3102 BC – Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. (Kali Yuga (Devanāgarī: कलियुग [kəli juɡə], lit. “age of [the demon] Kali”, or “age of vice”) is the last of the four stages the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas described in the Sanskrit scriptures. The other ages are Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dvapara Yuga.
Kali Yuga is associated with the apocalyptic demon Kali, not to be confused with the goddess Kālī (काळि). The “Kali” of Kali Yuga means “strife”, “discord”, “quarrel” or “contention”.)
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83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE) was born.
1129 – Formal approval of the Order of Templars at the Council of Troyes.
1514 – Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
1601 – Church authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books
1639 – The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
1641 – United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malacca, 7,000 killed
1676 – Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian (opera)composer, dies at 73
1690 – Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany
1699 – Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting “witches”
1741 – Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801) was birthed
1742 – Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656) Born
1784 – US Revolutionary War ends; US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris. Ratification Day, United States – Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
1858 – French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
1878 – US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1892 – Hal Roach, early film director/producer (1 Million BC) Born
1898 – Lewis Carroll, English author, mathematician, and photographer (b. 1832) died.
1914 – The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement is reached between Gen. J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi,regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters
1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992) was born.
1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011) was born.
1924 – A local Iowa newspaper announced the possibility of growing lettuce indoors. This lettuce grown would be produced in “simple greenhouse-like buildings that do not cost very much to construct.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture was all for this project at this time. The U.S. government appeared to be confident that good crops of lettuce would be able to be produced in this way.
1932 – Big Daddy Don Garlits, American race car driver, Born
1935 – Iraq-Mediterranean oil pipeline goes into use
1936 – A prominent member of the Ozzie Nelson Band – Harriet Hillard – sings “Get The Behind Me Satan” for the movie “Follow the Fleet.” The song was originally written by Irving Berlin and was previously intended for Ginger Rogers to sing in the movie “Top Hat.”
1941 – [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway, Bascom Fl, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde) Born
1942 – A reluctant but resigned Roosevelt signed the War Department’s blanket Executive Order 9066, which authorized the physical removal of all Japanese Americans into internment camps.
1943 – World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
1948 – Joseph Henry “T Bone” Burnett, St. Louis, Missouri, American musician and producer – Born
1948 – Carl Weathers, New Orlean La, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky) Born
1948 – Anna “Ans” van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42
1949 – Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1949 – Lamar Williams, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band, Seal Level) (d. 1983) was born.
1952 – Maureen Dowd, American writer, Born
1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
1954 – Marilyn Monroe’s wedding took place. She had married Joe DeMaggio. Unfortunately, the marriage had only lasted nine months. She had married again before she had died from an overdose of barbiturates. Her first husband had sent her flowers to her grave every day until he died in the year 1999.
1954 – Jim Duggan, American wrestler was born.
1956 – Little Richard releases “Tutti Frutti”
1957 – Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57
1959 – Carl Chas Smash Smyth, rock bassist (Madness-Our House) Born
1959 – Geoff Tate, vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) Born
1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country’s central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
1962 – Patrica Morrison, rocker (Gun Club, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet, The Damned) Born
1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American producer, director, writer (Ocean’s Eleven, Traffic), born in Atlanta, Georgia – Born
1963 – George Wallace takes over as governor of Arkansas. His main motto for his campaign and the way he would run the state was, “Segregation Forever.”
1964 – Shepard Smith, American Propagandist (Fox News) was birthed.
1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I’m Calling You), dies at 63
1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco, California’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
1967 – Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society, Ozzy)Born
1968 – LL Cool J, [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer) Born
1967 – NY Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
1969 – An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures, Scream, Dain Bramage, and Killing Joke) was born.
1969 – Jason Kent Bateman, Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family) Born
1972 – “Sanford & Son” starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
1973 – Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif
1975 – Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka “the Black Panther”.
1977 – Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun’s Story, Judith), dies at 60
1978 – Sex Pistols’ final concert (Winterland, SF)
1979 – US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King’s birthday be a holiday
1981 – US Federal Communications Commission “frees” stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1981 – Pitbull, American rapper Born
1984 – Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 81
1985 – 16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
1986 – Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
1986 – Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
1989 – 1,000 Muslims burn Salman Rushdies’ “Satanic Verses” in Bradford, England
1990 – “Simpsons” premiered on Fox-TV
1993 – David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS
1994 – The Duchess of Kent converts to Catholicism, the first member of the Royal Family to do so in more than 300 years
1995 – Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex’s $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico
1998 – Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
1998 – Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).
1999 – Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralyzes the city.
2002 – UK declared free of foot-and-mouth cattle disease (price of Beef, and subsidies via TAX go through roof)
2004 – The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called “five cross flag”, is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
2005 – Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn’s moon Titan.
2006 – Shelley Winters, American actress (Lolita, Poseidon Adventure), dies at 85
2009 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (How the West Was Won, Fantasy Island)), dies of congestive heart failure at 88
2010 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
2010 – The United States has started to take additional air security measures in the wake of December’s failed aircraft bomb plot. The Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, has said that the measures will include enhanced random screening and more air-marshals on certain routes. Enhanced use of air-marshals and better screening are among the measures that follow from last week’s intelligence review. Napolitano said that the U.S. was “taking an additional set of aviation security precautions to protect the American people.”
2011 – Stampede near Sabarimala in Kerala, India kills 104 devotees and injures 100 more
2011 – Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure. – Former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of the Arab Spring.
2011 – Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of English band Broadcast (b. 1968) Dies
2012 – Ma Ying-jeou wins re-election as President of the Republic of China with 51% of the vote
2014 – Mae Young, American wrestler (b. 1923) died.
2014 – American journalist David Satter is expelled from Russia