/* * History * * $OpenBSD: calendar.history,v 1.51 2006/07/03 16:40:34 jasper Exp $ */ #ifndef _calendar_history_ #define _calendar_history_ 01/01 Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution in Cuba 01/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959 01/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947 01/05 Twelfth night 01/09 Plough Monday 01/10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946 01/10 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776 01/11 Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of Albania 01/11 De Hostos' Birthday in Puerto Rico 01/11 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal 01/14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day 01/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...) 01/26 Sydney Aust. settled, 1788 01/27 Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973 01/30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic, 1948 01/31 Irving Langmuir, 1881, invented tungsten filament lamp 01/31 Dmitry Mendeleev, 1865, established optimal alcohol-water mixture ratio in his PhD work on alcohol-water mixtures 02/01 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979 02/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969 02/04 Patricia Hearst kidnaped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974 02/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq 02/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945 02/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970 02/16 Nylon patented, 1937 02/21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties 02/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971 02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868 02/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189 02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972 03/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1939 03/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894 03/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874 03/19 Swallows return to Capistrano 03/20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980 03/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900 03/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958 03/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979 03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858 04/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day. 04/04 NATO Established, 1949 04/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830 04/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943 04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod 04/13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos 04/14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912 04/17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961 04/19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay 04/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943 04/23 Bavarian co-rulers Duke Wilhelm IV and Duke Ludwig X proclaimed the weighty and consequential Bavarian Beer Purity Law (later Reinheitsgebot), 1516 04/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564, birthdate less certain 04/27 Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521 04/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913 05/01 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god 05/01 Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati of Bavaria, 1776 05/07 Germany surrenders after WWII, 1945 05/10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940 05/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933 05/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 05/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948 05/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982 05/18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay 05/18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804 05/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile 05/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960 05/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador 05/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830 05/29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953 05/29 First food stamps issued, 1961 06/03 Last Star Trek episode first aired ("Turnabout Intruder"), 1969 06/03 Edward White becomes the first American to perform a "Space Walk", 1965 06/04 Roquefort cheese developed, 1070 06/06 First drive-in movie, 1933 06/06 Normandy landing, 1944 06/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C. 06/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC 06/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834 06/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215 06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop, 1878 06/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967 06/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893 06/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953 06/20 Victoria crowned, 1837 06/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948 06/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge 06/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772 06/23 Harriet, Darwin's turtle died at the age of 176 years old, 2006 06/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876 06/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950 06/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498 06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959 06/28 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated in Sarajevo, marking the beginning of World War I, 1914 06/28 World War I ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919 06/30 Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity, 1905 06/30 "That" explosion in Siberia at 7:17 local time, 1908 06/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960 07/01 Warsaw Pact officially dissolved, 1991 07/01 The first day on the Somme marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, 1916 07/01 Hong Kong becomes a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, 1997 07/02 Vermont abolishes slavery, as the first state, 1777 07/03 Dog days begin 07/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845 07/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 07/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949 07/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933 07/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908 07/17 Disneyland opens, 1955 07/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954 07/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904 07/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 07/28 Potato introduced in Europe by Sir Thomas Harriot, 1586 08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on this day 08/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492 08/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958 08/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892 08/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964 08/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914 08/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945 08/06 Caricom in Barbados 08/08 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945 08/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914 08/09 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC 08/11 Dog days end 08/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954 08/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961 08/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934 08/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947 08/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898 08/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856 08/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets 08/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963 08/22 St. Columbia reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565 08/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927 08/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960 08/25 First reaction thrust motor design, 1898 08/25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944 08/26 Women get the vote, 1920 08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912 08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883 08/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842 08/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960 08/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru 08/30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963 08/31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983 08/31 Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888 08/31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926 08/31 Independent union "Solidarnosc" born, Gdansk, 1980 09/01 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972 09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752 09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945 09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino 09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620 09/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland 09/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888 09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857 09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943 09/12 Germany annexes Sudetenland, 1938 09/13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922 09/13 British defeat the French at Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, 1788 09/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122 09/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943 09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940 09/17 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859 09/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862 09/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi 09/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519 09/22 Allied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953 09/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949 09/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972 09/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825 09/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678 09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon, 490BC 09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4), 1888 09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846 09/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946 10/04 Crimean war begins, 1853 10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853 10/06 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981 10/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973 10/07 Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic 10/07 Georgia Tech. beats Cumberland Univ. 222-0, 1916 10/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979 10/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974 10/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876 10/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba 10/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea 10/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976 10/11 The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962 10/12 Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 10/12 Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen, Oktoberfest, 1810 10/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960 10/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920 10/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943 10/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066 10/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949 10/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812 10/20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973 10/20 OPEC embargo, 1973 10/21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879 10/21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959 10/23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 10/23 Swallows leave Capistrano 10/23 South African troops invade Angola in support of UNITA and FNLA, 1975 10/25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971 10/26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978 10/28 Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492 10/28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312 10/31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517 11/01 Austria-Hungary become two separate nations, 1918 11/01 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950 11/02 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940 11/02 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783 11/03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954 11/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956 11/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605 11/06 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R. 11/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837 11/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805 11/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 11/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888 11/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871 11/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan 11/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 11/18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952 11/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867 11/27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895 11/27 Friction match invented, England, 1826 11/29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922 12/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910 12/03 First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967 12/03 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971 12/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776 12/07 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941 12/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884 12/10 Metric system established in France, 1799 12/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year 12/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901 12/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769 12/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976 12/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891 12/26 DPMA founded, 1951 12/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845 12/29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890 12/29 Edison receives patent for Radio, 1891 12/31 St. Sylvester in Switzerland 12/31 Windows tax in England, 1695 12/31 First supersonic commercial flight by Tu-144, 1968 #endif /* !_calendar_history_ */