Today in History

AD 69
Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.




217
Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, although Hippolytus of Rome is soon thereafter elected as a rival pope.




1192
Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.




1928 Harry Ramsden started his fish and chip restaurant in a hut at White Cross - Guiseley, near Bradford in West Yorkshire. It soon became the most famous fish and chip restaurant in the world. In 2012 the restaurant was acquired by the fish and chip chain 'Wetherby Whaler' and they gave this name to the new restaurant.




1928 The England cricket team scored a record 636 against Australia in Sydney, including 251 scored by Walter Hammond. England won the Test match by eight wickets.




1955 Cardiff was officially named the capital of Wales.

Enwyd Caerdydd yn swyddogol yn brifddinas Cymru.



1967 - Jethro Tull was formed.



1975 - Joe Walsh joined the Eagles, replacing original member Bernie Leadon. Leadon left for a solo career
 

December 21st763The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory


.1535Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris


1720 Sweden and Kingdom of Prussia named Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War) e.g Treaty of Stockholm.


1749» The Teatro Filarmonico (Verona) known as Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.




1842 Pentonville Prison, Islington, was opened. Pentonville became the model for British prisons. A further 54 were built to the same design over six years, and hundreds more were built throughout the British Empire.




1844 At 8:00 p.m. On This Day, the Rochdale Pioneers commenced business at their co-operative, now this museum on Toad Lane, Rochdale, thus starting the Co-operative movement, often referred to simply as the Co-op.



1846 Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon, used anaesthetic (ether) for the first time in a British operation, at University College Hospital, London, to perform an amputation of a leg. Liston was known as 'the fastest knife in the West End' at a time when speed was essential to reduce pain and improve the odds of survival of a patient.
1968 – After leaving the Big Brother and the Holding Company band, 25-year old Janis Joplin made her debut as a solo artist at a show in Memphis, Tennessee on this day December 21 in music history


1969 – Diana Ross made her last appearance with The Supremes on the Ed Sullivan Show where they performed ‘Someday, We’ll Be Together’, a chart-topping hit from 1961.
 
1913
1st crossword puzzle with 32 clues was printed in New York World Newspaper
1937
Walt Disney's 1st full length animated movie' Snow White&7Dwarfs' directed by David Hand is released,songs "High Ho, Whistle While You Work'& Some Day My Prince Will Come' written by Frank Churchill{music} ,Larry Morey{lyrics}
1958
Charles de Gaulle wins 7yr term as 1st President of 5th Republic of France
1988
terrorist bomb explodes on Pam Am Flight 103 mid air over Scotland. It killed all 259 passengers& crew, 11 people on the ground
2012
'Gangam Style' by singer,Psy is 1st Youtube video to reach 1 billion views
 

22 December

1911 - The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is established

1941 - First United States troops arrive in Australia, basing themselves at Brisbane, the Queensland capital.

1962 - The Tornadoes became the first British group to have a number one record in the US when they hit the top with their instrumental, "Telstar".

1979 - The last Number 1 song of the 70s was Escape (The Pina Cola song)

1980 - An album called "The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan" was released by London, England's Stiff Records. The entire disc contained forty minutes of silence but still sold over 30,000 copies.
 
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On This Day - 22nd December

1135 The crowning of King Stephen. King Henry I left no legitimate heirs and named his eldest daughter, Matilda as his heir. When Henry died, Stephen of Blois (Matilda's cousin) invaded England, and in a coup d'etat had himself crowned instead of Matilda. The period which followed is known as The Anarchy, as parties supporting each side fought in open warfare , both in Britain and on the continent for the better part of two decades.




1550 The death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell). Shorty before the Battle of Bosworth (Richard - then aged 16) was taken to see King Richard III at his encampment. The King informed the boy that he was his son, and told him to watch the battle from a safe vantage point, telling him that, if he won, he would acknowledge him as his son. If he lost, the boy was told that he had to forever conceal his identity. King Richard was killed in the battle, the boy fled to London and was apprenticed to a bricklayer, but kept up the Latin he had learned by reading during his work.




1716 Lincoln's Inn Theatre in London put on England's first pantomime which included the characters Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon.







1807
The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.




1808
Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).






1851
India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.






1978 - ClassicBands.com

December 22
Kenney Jones, formerly of The Small Faces, becomes The Who's drummer, replacing the late Keith Moon who died two months earlier.
 
1927
The Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River officially opens connecting Weehawken,NJ to mid town Manhattan NYC
1958
novelty Christmas single'The Chipmunks Song' by fictional characters, Dave Seville& the Chipmunks hits #1 on the music charts first ever to hit #1,held the record until 2019 when Mariah Carey's single' All I Want For Christmas' succeeded it
1984
Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black teenagers who asked him for money on a NYC subway train. He was arrested for attempted murder those charges were dropped. He was charged with illegal gun possession.He served 8 months in jail, paid $5,000 fine and did 200 hrs of community service
1997
NHL hockey coach, Scotty Bowman records his 200th win with the Detroit Red Wings.He becomes the 1st coach to record 200 wins with 3 different teams inc Buffalo Sabres&Montral Canadiens. He retired in 2001 with a total of 1,467 wins, winning 9 Stanley Cups
2018
a tsunami hits Indonesia's Sundra Strait killing over 400 people,part of Krakatoa volcano slips into the sea
 
December 23rd
  • 1651 Jan van Riebeeck departs for Cape of Good Hope to found 1st permanent European settlement.
  • 1715 Swedish troops occupy Norway




1834 English architect Joseph Hansom, who designed the Town Hall at Lutterworth, Leicestershire patented the horse drawn taxi, known as the Hansom Cab. He went on to sell the patent to a company for £10,000 but the sum was never paid. The first Hansom Cab travelled down Hinckley's Coventry Road in 1835. They were exported worldwide and became a feature of the 19th-century street scene.




1888 The birth, in Hull, of the film magnate J. Arthur Rank. He was founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc. 1905 The earliest recorded British beauty show was held at Newcastle Upon Tyne, in north-east England.






1970 The Mousetrap reached its 7511th consecutive performance to break the world record for the longest running play.


1972 - John Lennon's film Imagine premiered on national TV



1987 The first ‘Scrooge’ award by the Low Pay Unit was made to a Wiltshire stable-owner who paid a qualified groom only £28 a week. The runner-up was a doctor employing a telephonist for 30p an hour. The prize was a copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
 
23rd December

1901 - The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 comes into force, instituting the White Australia Policy.

1906 - Australian invention, the Surf Lifesaving Reel, is demonstrated for the first time at the Bondi Surf Bathers Lifesaving Club, Sydney.

1977 - Cat Stevens announces that he has converted to Islam and now wants to be known as Yuself Islam.

1983 - Australia records its first death from the HIV/AIDS virus.

2002 - Sir Paul McCartney was granted his own coat of arms by the College of Arms, the English heraldic body formed in 1484.
 
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December 24th
1650 Edinburgh Castle surrendered to troops commanded by Oliver Cromwell.

1814 - The War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium.




1818 - Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany composed the music for "Silent Night" to words written by Josef Mohr.



1828 - William Burke who, with his partner William Hare, dug up the dead and murdered to sell the corpses for dissection, went on trial in Edinburgh.




1914 World War 1 - Not a shot was fired, as German & British soldiers played football & handed out drinks, cigars & souvenirs. It was possibly the most poignant moment of the 'Great War' & for several days afterwards the two sides appeared reluctant to fire on the men they had met face to face. Will we ever learn from history of the futility of war?




1922 The BBC broadcast 'The Truth About Father Christmas' by Phillis M Twigg, the first play written for radio in Britain.



1967
The Bee Gees performed their Christmas special 'live' from Liverpool Cathedral, England which was broadcast on UK TV.
 
December 25th

1932 King George V made the first Royal Christmas broadcast to the Empire. Queen Elizabeth II made her first Christmas broadcast in 1952, and her first television Christmas message was broadcast in 1957.




1800 The first Christmas tree in Britain was erected at Queen’s Lodge, Windsor by the German-born Queen Charlotte, wife of George III. She brought the idea over from Germany where the first reports of Christmas trees go back to 1521.




1864 The traditional swim in the ice-cold Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park was initiated.





1492 The Santa Maria sunk.Christopher Columbus' flagship ran aground and sunk on the north coast of Hispaniola. The crew was left to found a colony while Columbus returned to Spain.


1066William the Conqueror was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey, London.He was Duke of Normandy from 1035. On this day, he became the first Norman monarch of England.

336 ADChristmas was celebrated in Rome, marking the first time in recorded history that the holiday was celebrated.
 

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