On this day in the year 1066 of the common era (CE) marks the eighteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet; seven hundred and eighty-four years later, in New York, New York, John William Draper makes the first successful daguerreotype (photograph) of the moon (in the United States).
On this day in the year 1490 CE the first dated edition of Maimonides' compilation of Jewish religious legal-code, the "Mishneh Torah" is published; seventy-eight years later, French Huguenots go on strike. Eleven years after that, in 1579 CE, Friesland the joins Union of Utrecht; fourteen years later, English Separatist Puritans John Greenwood and Henry Barrowe are tried and sentenced to death on the charge of devising and circulating seditious books. Three hundred and seventy-three years after that, in 1966 CE, marks the first official meeting of representatives of Catholic and Anglican Churches in over four hundred years; three years later, the Rally for Decency is held in Miami, Florida. Fifty-three years after that, in 2022 CE, Brian Houston, the Australian founder of the megachurch Hillsong, resigns after an internal investigation finds he breached their code of conduct with two women.
On this day in 1743 CE, George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Messiah, premieres at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; two hundred and twenty-one years later, In His Own Write, a book of short stories, poems and drawings by John Lennon, is published. Four years after that, in 1968 CE, Reprise Records releases Song To A Seagull, Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's debut studio album; two years later, the Hello Darlin’ single is released by Conway Twitty, becoming the Billboard Song of the Year. Three years after that, in 1973 CE, Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in USA; four years later Elvis Presley begins his final concert tour. Eight years after that, in 1985 CE, David Bowie appears as a special surprise guest with Tina Turner at the NEC arena in Birmingham, England; they perform duets of Bowie's "Tonight" and a medley of Chris Montez' "Let's Dance" and Bowie's song of the same name; also on this day, Julian Lennon play’s his first concert, in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1752 CE. Canada's first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, is published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by John Bushell; ninety-seven years later, marks the first recorded use of the acronym "OK” [oll korrect] appears in the Boston Morning Post.
In 1775 CE, Patrick Henry famously proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death," in a speech encouraging Virginia troops to join the American Revolutionary War.
In 1794 CE, American inventor Josiah Pierson patents the "cold-header" (rivet) machine; six years later, a flour-rolling-mill patent is issued to John Stevens of Wisconsin.
In 1794 CE the Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko returns to Kraków, Poland to led the Kościuszko Uprising against Russian and Prussian control; seven years later, Aleksandr Pavlovich Romanov becomes Tsar Alexander I of Russia after his father Tsar Paul I is assassinated.
In 1856 CE, eighteen-year-old chemist William Perkin of England, accidentally produces the first synthetic aniline dye ‘mauveine’ (purple) during his Easter holiday; eighty years later, Physician Joseph G. Hamilton injects a leukemia patient with a sodium-radioisotope, it is the first intravenous injection of a human with a radioisotope in medical history.
In 1858 CE a streetcar patent is granted to E.A. Gardner of Philadelphia; three years later, London's first tramcars begin operating, designed by Mr. Train of New York. New York. Seventy-six years after that, in 1937 CE, the Los Angeles Railway Company starts using P.C.C. Streetcars.
In 1868 CE the University of California is founded in Oakland, California.
In 1882 CE the Edmunds (Anti-Polygamy) Act is enacted in the United States to suppress polygamy; one thousand, three hundred men are later imprisoned under the act; fourteen years later, the Raines Law is passed by the New York State Legislature, restricting Sunday sale of alcohol to hotels. One hundred and twenty-seven years later, Utah becomes the first state to limit social media for minors, including the enforcement of an overnight curfew and strong parental consents.
In 1903 CE the Wright brothers file a patent for a flying machine, granted 3 years later; nineteen years later, the first airplane lands at the United States (U.S.) Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Twenty-seven years after that, in 1948 CE, British Royal Air Force pilot John Cunningham (age 30) sets a world altitude record of 59,430 feet (18,114 meters) flying a de Haviland, Vampire fighter jet; twelve years later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (N.A.S.A.), Explorer 8 fails to reach Earth orbit. Five years after that, in 1965 CE, N.A.S.A. launches Gemini 3, the first U.S., two-man space flight, with Gus Grissom and John Young piloting the vehicle; eighteen years later, United States president Ronald Reagan introduces the Strategic Defense Initiative (S.D.I.) popularly referred to as "Star Wars…" a slush fund for the intelligence community and private military contractors. Two years after that, in 1985 CE, the Space Shuttle Discovery moves to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Florida for mating of STS 51-D mission; sixteen years later, Russia’s Mir Space Station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
In 1918 CE, German forces advance fourteen miles to the Somme River; on this same day they begins using a long-range gun, the “Kaiser Wilhelm Geschütz” (“Emperor William Gun”), also known as the “Paris Gun,” shelling Paris from Crépy-en-Laonnais, seventy-five miles away; shooting three-hundred and three rounds over the course of several days, killing and wounding many hundreds of people.
In 1918 CE, Lithuania proclaims its independence from Russia; one year later, the Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a Politburo system of government, a five-member group which becomes the center of political power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). It’s Original members are Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev, and Nikolai Krestinsky. On this same day in 1919 CE, Bashkir becomes an autonomous republic with the Soviet system.
In 1919 CE, Benito Mussolini forms the fascist group Fasci di Combattimento (Italian Fighting Bands) in Milan, Italy, later reorganized into the National Fascist Party; two years later Germany announces it will be unable to meet its “Great War” (WWI) reparation payments. Twelve years after that, in 1933 CE, the German Reichstag hastily passes the Enabling Act, President Paul von Hindenburg signs it the same day, granting Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers, who then proceeded to destroy the country, sending ten’s of millions of German’s to their death, and tens upon tens of millions more killed defending themselves against the aggression of Nazi tyranny; thirteen years later, the British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine, into Germany.
In 1945 CE the Swallow Sidecar Company headed by William Lyons agrees to change its name to Jaguar.
In 1950 CE the United Nations (U.N.) World Meteorological Organization is established.
In 1956 CE, Pakistan proclaims itself an Islamic republic in Commonwealth, marking their first “National Day;” on this same day, Sudan becomes independent.
In 1957 CE the United States Army sells its last homing pigeons.
In 1968 CE the reverend Walter Fauntroy becomes the first non-voting congressional delegate from the District of Columbia (D.C.).
In 1970 CE, the U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site; one year later the U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test. Two years after that, in 1973 CE, the U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site; five years later we do it there again. Seven years after that, in 1980 CE, France performs nuclear test; eight years later, the U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
In 1972 CE the New York Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx, New York; thirty seven years later, Japan repeats as champions at the second World Baseball Classic, with a 5-3, ten-inning win over South Korea at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
In 1976 CE the International Bill of Rights goes into effect, thirty-five nations ratify it, the United States abstains.
In 1979 CE, Larry Holmes beats Osvaldo Ocasio with a technical knock-out in the seventh round for the heavyweight championship title.
In 1981 CE, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when a teen-age girl seeks an abortions; also on this day, the court upholds the notion that statutory rape is a criminal charge that only for applies to males of the species.
In 2003 CE, in Nasiriyah, Iraq, eleven soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as eighteen U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom; four years later, the Iranian Navy seize Royal Navy personnel in Iraqi waters.
In 2010 CE U.S. president Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act (A.C.A.), nicknamed “Obamacare”, expanding the availability and affordability of health insurance for all American citizens.
In 2016 CE, an investigation of Shakespeare's tomb at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford concludes that the Bard's skull had been stolen…if you believe it.
In 2020 CE African-American Daniel Prude dies after being physically restrained, including having a hood put over his head by police in Rochester, New York.
In 2020 CE COVID-19 lockdowns are imposed in South Africa and the United Kingdom while other European nations extend and strengthen their own existing lockdowns; on this same day, the U.N. secretary general Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate global ceasefire to fight COVID-19…by and large, he is ignored and parties in conflict go on being in conflict. Also on this day in 2020 CE, the State of New York is confirmed as the new center of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. with 20,875 cases (5,707 in the last day) and 157 deaths; and again on this day, the World Health Organization says the
COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, noting that the first 100,000 cases took 67 days, and the second 100,000 cases 11 days, followed by the third 100,000 cases 4 days later. One year after that, in 2021 CE,
Brazil's daily COVID-19 death toll passes 3,000 (3,251) for the first time, with 298,676 total deaths reported, as country's Supreme Court blocks President Jair Bolsonaro overturning local restrictions on the movements of the populations.
In 2022 CE the Abel Prize in mathematics' is awarded to American Dennis Sullivan for his work on topography.
Also in 2022 CE the U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken formally declares that members of Russian Federation’s armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
In 2023 CE TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is questioned for over four hours in a U.S. congressional hearing over concern that the Chinese company is a security risk.
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