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2009 Sweden takes over the presidency of the European Union
2009 The 5th Summit of the Americas takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad, thirty-four heads of government attend 2008 Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis 2006 U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon 2006 Union of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia 1997 Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus vs. Pakistan, MCG 1997 Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare 1996 Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India 1996 O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" 1996 Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire 1996 Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics vs. Durham 1996 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex 1996 Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind 1996 Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire vs. Hampshire 1996 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H 1996 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle 1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad vs Leeward Is 1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands 1995 Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617 1995 Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record 1995 Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar 1995 Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto 1995 Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe 1995 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI 1995 Mark Ilott takes 9-19 incl all lbw hat-trick, Essex vs. Northants 1995 Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike 1995 Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs. Kerala 1994 Shane Warne takes a hat-trick vs. England at cricket MCG 1994 Richard Johnson takes 10-45 for Middlesex against Derbyshire 1993 Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 and WHK-AM/1420 1993 Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km 1993 Marv Johnson, U.S. soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54 1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride 1992 Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies 1992 Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ 1992 U.N. imposes embargo against Libya takes effect 1992 Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI 1992 Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings 1991 Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin 1991 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs vs. India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah 1991 President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game 1991 Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown 1991 Craig McDermott takes 8-97 vs. England at the WACA 1990 Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts 1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown 1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system 1990 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar) 1989 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live 1989 New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules 1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG 1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket 1988 Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets vs. WI at the WACA but Australia lose 1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 1988 Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93 1988 Namphy takes control of Haitian government 1988 Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 and 8-75) vs. WI on Test debut 1987 Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore 1987 Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan 1987 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India 1987 Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so 1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect 1987 Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest 1986 Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v New Zealand, The Oval) 1986 Constitution of Guatemala takes effect 1985 R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane 1985 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba 1985 Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins 1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeds his mother, Indira Gandhi 1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG 1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose 1983 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia 1983 Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury" 1982 Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan vs. Australia 1982 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1981 Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan 1981 Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million 1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision 1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m) 1979 Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran 1979 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 1979 Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test 1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling 1978 Muriel Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1978, wife of late Hubert Humphrey takes his office 1978 Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win 1977 U.S. Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth and Moon together 1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test 1977 Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain 1977 Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG 1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes 1976 John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi 1976 Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut New Zealand vs. Pak Javed 1st wkt 1976 Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60 1976 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell 1976 Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park 1975 Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 1975 Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1975 Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi vs. England 1975 Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 vs. Pakistan World Cup 1974 Tony Greig takes 8-86 vs. WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn) 1974 Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin 1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels 1972 Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India vs. England at Delhi 1972 Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole 1972 Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng 1971 George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City 1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 1971 J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI vs. India at Port-of-Spain 1971 Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, vs. England 1971 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs 1970 NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins 1970 Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways 1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo 1969 Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta 1969 Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO 1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect 1968 Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years 1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce 1967 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints" 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon 1966 Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list 1966 Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria 1965 Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect 1965 U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs. New Zealand at Delhi 1965 Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton 1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1964 Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke) 1964 U.S. Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon 1964 Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex 1964 Papandreou Government takes power in Greece 1963 Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545 1963 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office 1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km 1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs. England 1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place 1962 USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m 1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m 1962 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Anthony Edwards, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, It Takes Two, Dr. Greene-ER 1962 NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 1962 Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m 1962 A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m 1961 Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m 1961 Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies 1961 Kimberly Foster, actress, It Takes Two 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m 1961 Lieutenant Colonel Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude 1961 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 1961 Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide 1960 King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power 1960 Minneapolis-St. Paul baseball club takes the name Twins 1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m 1960 Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa vs. England Lord's 1960 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m 1959 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur 1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore 1958 Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs. West Indies at Kanpur 1958 Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" 1958 Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power 1958 Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town 1957 Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight 1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England vs. WI Headingley 1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada 1957 Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 vs. England, 13 wkts for match 1957 Jerry Marotta, rocker, Orleans-Love Takes Time 1956 Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match vs. Aus, Karachi 1956 Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match 1956 Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester 1956 Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs. Australians at the Oval 1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands 1955 Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows and takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo 1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements 1954 Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later) 1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1953 Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 and 7-44) vs. Australia 1952 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash 1952 Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford 1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect 1952 NFL takes control of New York Yankees 1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations 1951 Government of Drees takes power 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title 1951 NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts 1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place 1950 King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium 1950 Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial 1950 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name 1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion 1949 Roly Jenkins (Worcs vs. Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game 1948 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager 1948 Haganah takes control of Safed and port of Haifa 1948 Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. WI Barbados 1946 Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket 1946 British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years 1945 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office 1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1944 U.S. 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery 1944 U.S. takes Okinawa 1944 SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium 1944 General Montgomery takes command of 12th and 21st army 1944 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight 1944 U.S. takes Eniwetok Island 1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China 1942 Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight 1942 Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa 1941 Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1941 Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males 1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay 1940 54th Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office 1939 O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days 1939 Agatha N "Kim" Weston, U.S. gospel/singer, It Takes Two 1939 British fleet takes German U-27 boat 1939 Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner 1939 WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig 1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa 1938 Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties 1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia 1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 oz bat 1936 Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua 1936 Quiroga government takes office in Spain 1936 Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia) 1935 U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect 1934 Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430 1934 SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps 1934 Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43) 1933 Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart 1933 Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251 1933 Spanish president Zamora takes power 1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager 1933 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of U.S. Mint takes office 1933 French government of Daladier takes power 1933 Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match 1933 Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled 1932 Grimmett takes 14 wickets vs. South Africa (7-116 and 7-83) 1931 Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs. Tas at Hobart 1931 Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo 1930 Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw) 1930 Hedley Verity takes 10 for 10 vs. Notts (19 4-16-10-10) at Leeds 1930 Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs. Yorkshire at Sheffield 1930 Robert Wagner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart 1930 Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs. New Zealand Christchurch 1929 Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390 1928 1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland 1928 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler) 1927 At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris 1926 Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW vs. Vic 1926 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1926 National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1926 Belgian government of Jaspar takes power 1926 German government of Marx takes power 1926 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office 1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over 1925 Lester Patrick takes over New York Rangers 1925 Italian army takes Somalia 1924 Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim 1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1924 Charles Jewtraw, U.S. 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1922 Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government 1922 Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech 1922 Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW 1921 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history 1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1917 British king George V takes the name Windsor 1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank 1916 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place 1915 Allan Jackson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, newscaster, Youth Takes a Stand 1915 U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years 1915 Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army 1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho 1914 Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans) 1914 Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place 1913 Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103) 1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete 1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) 1913 Federal income tax takes effect, 16th amendment 1913 Mexican General V Huerta takes power with U.S. support 1913 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon 1912 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs. South Africa 1911 Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs. Australia at MCG 1911 Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica 1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1910 Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs 1909 Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers 1908 Russia takes part of Poland 1907 Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Mddx vs. Somerset 1906 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey 1905 H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW vs. Qld) 1905 Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa 1904 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match 1903 Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place 1902 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG 1899 Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick England vs. Australia at Headingley 1899 U.S. takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific 1898 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1897 King Leopold II takes Belgian crown 1896 Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place 1896 G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 1896 Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit 1896 George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs. South Africa at Johannesburg 1896 George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa, 8-7 for inning 1895 Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record 1892 Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass) 1892 Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia SCG 1886 China takes British protectorate of Burma 1885 German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon and Togoland 1884 German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon 1884 Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 and 7-3 vs. England XI in 4 hours 1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia MCG 1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula 1876 29th Postmaster General: James N. Tyner of Indiana takes office 1874 Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie, Kansas 1874 Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1874 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office 1874 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office 1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect 1868 Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey vs. Sussex 1867 U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia 1866 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office 1865 V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex vs. Lancs 1864 General David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia 1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee 1862 General Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC 1862 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia 1861 Union General George McClellan takes command from McDowell of Potamic Army 1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans 1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield Illinois to Washington D.C. 1861 State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans 1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st U.S. superintendent of agriculture 1859 V E Walker takes 10-74 in an innings for England vs. Surrey 1858 Nadar takes 1st airborne photo, in a balloon 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse 1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office 1851 Louis Napoleon takes power in France 1850 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office 1850 Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star, Vega 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua 1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 1839 John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph 1831 Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives 1831 Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam 1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea 1827 Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ 1823 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office 1815 King Willem I takes oath in Brussels 1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1806 Prussia takes possession of Hanover 1801 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia 1791 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office 1781 Washington takes Yorktown 1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office 1775 George Washington takes command of U.S. troops 1775 Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French 1744 French army takes Austrian Netherlands 1729 Sister St. Stanislas Hachard, 1st U.S. nun, takes her vows, N Orleans 1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania 1680 Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fe from Spanish 1668 England takes control of Bombay India 1668 1st horse race in America takes place 1643 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians 1638 Cornelis S. Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited) 1621 Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die 1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds 1562 Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon 1556 Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over 1522 Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland 1521 Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St. Lazarus 1455 Richard of York takes St. Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI 1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge 610 Heraclius' fleet takes Constantinople 587 Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram takes cousin Childebert II as heir |
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