tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72369624876901511122012-02-28T00:19:28.798Zalmanac published daily @ 00:00 UTC <br> <b> <a href="#top">Events</a> | <a href="#births">Births</a> | <a href="#deaths">Deaths</a> | <a href="#holidays">Holidays</a> </b>Bob Newcomernoreply@blogger.comBlogger931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236962487690151112.post-32447829692594811752012-02-28T00:00:00.000Z2012-02-28T00:00:04.042Z

John Tenniel 1820-1914 Events 202 BC – coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. 1525 – The Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed by Hernán Cortés's forces. 1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. 1700 – Today is followed by March 1 in

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Dexter Gordon 1923-1990 Events 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity. 425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia. 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland

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Johnny Cash 1932-2003 Events 747 BCE – Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1266 – Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples. 1658 – Treaty of

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George Harrison 1943-2001 Events 138 – The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. 1570 – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1797 – Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain. 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver. 1843 – Provisional

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Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Events 303 – Diocletian, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire. 1303 – Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence. 1387 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. 1525 – Spanish-Imperial army defeat French army at Battle of Pavia. 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvarad between

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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois 1868-1963 Events 303 – Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. 1739 – Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as

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Steve Irwin 1962-2006 Events 1371 – Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. 1495 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. 1632 – Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins. 1797 – The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales. 1819

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Andrés Segovia 1893-1987 Events 362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. 1440 – The Prussian Confederation is formed. 1543 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn. 1613 – Mikhail I is elected unanimously

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Ansel Adams 1902-1985 Events 1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clashed in the Battle of Parabiago. 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. 1547 – Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. 1685 – René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at

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Lee Marvin 1924-1987 Events 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. 356 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire. 1594 – Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland in 1587,

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Helen Gurley Brown b.1922 Events 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. 1268 – The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakvere. 1332 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his

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Gene Pitney 1941-2006 Events 364 – Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances. 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. 1500 – Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen,

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Sonny Bono 1935-1998 Events 116 – Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia. 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with Mongol Khagan of the Mongol Empire. 1646 – Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War. 1742 – Spencer

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Galileo Galilei 1564-1642 Events 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. 1113 – Pope Paschal II issued a bull sanctioning the establishment of the Order of Hospitallers. 1493 – While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World. 1637 –

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Teller (née Raymond Joseph Teller) (b) 1948 Events 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. 1014 – Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor. 1076 – Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. 1349 – Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs

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Chuck Yeager (b)1923 Events 1462 – Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles. 1503 – Disfida di Barletta – famous challenge between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta. 1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. 1575 – Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims, marrying Louise

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Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Events 881 – Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Emperor 1429 – English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and Sir John Stewart of Darnley in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings). 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from

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Sheryl Crow 1962 Events 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. 244 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.

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Jimmy Durante 1893-1980 Events 1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed. 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, his leading political rival, sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence 1355 – The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and

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Carmen Miranda 1909-1955 Events 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion. 1788 – The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.

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Neal Cassady 1926-1968 Events 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah. 1575 – Universiteit Leiden is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis. 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been

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Buster Crabbe 1908-1983 Events 457 – Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 – Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio. 1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales. 1497 – The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of

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Bob Marley 1945-1981 Events 1649 – The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland. 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the

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William S. Burroughs 1914-1997 Events 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1631 – Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. 1778 – South Carolina

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Rosa Parks 1913-2005 Events 211 – Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons. 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. 1169 - A

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2.3.1959 – Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson killed in plane crash in Iowa. Events 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. 1377 – More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath). 1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the

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Stan Getz 1927-1991 Events 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law. 962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy. 1207 – Terra Mariana

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Clark Gable 1901-1960 Events 1327 – Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued

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Jackie Robinson 1919-1972 Events 314 – Silvester I begins his reign as Pope of the Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Miltiades. 1504 – France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England. 1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. 1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882-1945 Events 1648 – Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain. 1649 – King Charles I of England is beheaded. 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he

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W. C. Fields 1880-1946 Events 904 – Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. 1676 – Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia. 1814 – France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. 1819 – Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. 1834 – US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor

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Colette 1873-1954 Events 98 – Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. 1077 – Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted. 1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. 1547 – Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England. 1573 – Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791Lewis Carroll 1832-1898 Events 98 – Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. 447 – The Walls of Constantinople are severely damaged by a earthquake, destroying large parts of the wall, including 57 towers. 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate ends with death of Ali. 1142 – Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. 1186 –

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Paul Newman 1925-2008 Events 1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil. 1531 – Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die. 1564 – The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle

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Virginia Woolf 1882-1941 Events 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. 1348 – A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. 1494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1554 –

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Warren Zevon 1947-2003 Events 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament

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Django Reinhardt 1910-1953 Events 3102 BCE – Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. 393 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight year old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor

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Sam Cooke 1931-1964 Events 565 – Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. 1521 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms. 1689 – The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France

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Richie Havens b.1941 Events 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. 1643 – Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach Tonga. 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm. 1749 –

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George Burns 1896-1996 Events 250 – Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred. 1265 – In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament". 1320 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. 1356 – Edward

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Janis Joplin 1943-1970 Events Top 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him power over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. 1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1511 – Mirandola surrenders to the French. 1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally

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A. A. Milne 1882-1956 Events Top 350 – Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor. 474 – Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor. 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong. 1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV. 1520 –

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Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 Events 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. 395 – Emperor Theodosius I dies at Milan, the Roman Empire is re-divided into an eastern and a western half. The Eastern Roman Empire is centered in Constantinople under Arcadius, son of Theodosius, and the

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Franz Brentano 1838-1917 Events 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. 550 – Gothic War (535–554): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. 929 – Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba. 1120 – The Council of Nablus is

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Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968 Events 588 BC – Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC. 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide. 1493 – Christopher Columbus sets sail for Spain from Hispaniola, ending his first voyage to the New

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Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965 Events 1129 – Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary. 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague. 1514 – Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery. 1539 – Spain annexes Cuba. 1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that

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George Gurdjieff 1887-1949 Events 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 – Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. 1328 – Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault. 1435 – Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives. 1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to

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Joe Frazier 1944-21011 Events 475 – Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. 1539 – Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. 1773 – The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina. 1777 – Mission Santa

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Albert Hofmann 1906-2008 Events 630 – Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca. 1055 – Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. 1158 – Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia. 1569 – First recorded lottery in England. 1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion. 1693 – Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. 1759

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Sal Mineo 1939-1976 Events 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor. 236 – Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome. 1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. 1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. 1645 –

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Jimmy Page 1944 Events 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. 1127 – Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty. 1349 – The Jewish population of

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Elvis Aaron Presley 1935-1977 Events 307 – Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by his son Jin Huaidi. 871 – Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. 1297 – François Grimaldi, disguised as monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. 1499 –

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Charles Addams 1912-1988 Events 1325 – Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 – France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England. 1598 – Boris Godunov becomes Czar of Russia. 1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able distinguish the last

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Carl Sandburg 1878-1967 Events 1066 – Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1118 – Reconquista: Alfonso the Battler conquers Zaragoza. 1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans. 1322 – Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia. 1355 – Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan. 1449 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman

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George Reeves 1914-1959 Events 1066 – Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. 1500 – Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan. 1527 – Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by

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Isaac Newton 1643-1727 Events 46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871 – Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. 1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty. 1642 – King Charles I of England sends soldiers to

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J.R.R. Tolkien 1892-1973 Events 1431 – Joan of Arc is handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 1496 – Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. 1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. 1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. 1749 – The first issue of Berlingske,

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Isaac Asimov 1920-1992 Events 366 – The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy 1492 – Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George

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Jerome David Salinger 1919-2010Events153 BC – Roman consuls begin their year in office.45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Aulus Vitellius Germanicus as emperor.193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to

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Henri Matisse 1869-1954 Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul. 535 – Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year. 1225 – The Ly Dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Tran Thai Tong, husband of the

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Bo Didley 1928-2008 Events 1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city. 1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine. 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is

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Rick Danko 1942-1999 Events 1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: 3,500 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

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Earl Hines 1903-1983 Events 893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia. 1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins. 1612 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star. 1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king

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Louis Pasteur 1822-1895 Events 537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed. 1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World. 1655 – Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Czestochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege. 1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance is signed. 1703 –

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Charles Babbage 1792-1871 Events 1135 – Coronation of King Stephen of England. 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. 1613 – Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton. 1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the

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Cab Calloway 1907-1994 Events 274 – Emperor Aurelian makes Sol Invictus an official cult, it becomes the state religion of Rome. 333 – Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar. 350 – Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicated his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.

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Kit Carson 1809-1868 Events 563 – The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes. 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected Pope, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. 1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook. 1814 – The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812. 1826 – The

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Chet Baker 1929-1988 Events 962 – Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo 1493 – Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published. 1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs 1688 – As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of

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Barbara Billingsley 1915-2010 Events 69 – Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. 1573 – The Battle of Mikatagahara in Japan ends. 1769 – Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce. 1790 – The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies. 1807 – The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries,

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Frank Zappa 1940-1993 Events 69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian as Roman emperor, the last in the Year of Four Emperors. 1140 – Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg. 1598 – Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile. 1620 – Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is

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Edwin Abbott Abbott 1838-1926 (Author - 'Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions') Events 69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of emperor. 217 – The papacy of Zephyrinus ends. Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, but is opposed by the theologian Hippolytus who accuses him of laxity and of being a Modalist, one who denies any distinction

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Édith Piaf 1915-1963 Events 211 – Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet his brother Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla), to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives the Praetorian Guard murders him and he dies in the arms of his mother Julia Domna. 324 – Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. 1154 – Henry II of

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Paul Klee 1879-1940 Events 218 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic. 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (? yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1642 – Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand. 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving,

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John Greenleaf Whittier 1807-1892 Events 920 – Romanos I is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII. 942 – Assassination of William I of Normandy. 1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1577 – Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific

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Phillip K. Dick 1928-1982 Events 755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China. 1431 – Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. 1497 – Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal. 1575 – The 1575 Valdivia

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Nellie J. Slabach 1915-2011 Events 533 – Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron. 1167 – Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion. 1256 – Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic

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Tycho Brahe 1546-1601 Events December 14 867 - Adrian II becomes Pope 872 - John VIII becomes Pope 1287 - Zuider Zee sea wall collapses, killing over 50,000 people 1790 - Alexander Hamilton proposes creation of a Bank of the United States 1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state 1900 - Max Planck publishes his study of the quantum theory 1902 - First telegraph cable laid across the Pacific

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Carlos Montoya 1903-1993 Events 1545 - Council of Trent begins 1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, on his round-the-world voyage 1642 - Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand 1862 - The Confederates win the Battle of Fredericksburg in the American Civil War 1937 - Battle of Nanjing concludes with the Japanese victory and the fall of the city which became the site of the Nanjing

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Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh 1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution 1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman 1897 - The city of Belo Horizonte is founded. 1900 - US Steel formed 1901 - First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo

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Events 1205 - John Grey, Bishop of Norwich, elected Archbishop of Canterbury 1792 - King Louis XVI of France goes on trial for treason 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state. 1816 - Citizens of Geneva, Switzerland repel attack by Savoy 1901 - Guglielmo Marconi sends the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, from Cornwall to Newfoundland 1917 - Lithuania declares its independence from the

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Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. 1817 - Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. 1836 - Emory College, now Emory University, is chartered in Oxford, Georgia. 1864 - William Tecumseh Sherman reaches Savannah, Georgia, ending his "March to the Sea". 1869 - Wyoming grants women the right to vote 1898 - A treaty

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Events 1793 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster 1824 - Battle of Ayacucho - Peru defeats Spain 1835 - The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio 1851 - First YMCA in North America established in Montreal, Quebec 1861 - Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created by the United States Congress 1872 - P. B. S. Pinchback

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Events 1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin. 1886 - American Federation of Labor founded. 1907 - King Gustav V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne 1914 - Battle of the Falkland Islands fought. 1941 - World War 2: After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day, the United States Congress

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Events History 1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London. 1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. 1941 - The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor officially brings the United States into World War II. 1949 - The government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei. 1965 - Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras

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Events 1534 - Spanish found Quito, Ecuador 1768 - First edition of the Encyclopdia Britannica is published 1790 - United States Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1877 - First publication of the Washington Post 1884 - Washington Monument completed. 1917 - Finland declares its independence from Russia 1917 - Halifax explosion kills more than 1900 people, destroys part

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Events 1492 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola 1766 - In London, James Christie holds his first sale (he later founded Christie's, the world's oldest auction house). 1776 - At the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Phi Beta Kappa is founded as the first scholastic fraternity in the United States. 1831 - Former

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Events 1619 - Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas). 1674 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois). 1783 - At Fraunces Tavern in New

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Events 1818 - Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state 1828 - U.S. presidential election, 1828: Challenger Andrew Jackson beats incumbent John Quincy Adams and is elected President of the United States. 1901 - US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". 1912 - First

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Georges Seurat 1859-1891 Events 1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned as the first Emperor of France in a thousand years. 1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz - French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. 1823 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the United States Congress, announcing a new policy of

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Richard Pryor 1940-2005 Events 1640 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and John IV of Portugal becomes king. 1822 - Dom Pedro is crowned as Emperor of Brazil. 1913 - Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12 1/2 hours in October to 2 hours, 40 minutes (although Ford was not the first to use an assembly line, his

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Events 1804 - United States Senate begin an impeachment trial against Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase. 1853 - Crimean War: Battle of Sinope - The Russian fleet destroys the Turkish fleet. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Franklin 1886 - Folies Bergre stages its first revue. 1902 - Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is

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Billy Strayhorn 1915-1967 Events 800 – Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. 1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesong to Hanyang, today known as Seoul. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements. 1777 –

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William Blake 1757-1827 Events 1095 – On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land. 1443 – Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag. 1520 – After navigating through a strait at the southern end of South America, three ships

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