prussia, marking the beginning of the 280 Franco-Prussian war, 1870 28107/20 Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon, 1969 28207/20 Ford Motor Company ships their car, 1903 28307/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954 28407/22 Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly around the world, 1933 28507/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904 28607/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 28707/25 First test-tube baby born, 1978 28807/26 Potsdam Declaration signed, 1945 28907/27 The last Citroen 2CV made, 1990 29007/28 Potato introduced in Europe by Sir Thomas Harriot, 1586 29107/29 Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 1836 29207/30 Elvis Presley performs for the first time in public, 1954 29307/31 First U.S. patent issued, 1790 29408/02 Hitler becomes the Fuehrer of Germany, 1934 29508/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492 29608/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958 29708/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892 29808/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964 29908/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914 30008/05 Nelson Mandela is jailed, 1962 30108/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945 30208/06 CARICOM (Caribbean Community) in Barbados, 1973 30308/07 Jack the Ripper makes his first kill, 1888 30408/08 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945 30508/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914 30608/09 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC 30708/09 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945 30808/09 Singapore secedes from Malaysia, 1965 30908/10 Major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft disrupted by 310 Scotland Yard, 2006 31108/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954 31208/12 Cleopatra commits suicide, 30 BC 31308/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961 31408/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934 31508/14 France introduces motor vehicle registration, 1893 31608/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947 31708/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898 31808/17 Indonesian Declaration of Independence, 1945 31908/18 Power blackout on Java, Indonesia, affects almost 320 100 million people, 2005 32108/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite, 322 marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960 32308/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856 32408/20 First commercial radio station airs in Detroit, Michigan, 1920 32508/21 Louvre employee steals the "Mona Lisa", 1911 32608/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets 32708/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963 32808/22 St. Columbia reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565 32908/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927 33008/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960 33108/25 General de Gaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944 33208/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912 33308/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883 33408/28 Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay, 1609 33508/29 Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, 1831 33608/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; 337 Nova Cygni 1975. 33808/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842 33908/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960 34008/30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963 34108/31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983 34208/31 Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888 34308/31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926 34408/31 Federation of Malaya gains independence from Great Britain, 1957 34508/31 Independent union "Solidarnosc" born, Gdansk, 1980 34609/01 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972 34709/01 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859 34809/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752 34909/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship 'Missouri', 1945 35009/03 Richard "the Lionheart" crowned king of England, 1189 35109/04 Napoleon III is deposed and the Third Republic is declared, 1870 35209/05 St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland, 1980 35309/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620 35409/06 First "Star Trek" episode (The Man Trap) aired 1966 35509/07 Brazil declares its independence from Portugal, 1822 35609/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888 35709/09 John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph, 1839 35809/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857 35909/11 CIA-sponsored terrorists overthrow Chilean government, 360 murder President Allende, 1973 36109/11 Terrorists destroy World Trade Center in New York, 2001 36209/11 World Wide Fund (WWF) founded, 1961 36309/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943 36409/12 Germany annexes Sudetenland, 1938 36509/13 58 °C (136.4 °F) measured at el Azizia, Libya, 1922 36609/13 British defeat the French at the Plains of Abraham, 367 just outside the walls of Quebec City, 1759 36809/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122 36909/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943 37009/15 The Nazis adopt a new national flag with the swastika, 1935 37109/16 General Motors is founded, 1908 37209/16 Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore unite to become Malaysia, 1963 37309/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862 37409/17 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859 37509/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi, 1961 37609/19 New Zealand women get the right to vote, 1893 37709/19 Walt Disney releases Steamboat Willie, 1928 37809/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519 37909/21 J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" is published, 1937 38009/22 Allied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953 38109/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949 38209/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972 38309/24 The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England, 1664 38409/25 Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking era, 1066 38509/26 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic, 1973 38609/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825 38709/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678 38809/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat 389 at Marathon, 490 BC 39009/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4), 1888 39109/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846 39209/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946 39310/01 Austria issues the world's first postcards, 1869 39410/02 Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec, 1535 39510/03 O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of murder, 1995 39610/04 Crimean war begins, 1853 39710/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957 39810/05 Portugal declares itself a republic, 1910 39910/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853 40010/06 Egyptian President Anwar es-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981 40110/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973 40210/07 Foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or DDR), 1949 40310/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979 40410/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974 40510/08 San Marino adopts its written constitution, 1600 40610/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876 40710/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea, 1945 40810/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night sky. (1984) 40910/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976 41010/11 The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962 41110/11 First broadcast of Saturday Night Live, 1975 41210/12 Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 41310/12 Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of 414 Saxony-Hildburghausen, Oktoberfest, 1810 41510/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960 41610/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920 41710/12 Native Americans discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 41810/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943 41910/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066 42010/15 Edison Electric Light Company begins operation, 1878 42110/16 The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney 422 and his brother, Roy Disney, 1923 42310/17 Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion, 1931 42410/18 Soviets announce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side, 1959 42510/18 The Grand Ole Opry opens its doors, 1925 42610/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949 42710/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812 42810/20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973 42910/20 OPEC embargo, 1973 43010/21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879 43110/21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959 43210/22 Laos gains independence from France, 1953 43310/23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 43410/23 Day of the 1956 revolution in Hungary 43510/23 South African troops invade Angola in support of UNITA and FNLA, 1975 43610/24 Founding of the United Nations, 1945 43710/25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971 43810/26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978 43910/27 Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of 440 a global economic meltdown, 1997 44110/28 Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492 44210/28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312 44310/29 Leibniz makes the first use of the "long s" for integral, 1675 44410/30 Communist Party of Australia founded in Sydney, 1920 44510/31 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetak, 1952 44610/31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517 44711/01 Austria-Hungary become two separate nations, 1918 44811/01 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950 44911/02 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940 45011/02 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783 45111/03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954 45211/03 Sputnik II launched, 1957, bearing space dog Laika 45311/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956 45411/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605 45511/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837 45611/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805 45711/08 Invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the 458 Stockholm Bloodbath, 1520 45911/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 46011/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888 46111/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingstone, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?", 1871 46211/11 Angola gains independence from Portugal, 1975 46311/11 First broadcast of Sesame Street, 1970 46411/13 St. Brice's Day massacre by order of Ethelred, king of England, 1002 46511/14 Czechoslovakia becomes a republic, 1918 46611/15 First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, 1920 46711/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 46811/16 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1938 46911/17 Elizabeth I of England succeeds Queen Mary I of England, 1558 47011/18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952 47111/19 Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company, 1916 47211/20 Nuremberg Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin, 1945 47311/21 Birmingham Pub Bombings by the IRA kill 21 people, 1974 47411/23 The first edition of Life is published, 1936 47511/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867 47611/26 Last flight ever with a Concorde made over Bristol, UK, 2003 47711/27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895 47811/27 Friction match invented by englishman John Walker, Sweden, 1826 47911/28 Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, 1912 48011/29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922 48112/01 Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, 1913 48212/02 Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French, 1852 48312/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910 48412/03 First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967 48512/03 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971 48612/04 People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution, 1982 48712/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776 48812/06 London becomes the world's first city with motorised cabs, 1897 48912/07 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941 49012/08 Japan enters Second World War with invasion of Pantai Sabak, Kelantan, 1941 49112/08 Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum, 1991 49212/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884 49312/10 Metric system established in France, 1799 49412/11 The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, 1931 49512/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901 49612/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972 49712/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769 49812/14 Portugal joins the United Nations, 1955 49912/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976 50012/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891 50112/16 Pokemon episode (Electric Soldier Porygon) triggers attacks of 502 photosensitive epilepsy in hundreds of Japanese children, 1997 50312/17 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published, 1843 50412/18 Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea, 1961 50512/19 Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the 506 German Army, 1941 50712/20 Cheka founded, 1917 50812/21 Charles de Gaulle is elected President of France, 1958 50912/21 Phileas Fogg completes his trip around the world in less than 80 days 51012/21 Women gain the right to vote in South Australia, 1894 51112/22 First freight train is operated in Roorkee in India, 1851 51212/23 The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories, 1947 51312/24 Hong Kong falls to the Japanese Imperial Army, 1941 51412/25 Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors, 1643 51512/26 DPMA (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) founded, 1951 51612/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845 51712/28 Proclamation of the Province of South Australia, 1836 51812/28 Spain recognizes independence of Mexico, 1836 51912/29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890 52012/29 Edison receives patent for Radio, 1891 52112/30 Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations, 1993 52212/30 Soviet Ukrainian Republic declared, 1917 52312/31 First supersonic commercial flight by Tu-144, 1968 52412/31 Windows tax in England, 1695 525 526#endif /* !_calendar_history_ */ 527