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1863 The Football Association Is Founded
On a Monday evening, representatives of a dozen London and suburban clubs met at the Freemasons' Tavern on Great Queen Street in London. The meeting followed a letter from Ebenezer Cobb Morley in Bell's…
1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
In Tombstone, Arizona, lawmen Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp, backed by Doc Holliday, faced a group of cowboys: Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Claiborne. About thirty shots were fired…
1965 The Beatles Receive Their MBEs
Prime Minister Harold Wilson had nominated the band, and the honors were announced in June 1965. On the day, the four Beatles arrived at Buckingham Palace in John Lennon's Rolls-Royce while thousands of fans…
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1782 Niccolò Paganini Is Born
Paganini was born in Genoa, then the capital of the Republic of Genoa, the third of six children of Antonio and Teresa Paganini. His father, a ship chandler who also played music, gave him…
1904 New York Subway Opens
The Interborough Rapid Transit line ran about nine miles from City Hall north to Grand Central, west to Times Square and up to 145th Street. Mayor George McClellan took the controls on the first…
2004 Red Sox End an 86-Year Wait
Boston beat St. Louis 3-0 in Game 4 to complete a four-game sweep of the World Series. It was the club's first title since 1918 and ended the long drought known as the Curse…