This Day In History
1438- Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara 1463- French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris 1477 - Battle of Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7,000 + killed including their leader Charles Duke of Burgundy 1809 - Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France1892 1st successful auroral photograph made 1861 - Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay1909 - Colombia recognizes Panama's independence 1916- Austria-Hungary Montenegro 1918- British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace 1919- German Workers' Party forms, precursor to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi) 1919- Left-wing Spartacus organization instigates a revolt in Berlin; terrified by the spread of Bolshevism, German troops brutally suppress the uprising 1929- Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia 1930- Mao Zedong writes the essay "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" to criticize cadres not creating rural revolutionary base areas 1937- Australian cricket batsmen Jack Fingleton (136) and Don Bradman (out 270 the following day) make then record stand of 346 for 6th wicket in 3rd Test vs England in Melbourne 1941 - British Australian troops conquer Bardia, Libya 1943 - Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II 1944 - The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper. 1949 - General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra. 1952 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes an official visit to the US. 1957 - US President Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East. 1964 - Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel. 1969 - USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus). 1971 - 1st one-day international, Australia v England at the MCG. 1972 - President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman freed by the newly elected President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 1973 - Mali & Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel 1975 - Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days. 1976 - In retaliation for the Reavey and O’Dowd killings, the South Armagh Republican Action Force shoot dead 10 Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus in County Armagh. 1978 - Bülent Ecevit becomes Prime Minister of Turkey for the 3rd time. 1985 - Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission. 1985 - Thousands of Jewish refugees are airlifted from Sudan to Israel. 1989 - 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test. 1995 - Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan, Iran, killing 18. 1996 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone. 2001 A report reveals that former General Practioner Harold Shipman has potentially killed hundreds of patients 2005 - Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory. 2016 - First batsman to ever score 1000 runs in a single innings in cricket - 15 year-old Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade is 1009 not out.
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