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 NZ, 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, NZ still wins
1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira
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, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) 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 NZ 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 NZ 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 Ian Brayshaw (W Aus vs. Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts
1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
1967 Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black
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 HR 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. NZ at Delhi
1965 Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for NZ 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 Maj 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 Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
1962 USAF Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
1961 USAF Maj 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 Maj 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 PM 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 Yanks
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. NZ 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 Aust vs. South Africa
1911 Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs. Aust 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 Eng vs. Australia at Headingley
1899 US 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. Aust 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. Aust 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 GEN David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia
1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
1862 Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC
1862 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia
1861 Union Gen 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 Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
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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