1357 – Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1920 – WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
1951 – Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
1955 – Walter Piston’s 6th Symphony, composed to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Boston Symphony, premieres, led by Charles Munch
1959 – Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer’s musical “Once Upon A Mattress”, starring Carol Burnett and directed by George Abbott, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC, after starting off-Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre, later moves to St. James
1972 – “Ambassador” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
1981 – Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
1983 – Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 – Lech Wałęsa wins Poland’s first popular election
1995 – “Patti LuPone on Broadway” closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 performances
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