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1500 - France's King Louis XII and Ferdinand of Aragon signed secret Treaty of Granada for conquest and partition of Naples.

1606 - A peace treaty was signed at Zeitva-Torok between Turks and Austrians.

1620 - The Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. The compact called for "just and equal" laws.

1673 - Poland's King John Sobieski defeated the Turks at Korzim, Poland.

1778 - British forces took St. Lucia, West Indies, from the French.

1817 - Senaa Samma appeared at St. John’s Hall in New York City in an exhibition of juggling and sword swallowing. The admission price for one adult was $1.

1831 - Nat Turner, a minister and slave, was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, for inciting a slave uprising.

1836 - Chile declared war on Peru-Bolivia federation.

1851 - Alvan Clark of Cambridge, Massachusetts patented the telescope.

1905 - "Ladies' Home Journal" editor William Bo called the Morris chair, selling for $31.00, “a hideous piece of furniture.” The popular Morris chair was named for William Morris, of Morris & Company who produced home furnishings. The chair had an adjustable back and removable cushions which evolved into the recliners of.

1918 - An armistice for World War I was signed between Allies and Germany.

1926 - The University of Wisconsin announced women could earn college credits for a dance course the school offered.

1928 - Knute Rockne used the phrase, “Win one for the Gipper,” in a halftime speech to the Notre Dame football players. After the speech, the team went out and beat Army, 12-7.

1929 - In kansas City, Missouris, Andy Kirk and his orchestra recorded "Froggy Bottom".

1932 - The National Broadcasting Company opened new studios at Radio City in New York City, celebrating the event with a gala at Radio City Music Hall.

1938 - For the first time Kate Smith sang what would become her signature song, "God Bless America". In 1917, Irving Berlin wrote the tune, but never released it until Miss Smith sang it this first time on her radio broadcast.

1939 - The American public heard Irving Berlin's God Bless America for the first time when Kate Smith sang it on her Armistice Day radio broadcast. The song was written 22 years earlier, but was never used, in a World War I soldier show by Berlin.

1940 - The Jeep made its debut.

1940 - The chant, “invovo legem magicarum,” was first heard when "Mandrake the Magician" debuted on New YorkCity's WOR Radio.

1942 - During World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France.

1944 - Frank Sinatra began his long, successful career with Columbia Records.

1944 - The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame got a serious beating by Army, 59-0, in the worst margin of defeat for any Notre Dame team.

1945 - Composer Jerome Kern died in a New York hospital on this date. He had been unconscious for several days after collapsing on the corner of 57th Street and Park Avenue. Good friend Oscar Hammerstein II tried in vain to revive Kern by singing "Ol' Man River" in his ear.

1946 - A crowd of 17,205 showed up at Madison Square Garden to see the new NBA team, the New York Knickerbockers, or Knicks, as they are known. The new guys lost to Chicago 78-68.

1951 - Juan Peron was elected for the second of three presidential terms.

1964 - Food shortages in India provoked riots in Kerala State.

1965 - Ian Smith declared Rhodesian independence, and Britain said the regime was illegal.

1967 - Clinton Shaw set the world’s distance roller skating record. He arrived in St. John’s, Newfoundland from Victoria, British Columbia after a trip of 4,900 miles to start his skating venture on April Fool’s Day.

1968 - John Lennon's first recording effort without The Beatles, his album Two Virgins, was released in the United States on this date under the Apple label.

1969 - While on a Continental Airlines flight from Los Angeles, on their way to see a Rolling Stones concert in Phoenix, lead singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison, and a friend were arrested by the FBI. They were charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and interfering with personnel aboard a commercial aircraft, the latter carrying a federal skyjacking penalty of a $10,000 fine and/or 10 years in prison. They were later found innocent of the felony charge, but guilty of "assaulting, threatening, intimidating and interfering with the performance of" two stewardesses. The stewardess who made most of the accusations later changed her testimony, and the charges were ultimately dropped.

1971 - The United States Senate ratified a treaty to return the island of Okinawa to Japan.

1972 - The United States turned over its big base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese, symbolizing the end of direct United States participation in the Vietnam War.

1973 - Egypt and Israel signed a cease-fire agreement sponsored by the United States, and began discussions to carry out the pact.

1975 - Angola gained independence from the colonial ruler Portugal.

1981 - The first rookie baseball player to win the Cy Young Award was 21-year-old Los Angeles Dodger Fernando Valenzuela.

1984 - Television's 13-year-old star of "Diff'rent Strokes," Gary Coleman underwent his second kidney transplant in Los Angeles, California. He had his first transplant operation at age 5.

1984 - In Kansas City, Missouri, the Houston Oilers won their first game of the season, beating Kansas City, 17-16. Since September 1981, following 23 consecutive losses on the road, this was the first Oilers victory on the road.

1986 - Sperry Rand and Burroughs merged to form Unisys to become the #2 computer company. The costs for the changeover were estimated at $15 million.

1987 - Boris Yeltsin, who criticized what he called the slow pace of Soviet reform, was removed as Moscow Communist Party chief.

1989 - El Salvador rebels launched a major, three-week offensive against right-wing government, as at least 400 people died in fighting.

1990 - China told Saddam Hussein it will not veto a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing military action to force Iraq out of Kuwait.

1991 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir vowed not to give up occupied territories.

1992 - Israeli bombers raided an alleged Lebanese guerrilla base in South Lebanon and officers ordered civilians in Israeli's north to go to underground shelters.

1992 - For the first time the Church of England allowed women to become priests. The Church of England was the only one of 28 Anglican state churches throughout the world to vote in favor of women.

1994 - A 72-page manuscript of Leonardo da Vinci's scientific diagrams and notes was sold at auction in New York for a record amount.

1995 - In Sarajevo, United nations soldiers marked the end of World War I, and pledged to end Bosnia's conflict.