1477 Battle of Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7,000 + killed including their leader Charles Duke of Burgundy.
1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Virginia.
1919 German Workers’ Party forms, precursor to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi).
1930 Mao Zedong writes “A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire”.
1949 US President Harry Truman labels his administration the “Fair Deal”.
Historical Events Today
Today In Film & Tv
1933 “Cavalcade” based on the play by Noël Coward, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1934).
Today In Music
1649 Francesco Cavalli’s opera “Giasone” premieres in Venice (the most popular opera of the 17th century).
Today In Sport
1993 Brian Lara scores his maiden Test century with 277 for the West Indies v Australia in drawn 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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1940 FCC hears the 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal.
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2016 First batsman to ever score 1000 runs in a single innings in cricket – 15 year-old Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade is 1009 not out.
