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1933 - Philadelphia A's defeat NY Yankees 7-0, the first time in 308 games "Bronx Bombers" are shut out 1949 - Republic of Indonesia proclaims ceasefire 1954 - The Convair XFY-1 Pogo, a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, makes its first successful flight 1972 - British Prime Minister Edward Heath proclaims an emergency crisis due to a dock strike 1989 - Lawrence Delisle drives his four kids into a river 1994 - 102.4°F (39.1°C) in Tokyo, Japan (record) 1997 - Manchester United defeats Chelsea 4-2 on penalties to win the Charity Shield after a bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Wembley 2023 - Forty-one migrants form Ivory Coast and Guinea drown and just four survive after their boat capsizes off Italian island of Lampedusa More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1941 - German troops conquer Roslavl in Russia 1946 - Belgian government of Huysmans forms 1956 - American sprinter Willie Williams sets a 100 m world record at 10.1 in Berlin, Germany 1963 - Warner Bros. Records releases the single of Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)," set to the music of Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from his 1876 opera "La Gioconda" 2024 - American swimmer Katie Ledecky ties Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina as the most decorated female Olympian of all time when she wins her fourth consecutive 800m in Paris, her ninth individual gold medal More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Constantino Gaito, Argentinian composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1945) 1885 - Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1962) 1924 - (Elizabeth) "Connie" Converse, American folk singer-songwriter, born in Laconia, New Hampshire (disappeared 1974) 1937 - Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer (3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India 1964 - Nate McMillan, American basketball head coach (Seattle SuperSonics 2000-05, Portland Trail Blazers 2005-12, Indiana Pacers 2016-19, Atlanta Hawks 2021-23), born in Raleigh, North Carolina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1779 - Henry Kobell, Dutch painter and cartoonist, dies at 27 1910 - Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies 1954 - Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle], French author, novelist (Gigi, La Vagabonde) and actress, dies at 81 1978 - Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, assassinated at about 42 2013 - Farman Fatehpuri [Syed Dildar Ali], Urdu scholar, linguist, critic and author, dies of natural causes at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1858 - Government of India transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown 1880 - British Parliament officially adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 1914 - Belgian government receives German ultimatum 1928 - Benito Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1991 - Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched 2018 - Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun" reveals Tokyo Medical University has been tampering with female entrance exams to ensure under 30% accepted 2020 - Islamic State stages a jail break at a prison in Afghan city of Jalalabad, placing bombs at its entrance, results in 20 hr gunfight, 29 deaths and over 300 prisoners at large 2022 - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the first speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1931 - Referendum in favor of autonomous status for Spanish Catalonia garners 99.5% of the vote; about 75% of eligible voters participate 1943 - Sunderland seaplanes sink U-706 and U-106 1959 - Future Hall of Fame 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates 2012 - American swimmer Michael Phelps wins an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal in the 200m individual medley in 1:54.27 at the London Olympics 2018 - Apple becomes the first American publicly listed company to reach $1 trillion in value More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1925 - John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (d. 2017) 1928 - Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990) 1948 - Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh session and touring guitarist (Amen Corner; Roger Waters; Eric Clapton; George Harrison), born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales 1949 - James Fallows, American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1972 - Jimmy Pop [James Franks], American rock singer and musician (The Bloodhound Gang - "The Bad Touch"), born in Trappe, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1823 - Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, dies at 70 1922 - Mina Kruseman, Dutch author and feminist, dies at 82 1992 - Michel Berger [Hamburger], French singer-songwriter, and record producer. dies of a heart attack at 44 2003 - Mike Levey, American TV infomercials host, dies of cancer at 55 2020 - Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor (Annapolis Symphony 1970-82), dies of cancer at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1954 - South African Natives Resettlement Act comes into effect, empowering the government to remove Africans from any area within and adjacent to the magisterial district of Johannesburg 1968 - Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in its coins 1996 - American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200 m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200-400 m double 2004 - A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay 2010 - US Senior Open Men's Golf, Sahalee CC: Berhard Langer of Germany wins by three strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Couples 2010 - 200 m x 250 m photo mosaic commemorating the life of Filipino President Corazon Aquino is unveiled near Quirino Grandstand at Luneta Park, Manila 2023 - Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power 2023 - South America experiences a winter heatwave, with Vicuña in Chilean Andres reaching 100°F (37.78°C), the warmest day in northern Chile for 72 years More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1664 - Battle of St. Gotthard, West Hungary: Imperial Army led by Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats Ottoman forces under Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha 1924 - MLB Brooklyn Robins pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out an MLB record 7 consecutive batters and 14 overall in a 4-0 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field 1968 - Coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei 1992 - American sprinter Gail Devers wins an incredibly close blanket finish in the women's 100m at the Barcelona Olympics, with 5 athletes within 0.06 seconds of Devers (10.82) 2022 - First grain ship leaves Ukrainian port of Odesa in a UN-brokered deal, breaking a months-long Russian blockade to help alleviate the global shortage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1642 - Ahmed II, 21st Sultan of Turkey (1691-95), born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (d. 1695) [or born Feb 25, 1643] 1933 - Ko Un, South Korean poet, born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province 1948 - Bob Spink, British politician (MP for Castle Point in Essex), born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire 1956 - Tom Leykis, American radio personality (The Tom Leykis Show), born in The Bronx, New York 1964 - Adam Duritz, American rock singer-songwriter, and keyboardist (Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones"; "Accidentally in Love"), born in Baltimore, Maryland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1252 - Giovanni da Pian del Carpine [John of Plano Carpini], Italian friar, explorer and diplomat (1st European traveller to give account of the Mongol Empire), dies (b. c. 1185) 1980 - Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944) 1988 - John Dearden, American cardinal (1969-88) and archbishop of Detroit, dies at 80 1990 - Lotta Hitschmanova, Canadian humanitarian (founder of the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada), dies at 80 2024 - Craig Shakespeare, English soccer coach (WBA, Leicester CIty) and midfielder (Walsall 284 games), dies from cancer at 60 More Famous Deaths »

1221 - Emperor Go-Horikawa, aged only 10 years old, ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan 1566 - Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England 1923 - Albert Einstein speaks about pacifism in Berlin 1940 - SV Urk Dutch soccer team forms 1973 - Led Zeppelin has more than $200,000 in cash stolen from a safe deposit box at the New York Hilton hotel 1990 - South Africa Communist Party begins first legal conference 1994 - Jesse Timmendequas rapes and murders Megan Kanka, 7, resulting in Megan's Law 2018 - Hun Sen's Cambodian People’s Party claims to have won all 125 seats in the country's general election amid widespread criticism of a sham vote More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid) 1913 - Independence of the Principality of Albania recognized by the Conference of London 1961 - Bob Dylan is not seriously injured in car accident in New York City 1989 - Philadelphia Phillies retire #32 in honor of pitcher Steve Carlton 2021 - Following Simone Biles' withdrawal, teammate Sunisa Lee becomes first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport, winning women's artistic individual all-around gymnastics gold in Tokyo More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1870 - George Dixon, Canadian boxer (World Bantamweight title, 1892; World Featherweight champion, 1891-97 and 1898-1901; 1st Black athlete to win a World C'ship in any sport), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1908) 1938 - Don Wert, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star and World Series 1968 Detroit Tigers), born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2024) 1956 - Ronnie Musgrove, American politician (Governor of Mississippi 2000-04), born in Tocowa, Mississippi 1971 - Monica Calhoun, American actress (The Best Man), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1990 - Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress (Deep Rooted Tree), born in Yangcheon, South Korea More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1886 - Solomon Gazfried, Ukrainian rabbi and author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies (b. 1804) 1900 - Umberto I of Italy, King of Italy (1878-1900), shot four times and assassinated by Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci at 56 1976 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (Cohen crime family), dies at 62 1982 - Cor Kieboom, Dutch president of Feyenoord football club, dies at 81 1996 - Aruna Asaf Ali, Indian independence activist and politician (first Mayor of Delhi), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1893 - Vizcaya Bridge, the largest transporter bridge in the world designed by Basque architect Alberto de Palacio, opens over the River Ibaizabal 1904 - Rafael Reyes becomes dictator of Colombia after losing Panama 1942 - The Zionist partisans in Poland form the Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ZOB) or Jewish Fighting Organization 1980 - Peru adopts a constitution, and Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes president 1984 - 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles 1988 - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for first visit in 21 years 1989 - NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland announces new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 gigahertz 2008 - Historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier burns down for a second time in 80 years More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1849 - Memnon is the first clipper to reach San Francisco from New York during the Gold Rush, arriving after a voyage of 120 days 1864 - Second day of the Battle of Deep Bottom Run, Virginia 1898 - Spanish American War: U.S. Army occupies Ponce and declares victory in Puerto Rico over Spanish forces 1917 - Silent Parade organized by James Weldon Johnson, 10,000 African Americans march on Fifth Avenue in NYC to protest against lynching 2019 - Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by two strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1165 - Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic and philosopher (The Meccan Revelations), born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1240) 1930 - David "Junior" Kimbrough, American bluesman, born in Hudsonville, Mississippi (d. 1998) 1939 - Barry Ashbee, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1965, 1969-74 (Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers), and coach, 1974-77 (Flyers), born in Weston. Ontario 1974 - Hannah Waddingham, British actress (Ted Lasso; Game of Thrones, 2015-16), and musical theater singer, born in London, England 1990 - Soulja Boy [DeAndre Cortez Way], American rapper (Crank That (Soulja Boy)), born in Chicago, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1837 - John Ross, British composer and organist, dies at 73 1863 - James Deshler, American Confederate general, dies after ammunition explodes at 30 1869 - Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist (b. 1787) 1965 - Minor Watson, American actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75 2015 - Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991; Nottinghamshire), dies from a brain tumour at 66 More Famous Deaths »

1900 - German Kaiser Wilhelm II delivers his "Hun" speech at Bremerhaven, addressing German troops departing to suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China, later used as propaganda in World War I 1914 - Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade 1954 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Keller GC: Chick Herbert scores a 4 and 3 win over defending champion Walter Burkemo in the Tuesday final 1955 - Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, killing 58 1988 - Baseball star Tommy John commits a record three errors on one play as the Yankees rout the Brewers 16-3 1995 - 28th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center 2015 - Fiat Chrysler fined record $105 million by US regulators over their number of car recalls 2017 - Reince Priebus resigns as Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump after just over 6 months, making it the shortest non-interim tenure More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1909 - Orville Wright successfully tests the Wright Military Flyer, the world's first military airplane, with a record flight of 1 hour, 12 minutes, and 40 seconds, flying approximately 64 km (40 mi) 1945 - Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees 1973 - Walter Blum becomes the sixth jockey to ride 4,000 winners 1984 - Montreal Expos first baseman Pete Rose collects his record 3,503rd career single, passing Ty Cobb with a hit off former Phillies teammate Steve Carlton at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia 2024 - Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus retains her 400 m freestyle crown at the Paris Olympics in 3:57.49, defeating Canada's Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky of the US More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1880 - Joe Tinker, American Baseball HOF shortstop (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs), born in Muscotah, Kansas (d. 1948) 1921 - Émile Genest, French Canadian actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Les Plouffe), born in Quebec City, Canada (d. 2003) 1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (My Mother the Car, Coach), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 2018) 1935 - Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer, born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland 1970 - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor (Game of Thrones), born in Rudkøbing, Denmark More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1864 - John Putnam Chapin, American politician and 10th Mayor of Chicago (1846-47), dies at 54 1952 - W de Basil [US Voskresenski], Russian ballet dancer, dies 1958 - Claire Chennault, American aviator and military leader (Flying Tigers), dies at 64 2008 - Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923) 2024 - Carlos Alvarado, Costa Rican soccer goalkeeper (25 caps; LD Alajuelense), dies at 96 More Famous Deaths »

1775 - US Continental Congress creates United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin 1903 - Horatio Nelson Jackson, Sewall K. Crocker, and a bulldog named Bud complete the first automobile trip across the United States, traveling from San Francisco to New York in a two-cylinder Winton in 63 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes 1914 - Philippe Thys of Belgium wins 12th Tour de France 1948 - "Babe Ruth Story" premieres; Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance 1953 - Tour de France: Louison Bobet of France wins first of 3 consecutive Tour general classification events 1982 - Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada is crowned 31st Miss Universe 2014 - Brian Ortega's victory over Mike De La Torre is overturned to "No Contest" after testing positive for drostanolone 2020 - Italian football giants Juventus win their ninth straight Serie A title with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschi in a 2-0 win over Sampdoria More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1971 - Apollo 15 launches (Scott and Irwin) for the fourth manned landing on the Moon 1972 - Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle 1981 - New York Mayor Ed Koch is given the Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 1994 - Turkish Air Force bombs Kurds in Iraq, killing 70 2017 - Great Britain announces it will ban gasoline and diesel cars by 2040 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1906 - Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1943) 1911 - Jerry Burke, American easy-listening pianist and organ player (Lawrence Welk Orchestra, 1934-65), born in Marshalltown, Iowa (d. 1965) 1928 - Stanley Kubrick, American director (2001 A Space Odyssey, Dr Strangelove, Lolita), born in The Bronx NY (d. 1999) 1928 - Elliott Erwitt [Elio Romano], French-American photographer (Gimme Shelter), and documentarian, born in Paris, France (d. 2023) 1942 - Vladimír Mečiar, 1st and 3rd Prime Minister of Slovakia, born in Zvolen, Slovakia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1973 - Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American professor and engineer, dies of a heart attack at 69 1987 - Jim Bishop, American journalist and author (The Day Lincoln was Shot), dies at 79 1988 - Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani modernist scholar, dies at 68 2009 - Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), dies at 90 2021 - Ally Dawson, Scottish soccer defender (5 caps; Glasgow Rangers) and manager (Hamilton Academical), dies at 63 More Famous Deaths »

1922 - ATandT begins broadcasting on WBAY (NYC, later WEAF, WNBC, WRCA, and WFAN) 1956 - Pittsburgh Pirates' Roberto Clemente hits MLB's first and only walk-off inside-the-park grand slam for a 9-8 win over visiting Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field 1963 - Belgian Senate accepts law on language regulations 1993 - Romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle," starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and co-written and directed by Nora Ephron, is released 1997 - Howard Stern is fired from radio station KEGL in Dallas, Texas 2012 - The double-dip recession in the UK economy continues with a fall of 0.7% in GDP in the second quarter of 2012 2021 - Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Australian Minjee Lee recovers from seven shots behind to defeat South Korea’s Lee6 Jeongeun in a playoff for her first major title 2023 - Scientists say a crucial Atlantic Ocean current is near collapse as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could reach its tipping point in the middle of this century More Historical Events »