Today in history - September 03, 2010

590 St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1189 30 Jews are mnassacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
1189 England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
1260 Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
1483 Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army
1543 Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland
1650 Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland
1651 Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
1658 Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector
1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1697 King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
1709 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC
1725 England, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
1731 Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland
1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
1752 US adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14)
1779 Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War)
1791 French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1864 Battle of Berryville, VA
1864 US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
1865 Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1878 England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
1881 Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
1881 1st US Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)
1882 French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
1888 East Africa Company political & commercial rights
1888 Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British
1890 Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open
1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
1891 Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas
1891 11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
1895 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)
1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
1901 Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
1903 Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
1904 St Louis Olympics closes
1906 Phila Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Phila before 10,000 fans
1906 Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win
1908 James Barries "What Every Woman Knows," premieres in London
1911 31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
1912 World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
1914 British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
1914 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
1914 French troops vacate Reims
1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1917 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia
1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1917 Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
1918 Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1918 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)
1921 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
1921 KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
1923 Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in NYC
1924 Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
1924 L Stallings & M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in NYC
1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
1925 1st international handball match held
1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit
1929 Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
1932 Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50
1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
1936 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland