27 BC The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate
1412 The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy
1547 Ivan IV the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the 1st tsar of Moscow
1605 The first edition of “El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid
1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution
1913 British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening)
The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which established prohibitionProhibition is Ratified
1919 The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified by a majority of US states
1920 1st assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris
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Today in Film & TV
1936 Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president
Today in Music
1938 1st jazz concert held at Carnegie Hall, performed by Benny Goodman and his band
1963 Los Angeles night club and music venue The Whiskey A-Go-Go opens (inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006)
Today in Sport
1933 Cricket’s Bodyline Tour: Australian batsman Bert Oldfield’s skull fractured by delivery bowled by Englishman Harold Larwood during the third test in Adelaide
2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.
1749 Hoax article advertising fictitious theatrical performer “The Bottle Conjuror” drew huge crowds to the Haymarket Theatre, London, whose inevitable non-appearance caused a riot. It’s alleged the Duke of Montagu perpetrated the fiasco to win a bet
Famous Weddings
1325 Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
1864 White chapel murder victim and possible Jack the Ripper victim Mary Ann Nichols (18) weds printer’s machinist William Nichols
1865 Confederate Brigadier-General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary (US Civil War)
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