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2013 Event - The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union

2013 Event - In Rome, Italy, the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square; hundreds of thousands attend

2013 Event - In Los Angeles, California, the 85th Academy Awards is held; 'Argo' wins best picture, Ang Lee wins for best director, Daniel Day-Lewis wins for best actor, and Jennifer Lawrence wins for best actress

2013 Event - Parliamentary elections are held in Monaco, with the the Horizon Monaco alliance winning 50.3% of the vote, securing 20 of 24 seats in the country's National Council

2013 Event - At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel'

2013 Event - Officials at the Kremlin announce that the 2014 G8 summit will be held at Sochi, its southern Black Sea resort

2013 Event - Plans for Euro 2020 are announced by the UEFA; the football championship is to be held in 13 cities in 13 different European countries

2012 Event - Ceremonies commemorating the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il were held outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang; the nation observed three-minutes of silence to honor him

2012 Event - In ceremonies held at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career

2012 Event - A leadership ballot held by the Democratic Party of Japan is won by Japan's Prime Minster, Yoshihiko Noda

2012 Event - Jan van Eyck is credited as the painter of 'The three mary's at the tomb' a painting from the 1430's held in a Rotterdam museum

2012 Event - The Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps, is won by 32 year-old Jenson Button

2012 Event - Ghana's state funeral, held in Accra for President John Atta Mills, attracts tens of thousands

2012 Event - The Wisconsin Senate recall election is held, and Wisconsin voters re-elect incumbent governor Scott Walker

2012 Event - A memorial service is held for San Diego chargers' Junior Seau; his #55 will be retired by the team

2012 Event - A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China

2012 Event - After a year of being held hostage by pirates, 15 Georgian soldiers are released through efforts of the Somalian government

2011 Event - An emergency meeting to discuss the European sovereign debt crisis is held by leaders of the European Union

2011 Event - The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces the 2015 UCI World Championships will be held in Richmond, Virginia

2011 Event - The 63rd Emmy Awards for U.S television programs is held in Los Angeles, California: Mad Men wins for the outstanding drama series

2011 Event - Memorial ceremonies are held worldwide to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks

2011 Event - The Foreign Ministry of Iran calls for Musa al-Sadr to be released; they claim he has been held in Libya since 1978

2011 Event - Nigeria's presidential election, held April 16, 2011, declares the winner is President Goodluck Jonathan

2011 Event - In an interview held before the third anniversary of deadly unrest, Gyaincain Norbu claims Tibetans have 'never been freer'

2011 Event - In Hollywood, California, the 83rd Academy Awards are held at the Kodak Theater, celebrating the best films of 2010

2011 Event - Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announces he will leave politics soon after the Presidential elections are held

2010 Event - Rallies protesting constitutional abuses by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are held in Moscow, Russia

2010 Event - While world leaders back Africa's Alassane Ouattara as the Ivory Coast presidential election winner, a swearing-in ceremony is held for Laurent Gbagbo in Cote D'Ivoire

2010 Event - The 2010 Country Music Awards are held in Nashville, Tennessee; American singer Brad Paisley wins Entertainer of the Year

2010 Event - The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held

2010 Event - Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur

2009 Event - Peace talks witht he Tuareg rebel groups in north Niger are held by the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou

2004 Event - After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia

1997 Event - Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured

1997 Event - New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault

1996 Event - 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"

1995 Event - Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend)

1993 Death - Elie A Cohen, physician (held in Auschwitz), dies at 84

1993 Event - 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street

1992 Event - All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium

1991 Event - Muslim Shites release last U.S. hostage Terry Anderson (held 6 years)

1991 Event - Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio

1991 Event - Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War

1991 Event - Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable

1990 Event - Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait

1990 Event - 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral

1990 Event - A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty

1990 Event - 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held in Michigan

1990 Event - 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)

1989 Event - Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland

1988 Event - Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)

1987 Event - Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail

1986 Event - French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released

1986 Event - U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut

1986 Event - Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme

1985 Event - American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon

1985 Event - Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11

1985 Event - Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)

1983 Event - Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 and win 113-96

1982 Event - Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives

1982 Event - Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev

1981 Event - Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo

1981 Event - 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US

1981 Event - 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed

1980 Event - 6 Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of Canadians

1979 Event - ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")

1979 Event - Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma

1979 Death - Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91

1978 Event - Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I

1978 Event - "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US

1978 Event - 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii

1977 Event - Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland

1976 Event - Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1975 Event - Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots

1970 Event - 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources

1968 Event - 1st U.S. Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)

1966 Event - Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles

1965 Birthday - Daniel Held, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 10k runner

1964 Event - During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home

1963 Event - Cleveland ties record of 4 consecutive home runs (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)

1963 Event - Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)

1961 Event - 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade

1959 Event - Players Association approves 2 All-Star Games in 1960, to be held in Kansas City and NY

1957 Event - 1st National Curling Championship held

1956 Event - World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo

1955 Event - Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy

1951 Birthday - Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company

1950 Event - 1st Farnborough airshow held

1949 Event - U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages

1949 Event - 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)

1948 Event - 1st U.S. figure skating championships held

1947 Event - 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii

1947 Birthday - Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/U.S. hostage held in Lebanon, 1985-91

1943 Event - German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government

1941 Event - Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces

1940 Event - Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st

1937 Birthday - Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records

1937 Event - 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)

1933 Event - Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field

1932 Birthday - Woody, Woodson, Held, baseball player

1931 Event - 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium

1930 Event - 1st International bridge match is held in London. U.S. team defeats England

1929 Event - 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held

1928 Birthday - Al Held, U.S., painter/sculptor, hard edge-style

1927 Birthday - Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ, 1949, 51, 53-55

1926 Event - The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America

1925 Event - 1st international handball match held

1923 Event - Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hours). Referee overturns decision

1922 Event - 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris

1921 Event - Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM

1919 Event - 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)

1918 Death - Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

1917 Event - WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn

1916 Birthday - Unica Zurn, born in Berlin, Germany, author, painter, wrote anagram poems and held automatic drawing exhibitions

1916 Event - 1st professional golf tournament held

1916 Event - 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held

1914 Event - 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York

1914 Event - 1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven

1914 Event - 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City)

1913 Event - 1st U.S. milch goat show held, Rochester, New York

1912 Birthday - Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938

1910 Event - Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)

1910 Event - 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.

1910 Event - 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)

1910 Event - 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)

1910 Event - 1st international air meet in U.S. held, in LA

1909 Event - World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins

1907 Event - Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held

1904 Event - 1st Olympics in U.S. are held (St. Louis)

1902 Event - 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)

1901 Event - 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)

1897 Event - Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)

1896 Event - A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island

1893 Event - For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago

1891 Event - 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)

1891 Event - 1st world weightlifting championship held

1888 Event - 1st organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Arizona

1884 Event - 1st U.S. bullfight held (Dodge City Ks)

1883 Event - 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden)

1877 Event - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held

1877 Event - 1st Westminster Dog Show held

1877 Event - 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn

1876 Death - Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's

1876 Event - 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins

1874 Event - 1st Grand International Rifle match held

1872 Event - Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall

1872 Birthday - Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

1869 Event - 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian

1868 Event - 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio

1860 Event - 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)

1859 Event - 1st dog show held, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

1849 Event - California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey

1844 Birthday - Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents

1839 Event - 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)

1839 Event - 1st Henley Regatta held

1817 Event - 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland

1814 Event - 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City

1812 Event - Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish

1811 Event - 1st Women's Golf Tournament held

1800 Event - Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building

1796 Event - 1st Independence Day celebration is held

1793 Event - Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795)

1776 Event - 1st St. Leger horesrace held at Doncaster

1775 Event - 1st regatta held on Thames, England

1754 Event - Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians

1673 Event - 1st recorded wine auction held in London

1672 Event - 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass

1630 Event - In Boston the 1st general court is held

1601 Event - Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto

1534 Event - English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope

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