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Jan 11, 49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, and plunges Rome into civil war. Iacta alea est.

Jan 4, 1969: Spain returns the province of Ifni to Morocco.

Jan 2, 1839: Photography pioneer Louis Daguerre takes the first photograph of the moon.

Jan 1, 1500: The Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral reaches the coast of Brazil . . .

Dec 31, 1857: Queen Victoria selects Ottawa as the capital city of Canada.

Dec 30, 1947: Romania's King Michael is forced to abdicate by Soviet-backed Communists.

Dec 29, 1607: Pocahontas pleads with her father, Chief Powhatan, to spare John Smith’s life.

Dec 29, 1607: Pocahontas pleads with her father, Chief Powhatan, to spare John Smith’s life.

Dec 27, 1688: William of Orange marches into London as King James II flees the scene.

Dec 27, 2007: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated.

Dec 26, 1982: Time magazine announces its "Man of the Year."

Dec 25, 800: The pope crowns Charlemagne emperor, in Rome.

Dec 24, 1943: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is appointed the Supreme Allied Commander.

Dec 23, 1990: In a national referendum, 88.5% of voters in Slovenia vote for independence from Yugos

Dec 22, 1829: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opens the first passenger railway line.

Dec 21, 1620: The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (or thereabout) because they're almost out of beer.

Dec 21, 1936: Debut @MetOpera in NY of Swedish contralto Kerstin Thorborg known for her . . .

Dec 20, 1803: The United States buys the Louisiana Territory from France.

Dec 19, 1154: Henry II (the man behind the murder of Thomas Beckett) is crowned king of England.

Dec 18, 1933: Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence, makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Brünnhilde

Dec 18, 1899: The golf tee is patented by George Grant.

Dec 17, 1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight of . . .

December 16, 1917: Arthur C. Clarke, author of Childhood’s End, Earthlight, and -- oh, yeah -- 2001.

Dec 15, 1939: The movie, Gone With the Wind,” opens, at Loew’s Grand Theater, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Dec 13, 1642:New Zealand is discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.

Dec 12, 1963/64: Kenya gains independence from Britain, and, 1 year later on this same date, becomes

Dec 11, 1967: The Concorde,the world's first supersonic airliner, is unveiled in Toulouse, France.

Dec 10, 1869: Wyoming becomes 1st state to grant women the right to vote . . .

Dec 9, 1900: The premiere of the first 2 of Claude Debussy’s, “Trois Nocturnes . . .

Dec 8, 1980: John Lennon is shot to death outside his Manhattan apartment building.

Dec 7, 1941: Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, drawing the US into WWII.

Dec 6, 1877: Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording . . .

Dec 5, 1933: With Utah’s ratification, the 21st Amendment is passed, ending prohibition.

Dec 5, 1933: With Utah’s ratification, the 21st Amendment is passed, ending prohibition.

Nov 28, 1895: The first US auto race is held, from Chicago to Evanston and back. The winner averages

Nov 27, 1895: Alfred Nobel establishes the Nobel Prize.

Nov 27, 1972: The posthumous concert premiere of E W Korngold's Symphony in F# Maj.

Nov 26, 1789: The first Thanksgiving Day is declared by George Washington.

Nov 25, 1611: The Orion Nebula is discovered by Nicholas Peiresc.

Nov 25, 1862: Birth of American composer and pianist Ethelbert Nevin in Edgeworth, PA

Nov 24, 1963: CBS Television airs a memorial concert to slain president John F. Kennedy . . .

Nov 24, 1905: The first gallery devoted to photography as fine art opens in New York City.

Nov 23, 1903: American debut of Enrico Caruso at the NY Metropolitan Opera

Nov 23, 1963: The 1st “nickel-in-the-slot player” is installed in San Francisco.

Nov 22, 1935: Pan Am inaugurates the 1st transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila.

Nov 21, 1937: Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad. The ovation it receives...

Nov 21, 2001: Voltaire (born Francois-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, historian, poet, dramatist,

Nov 20, 1947: Princess Elizabeth marries Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Nov 19, 2001: The World Toilet Organization (WTO) is formed; later declares Nov 19 World Toilet Day

Nov 19, 1957: Leonard Bernstein is named Music Director of the New York Philharmonic.

Nov 17, 1891: Paderewski makes his USA debut at Carnegie Hall . . . .

Nov 17, 1974: ABBA kick off their first European tour in Copenhagen . . .

Nov 17, 1558: Queen Elizabeth I of England makes her debut.

Nov 16, 1974, John Lennon is at #1 on the US singles chart with Whatever Gets You Through The Night

Nov 16, 1902: The Teddy Bear is created, after a political cartoon appears in the . . .

Nov 16, 1848 Chopin has his final public performance at a Polish benefit ball at Guildhall, London.

Nov 13, 1862: Lewis Carroll begins writing “Alice In Wonderland,” noting . . .

Nov 13, 1982: Men At Work start a 15-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their debut album

Nov 13, 1893: First performance of “Karelia Suite,” by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Nov 15, 1738: Birth of German astronomer, oboist and composer Sir William Herschel in Hanover.

Nov 15, 2015, Miles Davis is voted “Greatest Jazz Artist of All Time,”

Nov 15, 1805: Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River . . .

Nov 14, 1805: Birth of German composer Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, sister of Felix.

Nov 14, 1987: George Michael is at #1 on the UK album chart with his debut solo album 'Faith.'

Nov 14, 1501: Arthur Tudor, elder brother of the future Henry VIII, marries Catherine of Aragon.

Nov 12, 1859: The 1st flying-trapeze act is performed by Jules Leotard at the Circus Napoleon.

Nov 12, 1988, U2 sits at #1 on the US album chart with their sixth studio album 'Rattle and Hum."

Nov 12, 1902: Enrico Caruso records Vesti la giubba. It becomes 1st record to sell a million copies.

Nov 11, 1918: The armistice is signed, ending World War I.

Nov 11, 1978: Donna Summer hits #1 on both the US singles chart and the US albums chart.

Nov 10, 1975: David Bowie is at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Space Oddity.'

Nov 10, 1909 Gustav Mahler conducts NY Phil in his symphonic arrangement of Bach’s Orchestral Suites

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