Today In History

• 1321 - death of Dante Alighieri author of the Divine Comedy.
• 1583 - Dante Alighieri Day
• 1759 - Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English.
• 1788 - NYC becomes the capitol of the US
• 1882 - Britain invades Egypt.
• 1906 - 1st airplane flight in Europe.
• 1927 - Waite Hoyt became the only 20 game winner of the '27 Yankees
• 1932 - Yanks clinch their 7th pennant
• 1959 - Soviet Lunik 2 becomes 1st human-made object to crash on moon.
• 1961 - Car 54 Where are You? premiers
• 1963 - The Outer Limits premiers
• 1963 - Yanks clinch their 28th pennant
• 1965 - Beatles release "Yesterday"
• 1970 - IBM announces System 370 computer.
• 1971 - 9 hostages and 28 prisoners die in take over a Attica State Prison
• 1977 - 1st TV viewer discretion warning - Soap
• 1977 - 2nd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise
• 1979 - According to South Africa Venda gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside of South Africa.
• 1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco dies at 52 in a car crash