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2012 Event - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Yukiya Amano, goes to Tehran to convince the Iran's government to co-operate with the IAEA

2011 Event - A near riot breaks out at the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China

2011 Event - In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect

2011 Event - The most expensive painting ever auctioned, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust', by Pablo Picasso, goes on display in London's Tate Gallery

2010 Event - Italy's plan to ban plastic bags goes into effect; the country was using 20 billion plastic bags a year - about 300 per person

2007 Event - Writers Guild of American goes on strike

2000 Death - Jim Varney, actor, Ernest Goes to Camp, dies at 50

1998 Event - Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season

1997 Event - Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris

1997 Death - Murray Burnett, writer, Everybody Goes to Rick's - later filmed as Casablanca, dies at 86

1997 Event - Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial

1997 Death - James Stewart, actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, dies at 89

1996 Event - After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripken goes to 3rd

1996 Event - Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan

1995 Event - Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland

1995 Event - Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win

1995 Event - Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air

1995 Event - Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air

1994 Event - Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street New York City

1994 Event - KLM's last DC-10 goes out of service

1994 Event - NHL goes on strike

1994 Death - Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25

1994 Event - WIIZ (98.7) FM goes off the air

1994 Event - "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per

1994 Event - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect

1993 Death - Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61

1993 Event - New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27

1993 Event - New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27)

1993 Event - Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run

1993 Event - Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale

1992 Event - Madonna's book "Sex" goes on sale

1992 Event - U.S. Air goes on strike

1992 Event - Braniff Airlines goes out of business

1992 Event - NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers

1991 Event - "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale

1991 Event - "Michael Jackson: Magic and Madness" goes on sale

1991 Event - U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour

1991 Event - 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R.

1990 Event - New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)

1990 Event - Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000

1990 Event - Ken Griffey Sr &, Jr. are 1st father and son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners

1990 Death - Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85

1990 Event - Greyhound Bus goes on strike

1990 Event - Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill

1989 Event - Batting titles decided on final day Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney Lansford .339 to .336, Gwynn's 3-for-4 edges Will Clark .336 to .333

1989 Event - "Anything Goes" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 804 performances

1989 Event - Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy

1989 Event - In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury

1988 Event - "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel

1988 Event - Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34

1987 Event - "Anything Goes" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 804 performances

1987 Event - Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 home runs in Minnesota 10-6 win over Milwaukee

1987 Event - Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games

1987 Event - Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1

1987 Event - Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks

1987 Event - Philippines constitution goes into effect

1987 Event - Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1

1986 Event - "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks

1986 Event - Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single

1986 Event - Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1

1986 Event - Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1

1986 Event - "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz New York City after 13 performances

1986 Event - "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 13 performances

1985 Event - Heart's "Heart," album goes #1

1985 Event - Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1

1985 Event - Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks

1985 Event - U.S.'s 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect in New York

1984 Event - Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks

1984 Event - Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks

1983 Event - David Bowie's 'Let's "Dance' single goes #1

1983 Event - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks

1982 Event - Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215

1982 Event - FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo

1982 Event - Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat

1982 Event - Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game and goes 0-for-4

1982 Event - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks

1982 Event - Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through

1982 Event - Honduras constitution goes into effect

1982 Event - Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F

1981 Event - Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks

1980 Event - Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks

1980 Event - George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good

1980 Event - George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401

1980 Event - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco New York City after 12 performances

1980 Event - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 12 performances

1979 Event - Mali's constitution goes into effect

1979 Event - "The Source," 1st computer public information service, goes on-line

1979 Event - Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect

1978 Event - Spain constitution goes into effect

1978 Event - Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus

1978 Event - Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1

1978 Event - Yankees score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Baltimore wins 3-0

1978 Event - Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)

1978 Event - Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect

1978 Event - South Africa military goes into Angola

1978 Event - Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks

1977 Event - Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks

1977 Birthday - Sarah Chalke, Ottawa, actress, Becky-Roseanne, Ernest Goes to School

1977 Event - Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off

1977 Event - Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale

1977 Event - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks

1977 Event - Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight

1976 Event - Albania constitution goes into effect

1976 Event - Algeria Constitution goes into effect

1976 Event - Train collision at Goes, Netherlands, 7 die

1976 Event - U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth

1976 Event - Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars

1976 Event - U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth

1976 Event - Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold

1976 Event - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)

1975 Birthday - Kellie Martin, actress, Becca Thatcher-Life Goes On

1975 Birthday - Kellie Martin, Riverside California, actress, Life Goes On, Cristy

1975 Event - David Bowie's 'Fame' single goes #1 for 2 weeks

1975 Event - Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky

1975 Event - Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold

1974 Event - Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days

1974 Event - Malta's constitution goes into effect

1974 Death - Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84

1973 Event - Bahrain's constitution goes into effect

1973 Event - "Monster Mash" goes gold

1973 Event - "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold

1973 Event - Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma

1973 Event - George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold

1973 Event - Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1

1973 Event - Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London

1972 Event - Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect

1972 Event - America's LP "America" goes #1

1971 Event - New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business

1971 Event - Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold

1971 Event - Bulgarian constitution goes into effect

1971 Event - Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold

1971 Birthday - Tommy Puett, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10

1970 Event - Iraq's constitution goes into effect

1970 Event - Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892

1970 Event - Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks

1970 Event - Beatles' "Long and Winding Road," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1970 Event - Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1970 Event - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect

1970 Event - Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect

1969 Event - Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks

1969 Event - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit

1969 Event - Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks

1969 Event - Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use

1968 Event - Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1968 Event - Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1968 Death - Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58

1968 Event - Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" goes gold

1968 Birthday - Kenny Chesney, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country music artist, over 30 hits, 13 albums certified gold or higher by RIAA, albums include, 'When the Sun Goes Down'

1968 Event - Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect

1968 Event - Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks

1967 Event - Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1967 Event - Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1

1967 Event - WCBS radio in New York City goes all-news

1967 Event - Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks

1967 Event - Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and goes gold

1967 Event - Martial Law goes into effect in Greece

1967 Event - Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off

1967 Event - The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1

1967 Event - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1

1967 Event - Sonny and Cher release "Beat Goes On"

1966 Event - Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks

1966 Event - Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks

1966 Event - Medicare goes into effect

1966 Event - Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1966 Death - Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77

1966 Birthday - Stevie Rachelle, rock vocalist, Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around

1966 Event - Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks

1966 Event - Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1965 Event - Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155

1965 Event - Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks

1965 Event - India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect

1965 Event - Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1965 Event - Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1965 Birthday - Chris Burke, actor with down syndrome, Corky-Life Goes On

1965 Event - Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966

1965 Event - Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks

1965 Event - Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1

1965 Event - Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service

1965 Event - Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1965 Event - "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1964 Event - Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 weeks

1964 Event - 10th time Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet

1964 Event - Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks

1964 Event - Davie Jones and King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me," group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie

1964 Event - Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1

1964 Event - Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks

1964 Event - "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold

1964 Event - 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes

1964 Birthday - Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer, Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax

1963 Event - Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game

1963 Event - Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot

1962 Event - Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 weeks

1962 Event - Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles)

1962 Event - West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1961 Event - Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks

1961 Event - Antarctic Treaty goes into effect

1961 Event - U.N. genocide pact goes into effect

1960 Event - Benelux treaty goes into effect

1960 Event - Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7

1960 Event - Baltimore Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle

1960 Birthday - Holly Johnson, England, rock vocalist, Frankie Goes To Hollywood

1959 Birthday - Paul Rutherford, vocalist, Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax

1959 Event - In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4

1959 Event - "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)

1959 Event - Barbie doll goes on sale

1958 Event - South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks

1958 Event - Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City

1958 Event - Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled

1956 Event - Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks

1956 Event - 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)

1956 Event - Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks

1956 Death - Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66

1956 Event - Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1

1956 Event - Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)

1955 Event - Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game

1955 Event - Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks

1955 Event - South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect

1955 Event - McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks

1954 Event - European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect

1952 Event - Arab League security pact goes into effect

1951 Event - New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)

1951 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game

1951 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4

1950 Birthday - Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer, As Love Goes

1950 Event - Indies Constitution goes into effect

1950 Event - Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 home runs

1949 Event - NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect

1949 Birthday - Patti LuPone, born in Northport, New York, actress and singer, Evita, Life Goes On

1948 Event - Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start and goes 7 innings

1948 Event - New York City subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents

1947 Event - "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece

1947 Event - Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut

1947 Event - Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect

1946 Birthday - Jim Varney, born in Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Ernest Goes to Jail, "Hey Vern"

1945 Event - 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented

1945 Event - "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances

1945 Event - Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial

1945 Event - 1 armed outfielder, St. L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4

1944 Event - Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland

1942 Event - 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use

1942 Event - Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews

1942 Event - Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam

1942 Event - Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S.

1941 Event - State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia

1941 Event - Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game

1941 Event - 1st issue of "Parade" goes on sale

1941 Event - Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect

1941 Event - Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation

1941 Event - 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee

1940 Event - 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)

1940 Event - Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof

1939 Event - Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Phillies 22-4

1939 Death - Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies

1938 Event - Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use

1937 Event - 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie

1937 Event - Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)

1936 Event - WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air

1936 Birthday - [Aino] Elina Salo, born in Sipoo, Finland, actress, Hamlet Goes Business

1935 Event - Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies

1935 Event - Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network

1935 Event - Monopoly board game goes on sale for 1st time

1935 Event - Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use

1934 Event - Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3

1934 Event - WOQ-AM in Kansas City Missouri goes off the air

1933 Death - Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87

1933 Event - 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter and Gamble, goes on sale

1933 Event - WNJ-AM in Newark New Jersey goes off the air

1933 Event - 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March

1932 Event - George Washington quarter goes into circulation

1932 Event - New York newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt

1932 Birthday - Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer, Han de Wit goes in development aid

1931 Event - Alka Seltzer goes on sale

1931 Event - Cincinnati Red Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6

1931 Event - Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida

1930 Birthday - Charlie Jones, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, sportscaster, Almost Anything Goes

1930 Event - Bradman scores 309 in a day vs England at Leeds, goes on to 334

1930 Event - Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service

1929 Event - Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador

1926 Event - Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam

1926 Event - Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)

1925 Birthday - Richard Erdman, Enid, Oklahoma, actor, Stalag 17, Anything Goes

1925 Event - Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)

1925 Event - Great Britain goes back to gold standard

1924 Event - Giants rip Braves 22-1, Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out

1923 Event - Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403

1923 Event - Flying Scotsman goes into service

1921 Event - Belgium's public library law goes into force

1921 Birthday - Jeff Donnell, born in South Windham, Maine, actor, Gidget Goes to Rome

1921 Event - British coal miners goes on strike

1920 Event - KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station

1920 Event - Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect

1920 Event - Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but ump ejects Roush for delay of game

1920 Event - British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years

1920 Event - 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933

1919 Birthday - Jacques Marin, Paris, actor, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

1918 Event - 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect

1916 Event - University of Gent goes under Dutch control

1913 Event - Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores 5 runs against Phillies

1913 Event - 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City)

1912 Event - Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect

1912 Event - British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect

1911 Event - Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak

1911 Event - Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214

1910 Birthday - Red Foley, born in Blue Lick, Kentucky, country singer, Mr Smith Goes to Washington

1909 Event - 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City

1908 Birthday - Jimmy Stewart, Pennsylvania, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life

1908 Birthday - Albrecht Goes, born in Germany, pastor with the German army, writer, novelist, BBC Television in the United Kingdom adapted Unruhige Nacht in 1950, his novel, translated in English as 'Arrow to the Heart'

1908 Birthday - Ethel Merman, stage and screen actress, Anything Goes, Call Me Madam

1907 Event - Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader vs Giants

1905 Birthday - Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1904 Birthday - Iron Eyes Cody, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, actor, Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp

1903 Birthday - Phil Harris, born in Linton, Indiana, actor, Anything Goes, Robin Hood

1900 Event - U.S. currency goes on gold standard

1900 Event - Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect

1896 Event - Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs

1894 Event - American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike

1893 Birthday - Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate

1893 Birthday - Stanley Lupino, English comic, Cheer Up, Over She Goes

1891 Event - "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M

1890 Event - 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation

1890 Birthday - Edward Arnold, New York City, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Washington

1889 Birthday - Douglass Dumbrille, Hamilton Ont, actor, Mr Deed Goes to Town

1881 Event - World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)

1875 Event - Netherlands goes on the gold standard

1866 Event - 1st ambulance goes into service

1863 Event - 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect

1859 Birthday - Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist

1854 Event - Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use

1846 Birthday - Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter, Van der Goes in the Red Monastery

1837 Event - Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)

1834 Event - German Tolunie goes into effect

1829 Event - London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard)

1829 Event - "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service

1798 Event - New conscription law goes into effect in France

1789 Event - U.S. constitution goes into effect

1788 Event - U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify

1765 Event - Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies

1741 Event - Prussia goes to the Covenant of Nymphenburg

1700 Event - Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700)

1684 Death - Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37

1668 Event - Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France

1662 Event - Uniformity Act of England goes into effect

1653 Event - British Barebones Parliament goes into session

1647 Birthday - John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet, Bellone aen bant

1627 Event - Spanish government goes bankrupt

1586 Event - Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth

1544 Event - Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland

1535 Event - Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason

1504 Event - English guilds/corp goes under state control

1367 Event - League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV













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