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Events in History

Twenty random things that happened on this day...

  • 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win (1947)
  • Syria adopts constitution (1973)
  • WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions (1922)
  • Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship (1960)
  • Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca (1981)
  • Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer (1970)
  • Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in New York City (1928)
  • Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails (1920)
  • U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button (1949)
  • German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned (1138)
  • Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands (1945)
  • John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering (1987)
  • Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) (1994)
  • Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs (1887)
  • 1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set (1918)
  • Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai (1591)
  • Live at Fillmore East recorded (1971)
  • Driving tests introduced in Great Britain (1935)
  • Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing (1835)
  • 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam (1970)

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