5stringJeff
Senior Member
A busy day in history. Here are some highlights, courtesy of Wikipedia:
* 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
* 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
* 1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
* 1777 - Battle of Princeton. American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis.
* 1823 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
* 1834 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
* 1861 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
* 1888 - Marvin C. Stone patents the drinking straw.
* 1920 - Curse of the Bambino: The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a sum of $125,000 and a loan of more than $300,000.
* 1924 - English explorer Howard Carter discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
* 1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
* 1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
* 1983 - Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys makes the longest run from scrimmage in NFL history.
* 1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
* 1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
* 2000 - The last "Peanuts" comic strip is created by Charles Schulz.
* 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
* 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
* 1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
* 1777 - Battle of Princeton. American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis.
* 1823 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
* 1834 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
* 1861 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
* 1888 - Marvin C. Stone patents the drinking straw.
* 1920 - Curse of the Bambino: The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a sum of $125,000 and a loan of more than $300,000.
* 1924 - English explorer Howard Carter discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
* 1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
* 1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
* 1983 - Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys makes the longest run from scrimmage in NFL history.
* 1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
* 1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
* 2000 - The last "Peanuts" comic strip is created by Charles Schulz.
