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- January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ... won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the ...
5: ...l All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...dings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not ...
9: ...to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside [[Ma...
13: ...nificant minority are from [[Puerto Rico]], which fields its own teams in international sports competi... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
5: ... Red Stockings]] of [[1869]]-[[1970]], baseball's first openly professional team. When the N.A. formed...
6: .... Prior to 1912, the Boston team had several unofficial nicknames: "Red Stockings" in the [[1870s]] ...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Turner Field]], Atlanta (aka "The Ted", after [[Ted Turner]...
15: ...1893]], [[1897 in sports|1897]], [[1898 in sports|1898]], [[1914 World Series|1914]], [[1948 World Serie...
20: ... of their last 44 games. Not only did they finish first, but they ended up 10.5 games up on the second... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...late [[1890s]]. ''Orphans'', [[1898]], after the firing of longtime manager [[Cap Anson]]. ''Remnant...
6: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-...
18: ...s, the time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the [[National Associatio...
20: ... of the league during the city's recovery period, finally being revived in [[1874]].
22: ... the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]], and first baseman [[Cap Anson]] of the [[Philadelphia At... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
8: ...tockings ([[1882]]), St. Louis Browns ([[1883]]-[[1898]]), St. Louis Perfectos ([[1899]]). Name became ...
18: ...inished with the same record. Since the two teams finished tied in the standings, the league went to a...
35: ...es to 2 to win the [[1944]] [[World Series]]. Outfielder [[Stan Musial|Stan "The Man" Musial]] led th...
45: ...ger]] called Royals batter [[Jorge Orta]] safe at first base - a call later refuted by [[instant repla...
56: ...ch Stadium's left field fence. McGwire went on to finish with 70, a record that stood until [[Barry Bo... - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: ...]] capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces.
8: ...a stoppage of play the home team is permitted the final change. When players are substituted during pl...
17: [[image:hockeyfight.JPG|thumb|Fights often occur near the goal because players wan...
19: ...ockey has two to four ''[[Official (ice hockey)|official]]s'' on the ice charged with enforcing the ru...
21: ...y. Five-minute ''major penalties'' are called for fighting, boarding, and other violent infractions. ... - Garrett A. Morgan (5956 bytes)
2: ...s hood to save workers trapped in a tunnel system filled with fumes.
9: ...for a clothing manufacturer. News of his skill at fixing things and experimenting spread quickly throu...
11: ...Madge Nelson in [[1896]]; they were divorced in [[1898]].
13: ...is own sewing machine and repair shop. It was the first of several businesses he would own. In [[1909]...
20: ...gold medals from the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Exposition of Sani... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
95: *[[Mino da Fiesole]] (c.1429 - 1484)
96: *[[Steve Fiorilla]]
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
9: ... his brother-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on hold f...
14: ...ing the approach to the camp, and necessarily the first point that would be attacked. In the [[Battle ...
18: ...of [[1812]] or early [[1813]]. Aaron Burr and his first wife were married for twelve years, until her ...
20: ...t anniversary, she sued for [[divorce]], citing infidelity (Burr was in his eighties), which was grant...
28: ...gton, D.C.|Washington]]. He sought to write an official Revolutionary history, but President Washingt... - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
2: ... built, and flew many [[balloon]]s as well as the first practical [[airship|dirigible]].
3: In addition, He made the first
6: ''[[14 Bis]]'', was the first to take off, fly, and land without the use of ...
11: ...f flying came to him while contemplating the magnificent skies of [[Brazil]] in the long, sunny aftern...
14: ...Gerais, for the city [[Paris]] in [[France]]. The first thing he did there was to buy an [[automobile]... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
9: ...h in 1890. On his 37th birthday he married Marie Fidele Hunt; they had one daughter, Helene. In 1923...
13: ...and life-long relationship of mutual respect. In 1898, during this expedition, Cook visited [[Tierra de...
15: ...nd expedition in 1906, and claim to have made the first ascent of that mountain (this claim is discuss...
24: ...inley and 3 miles below its top. Barrill's 1909 affidavit included a map correctly locating the [[Fake...
31: ...s went to the same area of Jones Sound in hope of finding a whaling ship to take them to civilization.... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
16: ...s a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator.
28: ... for [[Hawaii]]an statehood, which would become official on [[August 21]].
31: ...st]] for [[France]] singing "Un premier amour" (A first love).
32: ...cecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicular activity|walk in s...
36: ...Oil embargo crisis]]: Most [[OPEC]] nations end a five-month [[oil]] [[embargo]] against the [[United ... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...[[City Bank of New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ...
9: *[[1861]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
12: ... [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: ...anes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in histor...
15: ...the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first time was on [[November 19]], [[1919]]). - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
87: *[[Gertrude Blanch]] ([[1898]] - [[1996]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
89: *[[Ira Sprague Bowen]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1898]] – [[1973]])
112: ...win Francis Carpenter]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1898]] – [[1963]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
234: *[[Oets Kolk Bouwsma]], (1898-1978){{fn|C}}
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
307: *[[Lewis Carroll]], (1832-1898){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]] - July 24 (8660 bytes)
8: *[[1832]] - [[Benjamin Bonneville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]]...
11: ...] - [[Reconstruction]]: [[Tennessee]] becomes the first [[U.S. state]] to be readmitted to the [[Unite...
13: *[[1910]] - [[James MacGillivray]] publishes first account of [[Paul Bunyan]] in the [[Detroit Ne...
16: ... other countries that fought in the [[World War I|First World War]].
18: ...t of [[foreign policy]], goes into effect (it was first signed in [[Paris]] on [[August 27]], [[1928]]... - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
1: ...o the open era, in the top few in doubles, quarterfinalists or better in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand...
36: *[[Jean Borotra]] ([[1898]]-[[1994]]) - (France) - one of the "Four Muskete...
91: *[[Wojtek Fibak]] ([[1952]]-) - ([[:Category:Polish tennis pla...
108: *[[Spencer Gore]] - (England) first [[Wimbledon championships|Wimbledon]] ([[1877]...
263: *[[Marat Safin]] ([[1980]]-) - (Russia) - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
4: ...sing writing to record anything of religious significance [http://www.simplyscottish.com/readingroom/h...
6: ... [[Christianity]]; indeed, many Gaelic myths were first recorded by Christian [[monks]], albeit withou...
8: ...esar?s comments on Celtic Religion and their significance===
9: ...and Mars influences warfare. In addition to these five, he mentions that the Gauls traced their ancest...
12: ...cal deities is gainsaid by the numerous well-testified gods whose cults seem to have been followed acr... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
22: ... They were one of the tribes referred to as the [[Five Civilized Tribes]].
27: ...ision documentary|documentary]], "''Spirit of the Fire''" explored the history of the [[Keetoowah Nigh...
46: ...dy, and because multi-racial people were, for the first time, able to identify themselves as belonging...
84: ...nder the "Emperor" Moytoy, with the aid of an unofficial English envoy, Sir Alexander Cumming. In 173...
90: ...Nation was founded in 1820, with elected public officials. John Ross became the chief of the tribe in ...
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