1146 Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine are present and join the Crusade
1492 Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon issue the Alhambra Decree which expels Jews from their kingdoms
1657 English Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines
1799 Missionary and physician Johannes Van Der Kemp reaches South Africa. He will study the Xhosa and Khoikhoi languages and outrage European opinion by marrying a young African woman.
1920 British parliament accepts Irish Home Rule law
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1930 The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next 38 years
1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: “Can’t Stop the Music” wins
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1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (The Astoria, London)
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1877 Test Cricket debut of feared Australian fast bowler Fred “The Demon” Spofforth; Australia loses 2nd Test by 4 wickets vs England at Melbourne Cricket Ground
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1889 Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris. Built for the Exposition Universelle, at 330m high it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years.
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1970 Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey is the first African American to vote in the US under provisions of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, in a local election on town’s charter
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