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31 newsworthy historical anniversaries in December 2022

Posted on 01/06/202227/05/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theatre shows, and more.

Here are 31 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in December 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.

1 Dec 1942 – 80 years ago
The British Government published the Beveridge Report, which formed the basis of the welfare state.

2 Dec 1942 – 80 years ago
The first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was achieved at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA by Enrico Fermi and his team. They used Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first nuclear reactor.

3 Dec 1947 – 75 years ago
Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway.

4 Dec 1872 – 150 years ago
The U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste was spotted sailing erratically near the Azores. It was found to be dishevelled but seaworthy, had ample supplies, and the crews’ personal belongings were untouched. The lifeboat was missing, and the crew had apparently abandoned the ship nine days earlier, for an unknown reason. They were never heard from again.

5 – 8 Dec 1952 – 70 years ago
The Great Smog of London. Dense, cold, smoke-filled fog brought the city to a standstill for four days. More than 4,000 people died.

6 Dec 1922 – 100 years ago
The Irish Free State was established. It became the Republic of Ireland in 1937.

7 Dec 1982 – 40 years ago
American murderer Charles Brooks Jr. became the first person in the USA to be executed by lethal injection, at the Texas State Penitentiary, Huntsville.

8 Dec 1952 – 70 years ago
Death of Charles Lightoller, British naval commander. Second officer on the Titanic. The most senior officer to survive, and last survivor to be rescued.

9 Dec 1962 – 60 years ago
Petrified Forest National Park was established in Arizona, USA.

10 Dec 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: the first test flight of Germany’s V-1 flying bomb (also known as the doodlebug or buzz bomb). Thousands of V-1s were launched into England between June and October 1944, and then into Belgium between October 1944 and March 1945.

11 Dec 1922 – 100 years ago
Gabriel Narutowicz became the first President of the Republic of Poland. He was assassinated five days later.

12 Dec 1982 – 40 years ago
30,000 women joined hands around the Greenham Common RAF base in Berkshire, UK to protest against the siting of U.S. Cruise missiles there.

13 Dec 1962 – 60 years ago
NASA launched Relay 1, the first communications satellite to transmit TV broadcasts across the Pacific. It also transmitted fax, telephone and teleprinter signals. It continued operating until February 1965.

14 Dec 1947 – 75 years ago
NASCAR (the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) was founded at Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. The first race was held on 15^th February 1948.

15 Dec 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II – the Guadalcanal campaign – the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse (also known as the Battle of the Gifu). Allied victory.

16 Dec 1947 – 75 years ago
American physicists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories, New Jersey.
They, along with William Shockley who further refined the invention, were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.

17 Dec 1997 – 25 years ago
Handguns were banned in the UK.

18 – 29 Dec 1972 – 50 years ago
Vietnam War – Operation Linebacker II. The USA’s heaviest bombing of North Vietnam during the war.
This extension to Operation Linebacker (May – October 1972) used heavy bomber aircraft rather than small tactical aircraft.

19 Dec 1932 – 90 years ago
The BBC World Service was launched (as the BBC Empire Service).

20 Dec 1957 – 65 years ago
American singer Elvis Presley received his draft papers at the height of his fame. He was granted a deferment to complete work on the film musical King Creole, and was inducted into the U.S. Army for two years’ service on 24^th March 1958.

21 Dec 1872 to 1876 – 150 years ago
The Challenger expedition. A British expedition to explore the world, led by Captain George Nares on HMS Challenger. The expedition made many advances and discoveries, catalogued more than 4,000 new species, and laid the foundations for the field of oceanography.

22 Dec 1962 to 5 Mar 1963 – 60 years ago
The Big Freeze in Britain – one of the coldest winters on record. On 29^th – 30^th December the south-west of England and Wales were hit by a blizzard, with snow drifts more than 20 feet deep.

23 Dec 1972 – 50 years ago
Death of Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer

24 Dec 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Ava Gardner, American film actress (Mogambo, The Barefoot Contessa, The Night of the Iguana, and many more). (Died 1990.)

25 Dec 1932 – 90 years ago
The first Royal Christmas Message was broadcast on the radio in the UK. King George V addressed the nation live from Sandringham.

26 Dec 1982 – 40 years ago
Time magazine’s Man of the Year award was given to a machine: the computer.

27 Dec 1822 – 200 years ago
Birth of Louis Pasteur, French biologist, microbiologist and chemist. One of the fathers of germ theory. Best known for his discoveries relating to the prevention of diseases, including the pasteurisation process which is named in his honour.

28 Dec 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor and publisher (Marvel Comics). He co-created numerous superhero characters including SpiderMan, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, the Fantastic Four, Ant-Man, and more. (Died 2018.)

29 Dec 1952 – 70 years ago
The first commercial product to use a transistor went on sale in the USA: the Sonotone 1010 hearing aid. It was a hybrid device because it also included two miniature vacuum tubes. All-transistor models were introduced a few years later when the technology had improved and transistors produced less electrical noise.

30 Dec 1922 – 100 years ago
The Soviet Union was founded. (Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – USSR.) It was dissolved in 1991.

31 Dec 1997 – 25 years ago
Quaker Oats and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) agreed to pay $1.85 million to the former residents of a state school in Massachusetts, USA. They were used in radioactivity and nutrition experiments in the 1940s and 1950s. As students they were fed radiation-laced breakfast cereal without their knowledge or consent.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

31 newsworthy historical anniversaries in December 2022 (US Edition)

Posted on 01/06/202227/05/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theater shows, and more.

Here are 31 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in December 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.

Dec 1, 1942 – 80 years ago
The British Government published the Beveridge Report, which formed the basis of the welfare state.

Dec 2, 1942 – 80 years ago
The first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was achieved at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA by Enrico Fermi and his team.
They used Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first nuclear reactor.

Dec 3, 1947 – 75 years ago
Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway.

Dec 4, 1872 – 150 years ago
The U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste was spotted sailing erratically near the Azores. It was found to be disheveled but seaworthy, had ample supplies, and the crews’ personal belongings were untouched. The lifeboat was missing, and the crew had apparently abandoned the ship nine days earlier, for an unknown reason. They were never heard from again.

Dec 5 – 8, 1952 – 70 years ago
The Great Smog of London. Dense, cold, smoke-filled fog brought the city to a standstill for four days. More than 4,000 people died.

Dec 6, 1922 – 100 years ago
The Irish Free State was established. It became the Republic of Ireland in 1937.

Dec 7, 1982 – 40 years ago
American murderer Charles Brooks Jr. became the first person in the USA to be executed by lethal injection, at the Texas State Penitentiary, Huntsville.

Dec 8, 1952 – 70 years ago
Death of Charles Lightoller, British naval commander. Second officer on the Titanic. The most senior officer to survive, and last survivor to be rescued.

Dec 9, 1962 – 60 years ago
Petrified Forest National Park was established in Arizona, USA.

Dec 10, 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: the first test flight of Germany’s V-1 flying bomb (also known as the doodlebug or buzz bomb).
Thousands of V-1s were launched into England between June and October 1944, and then into Belgium between October 1944 and March 1945.

Dec 11, 1922 – 100 years ago
Gabriel Narutowicz became the first President of the Republic of Poland. He was assassinated five days later.

Dec 12, 1982 – 40 years ago
30,000 women joined hands around the Greenham Common RAF base in Berkshire, UK to protest against the siting of U.S. Cruise missiles there.

Dec 13, 1962 – 60 years ago
NASA launched Relay 1, the first communications satellite to transmit TV broadcasts across the Pacific.
It also transmitted fax, telephone and teleprinter signals. It continued operating until February 1965.

Dec 14, 1947 – 75 years ago
NASCAR (the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) was founded at Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
The first race was held on February 15, 1948.

Dec 15, 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II – the Guadalcanal campaign – the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse (also known as the Battle of the Gifu). Allied victory.

Dec 16, 1947 – 75 years ago
American physicists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories, New Jersey.
They, along with William Shockley who further refined the invention, were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Dec 17, 1997 – 25 years ago
Handguns were banned in the UK.

Dec 18 – 29, 1972 – 50 years ago
Vietnam War – Operation Linebacker II. The USA’s heaviest bombing of North Vietnam during the war.
This extension to Operation Linebacker (May – October 1972) used heavy bomber aircraft rather than small tactical aircraft.

Dec 19, 1932 – 90 years ago
The BBC World Service was launched (as the BBC Empire Service).

Dec 20, 1957 – 65 years ago
American singer Elvis Presley received his draft papers at the height of his fame.
He was granted a deferment to complete work on the film musical King Creole, and was inducted into the U.S. Army for two years’ service on March 24, 1958.

Dec 21, 1872 to 1876 – 150 years ago
The Challenger expedition. A British expedition to explore the world, led by Captain George Nares on HMS Challenger. The expedition made many advances and discoveries, catalogued more than 4,000 new species, and laid the foundations for the field of oceanography.

Dec 22, 1962 to Mar 5, 1963 – 60 years ago
The Big Freeze in Britain – one of the coldest winters on record. On December 29^th – 30^th the southwest of England and Wales were hit by a blizzard, with snow drifts more than 20 feet deep.

Dec 23, 1972 – 50 years ago
Death of Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer

Dec 24, 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Ava Gardner, American movie actress (Mogambo, The Barefoot Contessa, The Night of the Iguana, and many more). (Died 1990.)

Dec 25, 1932 – 90 years ago
The first Royal Christmas Message was broadcast on the radio in the UK. King George V addressed the nation live from Sandringham.

Dec 26, 1982 – 40 years ago
Time magazine’s Man of the Year award was given to a machine: the computer.

Dec 27, 1822 – 200 years ago
Birth of Louis Pasteur, French biologist, microbiologist and chemist. One of the fathers of germ theory.
Best known for his discoveries relating to the prevention of diseases, including the pasteurization process which is named in his honor.

Dec 28, 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor and publisher (Marvel Comics). He co-created numerous superhero characters including SpiderMan, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, the Fantastic Four, Ant-Man, and more. (Died 2018.)

Dec 29, 1952 – 70 years ago
The first commercial product to use a transistor went on sale in the USA: the Sonotone 1010 hearing aid.
It was a hybrid device because it also included two miniature vacuum tubes. All-transistor models were introduced a few years later when the technology had improved and transistors produced less electrical noise.

Dec 30, 1922 – 100 years ago
The Soviet Union was founded. (Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – USSR.) It was dissolved in 1991.

Dec 31, 1997 – 25 years ago
Quaker Oats and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) agreed to pay $1.85 million to the former residents of a state school in Massachusetts, USA. They were used in radioactivity and nutrition experiments in the 1940s and 1950s. As students they were fed radiation-laced breakfast cereal without their knowledge or consent.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

30 newsworthy historical anniversaries in November 2022

Posted on 01/05/202229/04/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theatre shows, and more.

Here are 30 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in November 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.

1 Nov 1952 – 70 years ago
The USA carried out the first successful detonation of a hydrogen bomb, in a test on the Pacific island of Elugelab, Marshall Islands. The island was completely destroyed and no longer exists.

2 Nov 1772 – 250 years ago
The Morning Post newspaper was first published in the UK. It ran until 1937 when it merged with The Daily Telegraph.

3 Nov 1957 – 65 years ago
The Soviet Union launched its Sputnik 2 spacecraft. It was the second spacecraft launched into orbit, and the first to carry a living animal – a dog named Laika, who died from overheating after a few hours. The spacecraft re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and burnt up in April 1958.

4 Nov 1922 – 100 years ago
British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. On 26^th November he reached a second sealed doorway and discovered the famous treasures.

5 Nov 1872 – 150 years ago
Women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony voted in the U.S. presidential election (in which the incumbent Ulysses S. Grant was re-elected). She was arrested (on 18^th November) and fined $100, generating national controversy. This was a key moment in the women’s suffrage movement.

6 Nov 1947 – 75 years ago
The first episode of the news/current affairs television show Meet the Press was broadcast on NBC in the USA. It is still running and is the world’s longest-running TV programme.

7 Nov 1932 – 90 years ago
The first episode of the science fiction series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was broadcast on CBS radio in the USA.

8 Nov 1622 – 400 years ago
Birth of Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654–60).

9 Nov 1872 – 150 years ago
The Great Boston Fire, Massachusetts, USA. Most of the downtown and financial districts were destroyed and 13 people were killed. It caused $1.4 billion worth of damage (in today’s money).

10 Nov 1982 – 40 years ago
Death of Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (1964–82). Succeeded by Yuri Andropov.

11 Nov 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, playwright and short story writer. (Died 2007.)

12 Nov 1992 – 30 years ago
The first episode of the TV comedy series Absolutely Fabulous was broadcast in the UK.

13 Nov 1982 – 40 years ago
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., USA was dedicated.

14 Nov 1922 – 100 years ago
The BBC launched its daily radio service on the radio station 2LO.

15 Nov 2002 – 20 years ago
Death of Myra Hindley, British serial killer. One of the notorious ‘Moors Murderers’, along with Ian Brady.

16 Nov 1272 – 750 years ago
Death of Henry III, King of England (1216–72). Succeeded by his son Edward I.

17 Nov 1962 – 60 years ago
Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., USA was dedicated.

18 Nov 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Marcel Proust, French novelist. Best known for his 7-volume novel In Search of Lost Time (or Remembrance of Things Past).

19 Nov 2007 – 15 years ago
Amazon released its first Kindle e-book reader.

20 Nov 1947 – 75 years ago
The marriage of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

21 Nov 1897 – 125 years ago
Birth of Vito Genovese, Italian-born American mobster. He played a leading role in the rise of the Mafia and organised crime in the USA, and was a Mafia enforcer.

22 Nov 1997 – 25 years ago
Death of Michael Hutchence, Australian rock singer and songwriter (INXS). (Found hanged, aged 37.)

23 Nov 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARS) was established.

24 Nov 1947 – 75 years ago
The ‘Hollywood Ten’ were blacklisted by film studios for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. A wider ‘Hollywood Blacklist’ came into effect on 25^th November.

25 Nov 1947 – 75 years ago
New Zealand became a fully independent sovereign state when the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act received Royal Assent.

26 Nov 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist. Creator of the Peanuts comic strip, which ran for almost 50 years. (Died 2000.)

27 Nov 1942 – 80 years ago
Birth of Jimi Hendrix, American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. (Died 1970.)

28 Nov 1942 – 80 years ago
Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The nightclub was destroyed and 492 people were killed.

29 Nov 1972 – 50 years ago
Pong, the first commercially successful video game, was released by Atari as a coin-operated arcade game. The first machine was installed without any fanfare in a bar in Sunnyvale, California, USA.

30 Nov 1982 – 40 years ago
Michael Jackson’s album Thriller was released.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

30 newsworthy historical anniversaries in November 2022 (US Edition)

Posted on 01/05/202229/04/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theater shows, and more.

Here are 30 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in November 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.

Nov 1, 1952 – 70 years ago
The USA carried out the first successful detonation of a hydrogen bomb, in a test on the Pacific island of Elugelab, Marshall Islands. The island was completely destroyed and no longer exists.

Nov 2, 1772 – 250 years ago
The Morning Post newspaper was first published in the UK. It ran until 1937 when it merged with The Daily Telegraph.

Nov 3, 1957 – 65 years ago
The Soviet Union launched its Sputnik 2 spacecraft. It was the second spacecraft launched into orbit, and the first to carry a living animal – a dog named Laika, who died from overheating after a few hours. The spacecraft re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and burned up in April 1958.

Nov 4, 1922 – 100 years ago
British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. On November 26^th he reached a second sealed doorway and discovered the famous treasures.

Nov 5, 1872 – 150 years ago
Women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony voted in the U.S. presidential election (in which the incumbent Ulysses S. Grant was re-elected). She was arrested (on November 18^th) and fined $100, generating national controversy. This was a key moment in the women’s suffrage movement.

Nov 6, 1947 – 75 years ago
The first episode of the news/current affairs television show Meet the Press was broadcast on NBC in the USA. It is still running and is the world’s longest-running TV program.

Nov 7, 1932 – 90 years ago
The first episode of the science fiction series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was broadcast on CBS radio in the USA.

Nov 8, 1622 – 400 years ago
Birth of Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654–60).

Nov 9, 1872 – 150 years ago
The Great Boston Fire, Massachusetts, USA. Most of the downtown and financial districts were destroyed and 13 people were killed. It caused $1.4 billion worth of damage (in today’s money).

Nov 10, 1982 – 40 years ago
Death of Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (1964–82). Succeeded by Yuri Andropov.

Nov 11, 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, playwright and short story writer. (Died 2007.)

Nov 12, 1992 – 30 years ago
The first episode of the TV comedy series Absolutely Fabulous was broadcast in the UK.

Nov 13, 1982 – 40 years ago
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., USA was dedicated.

Nov 14, 1922 – 100 years ago
The BBC launched its daily radio service on the radio station 2LO.

Nov 15, 2002 – 20 years ago
Death of Myra Hindley, British serial killer. One of the notorious “Moors Murderers,” along with Ian Brady.

Nov 16, 1272 – 750 years ago
Death of Henry III, King of England (1216–72). Succeeded by his son Edward I.

Nov 17, 1962 – 60 years ago
Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., USA was dedicated.

Nov 18, 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Marcel Proust, French novelist. Best known for his 7-volume novel In Search of Lost Time (or Remembrance of Things Past).

Nov 19, 2007 – 15 years ago
Amazon released its first Kindle e-book reader.

Nov 20, 1947 – 75 years ago
The marriage of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Nov 21, 1897 – 125 years ago
Birth of Vito Genovese, Italian-born American mobster. He played a leading role in the rise of the Mafia and organized crime in the USA, and was a Mafia enforcer.

Nov 22, 1997 – 25 years ago
Death of Michael Hutchence, Australian rock singer and songwriter (INXS). (Found hanged, aged 37.)

Nov 23, 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARS) was established.

Nov 24, 1947 – 75 years ago
The “Hollywood Ten” were blacklisted by film studios for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. A wider “Hollywood Blacklist” came into effect on November 25^th.

Nov 25, 1947 – 75 years ago
New Zealand became a fully independent sovereign state when the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act received Royal Assent.

Nov 26, 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist. Creator of the Peanuts comic strip, which ran for almost 50 years. (Died 2000.)

Nov 27, 1942 – 80 years ago
Birth of Jimi Hendrix, American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. (Died 1970.)

Nov 28, 1942 – 80 years ago
The Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The nightclub was destroyed and 492 people were killed.

Nov 29, 1972 – 50 years ago
Pong, the first commercially successful video game, was released by Atari as a coin-operated arcade game. The first machine was installed without any fanfare in a bar in Sunnyvale, California, USA.

Nov 30, 1982 – 40 years ago
Michael Jackson’s album Thriller was released.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions are also available if you work further ahead, and the 2027 edition will be available from August 2022.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

31 newsworthy historical anniversaries in October 2022

Posted on 01/04/202225/03/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theatre shows, and more.

Here are 31 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in October 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available in April 2022 and the 2027 edition will be available from July 2022.

1 Oct 1982 – 40 years ago
The world’s first compact disc (CD) player (the Sony CDP-101) went on sale in Japan. (North America/Europe: March 1983.)

2 Oct 1872 – 150 years ago
In Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg sets off from London on this day to begin his round-the-world journey. He must return by 21^st December to win his £20,000 bet.

3 Oct 1872 – 150 years ago
The first Bloomingdale’s department store opened in New York City, USA. (It was named Bloomingdale’s Great East Side Bazaar.)

4 Oct 1822 – 200 years ago
Birth of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19^th President of the United States (1877–81).

5 Oct 1962 – 60 years ago
The UK première of the first James Bond film Dr. No. (Released 10^th October. USA: May 1963.)

6 Oct 1992 – 30 years ago
Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre was published (under the pen name Currer Bell).

7 Oct 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Marie Lloyd, (the ‘Queen of the Music Hall’) British music hall singer, comedian and actress.
Known for songs including My Old Man (Said Follow the Van), The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery and Oh Mr Porter What Shall I Do.

8 Oct 1982 – 40 years ago
Solidarity and all other trade unions in Poland were banned.

9 Oct 1962 – 60 years ago
Uganda gained its independence from the UK.

10 Oct 1957 – 65 years ago
Windscale nuclear reactor fire, Cumbria, UK.
The Windscale (now Sellafield) reactor caught fire and spread radioactive contamination across the UK and Europe. It was the world’s first major nuclear accident and is thought to have caused at least 240 cancer cases.

11 Oct 1922 – 100 years ago
Alaska P. Davidson was appointed as the first female FBI special agent in the USA.

12 Oct 1997 – 25 years ago
Death of John Denver, American singer and songwriter. His hit songs include Leaving on a Jet Plane, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Rocky Mountain High, and more). (Plane crash.)

13 Oct 1997 – 25 years ago
British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was the first Prime Minister to meet Sinn Féin’s leadership since David Lloyd George in the 1920s. Blair controversially shook hands with Adams, outraging Northern Ireland’s Protestants.

14 Oct 1947 – 75 years ago
The first supersonic flight was made by U.S. Air Force pilot Charles (‘Chuck’) Yeagar in a rocket-powered Bell XS-1 plane. The flight took place over what is now Edwards Air Force Base in California.

15 Oct 1932 – 90 years ago
Tata Airlines (later Air India then Indian Airlines) made its first flight, carrying air mail.

16 Oct 1922 – 100 years ago
The Simplon II railway tunnel was opened. It passes under the Alps, linking Switzerland and Italy.

17 Oct 1962 – 60 years ago
The Beatles performed on television for the first time, on Granada TV’s magazine show People and Places. They first appeared on national TV in the UK in January 1963.

18 Oct 1922 – 100 years ago
The BBC was officially founded as the British Broadcasting Company (now the British Broadcasting Corporation).

19 Oct 1897 – 125 years ago
Death of George Pullman, American engineer and businessman who invented the railway sleeping car. His Pullman Car Company manufactured and operated sleeping cars on most railways in the USA.

20 – 28 Oct 1947 – 75 years ago
The U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated suspected communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry. It compiled a blacklist of artists, writers and directors who had (or were suspected of having) communist or fascist beliefs, or refused to testify. One of those who testified was Walt Disney (on 24^th October). He named Disney employees that he believed were communists.

21 Oct 1772 – 250 years ago
Birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet. Co-founder (with William Wordsworth) of the Romantic Movement. Best known for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan.

22 Oct 1947 to 1 Jan 1949 – 75 years ago
Indo–Pakistani War of 1947–1948 (also known as the First Kashmir War). Following a UN-mandated ceasefire, the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved. Pakistan took control of one-third of it while India retained the rest.

23 Oct 1972 – 50 years ago
Access credit cards were launched in the UK as a rival to Barclaycard (launched in 1966). Access was taken over by MasterCard in 1996.

24 Oct 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of George Cadbury, British businessman and philanthropist. He transformed his father’s chocolate and cocoa business into one of the world’s most successful companies. He also provided low-cost housing and improved working conditions for his employees.

25 Oct 1997 – 25 years ago
The Million Woman March took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

26 Oct 1972 – 50 years ago
Death of Igor Sikorsky, Russian-born American aircraft designer. Best known for his pioneering work in developing the helicopter.

27 Oct 1922 – 100 years ago
The first film with synchronised sound, Audion, was presented at Yale University in the USA. It was originally a silent cartoon, but it was given a musical score recorded onto a disk. The projector had to be hand-cranked to keep it (approximately) synchronised with the sound.

28 – 29 Oct 1922 – 100 years ago
Mussolini’s March on Rome. Italian fascist leader Benito Mussonini and 30,000 fascist troops marched into the city, demanded the prime minister’s resignation, and seized power in a bloodless coup. Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on 31^st October.

29 Oct 1942 – 80 years ago
Birth of Bob Ross, American artist, teacher and host of the television series The Joy of Painting. (Died 1995.)

30 Oct 1997 – 25 years ago
British au pair Louise Woodward was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen in Massachusetts, USA in February. On 10^th November the verdict was reduced to involuntary manslaughter and her sentence was reduced to time served (279 days) and she was released.

31 Oct 1982 – 40 years ago
The Thames barrier in London was raised for the first time. It protects the city from floods.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from April 2022, with the 2027 edition following in July.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

31 newsworthy historical anniversaries in October 2022 (US edition)

Posted on 01/04/202225/03/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theater shows, and more.

Here are 31 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in October 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available in April 2022 and the 2027 edition will be available from July 2022.

Oct 1, 1982 – 40 years ago
The world’s first compact disc (CD) player (the Sony CDP-101) went on sale in Japan. (North America/Europe: March 1983.)

Oct 2, 1872 – 150 years ago
In Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg sets off from London, UK on this day to begin his round-the-world journey. He must return by December 21^st to win his £20,000 ($26,000) bet.

Oct 3, 1872 – 150 years ago
The first Bloomingdale’s department store opened in New York City, USA. (It was named Bloomingdale’s Great East Side Bazaar.)

Oct 4, 1822 – 200 years ago
Birth of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19^th President of the United States (1877–81).

Oct 5, 1962 – 60 years ago
The UK premiere of the first James Bond movie Dr. No. (Released: October 10^th. USA: May 1963.)

Oct 6, 1992 – 30 years ago
Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre was published (under the pen name Currer Bell).

Oct 7, 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Marie Lloyd, (the ‘Queen of the Music Hall’) British music hall singer, comedian and actress.
Known for songs including My Old Man (Said Follow the Van), The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery and Oh Mr Porter What Shall I Do.

Oct 8, 1982 – 40 years ago
Solidarity and all other trade unions in Poland were banned.

Oct 9, 1962 – 60 years ago
Uganda gained its independence from the UK.

Oct 10, 1957 – 65 years ago
Windscale nuclear reactor fire, Cumbria, UK.
The Windscale (now Sellafield) reactor caught fire and spread radioactive contamination across the UK and Europe. It was the world’s first major nuclear accident and is thought to have caused at least 240 cancer cases.

Oct 11, 1922 – 100 years ago
Alaska P. Davidson was appointed as the first female FBI special agent in the USA.

Oct 12, 1997 – 25 years ago
Death of John Denver, American singer and songwriter. His hit songs include Leaving on a Jet Plane, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Rocky Mountain High, and more). (Plane crash.)

Oct 13, 1997 – 25 years ago
British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was the first Prime Minister to meet Sinn Féin’s leadership since David Lloyd George in the 1920s. Blair controversially shook hands with Adams, outraging Northern Ireland’s Protestants.

Oct 14, 1947 – 75 years ago
The first supersonic flight was made by U.S. Air Force pilot Charles (“Chuck”) Yeagar in a rocket-powered Bell XS-1 plane. The flight took place over what is now Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Oct 15, 1932 – 90 years ago
Tata Airlines (later Air India then Indian Airlines) made its first flight, carrying air mail.

Oct 16, 1922 – 100 years ago
The Simplon II railway tunnel was opened. It passes under the Alps, linking Switzerland and Italy.

Oct 17, 1962 – 60 years ago
The Beatles performed on television for the first time, on Granada TV’s magazine show People and Places. They first appeared on national TV in the UK in January 1963.

Oct 18, 1922 – 100 years ago
The BBC was officially founded as the British Broadcasting Company (now the British Broadcasting Corporation).

Oct 19, 1897 – 125 years ago
Death of George Pullman, American engineer and businessman who invented the railway sleeping car. His Pullman Car Company manufactured and operated sleeping cars on most railways in the USA.

Oct 20 – 28, 1947 – 75 years ago
The U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated suspected communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry. It compiled a blacklist of artists, writers and directors who had (or were suspected of having) communist or fascist beliefs, or refused to testify. One of those who testified was Walt Disney (on October 24^th). He named Disney employees that he believed were communists.

Oct 21, 1772 – 250 years ago
Birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet. Co-founder (with William Wordsworth) of the Romantic Movement. Best known for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan.

Oct 22, 1947 to 1 Jan 1949 – 75 years ago
Indo–Pakistani War of 1947–1948 (also known as the First Kashmir War).
Following a UN-mandated ceasefire, the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved. Pakistan took control of one-third of it while India retained the rest.

Oct 23, 1972 – 50 years ago
Access credit cards were launched in the UK as a rival to Barclaycard (launched in 1966). Access was taken over by MasterCard in 1996.

Oct 24, 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of George Cadbury, British businessman and philanthropist. He transformed his father’s chocolate and cocoa business into one of the world’s most successful companies. He also provided low-cost housing and improved working conditions for his employees.

Oct 25, 1997 – 25 years ago
The Million Woman March took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Oct 26, 1972 – 50 years ago
Death of Igor Sikorsky, Russian-born American aircraft designer. Best known for his pioneering work in developing the helicopter.

Oct 27, 1922 – 100 years ago
The first film with synchronized sound, Audion, was presented at Yale University in the USA. It was originally a silent cartoon, but it was given a musical score recorded onto a disk. The projector had to be hand-cranked to keep it (approximately) synchronized with the sound.

Oct 28 – 29, 1922 – 100 years ago
Mussolini’s March on Rome. Italian fascist leader Benito Mussonini and 30,000 fascist troops marched into the city, demanded the prime minister’s resignation, and seized power in a bloodless coup. Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on 31^st October.

Oct 29, 1942 – 80 years ago
Birth of Bob Ross, American artist, teacher and host of the television series The Joy of Painting. (Died 1995.)

Oct 30, 1997 – 25 years ago
British nanny Louise Woodward was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen in Massachusetts, USA in February. On November 10^th the verdict was reduced to involuntary manslaughter and her sentence was reduced to time served (279 days) and she was released.

Oct 31, 1982 – 40 years ago
The Thames barrier in London, UK was raised for the first time. It protects the city from floods.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from April 2022, with the 2027 edition following in July.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

30 newsworthy historical anniversaries in September 2022

Posted on 01/03/202225/02/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theatre shows, and more.

Here are 30 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in September 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from the end of March 2022 and the 2027 edition will be available from June 2022.

1 Sep 1897 – 125 years ago
The oldest subway system in North America opened: the Tremont Street Subway in Boston, Massachusetts.

2 Sep 1957 – 65 years ago
The Everly Brothers’ best-known song Wake Up Little Susie was released.

3 Sep 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: Jewish uprising in the Lakhva Ghetto, Belarus. Thought to be the first ghetto uprising of the war.

4 Sep 2002 – 20 years ago
Kelly Clarkson won the first season of the television singing competition American Idol.

5 Sep 1972 – 50 years ago
Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic Village in Munich, West Germany during the 1972 Olympic Games and took eleven members of the Israeli team hostage. All of the hostages were killed, as well as five of the eight terrorists and a German police officer, when a rescue attempt failed.

6 Sep 1522 – 500 years ago
Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returned to Spain and became the first person to circumnavigate the world. His ship, the Victoria, was the only vessel to survive Ferdinand Magellan’s 1519 expedition to the Spice Islands. (Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521.)

7 Sep 1822 – 200 years ago
Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.

8 Sep 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Sid Caesar, American actor, comedian and writer. Best known for the television comedy shows Your Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour. He also had roles in numerous films and TV shows.

9 Sep 1947 – 75 years ago
Reputed to be the first case of an actual computer bug. The Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA was experiencing problems, and a moth was found lodged in one of its relays. The computer was successfully ‘debugged’ by removing it.

10 Sep 1897 – 125 years ago
The world’s first drunk-driving arrest. Taxi driver George Smith crashed into a building in London, UK while under the influence of alcohol. He was fined 25 shillings.

11 Sep 1972 – 50 years ago
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system began operating in San Francisco, California, USA.

12 Sep 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: the Laconia Incident. The British troopship Laconia was hit by a German torpedo and sank off the coast of West Africa, killing around 1,400 men. This had far-reaching consequences as the ship was carrying 1,500 Italian prisoners-of-war. When the Germans realised this they launched a rescue mission, but were then bombed by the Americans, despite displaying the Red Cross flag.

13 Sep 1922 – 100 years ago
The highest temperature ever recorded in the world: 57.7°C (136°F) in Al ‘Aziziyah, Libya. (Unofficial record.)

14 Sep 1982 – 40 years ago
Death of Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly the American film and television actress Grace Kelly. (Car crash, aged 52.)

15 Sep 1982 – 40 years ago
The first issue of the newspaper USA Today was published.

16 Sep 1992 – 30 years ago
Black Wednesday sterling crisis. The UK crashed out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), raised interest rates from 10% to 15%, and spent billions of pounds buying up sterling that was being frantically disposed of on international markets.

17 Sep 1972 – 50 years ago
The first episode of the television series MAS*H was broadcast on NBC in the USA. (UK: 20^th May 1973.)

18 Sep 1947 – 75 years ago
The U.S. National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were established, the Department of Defense began operating, and the U.S. Air Force was established as a separate branch of the military.

19 Sep 1982 – 40 years ago
American computer scientist Scott Fahlman designed the first documented emoticons and posted them on Carnegie Mellon University’s bulletin board system. The emoticons were 🙂 and 🙁

20 Sep 1952 – 70 years ago
American biologists Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase conducted their famous ‘blender’ experiment. It confirmed that genetic material is stored in DNA rather than in proteins as had been previously thought.

21 Sep 1922 – 100 years ago
U.S. President Warren G. Harding signed the Lodge–Fish joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

22 Sep 1947 – 75 years ago
A U.S. Air Force plane made the first wholly automated flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The take-off, flight and landing were controlled by autopilot throughout the entire journey.

23 Sep 1962 – 60 years ago
The first episode of the animated television series The Jetsons was broadcast on ABC in the USA. (It was the first colour programme on ABC.)

24 Sep 1947 – 75 years ago
Majestic 12, a secret committee of scientists, military leaders and government officials, was allegedly established in the USA. Its purpose was to investigate and recover alien spacecraft following the Roswell incident. (The U.S. government denies it ever existed, and some sources say it may have been a fictional committee invented by the Soviet Union.)

25 Sep 1897 – 125 years ago
Birth of William Faulkner, American writer. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature and two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction (1955 and 1963).

26 Sep 1962 – 60 years ago
The first episode of the television series The Beverly Hillbillies was broadcast on CBS in the USA. (UK: 1^st February 1963.)

27 Sep 1822 – 200 years ago
French orientalist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had successfully deciphered the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta stone.

28 Sep 2002 – 20 years ago
Death of Patsy Mink, American politician. The first Asian American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.

29 Sep 1982 – 40 years ago
Tylenol murders, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol painkiller capsules that had been laced with cyanide.

30 Sep 1947 – 75 years ago
Birth of Marc Bolan, British glam rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and poet (T. Rex). (Died 1977.)

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from the end of March 2022, with the 2027 edition following in June.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

30 newsworthy historical anniversaries in September 2022 (U.S. edition)

Posted on 01/03/202225/02/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theater shows, and more.

Here are 30 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in September 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from the end of March 2022 and the 2027 edition will be available from June 2022.

Sep 1, 1897 – 125 years ago
The oldest subway system in North America opened: the Tremont Street Subway in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sep 2, 1957 – 65 years ago
The Everly Brothers’ best-known song Wake Up Little Susie was released.

Sep 3, 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: Jewish uprising in the Lakhva Ghetto, Belarus. Thought to be the first ghetto uprising of the war.

Sep 4, 2002 – 20 years ago
Kelly Clarkson won the first season of the television singing competition American Idol.

Sep 5, 1972 – 50 years ago
Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic Village in Munich, West Germany during the 1972 Olympic Games and took eleven members of the Israeli team hostage. All of the hostages were killed, as well as five of the eight terrorists and a German police officer, when a rescue attempt failed.

Sep 6, 1522 – 500 years ago
Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returned to Spain and became the first person to circumnavigate the world. His ship, the Victoria, was the only vessel to survive Ferdinand Magellan’s 1519 expedition to the Spice Islands. (Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521.)

Sep 7, 1822 – 200 years ago
Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.

Sep 8, 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Sid Caesar, American actor, comedian and writer. Best known for the television comedy shows Your Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour. He also had roles in numerous movies and TV shows.

Sep 9, 1947 – 75 years ago
Reputed to be the first case of an actual computer bug. The Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA was experiencing problems, and a moth was found lodged in one of its relays. The computer was successfully “debugged” by removing it.

Sep 10, 1897 – 125 years ago
The world’s first drunk-driving arrest. Taxi driver George Smith crashed into a building in London, UK while under the influence of alcohol. He was fined 25 shillings.

Sep 11, 1972 – 50 years ago
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system began operating in San Francisco, California, USA.

Sep 12, 1942 – 80 years ago
World War II: the Laconia Incident. The British troopship Laconia was hit by a German torpedo and sank off the coast of West Africa, killing around 1,400 men. This had far-reaching consequences as the ship was carrying 1,500 Italian prisoners-of-war. When the Germans realized this they launched a rescue mission, but were then bombed by the Americans, despite displaying the Red Cross flag.

Sep 13, 1922 – 100 years ago
The highest temperature ever recorded in the world: 136°F (57.7°C) in Al ‘Aziziyah, Libya. (Unofficial record.)

Sep 14, 1982 – 40 years ago
Death of Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly the American actress Grace Kelly. (Car crash, aged 52.)

Sep 15, 1982 – 40 years ago
The first issue of the newspaper USA Today was published.

Sep 16, 1992 – 30 years ago
Black Wednesday sterling crisis. Britain crashed out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), raised interest rates from 10% to 15%, and spent billions of pounds buying up sterling that was being frantically disposed of on international markets.

Sep 17, 1972 – 50 years ago
The first episode of the television series MAS*H was broadcast on NBC.

Sep 18, 1947 – 75 years ago
The National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were established, the Department of Defense began operating, and the U.S. Air Force was established as a separate branch of the military.

Sep 19, 1982 – 40 years ago
American computer scientist Scott Fahlman designed the first documented emoticons and posted them on Carnegie Mellon University’s bulletin board system. The emoticons were 🙂 and 🙁

Sep 20, 1952 – 70 years ago
American biologists Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase conducted their famous “blender” experiment. It confirmed that genetic material is stored in DNA rather than in proteins as had been previously thought.

Sep 21, 1922 – 100 years ago
U.S. President Warren G. Harding signed the Lodge–Fish joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Sep 22, 1947 – 75 years ago
A U.S. Air Force plane made the first wholly automated flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The take-off, flight and landing were controlled by autopilot throughout the entire journey.

Sep 23, 1962 – 60 years ago
The first episode of the animated television series The Jetsons was broadcast on ABC. (It was the first color program on ABC.)

Sep 24, 1947 – 75 years ago
Majestic 12, a secret committee of scientists, military leaders and government officials, was allegedly established in the USA. Its purpose was to investigate and recover alien spacecraft following the Roswell incident. (The U.S. government denies it ever existed, and some sources say it may have been a fictional committee invented by the Soviet Union.)

Sep 25, 1897 – 125 years ago
Birth of William Faulkner, American writer. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature and two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction (1955 and 1963).

Sep 26, 1962 – 60 years ago
The first episode of the television series The Beverly Hillbillies was broadcast on CBS.

Sep 27, 1822 – 200 years ago
French orientalist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had successfully deciphered the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta stone.

Sep 28, 2002 – 20 years ago
Death of Patsy Mink, American politician. The first Asian American woman elected to Congress.

Sep 29, 1982 – 40 years ago
Tylenol murders, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol painkiller capsules that had been laced with cyanide.

Sep 30, 1947 – 75 years ago
Birth of Marc Bolan, British glam rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and poet (T. Rex). (Died 1977.)

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from the end of March 2022, with the 2027 edition following in June.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

31 newsworthy historical anniversaries in August 2022

Posted on 01/02/202228/01/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theatre shows, and more.

Here are 31 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in August 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from the end of March 2022 and the 2027 edition will be available from June 2022.

1 Aug 1972 – 50 years ago
The Washington Post newspaper published the first article that exposed U.S. President Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal. The article by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein revealed that $25,000 of Nixon’s re-election campaign fund had been paid into the bank account of one of the men recently arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters.

2 Aug 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American audiologist and inventor. Credited with developing the first practical telephone.

3 Aug 1872 – 150 years ago
Birth of Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905–57)

4 – 8 Aug 1997 – 25 years ago
The capital of Montserrat was destroyed by a further series of eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano. The town became uninhabitable and the 4,000 residents were evacuated. Most of them resettled in the UK.

5 Aug 1962 – 60 years ago
Death of Marilyn Monroe, American film actress, model and singer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Seven-Year Itch, Bus Stop, and more). (Overdose of sleeping pills – probable suicide, aged 36.)

6 – 21 Aug 1932 – 90 years ago
The first Venice Film Festival was held in Italy.

7 Aug 1947 – 75 years ago
Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl’s raft Kon-Tiki reached Polynesia after a 101-day journey across the Pacific from South America. This demonstrated that people from pre-Columbian South America could have made the journey and settled there.

8 Aug 1942 – 80 years ago
The world première of Walt Disney’s animated film Bambi, in London. (U.S. première: 13^th August, released: 21^st August. UK: 1^st January 1943.)

9 Aug 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Philip Larkin, British poet. (Died 1985.)

10 Aug 1897 – 125 years ago
The Royal Automobile Club was founded in the UK.
(The section of the club that offered roadside assistance and motor insurance was incorporated as a separate company in 1978 and sold in 1999 – it is now known as RAC Ltd.)

11 Aug 1897 – 125 years ago
Birth of Enid Blyton, British children’s writer who created Noddy, the Famous Five, and the Secret Seven. She is among the world’s bestselling writers. More than 600 million copies of her books have been sold. She sometimes wrote 50 books a year.

12 Aug 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Arthur Griffith, President of the Irish Republic (1922 – died in office). Founder of Sinn Fein. Succeeded by W. T. Cosgrave.

13 Aug 1997 – 25 years ago
The first episode of the animated comedy television series South Park was broadcast on Comedy Central in the USA.

14 Aug 1947 – 75 years ago
Pakistan gained its independence from the UK.
Pakistan and India both officially became independent at midnight on 15^th August, but Pakistan held its independence ceremony 30 minutes early and now celebrates 14^th August as its independence day.

15 Aug 1952 – 70 years ago
Lynmouth flood, Devon, UK. A flash flood swept through the village. 34 people were killed, and buildings and bridges were devastated.

16 Aug 1962 – 60 years ago
The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein fired drummer Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr

17 Aug 1962 – 60 years ago
Peter Fechter, aged 18, became the first person to be shot dead by border guards as he attempted to climb over the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.

18 Aug 1947 – 75 years ago
The American technology company Hewlett-Packard was incorporated.

19 Aug 1772 – 250 years ago
Swedish Revolution: King Gustav III staged a coup d’état, assumed power and introduced absolute monarchy.

20 – 22 Aug 1962 – 60 years ago
The first nuclear-powered ship, the NS Savannah made her maiden voyage from Yorktown, Virginia, to Savannah, Georgia, USA. The ship was conceived by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of his Atoms for Peace programme. It operated until 1972, and is now a museum ship.

21 Aug 1897 – 125 years ago
The Oldsmobile automobile company was founded in Lansing, Michigan, USA (as Olds Motors Works). It later became a division of General Motors, but was closed down in 2004.

22 Aug 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Michael Collins, Irish nationalist politician. A leading figure in Ireland’s fight for independence. He directed a guerrilla warfare campaign against the British. (Killed in an ambush by anti-treaty forces, aged 31.)

23 Aug 1942 to 2 Feb 1943 – 80 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Stalingrad (Soviet Union). Soviet victory. The turning point of the war in Europe.
Regarded as the largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, and one that the Germans never recovered from.

24 Aug 1932 – 90 years ago
American aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly non-stop across the USA.

25 Aug 1822 – 200 years ago
Death of William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. He discovered the planet Uranus and infrared radiation, conducted the first deep sky surveys, and was the first president of the Royal Astronomical Society.

26 Aug to 10 Sep 1972 – 50 years ago
The 1972 Summer Olympic Games were held in Munich, West Germany.
The event was overshadowed by the kidnapping and deaths of 11 members of the Israeli team by Palestinian terrorists on 5^th September.

27 Aug 1962 – 60 years ago
NASA launched its Mariner 2 space probe to Venus. (It flew past Venus in December, becoming the first space probe to fly past another planet.)

28 Aug 1922 – 100 years ago
The world’s first radio commercial was broadcast on WEAF in New York City, USA. The first commercial was for an apartment complex.

29 Aug 1952 – 70 years ago
American avant-garde composer John Cage’s best-known work 4’ 33” (four minutes and thirty-three seconds) was performed for the first time, at Woodstock, New York, USA. Performers are instructed not to play a single note throughout the entire piece.

30 Aug 1922 – 100 years ago
Turkish War of Independence – Greco–Turkish War – the Battle of Dumlupinar, Turkey. Turkey won the final battle of the war.
This day is now celebrated as Victory Day in Turkey.

31 Aug 1422 – 600 years ago
Death of Henry V, King of England (1413–22). (Heatstroke or dysentery, aged 35.) Succeeded by his son, Henry VI.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for this month in The Date-A-Base Book 2022. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from the end of March 2022, with the 2027 edition following in June.
Find out more at ideas4writers.com.

31 newsworthy historical anniversaries in August 2022 (U.S. edition)

Posted on 01/02/202228/01/2022 by admin

Historical anniversaries are great for “On This Day in History” features and anniversary tie-ins. They’re popular with readers and viewers, editors and producers love them, they’re easy to research, and you can easily turn them into newspaper and magazine articles, films, TV/radio/theater shows, and more.

Here are 31 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries coming up in August 2022 (so you have time to write about them!)

We’ve randomly picked one anniversary for each day of the month from The Date-A-Base Book 2022. You’ll find hundreds more in the book. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions are also available if you work further ahead. The 2026 edition will be available from the end of March 2022 and the 2027 edition will be available from June 2022.

Aug 1, 1972 – 50 years ago
The Washington Post newspaper published the first article that exposed U.S. President Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal. The article by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein revealed that $25,000 of Nixon’s re-election campaign fund had been paid into the bank account of one of the men recently arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters.

Aug 2, 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American audiologist and inventor. Credited with developing the first practical telephone.

Aug 3, 1872 – 150 years ago
Birth of Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905–57)

Aug 4 – 8, 1997 – 25 years ago
The capital of Montserrat was destroyed by a further series of eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano. The town became uninhabitable and the 4,000 residents were evacuated. Most of them resettled in the UK.

Aug 5, 1962 – 60 years ago
Death of Marilyn Monroe, American film actress, model and singer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Seven-Year Itch, Bus Stop, and more). (Overdose of sleeping pills – probable suicide, aged 36.)

Aug 6 – 21, 1932 – 90 years ago
The first Venice Film Festival was held in Italy.

Aug 7, 1947 – 75 years ago
Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl’s raft Kon-Tiki reached Polynesia after a 101-day journey across the Pacific from South America. This demonstrated that people from pre-Columbian South America could have made the journey and settled there.

Aug 8, 1942 – 80 years ago
The world premiere of Walt Disney’s animated film Bambi, in London. (U.S. premiere: August 13^th, released: August 21^st. UK: January 1, 1943.)

Aug 9, 1922 – 100 years ago
Birth of Philip Larkin, British poet. (Died 1985.)

Aug 10, 1897 – 125 years ago
The Royal Automobile Club was founded in the UK.
(The section of the club that offered roadside assistance and motor insurance was incorporated as a separate company in 1978 and sold in 1999 – it is now known as RAC Ltd.)

Aug 11, 1897 – 125 years ago
Birth of Enid Blyton, British children’s writer who created Noddy, the Famous Five, and the Secret Seven. She is among the world’s best-selling writers. More than 600 million copies of her books have been sold. She sometimes wrote 50 books a year.

Aug 12, 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Arthur Griffith, President of the Irish Republic (1922 – died in office). Founder of Sinn Fein. Succeeded by W. T. Cosgrave.

Aug 13, 1997 – 25 years ago
The first episode of the animated comedy television series South Park was broadcast on Comedy Central in the USA.

Aug 14, 1947 – 75 years ago
Pakistan gained its independence from the UK.
Pakistan and India both officially became independent at midnight on August 15^th, but Pakistan held its independence ceremony 30 minutes early and now celebrates August 14^th as its independence day.

Aug 15, 1952 – 70 years ago
Lynmouth flood, Devon, UK. A flash flood swept through the village. 34 people were killed, and buildings and bridges were devastated.

Aug 16, 1962 – 60 years ago
The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein fired drummer Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr

Aug 17, 1962 – 60 years ago
Peter Fechter, aged 18, became the first person to be shot dead by border guards as he attempted to climb over the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.

Aug 18, 1947 – 75 years ago
The American technology company Hewlett-Packard was incorporated.

Aug 19, 1772 – 250 years ago
Swedish Revolution: King Gustav III staged a coup d’état, assumed power and introduced absolute monarchy.

Aug 20 – 22, 1962 – 60 years ago
The first nuclear-powered ship, the NS Savannah made her maiden voyage from Yorktown, Virginia, to Savannah, Georgia, USA. The ship was conceived by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of his Atoms for Peace program. It operated until 1972, and is now a museum ship.

Aug 21, 1897 – 125 years ago
The Oldsmobile automobile company was founded in Lansing, Michigan, USA (as Olds Motors Works). It later became a division of General Motors, but was closed down in 2004.

Aug 22, 1922 – 100 years ago
Death of Michael Collins, Irish nationalist politician. A leading figure in Ireland’s fight for independence. He directed a guerrilla warfare campaign against the British. (Killed in an ambush by anti-treaty forces, aged 31.)

Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 – 80 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Stalingrad (Soviet Union). Soviet victory. The turning point of the war in Europe.
Regarded as the largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, and one that the Germans never recovered from.

Aug 24, 1932 – 90 years ago
American aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly non-stop across the USA.

Aug 25, 1822 – 200 years ago
Death of William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. He discovered the planet Uranus and infrared radiation, conducted the first deep sky surveys, and was the first president of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Aug 26 to Sep 10, 1972 – 50 years ago
The 1972 Summer Olympic Games were held in Munich, West Germany.
The event was overshadowed by the kidnapping and deaths of 11 members of the Israeli team by Palestinian terrorists on September 5^th.

Aug 27, 1962 – 60 years ago
NASA launched its Mariner 2 space probe to Venus. (It flew past Venus in December, becoming the first space probe to fly past another planet.)

Aug 28, 1922 – 100 years ago
The world’s first radio commercial was broadcast on WEAF in New York City, USA. The first commercial was for an apartment complex.

Aug 29, 1952 – 70 years ago
American avant-garde composer John Cage’s best-known work 4’ 33” (four minutes and thirty-three seconds) was performed for the first time, at Woodstock, New York, USA. Performers are instructed not to play a single note throughout the entire piece.

Aug 30, 1922 – 100 years ago
Turkish War of Independence – Greco–Turkish War – the Battle of Dumlupinar, Turkey. Turkey won the final battle of the war.
This day is now celebrated as Victory Day in Turkey.

Aug 31, 1422 – 600 years ago
Death of Henry V, King of England (1413–22). (Heatstroke or dysentery, aged 35.) Succeeded by his son, Henry VI.

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