In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.ġ941 – Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.ġ918 – Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.ġ924 – The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.ġ932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.ġ937 – The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.ħ50 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to overthrow of the dynasty.ġ348 – A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.ġ494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.ġ515 – Coronation of Francis I of France.ġ533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.ġ554 – Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.ġ573 – Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.ġ575 – Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.ġ704 – The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.ġ755 – Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.ġ765 – Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands at the southern tip of South America, is founded.ġ787 – Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.ġ791 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.ġ792 – The London Corresponding Society is founded.ġ858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.ġ879 – The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.ġ881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.ġ890 – Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.ġ909 – Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.ġ915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S.
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