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Historical Events 1932 - 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US is installed Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida 1940 - MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers minor league players 1945 - In Greece, Communists and the British agree to a cease-fire in the struggle to control Athens (and with it Greece) 1972 - WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, Mississippi (PBS) begins broadcasting 2019 - Spinning disk of ice 300m wide, resembling the moon, forms in the Presumpscot river, Westbrook, Maine More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1861 - Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf), born in Cunewalde, Germany (d. 1903) 1910 - Renier van der Velden, Belgian composer, born in Borgerhout, Belgium (d. 1993) 1911 - Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Indonesian teacher, engineer, and politician (11th and final Prime Minister of Indonesia, 1957-59), born in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 1963) 1914 - Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 2002) 1935 - Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier, born in Mont-Tremblant, Canada More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1822 - Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell, German landscape painter, dies at 72 1959 - G. D. H. Cole, English political theorist and socialist, dies at 69 1978 - Robert Heger, German conductor and composer, dies at 91 2006 - Henri Colpi, French New Wave film editor and director, dies at 84 2024 - Norm Snead, American football quarterback (Pro Bowl 1962, 63, 65, 72; NFL completion % leader 1972 NY Giants; Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1733 - British officer James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina 1882 - Richard Wagner completes his final opera "Parsifal" 1919 - Dutch Soccer team OSV forms 1924 - Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections 1942 - Allied Conference on war trials at St. James's Palace, London 1963 - 13th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 30-20; MVPs: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, RB; Eugene Lipscomb, Pittsburgh Steelers, DT 1968 - Minnesota North Stars NHL player Bill Masterson, suffers head injuries during a game and dies two days later, becoming the 1st player to die as result of a game 2017 - Cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scores Bangladesh's top Test score ever (217) during the 1st Test v New Zealand in Wellington More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1404 - The Act of Multipliers is passed by the English Parliament forbidding alchemists to use their knowledge to create precious metals (it was feared that if any alchemist should succeed it would bring ruin upon the state) 1874 - US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king 1911 - South Africa cricket team's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide 1979 - YMCA files libel suit against Village People's "Y.M.C.A." song 1991 - President Mário Soares of Portugal re-elected More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer, born in Congreve, England (d. 1808) 1859 - Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature), born in Berlin (d. 1928) 1901 - Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1978) 1955 - Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter (The Messengers), born in Adelaide, South Australia 1965 - Bill Bailey, British comedian (Black Books, QI), born in bath, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1049 - Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle 1956 - Lyonel Feininger, German-American cartoonist and painter, dies at 84 1979 - Donny Hathaway, American gospel and soul singer-songwriter, and keyboardist ("The Ghetto"; "Where is the Love?"), commits suicide at 33 1995 - Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet and publisher (Critics), dies at 73 2009 - Hortense Calisher, American novelist (President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters), dies at 97 More Famous Deaths »

1866 - The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London 1912 - -47°F (-44°C), Washta, Iowa (state record) 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded with Martin Luther King Jr. as leader at Ebenezer Church in Atlanta 1968 - Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd 1971 - 21st NBA All-Star Game, San Diego Sports Arena: West beats East, 108-107; MVP: Lenny Wilkens, Seattle SuperSonics, PG; oldest MVP in All-Star history (33); scores 21 points 1992 - A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali. 2007 - Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. 2021 - India's Supreme Court puts on hold three controversial new farm laws that ignited weeks of protests by farmers in Delhi More Historical Events »

Historical Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople 1945 - US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 2006 - A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims 2017 - US President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom 2019 - Missy Elliott is the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1902 - Ray Teal, American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Bonanza), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1976) 1908 - José Limón, Mexican-American dancer and choreographer (The Moor's Pavane; I, Odysseus), born in Culiacán, Mexico (d. 1972) 1934 - Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer, born in Pudsey, England (d. 2016) 1962 - Joe Quesada, American comic book writer, born in New York City 1992 - Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan (d. 2017) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1959 - Edvard Eriksen, Danish-Icelandic sculptor, dies at 82 1992 - Harry van Doorn, Dutch politician (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76 2007 - Alice Coltrane [née McLeod], American jazz harp, piano, and organ player (Journey in Satchidananda), dies of respiratory failure at 69 2010 - Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920) 2025 - Claude Jarman Jr, American actor (The Yearling; Rio Grande; Inside Straight), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1879 - Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lieutenant General Lord Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa 1894 - Donghak Peasant Rebellion begins in Mujiang, Korea over local corruption, sparking the 1st Sino-Japanese War 1942 - -23°F (-31°C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) 1943 - US and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China 1962 - Landslide at dormant volcano Huascaran in Peru kills an estimated 4,000 1975 - Soviet Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 1984 - Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game 2024 - More than 300 people have died in flooding caused by the highest levels of River Congo in 60 years, especially in Kinshasa, DR Congo More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1944 - Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established 1959 - 9th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 28-21; MVPs: Frank Gifford, NY Giants, HB; Doug Atkins, Chicago Bears, DE 1963 - Beatles release the single "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why"; peaks at #2 in UK, and #3 in US 1966 - "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV 1987 - AFC Championship, Cleveland Stadium: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 23-20 (OT) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1503 - Parmigianino [Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola,], Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck), born in Parma, Duchy of Milan (now Italy) (d. 1540) 1905 - John Henry Jacques, English co-operative retailer and politician, born in Ashington, Northumberland (d. 1995) 1946 - (Diana) "Naomi" Judd, American Grammy Award-winning country singer (The Judds - "Why Not Me"), born in Ashland, Kentucky (d. 2022) 1952 - Kim Hartman, British screen, stage, and radio actress (Allo Allo! - "Helga"), born in Hammersmith, London, England 1968 - Sharon Brown, American actress (Chantal-Generations), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, Emperor of Byzantium, dies 1954 - Edgard Tytgat, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 77 1981 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 88 2010 - Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, dies of cardiac arrest at 75 2013 - Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26 More Famous Deaths »

1917 - The Allied Governments respond to US President Woodrow Wilson's December 1916 note, giving their terms for ending the war 1928 - George Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie" premieres in New York 1952 - Cargo ship SS Flying Enterprise sinks in the English Channel after weeks of trying to salvage it 1965 - WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, Michigan (IND) begins broadcasting 1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew and Don Drysdale elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1997 - Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits 1999 - Fatboy Slim's music single "Praise You" hits #1 in the UK 2013 - 81 people are killed and 120 are wounded by a twin bombing in Quetta, Pakistan More Historical Events »

Historical Events 402 - Theodosius II, aged just nine months, is proclaimed co-Augustus with his father Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius - then the youngest to hold an imperial title 1861 - Fort Jackson and Fort Philip are taken over by LA state troops (US Civil War) 1863 - General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman, Arkansas 1878 - US Senate proposes female suffrage 1999 - Fatboy Slim's music single "Praise You" hits #1 in the UK More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang), born in Clay County, Missouri (d. 1915) 1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and bandleader, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2016) 1952 - Scott Thurston, American session and touring guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter (Iggy Pop, 1973-79; Motels, 1982-84; Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1989-2017), born in Medford, Oregon 1974 - Steve Marlet, French footballer, born in Pithiviers, France 1994 - Faith Kipyegon, Kenyan athlete (Olympic gold women's 1,500m 2016, 20; World C'ship gold 2017), born in Bomet, Kenya More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1959 - Colin Gregory, English tennis player (Australian C'ship 1929, chairman All-England Club, Wimbledon), dies at 55 2005 - Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911) 2015 - Michael Wright, British academic and Vice-Chancellor of Aston University (1996-2006), dies of cancer at 67 2017 - Clare Hollingworth, British war correspondent who was the first to report on the outbreak of WWII, dies at 105 2017 - (Armando) "Buddy" Greco, American jazz and pop singer ("Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty"; "The Lady Is A Tramp"), pianist, and television personality (Away We Go), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1558 - Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland 1878 - Umberto I becomes King of Italy. 1947 - Providence Steamrollers guard Dino Martin becomes the first NBA player to ever score 40 points in a game, in a 91-68 win over Cleveland Rebels at Rhode Island Auditorium 1957 - Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR 1991 - Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis 1993 - Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100m free style (53.33) 2009 - Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Dominik Hrbatý beats Russia's Marat Safin 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, and Slovakia's 3rd title 2012 - "Time is Love" single released by Josh Turner (Billboard Song of the Year 2012) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1903 - Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League's Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and move it to NYC (later the NY Yankees) 1927 - Dmitri Shostakovich' Octet opus 11 premieres in Moscow 1937 - Italian regime bans marriages between Italians and Abyssinians 1975 - Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes 2009 - Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Dominik Hrbatý beats Russia's Marat Safin 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, and Slovakia's 3rd title More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1773 - Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen, born in Steventon, England (d. 1845) 1936 - Peter Fletcher, British orchestral and choral conductor, music educator and author (Roll Over Rock), born in the UK (d. 1999) 1943 - Ariel Bybee, American mezzo-soprano (Morman Tabernacle Choir; Metropolitan Opera, 1977-95), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2018) 1959 - Mark Martin, American stock car racing driver, born in Batesville, Arkansas 1967 - Jamie Huscroft, Canadian NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames), born in Creston, British Columbia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1843 - William Hedley, British industrial engineer (b. 1773) 1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (Song of our Saviour), dies at 57 1989 - Bill Terry, American Baseball HOF first baseman (MLB All-Star 1933–35; World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1930; NY Giants) and manager (NY Giants 1932-41), dies at 90 1992 - Bill Naughton [William John Francis Naughton], English playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 2021 - Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist, dies at 101 More Famous Deaths »

1610 - German astronomer Simon Marius independently discovers Jupiter’s four largest moons one day after Galileo Galilei 1790 - First US President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address 1833 - Boston Academy of Music, first US music school, is established 1857 - Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY" premieres in NYC 1979 - Argentina and Chile sign Beagle Canal accord 1993 - Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale 1993 - NBC offers "The Tonight Show" to David Letterman 1994 - Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1656 - Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, "Weeckelycke Courante van Europa", now known as "Haarlems Dagblad", and still in print, begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands 1716 - Amsterdam gang leader and thief "Sjako" arrested 1948 - Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason 1984 - AFC Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Raiders beat Seattle Seahawks, 30-14 2008 - New Jersey officially apologizes for slavery, becoming the first Northern state to do so More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1824 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (Mexican national anthem), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico (d. 1861) 1934 - Gene Freese, American MLB baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates and 5 other teams), born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 2013) 1965 - Michelle Forbes [Guajardo], American actress (True Blood, Guiding Light, Star Trek: The Next Generation), born in Austin, Texas 1986 - Peng Shuai, Chinese tennis player (1st Chinese player to reach No.1 ranking - doubles with Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan, 2014), born in Xiangtan, China 1987 - Cynthia Erivo, British Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Color Purple; Harriet; Wicked (film)) and singer-songwriter ("Stand Up"), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1900 - Billy Bates, English cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 5 x 50, 50 wickets, BB 7/28, hat-trick 1883; Yorkshire CCC), dies from pneumonia at 44 1916 - Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884) 1963 - Stark Young, American writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 1990 - Terry-Thomas [Thomas Terry Stevens], English comedian and actor (I'm All Right Jack; Private's Progress), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78 2007 - Arthur Cockfield 'The Father of the Single Market, British politician '(European Commissioner), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1325 - Afonso IV succeeds Denis as King of Portugal 1862 - Romney Campaign: Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, West Virginia 1930 - French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers francium (Fr), the last naturally occurring element discovered 1955 - 20 year-old future world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson scores a 5th-round TKO of Willie Troy in a non-title super middleweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden 1968 - Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off 1973 - British Darts Organisation founded in North London 1995 - Limited run of Patrick Stewart's one-man show "A Christmas Carol", based on Charles Dickens' novel, closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 18 performances 2012 - Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1890 - African American inventor William Purvis receives a patent for the fountain pen 1956 - Indian batsman Vinoo Mankad scores 231 v NZ, 413 opening stand with Roy 1974 - Gasoline rationing begins in the Netherlands 1990 - Lynn Jennings runs world record indoor 5km indoor at 15:22.64 2001 - 27th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Drew Carey and Jennifer Aniston win (TV) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1827 - Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time, born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (d. 1915) 1948 - Steve Sheetz, American businessman, philanthropist and chief executive of Sheetz convenience stores (1984-95), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 2026) 1965 - Five for Fighting [Vladimir John Ondrasik], American soft rock-pop pianist, singer-songwriter, and record producer ("Superman (It's Not Easy)"; "100 Years"), born in Los Angeles, California 1977 - John Gidding, American architect and TV host (Designed to Sell), born in Istanbul, Turkey 1991 - Eden Hazard, Belgian soccer midfielder (126 caps; Lille, Chelsea 245 games, Real Madrid), born in La Louvière, Belgium More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1783 - William Tans'ur, English hymnist, dies at 76 1892 - Muḥammad Tawfīq Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (1879-92), dies at 39 1974 - Charles Alfred Coulson, British chemist (theoretical), dies at 63 1980 - Sarah Selby, American actress (Tower of London), dies at 74 2015 - Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer (Bohin Manor) and film director, dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1802 - Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland reach Quito, Ecuador 1842 - 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before reaching India 1870 - Inauguration of the Musikverein concert hall in Vienna, Austria; designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen for the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, built on land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I 1922 - -13] Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments 1950 - Britain recognizes Communist government of China 1969 - WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1975 - TV game show "Wheel of Fortune" debuts on NBC 1980 - AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Houston Oilers, 27-13 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1938 - Bronze memorial statue of explorer Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx, New York 1980 - The beginning of the first GPS epoch 2009 - Israel begins an assault on the Gaza Strip 2013 - The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout 2021 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says country's five-year economic plan has failed at opening of a rare meeting of the Workers' Party More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian and man of letters, born in Meximieux, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1650) 1853 - Clement Reid, English geologist and paleobotanist, first to suggest a drowned land bridge between Britain and Europe (now called Doggerland), born in London (d. 1916) 1899 - Sophie-Carmen "Sonia" Eckhardt-Gramatté, Russian-Canadian pianist and composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1974) 1970 - John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams), born in Youngstown, Ohio 1982 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player, born in Tampa, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1541 - Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 1852 - Louis Braille, French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, dies of tuberculosis at 43 1958 - Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 1995 - Joe Slovo, Latvian-South African attorney and politician (Secretary General of SACR), dies at 68 2008 - Yunus Mahomed, South African lawyer and activist (UDF), dies at 57 More Famous Deaths »

1809 - Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross sworn in as Governor of Wyoming, 1st woman governor in USA 1929 - Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia 1930 - Bonnie Parker meets Clyde Barrow for the first time at Clarence Clay's house 1941 - British Australian troops conquer Bardia, Libya 1990 - J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL 1993 - Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (first legal hanging in America since 1965) 2020 - Iran pulls out of the 2015 nuclear deal, will not limit its uranium enrichment More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1781 - British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Virginia 1970 - 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike 1972 - Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178) 2020 - Iran pulls out of the 2015 nuclear deal, will not limit its uranium enrichment 2023 - Pocahontas revealed as the 12th great-grandmother of actor Edward Norton on PBS's "Finding Your Roots" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1661 - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1700) 1828 - August Valentine Kautz, German-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Baden, Germany (d. 1895) 1888 - George "Rube" Foster, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1915, 16; no-hitter 1916; Boston Red Sox), born in Lehigh, Oklahoma (d. 1976) 1939 - Bridget Parker, British equestrian 3 day event (Olympic gold 1972), born in Northumberland, England 1980 - Bennie Joppru, National Football League tight end, born in Dickinson, North Dakota More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1968 - Jean Murat, French actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders), dies at 79 1996 - Jay Arena, American pediatrician (Duke Poison Center Director, inventor of the child-proof safety cap), dies at 86 2005 - Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors), dies of lung cancer at 50 2007 - Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles, dies of heart failure at 96 2024 - (Derek) "Del" Palmer, English session and touring bassist, and sound engineer (Kate Bush), dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1717 - Netherlands, Great Britain and France sign Triple Alliance 1906 - South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win 1934 - Premiere of the first Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem van Oranje" 1951 - Korean War: Chinese forces recapture Seoul 1967 - English land and boat racer Donald Campbell is killed while driving jet-powered boat Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water in England trying to beat his own water speed record 1986 - Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson scores twice as he rushes for an NFL postseason record 248 yards in 20-0 victory over Dallas Cowboys in NFC divisional playoff in Anaheim, California 1987 - Sixteen die in a train crash in Chase, Maryland 2018 - 'Bomb Cyclone' hits US Northeast prompting flooding and snow in New York subway system More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1725 - Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724] 1945 - US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack 1947 - Arthur Schwartz, Ira Gershwin, and George S. Kaufman's musical "Park Avenue" closes at the Shubert Theater, NYC, after 72 performances 1951 - Korean War: Chinese forces recapture Seoul 1987 - Sixteen die in a train crash in Chase, Maryland More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1839 - Carl Humann, German engineer and self-made archaeologist who discovered the Pergamon altar, born in Steele, Prussia (d. 1896) 1882 - Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist, born in Nizhny Lomov, Russia (d. 1943) 1965 - Yvan Attal, Israeli-French actor (Love Without Pity) and director (The Accusation), born in Tel Aviv, Israel 1970 - Sean Lumpkin, American NFL safety (New Orleans Saints), born in Golden Valley, Minnesota 1998 - Liza Soberano, Filipino-American actress (Forevermore; Everyday I Love You), born in Santa Clara, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1729 - Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 1898 - Frantisek Pivoda, Czech composer, dies at 73 1955 - G. G. van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC newspaper), dies at 82 2004 - Joan Aiken, British writer of children's books (The Whispering Mountain, The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase), dies at 79 2010 - Johan Ferrier, Surinamian politician (b. 1910) More Famous Deaths »

1922 - First living person is depicted on a U.S. coin when Governor Thomas Kilby appears on the Alabama Centennial half dollar 1945 - Admiral Chester Nimitz begins planning assaults on Okinawa and Iwo Jima in Japan 1947 - First opening session of Congress is televised; it does not happen again until 1977 1961 - US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba 1991 - 8 Iraqi embassy officials are expelled from the UK 1994 - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field 1998 - American "Hee Haw" banjo player Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke 2002 - College Football, 4th BCS National Championship, Rose Bowl, Pasadena: #1 Miami beats #2 Nebraska, 37-14, at 88th Rose Bowl More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1911 - City of Almaty in Russian Turkestan is destroyed by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake 1920 - Boston Red Sox baseball club owner Harry Frazee announces agreement to sell slugger Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 in cash and a $350,000 loan; start of the 84 year "Curse of the Bambino" 1967 - WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1976 - Australian Open Women's Tennis: Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Renata Tomanova of Czechoslovakia 6-2, 6-2 for her 3rd straight home singles title 1987 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1777 - Louis Poinsot, French mathematician and physicist (invented geometrical mechanics), born in Paris, France (d. 1859) 1870 - Henry Handel Richardson [Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson], Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney), born in East Melbourne, Australia (d. 1946) 1939 - (Gwendolyn) Dianne Brooks, American RandB, jazz, session and touring vocalist (Three Playmates - "Sugah Wooga"; solo - "Walking On My Mind"; Anne Murray), born in New Jersey (d. 2005) 1940 - Tsutomu Hanahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold flyweight 1964), born in Shimonoseki, Japan (d. 2024) 1957 - Frank Dicopoulos, American actor (Frank Cooper Jr in "Guiding Light"), born in Akron, Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1028 - Fujiwara Michinaga, Japanese regent (wrote world's oldest autographic diary), dies (b. 966) 1927 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician and physicist, dies at 70 1968 - Earl Swope, American jazz and big band trombonist (Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Jimmy Dorsey, Louie Bellson), dies at 45 1979 - Conrad Hilton, American hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels, world's 1st international hotel chain), dies at 91 2015 - Allie Sherman, American football coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1953-56 CFL; New York Giants 1961–68), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers and invade the Roman Empire 1958 - Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano Concerto has US premiere, with Leonard Bernstein as soloist and conductor of the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie hall in NYCs in NY 1967 - 33rd Sugar Bowl: #6 Alabama beats #3 Nebraska, 34-7 1969 - Once influential daily sports newspaper, 'Soviet Sport' declares Czech super-star distance runner Emil Zatopek a "public enemy" after he supports democratic wing of the Communist Party at start of the Prague Spring 1972 - "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 performances 1989 - 75th Rose Bowl: #11 Michigan beats #5 Southern California, 22-14 1996 - 25th Fiesta Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #2 Florida, 62-24 2022 - Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns in a televised address amid political deadlock after a rejection of his deal with the military by pro-democracy forces More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1920 - Responding to global fear of communism caused by the Russian Revolution, US Attorney General Palmer authorizes raids across the country on unionists and socialists 1923 - Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Florida, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995) 1933 - Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) 1983 - Several African National Congress (ANC) members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. 2019 - United States international Christian Pulisic becomes the most expensive American soccer player when he moves from Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea for £57.6M ($73M); remains at Dortmund on loan until the end of the season More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - Jānis Ķepītis, Latvian pianist, conductor, and composer, born in Beverīna, Latvia (d. 1989) 1937 - Imerio Massignan, Italian road cyclist (Tour de France Mountains classification 1960, 61), born in Altavilla Vicentina, Italy (d. 2024) 1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (Olympic gold 1984, 4-division world champion), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2019) 1982 - Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker (Olympic gold 20k 2004), born in Preveza, Greece 1985 - Heather O'Reilly, American soccer midfielder (231 caps; FIFA Women's World Cup 2015; Olympic gold 2004, 08, 12), born in East Brunswick, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1973 - Joe Harriott, Jamaican-British be-bop and free-form jazz, and world-fusion alto saxophonist (Abstract; Indo-Jazz), dies of cancer at 44 1975 - Theo Osterkamp, German fighter pilot, dies at 82 1996 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, dies at 80 2007 - Teddy Kollek, Israeli politician (Mayor of Jerusalem), dies at 95 2020 - Grant Weatherstone, Scotland rugby union winger (16 caps; Edinburgh District), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »