 1570 – Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth I, absolving her subjects from allegiance
1751 – First performing monkey exhibited in America in New York City, admission was 1 cent
1804 – Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus
1836 – Samuel Colt patents first revolving barrel multishot firearm
1859 – First use of “insanity plea” to prove innocence
1862 – Paper currency introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln
1901 – US Steel Corp organized under J P Morgan
1908 – First (railway) tunnel under Hudson River opens
1919 – Oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)
1923 – Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark
1926 – Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain
1933 – First genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger
1950 – “Your Show of Shows” with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon
1956 – Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference 1963 – Beatles release their 1st single in US “Please Please Me”
1966 – Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
1969 – Germany gives $5 million to an Arab terrorist as ransom for the passengers and crew of a hijacked jumbo jet.
1982 – Final episode of “The Lawrence Welk Show” airs
1986 – Corazon Aquino becomes President of the Philippines, Marcos flees
2013 – Cuban President Raul Castroannounces he will not seek another term in 2018
Birthdays
1841 – Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor
1917 – Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist (Clockwork Orange)
1928 – Larry Gelbart, writer/producer/actor (Oh God!, M*A*S*H)
1943 – George Harrison of the Beatles
Deaths
1723 – Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90
1970 – Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66
This list is compiled from many internet and other sources of information including wikipedia, the New York Times, a multitude of websites and old books.
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