This is what was happening on this day all those years ago ...and quite recently. (note to self: I should open that database and put a few of my own entries in there... ;) )

• 1024 - Duke Koenraad II chosen German king
• 1141 - -9] Battle of Samarkand: Yelutashi defeats Islams
• 1156 - Henry II Jasormigott leaves Bavaria
• 1276 - John XXI elected Pope
• 1303 - Anagni: French king Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII
• 1380 - Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols
• 1380 - Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars
• 1514 - Battle at Ozra: Polish/Latvia army beats Russians
• 1522 - Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan
• 1536 - Earl of Nassau disbands siege of P‚ronne
• 1545 - English earl Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland
• 1553 - City of Lichfield, England forms
• 1563 - Maximilian chosen king of Hungary
• 1565 - 1st permanent settlement in US forms (St Augustine, Florida)
• 1565 - Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese & Knights of St John
• 1628 - Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet
• 1655 - Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw
• 1664 - Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers
• 1689 - China & Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)
• 1713 - Pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism"
• 1755 - Battle at Lake George: English army beats France
• 1760 - French army gives Montreal to Gen Jeffrey Amherst
• 1771 - Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California
• 1796 - Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians
• 1833 - Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires
• 1847 - US under Gen Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey
• 1854 - With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks
• 1855 - Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon)
• 1858 - Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people
• 1860 - Loss of steamer, "Lady Elgin"
• 1863 - -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
• 1863 - Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces
• 1863 - Battle of Telford's Depot TN
• 1868 - NY Athletic Club forms
• 1870 - Neth & Engl sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname
• 1883 - NY Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies
• 1883 - Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont
• 1892 - 1st appearance of "Pledge of Allegiance" (Youth's Companion)
• 1899 - British govt sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa
• 1900 - 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
• 1905 - Pitts Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3
• 1907 - Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism)
• 1914 - British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland
• 1915 - Assn of Negro Life & History founded
• 1919 - Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25
• 1920 - US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)
• 1921 - 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC)
• 1921 - Mary Gorman (Wash DC), 16, crowned 1st Miss America [or 9/14]
• 1924 - Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador
• 1926 - League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany
• 1930 - 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie"
• 1930 - NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew
• 1930 - Richard Drew creates Scotch tape
• 1933 - Spain's 2nd govt of Aza¤a forms
• 1934 - 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86)
• 1934 - Bradman scores 132 v Leveson-Gower XI, 90 mins, 24 fours 1 six
• 1934 - Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for NJ catches fire, 133 die
• 1935 - Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)
• 1936 - Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged
• 1937 - Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens
• 1937 - Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6
• 1939 - FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe
• 1939 - Gen Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw
• 1939 - Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games
• 1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning
• 1941 - Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins
• 1941 - Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated
• 1943 - Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II
• 1943 - Italy surrenders to Allies in WW II
• 1943 - Lt-Gen Bradley flies to Carthago/Algiers Sicily
• 1943 - NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game
• 1944 - 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp
• 1944 - Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
• 1945 - US invades Japanese-held Korea
• 1945 - Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
• 1946 - 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)
• 1946 - 66th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown Jr (97 63 60)
• 1946 - Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456
• 1946 - Bulgaria ends monarchy
• 1946 - Jack Kramer wins US Tennis Open
• 1946 - SF 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7
• 1947 - British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis
• 1948 - British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound
• 1951 - Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)
• 1951 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex
• 1952 - 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)
• 1952 - Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man & Sea" published
• 1953 - "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs
• 1953 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgeno corona
• 1954 - Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to NYC for WINS radio
• 1954 - SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communist spread in SE Asia
• 1955 - Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1956 - Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
• 1957 - 77th US Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64)
• 1957 - Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite"
• 1957 - Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
• 1958 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
• 1958 - Oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan
• 1958 - Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo
• 1960 - German DR limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
• 1962 - Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
• 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• 1963 - 77th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64)
• 1963 - 83rd US Mens Tennis: R H Osuna beats Frank Froehling III (75 64 62)
• 1963 - Algerian population accepts constitution
• 1963 - Braves Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 20-win seasons
• 1963 - Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys
• 1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
• 1965 - Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana & Florida
• 1965 - KC A's Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game
• 1966 - "Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV
• 1966 - "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
• 1967 - Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10
• 1967 - Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic
• 1968 - "Funny Girl" with Barbra Striesand premieres
• 1968 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
• 1968 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pacific Ladies Golf Classic
• 1968 - Saundra Williams wins 1st Miss Black America pageant
• 1969 - 2nd US Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain)
• 1969 - 89th US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62)
• 1969 - Suleiman Maghrabi appointed premier of Libya
• 1969 - US amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)
• 1971 - John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington DC
• 1972 - Chic Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year
• 1972 - Jim Ryan (US) & Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide & fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold
• 1973 - 87th US Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62)
• 1973 - Billy Martin named manager of Texas Rangers
• 1973 - Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
• 1973 - Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
• 1974 - 88th US Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75)
• 1974 - 94th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61)
• 1974 - Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8)
• 1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
• 1974 - Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes
• 1975 - Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools
• 1975 - Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
• 1976 - Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam
• 1977 - Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
• 1977 - Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
• 1978 - 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
• 1978 - Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed
• 1979 - Cheryl Prewitt (Miss), 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980
• 1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1980 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
• 1982 - Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament
• 1983 - NASA launches RCA-6
• 1984 - 98th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64)
• 1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission
• 1985 - "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers
• 1985 - 105th US Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64)
• 1985 - 7 die in a car & train crash in San Jose Calif
• 1985 - Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool
• 1985 - Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
• 1985 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
• 1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
• 1986 - Westinghouse sells Muzak
• 1987 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
• 1988 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
• 1988 - Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11«")
• 1988 - NL pres Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish
• 1989 - George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
• 1989 - Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium
• 1989 - Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
• 1990 - 104th US Womens Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (62 76)
• 1990 - Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island NYC
• 1991 - 111th US Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Jim Courier (62 64 60)
• 1991 - Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34)
• 1991 - Macedonia votes for independence from Yugoslavia
• 1991 - Michelle Estill wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
• 1992 - Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
• 1992 - Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas (KGEL-FM 97.1)
• 1993 - Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
• 1993 - Cheek Junxia wins world record ladies 10 km (29:31.78)
• 1993 - Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in 7-1 over Mets
• 1994 - "Philadelphia, Here I Come" opens at Criterion NYC for 52 perfs
• 1994 - Last US, British & French troops leave West-Berlin
• 1994 - MTV awards feature newlyweds Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley
• 1994 - Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station
• 1994 - USAir Boeing 737 crashes at Pitts Airport, killing all 132 on board
• 1995 - Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
• 1996 - "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
• 1996 - 110th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64)
• 1996 - 116th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76)
• 1996 - 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz & Kathy Baker wins
• 1996 - Dottie Pepper wins Safeway LPGA title
• 1996 - Men's championship at US Tennis Open
• 1996 - Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
• 1996 - Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo