Commodus Poisoned Then Strangled
192 Roman Emperor Commodus survives poisoning attempt by his mistress only to be strangled in the bath in assassination plot
- 1680 De Italiaanse Opera (The Italian Opera) theater opens on the Leidsegracht in Amsterdam with "La Fatiche d'Ercole per Deianira" by PA Ziani
Earth's Wobble Discovery
1744 English astronomer James Bradley announces the discovery of Earth's nutation, or wobble
- 1861 A world record 22,990 mm of rain falls in a single year in Cherrapunji, Assam, India
- 1904 First New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square, New York City
- 1907 For 1st time, a ball drops at Times Square to signal the New Year
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1911 Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, for her work with radioactivity
- 1923 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester
- 1931 City of Paris accepts donation of the writings gathered by feminist publisher Marguerite Durand and establishes a library (Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand) for the collection
- 1934 Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport
- 1935 Charles Darrow patents the board game Monopoly and becomes the first millionaire game designer
Proclamation 2714
1946 US President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of World War II in Proclamation 2714
- 1951 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electricity announced
- 1961 The Beach Boys play their debut gig under that name
I'm a Believer
1966 The Monkees single "I'm a Believer", written by Neil Diamond, hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks
McCartney Files Beatles Lawsuit
1970 Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles in a dispute over Allen Klein's management of the group
- 1990 Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
Streisand's 1st Concert in 20 Years
1993 Barbra Streisand performs her 1st public concert in 20 years before a sell-out crows of over 25,000 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Largest Free Concert
1994 Largest free concert in the world occurs when Rod Stewart performs in front of an estimated 3.5 million people at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1]
- 1998 US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year
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