On This Day in History
1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
1684 French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
1701 Parts of the Netherlands (Frisia & Groningen) adopt the Gregorian calendar (others 1 year later)
1723 Händel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
1773 1st US public museum established (Charleston SC)
1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
1806 French evacuate Vienna
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands, 150 die
1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814)
1812 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1836 Battle of Wetumka FL
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA
1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens
1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo" premieres in St Petersburg
1879 British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
1896 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170
1903 Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam
1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
1906 Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass
1906 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
1912 -47ºF (-44ºC), Washta IA (state record)
1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote
1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Island colony in the Pacific
1918 Montréal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston
1925 John Howard Lawson's "Processional" premieres in New York City NY
1928 Philip Barry & Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin" premieres in New York City NY
1929 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
1930 NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
1932 France's Laval government falls
1932 Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-AR)
1932 Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom" premieres in New York City NY
1933 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
1933 US Congress recognize independence Philippines
1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1942 National War Labor Board created
1942 British troops reconquer Sollum
1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
1943 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)
1944 Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1946 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles
1946 "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater New York City NY after 113 performances
1946 Edouardo de Filippo's "Questi Fantasmi!", premieres in Rome
1948 Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948 US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
1948 1st Supermarket in UK opens
1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1950 USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 University of Tennessee admits its 1st black student
1952 NFL Pro Bowl National Conference beats American Conference 30-13
1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hours later 2nd one-kills 115
1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1958 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 26-7
1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
1960 Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wicket vs England
1961 "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY for 100 performances
1961 UN genocide pact goes into effect
1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs England
1964 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 31-17
1964 Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence
1965 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV
1965 At 10 58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada
1966 "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1966 LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1966 Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
1966 12 day New York City NY transit strike ends
1967 Louisville KY, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1969 "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 355 performances
1969 Super Bowl III New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Joe Namath, New York Jets, Quarterback
1970 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1971 Fed grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater New York City NY for 3 performances
1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1972 Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1974 Libya & Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1975 Super Bowl IX Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, Running Back
1976 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization
1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater New York City NY for 39 performances
1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1979 Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1979 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1979 6th American Music Award Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1981 -35ºF (-37ºC), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
1981 "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
1983 NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
1983 Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
1985 Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship
1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
1986 Chicago Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1988 Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
1989 Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
1990 Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Brooklyn
1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991 US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 meter butterfly (1 55.69)
1992 13th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 27 awards
1992 Algeria's General elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
1992 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
1992 US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1993 Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease
1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
1994 Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder
1994 Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1995 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia
1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
1997 17th United Negro College Fund raises
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997 HAL becomes operational (2001: A Space Odyssey); this date was given as January 12, 1992 on screen, but 1997 is the date used in both the novel and screenplay
1997 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
1997 Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
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Missing in Action
1967 KEMP CLAYTON CHARLES WHEATRIDGE CO
1967 REINECKE WAYNE CONRAD MILWAUKIE OR
1968 COHRON JAMES D. CENTERVILLE IA
1968 PORT WILLIAM D. ELIZABETHTOWN PA 11/68 DIC ON PRG LIST REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
1684 French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
1701 Parts of the Netherlands (Frisia & Groningen) adopt the Gregorian calendar (others 1 year later)
1723 Händel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
1773 1st US public museum established (Charleston SC)
1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
1806 French evacuate Vienna
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands, 150 die
1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814)
1812 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1836 Battle of Wetumka FL
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA
1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens
1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo" premieres in St Petersburg
1879 British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
1896 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170
1903 Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam
1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
1906 Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass
1906 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
1912 -47ºF (-44ºC), Washta IA (state record)
1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote
1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Island colony in the Pacific
1918 Montréal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston
1925 John Howard Lawson's "Processional" premieres in New York City NY
1928 Philip Barry & Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin" premieres in New York City NY
1929 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
1930 NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
1932 France's Laval government falls
1932 Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-AR)
1932 Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom" premieres in New York City NY
1933 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
1933 US Congress recognize independence Philippines
1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1942 National War Labor Board created
1942 British troops reconquer Sollum
1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
1943 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)
1944 Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1946 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles
1946 "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater New York City NY after 113 performances
1946 Edouardo de Filippo's "Questi Fantasmi!", premieres in Rome
1948 Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948 US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
1948 1st Supermarket in UK opens
1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1950 USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 University of Tennessee admits its 1st black student
1952 NFL Pro Bowl National Conference beats American Conference 30-13
1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hours later 2nd one-kills 115
1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1958 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 26-7
1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
1960 Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wicket vs England
1961 "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY for 100 performances
1961 UN genocide pact goes into effect
1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs England
1964 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 31-17
1964 Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence
1965 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV
1965 At 10 58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada
1966 "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1966 LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1966 Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
1966 12 day New York City NY transit strike ends
1967 Louisville KY, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1969 "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 355 performances
1969 Super Bowl III New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Joe Namath, New York Jets, Quarterback
1970 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1971 Fed grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater New York City NY for 3 performances
1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1972 Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1974 Libya & Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1975 Super Bowl IX Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, Running Back
1976 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization
1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater New York City NY for 39 performances
1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1979 Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1979 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1979 6th American Music Award Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1981 -35ºF (-37ºC), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
1981 "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
1983 NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
1983 Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
1985 Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship
1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
1986 Chicago Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1988 Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
1989 Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
1990 Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Brooklyn
1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991 US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 meter butterfly (1 55.69)
1992 13th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 27 awards
1992 Algeria's General elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
1992 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
1992 US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1993 Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease
1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
1994 Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder
1994 Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1995 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia
1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
1997 17th United Negro College Fund raises
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997 HAL becomes operational (2001: A Space Odyssey); this date was given as January 12, 1992 on screen, but 1997 is the date used in both the novel and screenplay
1997 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
1997 Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
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Missing in Action
1967 KEMP CLAYTON CHARLES WHEATRIDGE CO
1967 REINECKE WAYNE CONRAD MILWAUKIE OR
1968 COHRON JAMES D. CENTERVILLE IA
1968 PORT WILLIAM D. ELIZABETHTOWN PA 11/68 DIC ON PRG LIST REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85