1579 - Betuwe joins the Union of Utrecht 1820 - Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays 1942 - World première of Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony in Kuybyshev, Russia 1966 - 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die 1969 - Price of gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris 1974 - First performance in 3,000 years of world's oldest known song "Hymn to Nikkal" a 3,400 year old Hurrian hymn to moon god Nikkal from Ugarit in Syria, played at Berkeley University by Anne Kilmer and Richard Crocker 1981 - Michael Stewart's musical "Bring Back Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC for 4 performances 1997 - Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame More Historical Events »