164 BC During Maccabbean revolt Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jersusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, commemorated since as Jewish festival Hanukkah
1818 Russia’s Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1906 China prohibits the opium trade
1970 General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following a military coup
1971 Battle of Garibpur: Indian troops aided by the Mukti Bahini, Bengali guerrillas, defeat the army of Pakistan
2017 Robert Mugabe’s resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe’s parliaments during impeachment proceedings
Historical Events Today
Today In Film & Tv
1976 “Rocky” directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
Today In Music
1937 Dmitri Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad, with the ovation lasting over an hour
Today In Sport
1905 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
More Facts….
1917 Maxim Gorky calls Vladimir Lenin a blind fanatic and unthinking adventurer
1837 Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
Famous Weddings
1982 Canadian singer Joni Mitchell (39) weds American bassist Larry Klein (26) in Malibu, California; divorce in 1994
1983 Actor Ed Harris (33) weds actress Amy Madigan (33)
1983 NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
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