On this day in 1890 Alexander Borodin‘s opera Prince Igor premiered in St. Petersburg.
On this day in 1333, the River Arno flooded.
On this day in 1968, the musical Her First Roman closed at Lunt Fontanne Theater, New York City, after 17 performances.
On this day in 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
On this day in 1952 Clarence Birdseye sold the first frozen peas.
On this day in 1787, Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni received its first performance in Prague.
On this day in 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
On this day in 312, Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
On this day in 1520, Charles V, later Holy Roman Emperor, was crowned King of Germany.
On this day in 1947 American actor Kevin Kline was born.
On this day in 1967, the musical Henry, Sweet Henry opened at the Palace Theater.
On this day in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opened with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
On this day in 1803 the United States Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
On this day in 1845, Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser premiered in Dresden.
On this day in 1902 American actress Miriam Hopkins was born.
On this day in 529 BC, King Cyrus the Great of Persia marched into the city of Babylon.
On this day in 1925 English-American actress Angela Lansbury was born.
On this day in 1793, Queen Marie-Antoinette of France was tried and convicted in a swift, pre-determined trial in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and condemned to death the following day.
On this day in 1917 American puppeteer Burr Tillstrom was born.
On this day in 490 BC, the Athenians and their Plataean allies defeated the first Persian invasion force of Greece at the Battle of Marathon.
On this day in 1957, Welsh actress and screenwriter Dawn French was born.
On this day in 1919, Die Frau ohne Schatten premiered in Vienna.
On this day in 1890, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was born.
On this day in 1979, the revue Sugar Babies opened at Mark Hellinger Theater, to run 1208 performances.
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