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Keep calm and listen to Wikipedia!Students have long revered the ivied walls of older colleges. "Planting the ivy" was a customary class day ceremony at many colleges in the 1800s. In 1893 an alumnus told The Harvard Crimson, "In 1850, class day was placed upon the University Calendar.... the custom of planting the ivy, while the ivy oration was delivered, arose about this time. At Penn, graduating seniors started the custom of planting ivy at a university building each spring in 1873 and that practice was formally designated as "Ivy Day" in 1874. Ivy planting ceremonies are reported for Yale,Simmons, Bryn Mawr and many others. Princeton's "Ivy Club" was founded in 1879.The first usage of Ivy in reference to a group of colleges is from sportswriter Stanley Woodward (1895–1965).A proportion of our eastern ivy colleges are meeting little fellows another Saturday before plunging into the strife and the turmoil.—Stanley Woodward, New York Tribune, October 14, 1933, describing the football seasonAccording to the book Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins (1988), author William Morris writes that Stanley Woodward actually took the term from fellow New York Tribune sportswriter Caswell Adams. Morris writes that during the 1930s, the Fordham University football team was running roughshod over all its opponents. One day in the sports room at the Tribune, the merits of Fordham's football team were being compared to those of Princeton and Columbia. Adams remarked disparagingly of the latter two, saying they were "only Ivy League." Woodward, the sports editor of the Tribune, picked up the term and printed the next day.Note though that in the above quote Woodward used the term ivy college, not ivy league as Adams is said to have used, so there is a discrepancy in this theory, although it seems certain the term ivy college and shortly later Ivy League acquired its name from the sports world.The first known instance of the term Ivy League being used appeared in The Christian Science Monitor on February 7, 1935. Several sportswriters and other journalists used the term shortly later to refer to the older colleges, those along the northeastern seaboard of the United States, chiefly the nine institutions with origins dating from the colonial era, together with the United States Military Academy (West Point), the United States Naval Academy, and a few others. These schools were known for their long-standing traditions in intercollegiate athletics, often being the first schools to participate in such activities. However, at this time, none of these institutions made efforts to form an athletic league.A common folk etymology attributes the name to the Roman numerals for four (IV), asserting that there was such a sports league originally with four members. The Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins helped to perpetuate this belief. The supposed "IV League" was formed over a century ago and consisted of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and a 4th school that varies depending on who is telling the story. However, it is clear that Harvard,Princeton, Yale and Columbia met on November 23, 1876 at the so-called Massasoit Convention to decide on uniform rules for the emerging game of American football, which rapidly spread.

Medieval ladies spinning using the distaff and spindle (How did women spin in the 15th century.)Partly work and partly play,You must on St. Distaff’s Day:From the plough soon free your team;Then come home and fother them;If the maids a-spinning go,Burn the flax and fire the tow.Bring in pails of water then,Let the maids dewash the men.Give St. Distaff all the right;Then bid Christmas sport good night,And next morrow every oneTo his own vocation.–Robert Herrick (1591–1674)[1]Humans are nothing if not celebratory. Halloween costumes and decorations become available in August, while the day after Christmas, stores deeply discount holiday items to clear the shelves for Valentine's Day. Then we have the 12 days of Christmas, capping off several months filled with holidays and breaks.In the Middle Ages and Rennaissance period, January 7th, the first free day after the twelve days of Christmas was known as St. Distaff's Day (unless it fell on a Sunday).[2] It had no connection whatsoever with any saint but its place in the agricultural calendar gives an indicator of the importance of spinning at a time when this was the only means of turning the raw wool, cotton or flax into thread capable of being woven into cloth.[3]Saint Gertrude of NivellesTheere are several prominent patron saints of spinners, often depicted with a distaff. St. Serafina, who also happens to be the patron saint of the suffering and deformed is perhaps the one most recognized[4] St. Catherine of Alexandria is also consideted a patron saint to those who craft with wheels, such as spinners and potters.[5] Historically devotion to St Gertrude of Nivellesl spread fairly widely in Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, France, and some neighbouring regions.[6] She was venerated as a saint shortly after her death in 659.From Elizabethan times, and probably well before, it was traditional to take a break from unnecessary work just when nature itself seemed to be at rest. This was noticeably acknowledged in rural areas, when the first Monday after Epiphany (6 January)[7] , was known as Plough Monday.The day, which was also know as Roc Day (“roc” being a synonym used mainly in northern Europe for a distaff)[8] indicated that this was the end of the Christmas festivities and the return to the normality of spinning whenever there was a spare moment. As Anthony Fitzherbert, wrote in his 'Boke of Husbandrie' (1523) 'it stoppeth a gap…it saveth a woman from being idle, and the product was needful'.[9]Flinders Petrie and the Shelton Mound Wall and Boulder Complex Groups 1 2 3 Together as a Weaver & Vertical Warp-Weighted Backstrap-TypeAlthough spinning wheels were in use, spinning by hand using a distaff and spindle remained the most common way of spinning thread, and using a distaff was always a woman’s task.[10] This very useful object, worthy of its own saint’s day, is the stick or bat that spinners would use to hold fibers to be pulled out and spun into yarn or thread.Spinning on what is known as the Drop Spindle (a pin or stick weighted by a whorl) was a slow and tedious task.[11] The spinning of one pound of woollen yarn could take about one week and one pound of heavy cotton yarn several weeks to spin.[12] The method had not changed since the earliest times. There are images from as far back as time of the Ancient Egyptians showing how the distaff was used to hang the flax or tow and the spindle to effect the twisting loom.[13] The distaff was carried under the arm, and the spindle left dangling and turning in the fingers below, and forming an axis round which to wind parcels of the thread as soon as it was made.Medieval Monday!Spinning was the occupation of almost all women and girls during the intervals of other and more serious work, and while caring for children, cooking, minding livestock, etc. Everyone from the Lady to the peasant was expected to spend time on the task, though the wealthier may have elaborate spindles.[14] In the evening, after the chores of the day were done, there would be spinning, and the spindle would be taken to visit friends as the task could be undertaken at the same time as a conversation.[15]Viking women of rank spun on more ornate spindles and distaffs than women of lower rank or slaves, but the job remained the same.[16] If a woman of any rank should feel her hands tire or have the truly discouraging accident of dropping a skein of freshly spun yarn, representing hundreds of hours of spinning, in the mire around the village, she could appeal to the goddess Frigga, who would understand because she, too, was always spinning.[17] (Losing skeins must have been heartbreaking for the women, but their losses have turned into archaeological treasures at the Viking excavations at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland and York, England.) [18]Five hundred years ago, Chaucer classed this art among the natural endowments of the fair sex in his ungallant proverb:'Deceit, weeping, spinning, God hath given.To women kindly, while they may live.'[19]Spinning Wheel 13th Century AD (Top 10 Inventions of the Middle Ages - Listverse)Spinning was so integral to a woman's workload, that in England and its colonies, spinster was a recognized legal term for an unmarried woman[20] —the spear side and the distaff side were legal terms to distinguish the inheritance of male from that of female children—and the distaff became a synonym for woman herself.[21]It was at about this time, that spinning-wheels first started to appear, replacing the drop spindle.There are several depictions of women from this time using the spinning wheel - all show the woman standing at her work, moving the wheel with her right hand, while with her left she twirls the spindle.[22] The introduction of this method speeded up the production of spun wool and the addition of the foot driven mechanism in the 1500s made even more of a difference.[23]But whereas women would recommence spinning on Distaff Day, the men did not return to the plough until after Plough Monday, when their ploughs had been blessed.[24] This day wasn't just about work, it was also fun. Robert Herrick in the seventeenth century collection of poems 'Hesperides', describes young people maids and ploughboys messing around at this time with the lads setting fire to the flax and in return, the maids soaking the men from the water-pails.[25]Thomas Tusser, in his Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, told farmers to prepare the ground:“Go breake up land,get mattock in hand,Stub roote so tough,for breaking of plough”.[26]In earlier times, Plough Monday marked the beginning of "Ploughtide," one of the four agricultural seasons recognized by both folk and Church custom.[27] After having lain fallow during the coldest, darkest months of the year, the earth was ready to be turned over in preparation for the sowing of the spring harvest. In the sixteenth century, English writer Thomas Tusser (1524-1580) commemorated this return to the plough in verse:“Plough Monday, next after that Twelftide is past bids out with the plough, the worst husband is last.”.[28]Plough Monday, from George Walker's The Costumes of Yorkshire, 1814 (File:PloughMonday.jpg - Wikipedia)The earliest records of Plough Monday date back to medieval times. In those days ploughmen organized themselves into guilds, associations of men working the same trade. Plough guilds or other farming associations often kept a light burning in front of an image in the local church, which was believed to confer blessings on all those who plied the trade.[29] It appears that some groups stored a communal plough in the church as well.[30] On Plough Monday, bands of ploughmen collected money to keep these "plough lights" burning.[31] Some pulled a plough in procession throughout the community while others collected coins from the populace. In addition, some writers suggest that in medieval times ploughs were blessed on Plough Monday.[32] These rituals were important in order to ensure the fertility of the soil and the success of the harvest.Plough Monday plays were integral to these traditions, prevalent in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland.[33] These, described as “the most elaborate of all English seasonal folk-drama”[34] resembled the much more widespread Mumming Plays, generally including a Fool character, a combat and revival sequence, ballads, dancing and costumes decorated with ribbons.[35]Ploughing, detail from the Macclesfield Psalter, ca. 1330, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (f. 77v) (Update (stop the press): even earlier plough ceremonies from Durham?)In the sixteenth century, changes in religious thinking brought about by the Reformation partially halted these practices. Many reformers condemned plough lights and plough blessings as a form of superstition and therefore forbade them.[36] Plough processions persisted, however, as a way of celebrating the beginning of a new agricultural cycle. The parading ploughmen continued to collect offerings as well, only now they put them towards their own amusement instead of some communal or religious purpose.[37]In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, those participating in these processions still dragged a plough throughout the community. They referred to it as a "fool plough" and often decorated it.[38] The young men who participated in these processions were known by a variety of names, such as the plough boys, plough lads, plough jacks, plough bullocks, plough witches, or plough stots.[39]Illustration of William Kempe Morris dancing from London to Norwich in 1600 (Morris dance - Wikipedia)They often blackened their faces and wore some kind of homemade costume. Frequently, one lad dressed as a woman, called Bessy, and another as a fool or clown. These two stock figures engaged in playful banter while the others, their clothing embellished with ribbons, patches, straw or other fanciful items, played along. The plough boys accepted food and drink as well as money, but threatened the householder who refused to give anything with the prospect of having his or her garden ploughed under. In some areas the lads enticed greater generosity from their audiences by performing mummers' plays and folk dances, such as sword dances and other kinds of morris dances.[40]Frigga significantly predates St. Distaff’s Day celebrations, and she sure gets the point across about the importance of spinning. (On the close of St. Distaff Day)Frigga ChantTwist me, twist me, Frigga,Into your distaff,Spin me, Spin me, Frigga,Into your wheel,Mould me, mould me, Frigga,Into some wool,Fix me, fix me, Frigga,Into the web of wyrd.[41]The origins of Distaff Day and Plough Monday is unknown. Historians have offered several hypotheses, based on what little evidence there is. The first is that the original Plough Monday custom was introduced to England by the Danish settlers in the ninth century.[42] If this was so then the custom could have had some religious function brought from Denmark (in which case it would have been a heathen affair), or it could have been a celebration of some event associated with the invasion. It is interesting to note that one of the Danes biggest victories against Wessex in 878 AD (the year in which the Danelaw was set up) is recorded as having occurred "at midwinter after Twelfth Night".[43]The second hypothesis is that the original Plough Monday custom was established as part of the Danish Law.[44] If this was so, then it seems most likely that the custom could either have had some tax gathering function, or have originated from the legal customs associated with socage or its precursors.Ursa Major/ Big Dipper (Constellation Guide)The last hypothesis is that Plough Monday could have been established in the eleventh century in connection with the Archbishopric of York.[45] This too could probably have had some money raising function, or alternatively could have been a displaced celebration of Epiphany (much like Bonfire Night is nowadays often celebrated on the nearest Saturday to November 5th).[46] Epiphany is of course the festival of the Three Kings, and one could see the plough as representing the constellation of the Plough - i.e. the guiding stars.[47]Footnotes[1] Distaff Day[2] Saint Distaff's Day[3] Distaff Day[4] The disfigured, kind-hearted saint | Catholic Herald[5] St. Distaff's Day[6] Praying to Saints and Folk Magic: Santa Gertrude di Nivelles[7] 9 Things You Need to Know About Epiphany[8] Distaff Day - Wikipedia[9] Full text of "The book of husbandry"[10] Was Medieval Spinning Women’s Work? ~ A guest post by Katrin Kania[11] Drop Spindle Spinning[12] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://answers.yahoo.com/amp/qna/20081010052357AAhM3Yv&ved=2ahUKEwja5KDXze_mAhWMZ80KHWysDbQQFjAJegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw33zCS-5mjaeIzJ-q263lif&ampcf=1[13] Flinders Petrie and the Shelton Mound Wall and Boulder Complex Groups 1 2 3 Together as a Weaver & Vertical Warp-Weighted Backstrap-Type Loom[14] Medieval Women and Their Objects[15] The Spinning Project[16] Far Traveler[17] Frigga's Shrine: Frigga Spinning[18] On the close of St. Distaff Day[19] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.1028.6342%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&ved=2ahUKEwiMuNb08u_mAhUCZc0KHcknC_UQFjAQegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw0GSqKV97cMCsNZRB3NEYoA&cshid=1578345480831[20] The Curious Origin of the Word 'Spinster' - Virily[21] The male counterpart of distaff[22] History of the Spinning Wheel[23] Period Spinning Wheels[24] Blessing of Ploughs - germinate[25] Every day in the year[26] Thomas Tusser | Poetry Foundation[27] The Holy Tides – Hlæfmæsse /Freyfaxi[28] Plough Monday - The Tudor Society[29] The Pattern Under the Plough[30] http:// https://books.google.com/books/about/Pleasures_and_Pastimes_in_Tudor_England.html?id=egd2qYd2S3kC[31] Photos of Plough Monday in England[32] The Agricultural Year | The Church of England[33] http:// https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/1204/1/MillingtonThoroton2005.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjhrpXV0e_mAhXPB80KHS8_DfkQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw2vKQErJNGHanDv5knvaaII[34] The Origins of Plough Monday[35] Irish culture and Irish customs[36] The Stripping of the Altars[37] The (Not So) Dark Ages - Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Think. Live Free.[38] the fool plough - Google Search[39] Plough Monday and Molly Dancing: British Traditions[40] Why England's Morris Dancing Isn't As Controversial As Detractors Think[41] Frigga Chant and Poem[42] The English tradition of Plough Monday[43] The Battle of Edington[44] Plough Monday[45] Witchcraft and Secret Societies of Rural England[46] A very short history of bonfire night[47] Constellation Guide

Here are some important events that transpired on this day.Historical Events on February 7“457 Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire1074 Battle of Montesarchio: Prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV killed battling the encroaching Normans in southern Italy1238 The Mongols burn the Russian city of VladimirEvent of Interest1301 Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes first (English) Prince of WalesKing of EnglandEdward II1522 Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish and Austrian Branches1550 Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III1569 King Philip II forms Inquisition in South America1613 Michail Romanov (aged 16) becomes Tsar of Russia1639 Academie Française begins Dictionary of French Language1653 Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France1668 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"Great Siege of Gibraltar1783 Great Siege of Gibraltar launched by France and Spain against the British colony during American War of Independence is lifted after 3 years and 7 monthsLearn More >>Detailed view of combat during the siege1792 Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant1792 Domenico Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto" premieres in Vienna1795 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, MissouriEvent of Interest1812 Poet Lord Byron (6th Baron Byron) makes his maiden speech in House of LordsRomantic PoetLord Byron1817 Baltimore becomes the 1st American city lit by gas street lamps with the first turned on at Market and Lemon Streets (currently Baltimore and Holliday Streets)1818 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (NYC)1827 Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC)1831 Belgium adopts its ConstitutionHistoric Publication1836 "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles DickensNovelistCharles DickensEvent of Interest1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"Legislator and OratorHenry Clay1842 Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien2,000-year-old Glass Treasure Shattered by a Drunk1845 The Portland Vase, thought to date to the 1st century BC is shattered into more than 80 pieces by a drunken visitor to the British MuseumRead the Article >>The priceless Portland Vase, restored and back on display in the British Museum1856 Colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the 1st piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC1863 HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 1891864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida1872 Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College opens1876 US President Grant's private secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring1877 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (NYC)1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces1882 Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss1883 Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako, Niger1884 Canadian Rugby Football Union forms1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco1893 Vanderbilt University claims it participated in the first organised intercollegiate basketball game at the Nashville YMCA Gymnasium; Vanderbilt beats YMCA, 9-31894 The Cripple Creek miners' strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado1900 British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal1903 VVV '03 soccer club is established in the Dutch southeastern city of Venlo1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)1905 Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US1907 The Mud March, first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)1907 Conservative coalition take over Reichstag in Germany after rallying conservatives against the threat of a socialist governmentEvent of Interest1908 Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000Baseball LegendConnie Mack1910 Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler" premieres in Paris1912 2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40)Event of Interest1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"Comedian, Actor and FilmmakerCharlie Chaplin1914 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco1915 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received1915 Second Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army1920 Admiral Kolchak surrenders to Bolshevik troops and is executed1922 John Willard's "Cat & the Canary" premieres in NYCEvent of Interest1924 Benito Mussolini's Italian government exchanges diplomats with USSRItalian DictatorBenito Mussolini1928 1st solo flight from England to Australia takes off from Croydon, piloted by Australian aviator Bert Hinkler (arrives 15 ½ days later)1931 US opera "Peter Ibbetson" by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera, New York City1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators1933 Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead1934 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss1936 A flag is authorized for US Vice President1936 Felix the Cat, animated film released by Van Beuren Studios licensed from Otto MessmerFilm Premier1940 Walt Disney's second feature length movie, "Pinocchio" premieres (NYC)AnimatorWalt DisneyEvent of Interest1941 Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me"Singer and ActorFrank Sinatra1942 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8")1943 Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)Event of Interest1944 Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records (Academy Award Best Originial Song)Singer and ActorBing Crosby1944 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio, ItalyEvent of Interest1945 General Douglas MacArthur returns to ManilaUS WWII GeneralDouglas MacArthur1945 Harry Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court1945 US 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer1945 London, Washington and Moscow discuss final phase of World War II1946 Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC (Fair Employment Practices Committee) bill1947 The UK announces its intention to end the Mandate for Palestine1948 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performancesEvent of Interest1948 Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as US Army Chief of StaffUS WWII GeneralOmar Bradley34th US President & WWII GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower1948 After winning Lake Placid (1932) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1936) Olympic ski jumping gold medals, Birger Ruud comes out of retirement to win silver in St. Moritz in a Norwegian medal sweepEvent of Interest1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000 a year baseball player for the New York YankeesBaseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio1950 Georges Bidault forms French government1950 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Department of State (equiv. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)Event of Interest1950 United States formally recognizes the State of Vietnam as the legitimate government of Vietnam, with Bảo Đại as leaderEmperor of VietnamBảo Đại1958 Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc1958 1st showing of Dutch auto-transmission car, the DAF 6001959 "Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 56 performancesEvent of Interest1959 Fidel Castro proclaims new Cuban constitutionCuban Revolutionary and PresidentFidel Castro1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)1959 Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead SeaEvent of Interest1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"ActressJane Fonda1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298Event of Interest1962 US President JFK begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports.35th US PresidentJohn F. Kennedy1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream1964 Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour1964 Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony premieresEvent of Interest1965 George Harrison's tonsils removedSinger-SongwriterGeorge Harrison1965 Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam1965 WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, Ohio (PBS) begins broadcasting1966 KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting1967 A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.Theater Premiere1968 Arthur Miller's play "Price" premieres in NYCPlaywrightArthur Miller1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls1968 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcastingTelevision Debut1969 "This Is Tom Jones" debuts on ABC TVSingerTom JonesEvent of Interest1969 Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLOPalestinian LeaderYasser Arafat1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)1969 The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service1970 "Hollywood Palace" last airs on ABC TV1970 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause1970 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn1970 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood1971 Switzerland votes for national women's suffrage in a referendum1972 Dutch Olympic 1,500m and 5,000m speed skating champion Ard Schenk wins his 3rd gold medal at the Sapporo Winter Games when he takes out the 10,000m1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-01973 US Senate creates Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities1973 North Ireland's United Loyalist Council hold a one-day strike, loyalist paramilitaries forcibly try to stop people going to workAlbum Release1973 The Stooges release their 3rd album "Raw Power"RockerIggy Pop1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)Film Release1974 Mel Brooks' film "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters starring Cleavon Little and Gene WilderActor & DirectorMel BrooksActorGene WilderElection of Interest1974 UK Prime Minister Edward Heath calls for a 'snap' general election in the midst of a protracted miners' strikeBritish Prime MinisterEdward Heath1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army claim responsibility for the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, daughter of Randolph HearstNHL Record1976 Toronto center Darryl Sittler sets NHL record with 10 points in a Maple Leafs' 11-4 win over Boston at Maple Leaf Gardens; 6 goals, 4 assistsNHL LegendDarryl Sittler1976 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Brooklyn New York)1976 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #91976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)1977 Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert1979 "Supertrain", TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds president Boumedienne in Algeria1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at KanpurMusic Concert1979 Pink Floyd premiere their live version of "The Wall" in Los AngelesSinger-songwriter and ProducerDavid GilmourRock Bassist and VocalistRoger Waters1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica1983 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)1983 "José Cuervo" single released by Shelly West (Billboard Song of the Year 1983)1984 American astronaut Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk1984 David (born without immunity system) touches his mother for 1st time at age 12Event of Interest1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBSKing of PopMichael Jackson1985 "New York, New York" becomes the official anthem of New York City1985 Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5"1985 NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals1986 US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi ThomasEvent of Interest1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France: Henri Namphy becomes leader of HaitiPresident of HaitiJean-Claude DuvalierElection of Interest1986 Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos10th President of the PhilippinesFerdinand Marcos11th President of the PhilippinesCorazon Aquino1987 "Ronnies Rap" by Ron & DC Crew peaks at #931987 Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring the America's Cup back to US#1 in the Charts1987 Madonna's "Open Your Heart" single goes #1Pop StarMadonna1987 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano1987 Police in South Korea make hundreds of arrests during protest demonstrations, the country's biggest for 6 years, after a student died in custodyNBA All-Star Game1988 38th NBA All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium: East beats West, 138-133; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, FBasketball SuperstarMichael Jordan1988 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 15-6; MVP: Bruce Smith, Buffalo Bills, DENHL All-Star Game1989 40th NHL All-Star Game, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton: Campbell Conference beats Wales Conference, 9-5; MVP: Wayne Gretzky, LA Kings, CIce Hockey GreatWayne GretzkyEvent of Interest1989 Tennis superstar Björn Borg apparently attempts suicide in MilanTennis PlayerBjörn Borg1990 Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators1990 USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties1990 Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half & loses 102-241991 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected presidentHall of Fame1991 Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of FameNBA Center and Head CoachDave Cowens1991 The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.Event of Interest1992 Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trialHeavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson1992 Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA1992 Maastricht Treaty signed by 12 countries from the European Community (EC) to create the European Union (EU)1993 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-20; MVP: Steve Tasker, Buffalo Bills, WRAlbum Release1993 Carmen Electra releases her self-titled debut album, "Carmen Electra"ActressCarmen ElectraMusic Awards1994 21st American Music Awards: Whitney Houston winsSingerWhitney HoustonEvent of Interest1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington BridgeRadio shock jockHoward Stern1994 American actor Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplantEvent of Interest1995 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike GattingCricketerGraham GoochAlbum Release1995 Bluegrass and country musician Alison Krauss releases her compilation album "Now that I've Found You"Country Singer and MusicianAlison KraussAlbum Release1995 "The Woman in Me" 2nd studio album by Shania Twain is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1996)SingerShania Twain1997 US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-211998 XVIII Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan1998 NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #71999 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-10; Keyshawn Johnson, NY Jets, QB; Ty Law, New England Patriots, CB1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.2000 Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan.2001 51st Berlin International Film Festival: "Intimacy" wins the Golden Bear2005 Britain's Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world taking 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes 33 secondsEvent of Interest2006 Uma Thurman is named a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France for outstanding achievement in the field of art and literatureActressUma Thurman2008 58th Berlin International Film Festival: "Elite Squad" wins the Golden Bear2009 Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.Super Bowl2010 Super Bowl XLIV, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Miami, FL; New Orleans Saints beat Indianapolis Colts, 31-17; MVP: Drew Brees, New Orleans, QBNFL QuarterbackDrew Brees2013 Eugène Delacroix's painting "Liberty Leading the People" is vandalized at the Louvre-Lens museum, Northern France2013 Azerbaijan launches its first satellite, Azerspace-12013 63rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Child's Pose" wins the Golden Bear2014 German treasurer Helmut Linssen resigns amid a scandal involving offshore banking accounts in the Bahamas and Panama2014 XXII Winter Olympic Games open in Sochi, Russia2016 Super Bowl L, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA: Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers, 24–10; MVP: Von Miller, Denver, LB2018 Armed groups release 300 child soldiers from Yambio, South Sudan according to UN2018 "The Los Angeles Times" is bought by LA doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong from Tronc for $500 millionEvent of Interest2018 Missing Nigerian painting masterpiece of Ife princess Adetutu Ademiluyi by Ben Enwonwu announced rediscovered in LondonArtistBen Enwonwu2018 DNA analysis of Chedder Man, UK's oldest complete skeleton shows he had dark skin and blue eyes2018 White House aide Rob Porter resigns in wake of physical abuse allegations by ex-wives2018 All citrus fruit can be traced to the southeast foothills of the Himalayas, according to DNA study published in "Nature"2018 Angel Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party reaches a coalition deal with Social Democrats after four months2019 Measles cases in Europe highest in a decade, tripling in a year to 82,596 according to WHO2019 New kangaroo fossil research published from Riversleigh, Australia, show Kangaroos learned to hop 20 million years ago, much earlier than first thought2019 Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declares national emergency over rape and sexual assault violence after instances double2019 Measles outbreak declared in the Philippines with 1,813 cases and 26 deaths”Thanks for your question! 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