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1604 - Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina 1864 - US Civil War: Union Army General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign 1889 - Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris opens with the recently completed Eiffel Tower serving as the entrance arch; the elevators in the tower are not yet ready, so intrepid visitors have to climb 1,710 steps to reach the top 1933 - 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8 1942 - Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies 1970 - Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch sacks two ministers in the Irish government over allegations of illegal arms importation 1981 - US expels Libyan diplomats 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1916 - Belgian troops march into Kigali, German East Africa 1945 - General Johannes Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands 1987 - American televangelist Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God after revelations of an alleged rape of a church secretary 1987 - Miroslav Mihailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes 2008 - Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary (President of the National Convention, Member of Committee of Public Safety), born in Arras, France (d. 1794) 1843 - Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist (investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1918) 1925 - Patrick Meaney, British businessman and CEO (Rank Organization), born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1992) 1947 - Ronald Rivest, American computer scientist (RSA cryptography), born in Schenectady, New York 1953 - Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician and former President of the Treasury Board, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 850 - Ninmyō, 54th Emperor of Japan (833-50) during the Heian period, dies at 41 1727 - Catharine I of Russia [Marta Samuilovna], wife of Peter the Great, dies at about 42 1985 - Pete Desjardins, American diver (Olympic gold 10m platform, 3m springboard 1928), dies at 78 2014 - Geoffrey Maitland Smith, British accountant (Sir Charles Clore; Paul McCartney) and businessman (CEO of Sears, 1978-95), dies at 81 2018 - Cirilo Bautista, Filipino writer and poet, dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1863 - Irish boxer Joe Coburn KOs American Mike McCoole in the 67th round in his first defense of Heavyweight C'ship of America in Charlestown, Maryland 1916 - US Marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 1917 - St Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Sportsman's Park III 1948 - First squadron of jet aircraft boards a carrier 1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site 1956 - The first World Judo Championships are held in Tokyo 1961 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Freedom 7 2006 - The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1494 - On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica and lands at Discovery Bay 1864 - Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) 1938 - MLB Philadelphia Phillies Harold Kelleher pitcher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1990 - 35th Eurovision Song Contest: Toto Cutugno for Italy wins singing "Insieme: 1992" in Zagreb 1991 - A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after Salvadoran man is shot by police More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1883 - Charles "Chief" Bender, American Baseball HOF pitcher (only indigenous American in BHOF; World Series 1910, 11, 13; no-hitter 1910; Philadelphia A's), born in Crow Wing County, Minnesota (d. 1954) 1915 - Richard Rovere, American political journalist (Goldwater Caper), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1979) 1924 - Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentine film director (Monday's Child), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1978) 1950 - Googoosh [Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین)], Persian singer and actress, born in Sarcheshmeh Street, Tehran, Iran 1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer (striker for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo), born in London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1945 - Peter Van Pels, Jewish Refugee (b. 1926) 1964 - Howard Zahniser, American environmental activist (father of Wilderness Act), dies of heart failure at 58 1995 - Anthony Wagner, English Officer of Arms at the College of Arms and author on heraldry, dies at 86 2000 - Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1938, 48; Giro d'Italia 1936-7, 46), dies of a heart attack at 85 2012 - Raman Surendranath, Indian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 26 wickets), dies at 75 More Famous Deaths »

1493 - Spanish Pope Alexander VI decrees in the papal bull "Inter caetera" that all lands west of a line 100 leagues west of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde Islands belong to Castile, ultimately dividing the Americas between Spain and Portugal 1861 - At Gretna, Louisiana, one of the first guns for the Confederate Navy is cast 1910 - Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy 1927 - Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928 1957 - Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam 1975 - Italian film "Seven Beauties" directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, and Shirley Stoler released - first film directed by a women to be nominated for an Academy Award 1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 2018 - LA Angels first baseman Albert Pujols collects his 3,000th MLB hit in a 5-0 win v Mariners in Seattle More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1883 - John Gordon Cashman publishes the first edition of the "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi 1942 - Battle of Coral Sea begins (1st naval battle fought solely in air) between Japanese, US and Australian navies and air forces 1959 - First Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win major awards 1966 - The Soviet government signs an agreement with Fiat to build an automobile factory in the Soviet Union 2019 - 145th Kentucky Derby: stewards disqualify first-across-the-line Maximum Security for interference; longshot Country House declared winner; first DQ in race history for race infraction More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1938 - Gillian Tindall, British historian and novelist (The Fields Beneath, Fly Away Home), born in London (d. 2025) 1949 - Zal Cleminson, Scottish guitarist (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), born in Glasgow, Scotland 1956 - Barrie Masters, British pub-rock singer (Eddie and the Hot Rods), born in Rochford, Essex, England (d. 2019) 1977 - Mariano Pernía, Argentine soccer left back (11 caps Spain; Independiente, Recreativo, Getafe, Atlético Madrid), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1984 - Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 1 x 50, 5 wickets, BB 3/84; Khulna Division), born in Khulna, Bangladesh (d. 2007) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1566 - Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) 1855 - Camille Pleyel, Austrian pianist, piano manufacturer, and music publisher, dies at 66 1953 - T. Tertius Noble, English composer, dies at 85 1984 - Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913) 1994 - Karl Francis Hettinger, American police officer (Onion Field survivor), dies at 59 More Famous Deaths »

1342 - Count Hartmann II becomes the ruler of Vaduz, Liechtenstein 1864 - Red River Campaign: third day of Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana 1933 - Nellie T. Ross takes office as the first female director of the US Mint 1966 - WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, Ohio (ABC) begins broadcasting 2002 - Military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight people 2002 - "Spider-Man," starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, premieres 2023 - 13-year-old Serbian student shoots and kills nine people at his Belgrade school, eight students and a security guard, before handing himself in 2023 - MLB LA Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins NY Yankee legend Babe Ruth as only pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs in 6-4 over the Cardinals in St. Louis More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1815 - Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats King Joachim of Naples 1855 - Antwerp-Rotterdam railway officially opens 1952 - "Call Me Madam" closes at the Imperial Theater in NYC after 644 performances 1954 - WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting 1994 - Wim Kok and the Labour Party win Dutch general election More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1729 - Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, born in Brüx, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1774) 1849 - Jacob Riis, Danish-American social reformer and "muck raking" reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun), born in Ribe, Denmark (d. 1914) 1895 - Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher and Christian apologist, born in Grootegast, Netherlands (d. 1987) 1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian pro wrestler and trainer (founder Stampede Wrestling; sons Bret and Owen Hart), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2003) 1949 - Albert Sacco Jr., American chemical engineer and astronaut (STS 73), born in Boston, Massachusetts More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1442 - Engelbert I Nassau-Dillenburg (counsellor to Duke of Burgendy), dies at 71 or 72 1737 - Abraham Patras, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 1988 - Johannes Driessler, German organist and composer, dies at 67 1994 - Milford Dolliole, American pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90 2006 - Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949) More Famous Deaths »

1598 - France and Spain sign the Peace of Vervins 1923 - MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats New York Yankees 3-0 1941 - Nazi occupied Netherlands lays off Jewish journalists 1943 - German troops vacate Jefna, Tunisia 1950 - Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not People's Republic of China 1969 - British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II departs Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York 1982 - Argentine cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror with the loss of more than 350 men during the Falklands War 1983 - 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1876 - The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria 1878 - US stops minting the 20-cent coin due to public confusion with the quarter 1887 - Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film (used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope) 1953 - Hussein I installed as King of Jordan 1998 - 124th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Real Quiet wins in 2:02.20 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian baroque composer (Tigrane), born in Palermo, Sicily, Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire (d. 1725) 1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and father of modern political Zionism (World Zionist Organization), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1904) 1910 - Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and coach (South Melbourne), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1986) 1954 - Elliot Goldenthal, American concert, theater, and Academy Award-winning film score composer (Frida; Juan Darién - A Carnival Mass), born in Brooklyn, New York City 1984 - Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer, born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 2001 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (Goodfellas), dies at 39 2012 - Junior Seau, American Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker (12 x Pro Bowl; 6 × First-team All-Pro; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1992; SD Chargers), commits suicide at 43 2013 - Jeff Hanneman, American haevy metal guitarist (Slayer), dies from liver failure at 49 2017 - Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer and novelist, dies at 82 2018 - Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1850 - John Geary becomes the first mayor of San Francisco 1951 - Dutch Reformed Church introduces a new church choir 1967 - Bernard Malamud wins the Pulitzer Price in Fiction for "The Fixer" 1988 - Two IRA attacks in and near Roermond, Netherlands, kills three British servicemen and wounds three more 2002 - Padres closer Trevor Hoffman sets MLB record for saves for one team (321) in 4-3 win v Chicago Cubs in San Diego 2009 - Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden 2014 - Hundreds march through Nigerian capital calling for the release of schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants, Boko Haram, who oppose Western education 2019 - US Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, defending his handling of the Mueller Report More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1795 - King of Hawaiʻi Kamehameha I defeats Kalanikupule and conquers island of Oʻahu at Battle of Nuʻuanu [approx. date] 1957 - Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches an altitude of 121 miles (195 km) 1967 - Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua 1969 - Houston Astros hurler Don Wilson blanks Reds, 4-0 for second career no-hitter, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati 2007 - The Los Angeles May Day mêlée occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department's response to a May Day pro-immigration rally becomes a matter of controversy More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1831 - Emily Stowe, Canadian suffragist and first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada, born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario (d. 1903) 1924 - Enriko Josif, Serbian composer and pedagogue (Lyric Symphony), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (d. 2003) 1927 - Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle, silver 4×100m freestyle 1948), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2023) 1955 - András Törőcsik, Hungarian soccer forward (45 caps; Újpest Dozsa FC, Montpellier), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2022) 1970 - Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympic silver 1992; Champions Trophy gold 1999), born in Perth, West Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1679 - Esaias Reusner, German lutenist and composer, dies at 43 1913 - John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) 1957 - Grant Mitchell, American actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 2018 - Chuck Missler, American evangelist and author, dies at 83 2021 - Al Jamison, American football offensive lineman (AFL All Star 1961, 62; AFL C'ship 1960, 61; Houston Oilers), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1803 - Chancellor Robert Livingston and James Monroe sign Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris at a cost of 15 million dollars, doubles the size of the USA 1871 - The Camp Grant Massacre of Apache Indians in Arizona Territory is committed by white and Mexican adventurers, 144 die 1939 - Lou Gehrig sets a MLB record playing his 2,130th consecutive and final game for the New York Yankees. 1972 - "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio 1973 - Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments 1995 - After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close 1997 - Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt 2019 - New type of dementia identified and named limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (Late) after misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1492 - Spain announces it will expel all Jews 1945 - Concentration camp Munchen-Allag freed 1977 - Revival of musical revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" closes at Little Theatre, NYC after 92 performances 1997 - Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes 2012 - Manchester City defeats Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in English Premier League history More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and naturalist (Ornithologie), born in Fontenay-le-Comte (d. 1806) 1909 - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-80), born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2004) 1913 - Bernard Sendall, British deputy director general of the Independent Television Authority and author (Independent Television in Britain), born in Malvern, England (d. 1996) 1936 - Bernie Clifton [Quinn], British comedian (Oswald the Ostrich), born in St Helens, Lancashire, England 1982 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1848 - Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 1942 - J. C. Arthur, American botanist (studied parasitic fungi rusts), dies at 92 1983 - Joel H. Hildebrand, American chemist and educator (research led to new treatments for divers with the 'bends' through the use of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures), dies at 101 1998 - Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926) 2007 - Gordon Scott [Werschkul], American actor (Tarzan series), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1644 - Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes Emperor of China and flees Peking 1707 - English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain (comes into being 1st May) 1854 - Ashmun Institute (later Lincoln University), in Hinsonville, Pennsylvania, receives its charter from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, making it the 1st degree-granting Black college in US 1862 - 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi 1864 - The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York 1953 - Milwaukee Braves' Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into New York's Polo Grounds center field bleachers 1995 - KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat 1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno, California on KFRR 104.1 FM More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1540 - Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Ghent ended 1636 - Prince Frederick Henry occupies Schenkenschans fortress after a nine-month siege during the Dutch Revolt 1965 - Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam 1986 - NFL Draft: Auburn running back Bo Jackson first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2016 - "H.O.L.Y" single released by Florida Georgia Line (Billboard Song of the Year, 2016) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1837 - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician, born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1891) 1882 - Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist (The Blue Barge) and resistance fighter, born in Leens, Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1945) 1954 - Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder (founder Burton Snowboards; one of the inventors of modern day snowboard), born in New York City (d. 2019) 1983 - Sam Jones III, American actor (Smallville), born in Boston, Massachusetts 2007 - Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain, second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, born in Madrid, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1712 - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, Spanish organist and composer, dies at 67 1928 - Henrich Federer, Swiss writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 1967 - Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (El Cid, Winchester '73, The Glenn Miller Story), dies from a heart attack at 60 1999 - Perry Ford [Brian Pugh], British pop singer, session musician and songwriter (The Ivy League - "Tossing And Turning"), dies at 65 2012 - Amarillo Slim, American professional poker player, dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1887 - "Europe's first motoring competition" is 'won' by The Marquis de Dion on a steam-powered quadricycle built by French toymaker and engineer Georges Bouton; French newspaper Le Velocipede organized the 'test', and Bouton was the only participant 1914 - 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia 1919 - American stuntman and parachute developer Leslie Irvin (23) makes the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump from a plane above the US Army Air Service's McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio 1952 - St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan 2017 - Gwyneth Paltrow brand Goop and Condé Nast announce they will be launching a quarterly publication together 2022 - Russian missiles strike Ukrainian city of Kyiv during a visit by UN Secretary-General António Guterres 2025 - Beyoncé's 10th concert tour, The Cowboy Carter Tour, commences in Inglewood, California 2025 - Airports, hospitals, and public transit shut down due to a widespread power outage in Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and parts of France More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1920 - Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time) 1940 - Glenn Miller records the song "Pennsylvania 6-5000" in NYC; tune is named after phone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan 1966 - David Diamond's 5th Symphony premieres with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein; the work was dedicated to the conductor 2019 - Disney says Marvel film "Avengers: Endgame" made estimated $1.2 billion worldwide, first film to make more than 1 billion on opening 2024 - A worse than usual rainy season across East Africa due to El Nino kills at least 155 people in Tanzania and 60 in Kenya with hundreds of thousands displaced More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1757 - Claus Schall, Danish violinist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1835) 1927 - Garry Weston, English businessman (Associated British Foods), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002) 1952 - Chuck Leavell, American session and touring keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band; Rolling Stones; Sea Level), and forest conservationist (The Tree Man), born in Birmingham, Alabama 1961 - Cathy Gerring, American golfer (3 x LPGA Tour wins; Solheim Cup 1990), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana 1978 - Nate Richert, American actor (Harvey-Sabrina), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1716 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint who preached Mariology (Secret of the Rosary; True Devotion to Mary), dies at 43 1843 - William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies at 74 1955 - Lode Cantens, Flemish playwright (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43 1992 - Francis Bacon, Irish-British abstract painter (Study for a Pope), dies at 82 2025 - Mike Peters, Welsh rock singer (The Alarm - "Rain In the Summertime"; Big Country, 2010-13), dies of blood cancer at 66 More Famous Deaths »

1565 - First Spanish settlement in the Philippines is founded in Cebu City 1908 - IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in London 1912 - Relief laws in Netherlands replace those of 1854 1940 - Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1952 - Revival of Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein's operetta "Four Saints in Three Acts" closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 15 performances 1968 - Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1982 - Trial of John Hinckley, Jr begins for the attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan 2023 - NFL Draft: Alabama quarterback Bryce Young first pick by the Carolina Panthers More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England 1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes removes Federal troops from Louisiana, Reconstruction ends 1905 - World Exposition opens in Liège 1976 - Stan Daniels' musical "So Long 174th Street", starring Robert Morse, opens at Harkness Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances 1992 - NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1875 - André Baillon, Belgian-French author (Un homme si simple), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1932) 1905 - Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer known for his radical leftist leanings, born in Stryi, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1996) 1963 - Schae Harrison, American actress (Darla Forrester in "The Bold and the Beautiful"), born in Anaheim Hills, California 1969 - Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer, born in Lithgow, Australia 1995 - Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles [Thanasi Kokkinakis] 2022; Wimbledon 2022 runner-up; Hopman Cup 2016), born in Canberra, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1876 - George Aiken, American playwright and actor famous for writing the most popular stage adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", dies at 45 1996 - William Colby, American C.I.A. director (1973-76), dies at 76 1997 - Paul Lambert, American character actor (Executive Suite, Spartacus), dies at 74 1999 - Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), dies at 84 2002 - Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (invented the Barbie doll), dies of cancer at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1819 - Odd Fellows Lodge forms 1912 - First home run hit at Fenway Park by Hugh Bradley of the Red Sox 1956 - First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas 1967 - Jule Styne, Adolph Green and Betty Comden's musical "Hallelujah, Baby!", starring Leslie Uggams, opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 293 performances and wins 2 Tony Awards 1976 - Pan Am begins nonstop flights between NYC and Tokyo 1983 - San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game 1994 - Physicists announce the first evidence of the top quark subatomic particle 2012 - NFL Draft: Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck first pick by Indianapolis Colts More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - Motion pictures begin regular showings at the Orpheum Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii 1996 - Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in BandH 2014 - Oratorio for chorus evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life "Anthracite Fields" by composer Julia Wolfe premieres in Philadelphia (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015) 2019 - Six suspected militants connected to Sri Lankan terror attacks killed along with ten others in a shootout with police in Sainthamaruthu 2023 - Brazilian Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary adds "pelé" as a new adjective to its online edition, meaning "exceptional, incomparable, unique" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1798 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter and etcher (Journal), born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, Île-de-France, France (d. 1863) 1931 - Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent, manager and producer (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2008) 1955 - Mike Scott, American baseball pitcher (NL Cy Young Award and NLCS MVP 1986, NL wins leader 1989; 3 × MLB All-Star Houston Astros), born in Santa Monica, California 1957 - Rosa Briceño, Venezuelan conductor, and educator, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2018) 1975 - Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2021) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1196 - Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies at 39 1984 - May McAvoy, American actress (Ben Hur), dies from heart attack at 84 2003 - Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, dies at 98 2017 - Jonathan Demme, American film director (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), dies at 73 2021 - Al Schmitt, American Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and record producer (Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1829 - Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom 1875 - Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3") 1901 - Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run 1950 - Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st African American to be drafted into the NBA (for Boston Celtics) 1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 2012 - The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrank 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012 2018 - Danish inventor Peter Madsen found guilty of killing and desecrating body of journalist Kim Wall aboard submarine, sentenced to life imprisonment More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1952 - American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1955 - Captiol Records releases "In the Wee Small Hours", the ninth studio album by American vocalist Frank Sinatra; collection of melancholy ballads with arrangements by Nelson Riddle was an early example of a concept album and helped popularize the 12-inch format for non-classical recordings 1959 - St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic and the Great Lakes opens to shipping 1994 - Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan 2015 - 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1867 - Jean Demoor, Belgian physician and physiologist, born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1941) 1869 - Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, born in Mödling, Austria (d. 1927) 1923 - Anita Björk, Swedish actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People), born in Tällberg, Sweden (d. 2012) 1949 - Michael Brown, American musician and songwriter (Don't Walk Away Renee), born in New York City (d. 2015) 1994 - Sam Fender, English singer-songwriter and actor (Seventeen Going Under), born in South Shields, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1960 - Amanullah Khan, Emir and King of Afghanistan (1919-28), dies at 67 1969 - Margarita Xirgu, Catalan stage actress, director and political radical (Bloody Wedding, Mariana Pineda), dies at 80 1990 - Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist Go!; The Other Side of 'Round Midnight), and actor ('Round Midnight), dies of kidney failure at 67 2000 - Lucien le Cam, French mathematician (b. 1924) 2009 - John J. Marchi, American politician (NY Senate 1957-2006), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1288 - Jews of Troyes France are accused of ritual murder 1910 - German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms 1917 - NY Yankees left-handed pitcher George Mogridge no-hits Boston Red Sox, 2-1 at Fenway Park 1921 - First municipal elections for men and women in Belgium 1950 - Leonard Bernstein's musical "Peter Pan", starring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 320 performances 1955 - Gaullists lose elections in France 1965 - "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden NYC after 192 performances 1990 - Brian Friel's stage drama "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland; later wins Olivier Award, Tony Award, and Drama Desk Award for Best Play More Historical Events »