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Historical Events
1854 - British Commodore James Plumridge attacks Finnish settlements in Gulf of Bothnia, killing civilans and destroying British-owned goods.
1864 - Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
1955 - West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers
1979 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
2002 - Jacques Chirac wins the French Presidential election for a second term defeating Jean-Marie Le Pen leader of the far-right National Front
2015 - "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016)
Famous Birthdays
1749 - Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1794)
1854 - Antonio Smareglia, Italian composer, born in Pola, Austrian Empire (now Pula, Croatia) (d. 1929)
1911 - Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 and 19), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1996)
1938 - Michael Murphy, American actor (McCabe and Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 - Ronald Snook, Australian rower (Olympics bronze 1996), born in Dalwallinu, Western Australia
1977 - Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress (Sweet Buns), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Deaths
1582 - Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies
1947 - Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player, dies at 30
1957 - Mikhail Gnesin, Russian composer (Vrubel; The Youth Of Abraham), dies at 74
1992 - Dick Yarmy, American character actor (Get Smart; Kentucky Fried Movie; Mork and Mindy), dies of lung cancer at 58
2011 - Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story: Gypsy), and screenwriter (Rope; Anastasia), dies at 93
2023 - Terry Lewis, Australian disgraced police officer (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, 1976-87), and convict (corruption, forgery), dies at 95
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1783 - William Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus
1858 - War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
1866 - Woodward's Gardens opens to the public in San Francisco
1931 - Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president
1964 - Pulitzer prize for General Non-Fiction awarded to Richard Hofstadter for "Anti-intellectualism"
1970 - Pulitzer prize for General Non-Fiction awarded to Erik H. Erikson for "Gandhi's Truth"
1972 - "The Don't Make A Wave Committee," a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to the "Greenpeace Foundation"
1973 - Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK
1990 - Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence
2013 - Harper Lee files a lawsuit against a literary agent over the copyright of "To Kill a Mockingbird" -
Historical Events
1471 - Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV returns to his throne, restoring political stability to England until his death in 1483
1776 - Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain
1859 - The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
1866 - Woodward's Gardens opens to the public in San Francisco
1917 - A flotilla of US destroyer ships arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying ships to England
1970 - National Guard kills 4 student anti-war protesters at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio
Famous Birthdays
1822 - Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1915)
1923 - Eric Sykes, British radio, stage and television comedy writer, actor and director (Goon Show; Sykes and A...), born in Oldham, Lancahsire, England (d. 2012)
1926 - Gerlind Reinshagen, German writer, born in Konigsberg, Germany
1949 - John Force, American drag racer (16 NHRA Championships), born in Bell Gardens, California
1954 - Julie Budd, American singer ("Child of Plenty"), born in Brooklyn, New York
1992 - Courtney Jines, American actress (Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over), born in Fairfax, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1937 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian guitrist, mandolin player, and songwriter, dies of tuberculosis at 26
1961 - Anita Stewart, American silent film actress (South of Hell Mountain), producer, and mystery novelist, dies of a heart attack at 66
1980 - Kay Hammond, British actress (Blithe Spirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies at 71
2009 - Jane Randolph, American actress (Cat People, Railroaded!), dies of complications after hip surgery at 93
2018 - Edwin G. Burrows, American historian and professor, dies at 74
2022 - Gerhard Mans, Namibian rugby union utility back (27 Tests; Orange Free State RFU, South West Africa RFU), dies at 60
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1822 - Society for the Propagation of the Faith founded in Lyon, France
1921 - Northern Ireland is created under the UK Government of Ireland Act partitioning off six north eastern counties with a Protestant majority
1943 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair for his novel "Dragon's Teeth" about the Nazi rise to power
1946 - International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
1959 - Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader
1965 - KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast
1967 - African American students seize finance building at Northwestern University
1973 - Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 m), tops out
1980 - 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
1997 - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3 -
Historical Events
738 - Maya ruler 18 Rabbit of Copán is captured and beheaded by ruler Cauac Sky from the rival city of Quiriguá
1910 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
1921 - West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
1926 - US Marines land in Nicaragua (9 months after leaving), stay until 1933
1928 - Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China
1997 - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
Famous Birthdays
1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, born in Herford, Germany (d. 1736)
1924 - Tom O'Horgan, American musical theater director (Hair; Jesus Christ Superstar), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
1944 - Pete Staples, British rock bassist (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), born in Andover, Hampshire, England
1970 - Ted Crowley, American hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994), born in Concord, Massachusetts
1977 - Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail, born in Nagano, Japan
1977 - Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player, born in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
Famous Deaths
1841 - Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance the Navy and Colonies, dies at 74
1955 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer, dies at 64
1976 - Ernie Nevers, American College, Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback, coach (Stanford, Chicago Cardinals), dies of heart and kidney ailments at 72
1991 - Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
2018 - Alfonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician and opposition leader (RENAMO), dies of a heart attack at 65
2023 - Linda Lewis [Fredericks], British pop-rock-soul singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo"), dies at 72
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1345 - "Quaden Maendach" in Ghent: battles between fullers and weavers
1536 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, is arrested and taken to the Tower of London
1703 - Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
1783 - Architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant is promoted by brevet to Major of Engineers in recognition of his service to American liberty
1917 - Cin Fred Tooney and Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
1926 - US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1967 - Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Terry Sawchuk makes 40 saves as Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1 in Game 6 to take title, 4-2
1968 - Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony premiers in New York City with William Steinberg conducting the New York Philharmonic
1972 - 126 killed in an electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine, Kellogg, Idaho
2018 - E. coli outbreak linked to Romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, reports the first fatality with 121 cases across 25 US states -
Historical Events
1936 - Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia
1960 - Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance (New York City)
1984 - New York Yankees Don Mattingly's single breaks up Chicago White Sox pitcher Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid, at Comiskey Park
1987 - 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
1992 - Allen Toussaint's musical revue "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
1995 - Serbian missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
Famous Birthdays
1901 - Willi Bredel, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1964)
1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, American actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1979)
1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2005)
1929 - Edward Levy, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1945 - Bianca Jagger [Blanca Pérez-Mora Macías], Nicaraguan model and socialite who married Mike Jagger, born in Managua, Nicaragua
1950 - Randy Colley (Moondog Rex), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), born in Alexander City, Alabama (d. 2019)
Famous Deaths
1250 - Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
1985 - Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
1991 - Leib Lensky, dies at 82
2009 - Marilyn French, American author (The Women's Room), dies at 79
2018 - Bill Torrey, Canadian ice hockey executive (New York Islanders, Florida Panthers), dies at 83
2018 - Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress, dies at 93
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1776 - Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
1864 - -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
1912 - The Beverly Hills Hotel opens on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California
1940 - Summer Olympics (scheduled for Helsinki) are cancelled by the Finnish OC because of WWII
1945 - About 1,000 citizens of Demmin in Germany, commit suicide provoked by occupation by Soviet Red Army
1950 - Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
1979 - Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
1982 - 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye wins aboard Gato Del Sol, the first of consecutive Derby victories (1983 Sunny's Halo)
1984 - Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
1992 - Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th MLB career base in A's 7-6 win at Detroit -
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1919 - "L'Ordine Nuovo" Italian socialist weekly newspaper established in Turin by Antonio Gramsci, Angelo Tasca and Palmiro Togliatti
1928 - Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
1954 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation
1963 - Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from the Netherlands
1996 - "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
2000 - Barry Bonds is first MLB player to hit a homer into San Francisco Bay as Giants beat Mets, 10-3; hits 35 there during his SF career
Famous Birthdays
1924 - Terry Southern, American writer and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), born in Alvarado, Texas (d. 1995)
1954 - Ray Parker Jr, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit, Michigan
1966 - Johnny Colt [Charles Brandt], American rock bassist (Black Crowes), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina
1966 - Armando Reynoso, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1967 - Yael Arad, Israeli middleweight judoka (first Israeli to win an Olympic medal - silver 1996), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1984 - David Backes, American ice hockey center (NHL All Star 2011; Olympic silver 2010; St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Famous Deaths
1971 - Glenda Farrell, American actress (Golddiggers of 1935: Grand Slam; Exposed), dies of lung cancer at 66
1982 - Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
1986 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer, dies at 69
1989 - Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist (Zagreb Soloists), dies at 71
1996 - Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, dies at 74
2017 - Janet Pilgrim, American early playmate model for Playboy (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956), dies at 82
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1695 - William Congreve's Restoration comedy "Love for Love" premieres in London
1808 - 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
1897 - English physicist and head of the Cavendish laboratory J. J. Thomson announces his discovery of the electron in a lecture to the Royal Institution
1911 - Portugal approves female suffrage
1978 - British film "The Stud" starring Joan Collins, based on the book by her sister Jackie Collins premieres in UK
1980 - Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
1986 - Bill Elliott sets all-time NASCAR qualifying record, winning pole for the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway; 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h; 44.998 seconds)
1989 - Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar
2013 - Willem-Alexander becomes the first male Monarch of Netherlands in 123 years, following the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix
2020 - South Korea reports no new domestic cases of COVID-19 for 1st time, their virus cases peaked Feb 29 -
Historical Events
1506 - Philip of Burgundy and England sign trade agreement
1900 - The "Hawaiian Organic Act" is enacted by US Congress making Hawaii a US territory
1944 - NY Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs
1971 - 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games
1984 - Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
1985 - "Shoah", French documentary about the Holocaust, directed by Claude Lanzmann, starring Richard Glazar and Raul Hilberg, premieres in Paris
Famous Birthdays
1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest and saint of the Catholic Church, born in Reims, Champagne, Kingdom of France (d. 1719)
1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and naturalist (Ornithologie), born in Fontenay-le-Comte (d. 1806)
1857 - Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (introduced the term schizophrenia to describe the disorder previously known as dementia praecox), born in Zollikon, Switzerland (d. 1940)
1858 - Mary Dimmick Harrison, US First lady (1889-93) as second wife of the 23rd President Benjamin Harrison, born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania (d. 1948)
1941 - Johnny Farina, American rocker (Santo and Johnny), born in Brooklyn, New York
1997 - Ayaan Chawla, Indian entrepreneur
Famous Deaths
1630 - Ercole Porta, Italian composer, dies at 44
1792 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, British statesman who claimed to have invented the sandwich, dies at 73
1792 - Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer and lawyer, dies at 36
1926 - Bessie Coleman, American aviator and 1st African-American woman and Native American to hold a pilot license, dies in a plane crash at 34
1983 - Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], American blues singer and guitarist ("Mannish Boy"; "Got My Mojo Working"), dies of heart failure, while fighting cancer, at 70
2006 - Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject
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1540 - Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Ghent ended
1670 - Clemens X [Emilio Bonaventura Altieri] elected Pope
1864 - -30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
1903 - Limestone slide at Turtle Mountain drops 30 million cubic metres (82 million tons) on to town of Frank, Alberta, Canada, kills 70-90 residents
1953 - The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV
1982 - 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Merle Haggard, and Barbara Mandrell win
1985 - 17th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (51-B): Challenger 7 launches
1995 - Longest sausage ever, at 28.77 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario
2015 - German Measles is declared eradicated from North and South America - 1st world region to do so
2016 - Iranian run-off elections give moderates and reforms a majority in parliament -
Historical Events
1956 - WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1982 - Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador
1986 - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1991 - Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
2006 - NFL Draft: North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams first pick from Houston Texans
2007 - 2nd Republic protest in support of state secularism held in Istanbul, Turkey
Famous Birthdays
1863 - Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver), born in Loosdorf, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire (d. 1922)
1899 - (Karl) Yngve Sköld, Swedish organist, pianist, and composer, born in Vallby, Södermanland County, Sweden (d. 1992)
1935 - Otto Zykan, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2006)
1940 - Brian Taber, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (16 Tests, 60 dismissals; NSW), born in Wagga Wagga, Australia (d. 2023)
1957 - Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast (d. 2003)
1960 - Joseph Guzaldo, American actor (Stir Crazy), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1380 - Catherine of Siena, Italian Dominican saint and Doctor of the Church (The Dialogue of Divine Providence), dies at 33
1798 - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist, dies at 74
1990 - Floyd Butler, American soul singer (Friends of Distinction - "Grazin' in the Grass"), dies of a heart attack at 52
2007 - Ivica Račan, former Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
2021 - Johnny Crawford, American actor (The Mickey Mouse Club; The Rifleman - "Mark"), singer ("Sandy"), and bandleader (JCO), dies at 75
2023 - Yuri Korolyov, Russian artistic gymnast (World All-Around Champion 1981, 85; World Cup All-Around Co-Champion 1986), dies at 60
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1901 - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
1919 - American stuntman and parachute developer Leslie Irvin (23) makes first premeditated free-fall parachute jump from a plane above US the Army Air Service's McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio
1955 - WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, Alabama (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 - WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 - Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched
1993 - Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists
1997 - Ringo Starr's fourth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Mark Rivera
2007 - ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados: Australia 3-peat with 53 run win over Sri Lanka; Player of the Match: Adam Gilchrist (AUS) 149 (104) and 2 catches
2018 - Shaquem Griffin is the first one-handed person to be drafted into the NFL; selected by Seattle Seahawks -
Historical Events
1829 - Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1848 - Slavery abolished in French colonies
1922 - WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1940 - Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO
1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
Famous Birthdays
1825 - James Winning McMillan, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Clark County, Kentucky (d. 1903)
1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese communist general and politician (Head of State of the People's Republic of China 1978-83), born in Jiaying, Guangdong, Qing Empire (d. 1986)
1900 - Maurice Thorez, French politician and secretary-general (French Communist Party), born in Noyelles-Godault, Pas-de-Calais, France (d. 1964)
1906 - Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way), born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1983)
1930 - James Baker, American Secretary of the Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92), born in Houston, Texas
1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer, born in Kitakyūshū, Japan
Famous Deaths
1918 - Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian-Serb assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, dies of tuberculosis at 23
1945 - Benito Mussolini [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43), shot by communist partisans at 61
1982 - Nobby Clark, English cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies at 81
1996 - William Colby, American intelligence officer (CIA Director, 1973-76), dies at 76
1997 - Susan Seddon Boulet, American artist, dies of cancer at 45
2021 - Michael Collins, American Major General USAF and astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11), dies of cancer at 90
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1509 - Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus (US Civil War)
1875 - The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC), the world's 1st such agency is incorporated
1905 - World Exposition opens in Liège
1945 - 2nd Republic of Austria forms
1953 - 1st general elections in British Guiana, won by the People's Progressive Party with Cheddi Jagan first person of Indian descent to be elected head of government outside South Asia
1956 - Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election
1999 - Nevada State Museum discovers the oldest mummy in North America - on the shelves of their own museum, after the Spirit Cave Mummy radiocarbon dates to over 9,400 years old
2005 - The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France
2018 - Mass protests across Spain after 5 men convicted of sexual abuse but not rape of teenage girl during Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona -
Historical Events
1841 - Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D.T. Suzuki, found the awakening
1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes removes Federal troops from Louisiana, Reconstruction ends
1990 - Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
1990 - 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)
1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
1995 - "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theatre NYC for 221 performances
Famous Birthdays
1903 - Frank Belknap Long, American writer (Rim of the Unknown), born in New York City (d. 1994)
1929 - Nina Ponomaryova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR discus 1952, 60; bronze 1956), born in Smychka, Russia (d. 2016)
1938 - Earl Anthony, American professional bowler (PBA money champ 1974-6, 1981-3), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2001)
1939 - Jerry Mercer, Canadian rock drummer (April Wine), born in Montreal, Quebec
1969 - Tyrone Rodgers, American football defensive linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), born in Longview, Texas
1970 - Mikiko Hagiwara, Japanese basketball player, born in Fukushima, Japan
Famous Deaths
1695 - John Trenchard, English radical Whig politician and statesman, dies at 46
1876 - George Aiken, American playwright and actor famous for writing the most popular stage adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", dies at 45
1902 - Julius Sterling Morton, American politician (3rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) and founder of Arbor Day, dies at 70
1977 - Stanley Adams, American character actor (Star Trek - "Cyrano Jones"; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Lilies of the Field), commits suicide at 62
1991 - Marcus Heeresma, Dutch author (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies at 55
2015 - Gene Fullmer, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1957; NBA [WBA] World Middleweight title 1959-62), dies at 83
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1912 - 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1928 - Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition reopens in London after a fire
1935 - Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
1956 - First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1966 - International Olympic Committee votes to award German city of Munich the right to host the 1972 Summer Olympic Games
1971 - San Francisco lightship replaced by automatic buoy
1992 - Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "The Master Builder", directed by Tony Randall, closes at Belasco Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
1995 - Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
2018 - Serial killer "Golden State Killer" identified after 40 years as a former police officer, responsible for 12 killings, 50 rapes in California
2021 - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces Turkey will go into full lockdown till May 17 to a curb COVID-19 surge and world's 4th highest caseload -
Historical Events
1926 - Germany and Russia sign neutrality peace treaty
1931 - Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1986 - France performs nuclear test
1991 - Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics
1993 - NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman on "Late Night"
2022 - World Bank warns the war in Ukraine will cause the "largest commodity shock" since the 1970s, with large economic and humanitarian effects
Famous Birthdays
1538 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and poet (Trattato), born in Milan (d. 1600)
1917 - Sal Maglie, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1954; MLB All Star 1951, 52; NY Giants; no-hitter 1956 Cleveland Indians), born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 1992)
1926 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator, born in Amberg, Bavaria (d. 2003)
1930 - Roger Moens, Belgian middle distance runner (800m world record 1955), born in Aalst, Belgium
1931 - Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent, manager and producer (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2008)
1977 - Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player (Hanshin Tigers, Chicago Cubs), born in Osaki, Kagoshima, Japan
Famous Deaths
1476 - Simonetta Vespucci, Italian noblewoman and inspiration of Botticelli, dies at 23
1785 - Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, German composer, dies at 40
1956 - Edward Arnold, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
1982 - Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73
1994 - Manuel Enríquez, Mexican composer, dies at 67
2017 - Raj Bagri, Indian-British merchant in metal, dies at 86
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1862 - After the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Union forces under Flag Officer David Farragut request the surrender New Orleans, LA, despite being largely defenseless armed mobs reuse
1961 - Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
1962 - Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
1962 - Lion and Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated (Cleveland, Ohio)
1971 - About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington, D.C.
1976 - Portugal adopts new constitution
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1988 - American news program "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1994 - King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns
2009 - Elijah Wood is honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival -
Historical Events
1846 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War
1926 - Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
1946 - Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent" premieres in London
1961 - Belgium government of Gaston Eyskens falls over the Unitary Law
1961 - Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
1990 - 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Clint Black, and Kathy Mattea win
Famous Birthdays
1502 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1574)
1882 - Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (US Open 1908), born in North Berwick, Scotland (d. 1976)
1901 - Ernst Gernot Klussmann, German composer, born in Hamburg, GermanyGerman Empire (d. 1975)
1906 - Zoltán Gárdonyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
1921 - Jean Mogin, Belgian poet (Pastures of Silence), and playwright, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1986)
1981 - Anja Pärson, Swedish alpine skier, born in Umeå, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1264 - Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader, dies at about 69 [birthdate uncertain c. 1195]
1605 - Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)
1926 - Ellen Key, Swedish author and feminist (Courageous Woman), dies at 76
1976 - Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
2019 - Manuel Lujan Jr., American politician (Rep-R-NM, 1969-89), dies at 90
2023 - Harry Belafonte, Jamaican-American Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning calypso singer ("Banana Boat Song"), actor (Buck and the Preacher), and human rights activist, dies of congestive heart failure at 96
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1655 - Piedmontese Easter Massacre: Troops of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, slaughter upwards of 4,000 Waldensian civilians for non-compliance with the Edict of 25 January 1655, which called for the expulsion or conversion of non-Catholic householders in Piedmont, Duchy of Savoy
1841 - Inventor and engineer Squire Temple of Utica, New York, granted a patent for an iron truss bridge
1865 - Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco
1895 - Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts on a solo around-the-world voyage aboard 'Spray', an 11.2-m oyster sloop
1962 - 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested
1969 - US B-52's drop 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary
1979 - US State of Georgia designates Ray Charles' rendition of "Georgia On My Mind" (written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell) as official state song
1996 - The UN and Iraq end a third round of negotiations over Iraq's possible sale of $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period
2018 - US President Donald Trump hosts his first state dinner for visiting French President Emmanuel Macron
2023 - India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to UN estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064) -
Historical Events
1915 - Pittsburgh Rebels' Frank Allen no-hits St Louis Terriers (Federal League), 2-0
1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - Marshall Lin Biao named Mao's designated successor as the sole Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1996 - 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks and Dunn, Alan Jackson, and Patty Loveless win
2023 - Tucker Carlson, Fox News most popular prime-time host, is fired from the cable network
Famous Birthdays
1822 - Erastus Barnard Tyler, American businessman, merchant, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in West Bloomfield, New York (d. 1891)
1828 - Robert Brank Vance, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1873-85), born in Buncombe, North Carolina (d. 1899)
1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, born in Ivanovskoe, Moscow (d. 1924)
1889 - Stafford Cripps, British Labour politician, born in London (d. 1952)
1954 - Thomas Jennefelt, Swedish composer, chiefly of choral works (A Warning To The Rich; Villarosa Sequences), born in Stuvsta, Sweden
1992 - Sean Rademaker, American actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World), born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Deaths
1961 - (Joseph) Rosario Bourdon, French Canadian-American cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and musical director (Victor Talking Machine Company, 1905-31; Symphonique de Montréal, 1935-44), dies at 76
1967 - Frank Overton, American actor (Fail Safe; 12 O'Clock High (TV series, not film)), dies of a heart attack at 49
1983 - Rolf Stommelen, German auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1968, 78, 80, 82; 61 x F1 GP), dies in a racing accident at 39
1986 - Wallis Simpson [Duchess of Windsor], American divorcee whom British King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry, dies at 89
2011 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, spiritual figure, dies at 84
2011 - Colin Snedden, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (1 Test; Auckland), dies at 93
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1789 - President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York, first official resident of a US President
1849 - Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and members of the Petrashevsky Circle are arrested in St. Petersburg
1860 - Democratic convention in Charleston, South Carolina divided over slavery
1924 - British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley, London
1931 - US gangster film "The Public Enemy" starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow premieres
1952 - Crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk, Iraq to Banias, Syria completed
1959 - 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1985 - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points in his last game as a Laker in a 121-117 win over Seattle SuperSonics at the LA Forum
2015 - Kawhi Leonard is named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the first time
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1640 - English Short Parliament rises
1854 - British Commodore James Plumridge attacks Finnish settlements in Gulf of Bothnia, killing civilans and destroying British-owned goods.
1900 - "The Billboard" began weekly publication
1925 - Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
1940 - Norwegian government-in-exile forms in London
1966 - Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Montreal Canadiens earn back-to-back titles; beat Detroit Red Wings, 3-2 in OT for a 4-2 series victory
1987 - Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1994 - North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
2015 - "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016)
2021 - A week of mass protests and demonstrations against government tax reform and poverty in Colombia leaves 24 dead
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