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Historical Events 1908 - Cleveland Naps and future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss hurl a classic perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the Chicago White Sox 1-0 1910 - Henry Wijnmalen flies to an altitude of 2,800 meters, setting a world record 1972 - Montreal Expos pitcher Bill Stoneman no-hits the New York Mets 7-0 at Parc Jarry, the first MLB no-hitter ever pitched in Canada 1977 - Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda finishes fourth in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship, while Englishman James Hunt wins the race 1988 - In a season-ending 7-5 win in St. Louis, NY Mets outfielder Kevin McReynolds sets an MLB record by stealing 21 bases without being caught during the season More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (Primitive Culture), born in London (d. 1917) 1873 - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Savage, Maryland (d. 1938) 1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (Ideas of Order), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1955) 1933 - Dimiter Khristov, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2017) 1963 - Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricket administrator (Secretary and Chief Executive Marylebone Cricket Club; CEO South Australian Cricket), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 2021) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1564 - Andreas Vesalius [Andries van Wesel], Flemish physician and anatomist (De humani corporis fabrica), dies after being shipwrecked at 49 1892 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher, historian and scholar of religion, dies at 69 1916 - Benjamin Kidd, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies of heart disease at 58 1958 - Marie Stopes, British birth control pioneer, dies at 77 1970 - Bo Linde, Swedish neo-classical composer, dies at 37 More Famous Deaths »

1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty 1847 - German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG and Halske 1922 - St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Rogers Hornsby goes 3-for-5 in a 7-1 regular season-ending win against the Chicago Cubs, improving his batting average to .401; he is the only MLB player to bat .400 and hit 40 home runs in the same season 1939 - After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city 1946 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller claims his MLB record 348th strikeout of the season in a 4-1 win over Detroit; the record stands for 19 years 1950 - US Open Women's Golf, Rolling Hills CC: Babe Zaharias ties Open scoring record, -9 291, to beat amateur Betsy Rawls by 9 strokes 1953 - KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 2023 - Ryder Cup Golf, Marco Simone GandCC, Rome, Italy: Europe dominates the United States 16½-11½ to regain the title; Tyrrell Hatton, Jon Rahm, and Robert MacIntyre unbeaten for Europe More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1606 - Spanish troops under Spinola occupy Fort Rhine Birch 1958 - Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia 1979 - Nigeria adopts a constitution, and Alhaji Shagari becomes president 1981 - US's largest private investment bank, Salomon Brothers, is sold to commodities trader Phibro Corporation for $483 million 1990 - Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1901 - Jimmie Reese, American baseball infielder and coach (LA Angels Hall of Fame), born in New York City (d. 1994) 1967 - Mike Pringle, American Canadian Football Hall of Fame running back (CFL MOP 1995, 98; Montreal Alouettes), born in Los Angeles, California 1972 - Danielle Scott-Arruda, American volleyball middle blocker (International Volleyball HOF; Olympic silver 2008, 12), born in Baton Rouge Louisiana 1981 - Deborah James, British teacher, journalist, author (You, Me and the Big C), and charity campaigner, born in London, England (d. 2022) 1986 - Jurnee Smollett-Bell, American actress (Lovecraft Country), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1500 - John Alcock, English bishop and chancellor (founded Jesus College, Cambridge), dies at about 70 1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1880-1901) 1947 - Olive Borden, "the Joy Girl," American silent film and stage actress (Chloe, Love Is Calling You; 3 Bad Men, Fig Leaves), dies of a stomach ailment and pneumonia at 40 1979 - Roy Harris, American composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home: An American Overture), dies at 81 2019 - Karel Gott, Czech singer 'Sinatra of the East', dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1895 - France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar 1924 - Allies stop monitoring the German navy 1944 - Calais reoccupied by the Allies 1989 - NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension 2004 - The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo 2005 - Parliament of Catalonia passes with over 120 votes in favor and 15 against the Project of the New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1 "Catalonia is a nation" 2021 - Former UK policeman Wayne Couzens is given a rare life sentence for raping and killing Sarah Everard, with the judge saying his crime is as bad as a terrorist atrocity 2024 - Montana man is sentenced to six months in prison for illegally using large Marco Polo sheep tissue and testicles to clone giant hybrid sheep for trophy hunting More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1520 - Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father, Selim I, as Ottoman Sultan and rules until 1566 1965 - LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins his 13th straight game, 7 of which are shutouts 1984 - The Kansas City Chiefs set a team record by registering 11 sacks against the Cleveland Browns in a 10-6 victory 1986 - US releases Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov 2012 - Car bomb blasts kill at least 32 people across Iraq More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1800 - Decimus Burton, British architect (Hyde Park, Palm House Kew Gardens), born in London, England (d. 1881) 1917 - Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, Soviet director (Taganka Theatre), born in Yaroslavl, Russia (d. 2014) 1933 - Emily "Cissy" Houston (née Drinkard), American Grammy Award-winning soul and gospel singer, and Whitney's mother, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2024) 1943 - Jody Powell, American White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter, born in Cordele, Georgia (d. 2009) 1963 - Cristina Marsillach, Spanish actress (Barocco), born in Madrid, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1581 - Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518) 1986 - Storm Jameson, English writer and critic, dies at 95 2004 - Justin Strzelczyk, American NFL football offensive tackle, 1990-98 (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies in high speed car crash while being pursued by police at 36; autopsy revealed brain damage due to chronic concussion injuries 2014 - Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist (1995 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of the tau lepton particle), dies from a heart attack at 87 2017 - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (homotopy theory, motivic cohomology), dies of an aneurysm at 51 More Famous Deaths »

1849 - First passenger train service to Peekskill, New York, operated by the New Haven Railroad 1933 - Little King, cartoon character by Van Beuren, debuts 1946 - First time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cardinals and Dodgers) 1960 - "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK 1975 - Sharon Crews (now known as Sharon Dahlonega Bush) becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster on WPGR-TV in Detroit, Michigan 1979 - "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6 in the US, their third consecutive top ten single 1983 - "A Chorus Line" becomes the longest-running Broadway show with 3,389 performances 1988 - China performs a nuclear test at Lop Nor, China More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1227 - Pope Gregory IX excommunicates German emperor Frederick II 1789 - US War Department establishes a regular army 1927 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games in New York's 7-4 win against the Philadelphia A's and 15-4 rout of the Washington Senators 1957 - NFL NY Giants play their last game at the Polo Grounds, a 9-1 loss to Pittsburgh 2001 - Farm Aid 14 held in Noblesville, Indiana; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Doobie Brothers, and Martina McBride More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1893 - Phillips Tead, American character actor (The Front Page; Lightnin'; Fighting Blade; The Adventures of Superman - "Professor Pepperwinkle"), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 1974) 1928 - Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, English politician and human rights advocate (Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70), born in Orpington, England (d. 2016) 1956 - James Donald Halsell Jr, American retired USAF officer and astronaut (STS 65, 74, 83, 94), born in West Monroe, Louisiana 1970 - Emily Lloyd [Pack], British actress (Wish You Were Here; Cookie; In Country), born in London, England 1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer (Jeremy "Jez" Usborne- "Peep Show"), born in Boston, Lincolnshire More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1598 - Floris van Pallandt, Dutch Count of Culemborg, dies at about 61 1951 - Bradley Barker, American silent actor and film director, dies at 68 1989 - August A. "Gussie" Busch Jr., American brewing magnate (chairman Anheuser-Busch 1946-75) and baseball executive (owner St. Louis Cardinals 1953-89), dies at 90 2008 - Hayden Carruth, American poet (The Crow and the Heart), dies at 87 2019 - Larry Willis, American jazz pianist and composer, dies of an aneurysm at 76 More Famous Deaths »

995 - The Duchy of Bohemia's Slavník dynasty members Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus II the Pious 1906 - US troops reoccupy Cuba and stay until 1909 1923 - Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves the League of Nations 1941 - Ted Williams ends the baseball season with a .406 batting average 1949 - "My Friend Irma" premieres, first of 16 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 1985 - NASA launches Intelsat VA F-12 2012 - Nigeria suspends flights to Saudi Arabia after hundreds of Nigerian women travelled without a male escort 2020 - Stanley Cup Final, Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta: Tampa Bay Lightning claim second championship in franchise history with a 2-0 Game 6 win over Dallas Stars; win series 4-2 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1767 - VOC government bans importation of Southeast Asian slaves into the Cape because they are considered dangerous (not observed) 1839 - British Association expedition to Antarctica ships Erebus and Terror set sail from England to attempt to locate the magnetic South Pole 1911 - The NY Highlanders get 13 walks and steal 15 bases, including a record six in one inning, beating the Browns 18-12; each team commits six errors 1962 - Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia. 2008 - MLB Boston Red Sox retire Johnny Pesky's jersey (number 6) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1901 - Ed Sullivan, American newspaper columnist, and television host (The Ed Sullivan Show), born in New York City (d. 1974) 1908 - Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian violinist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria (d. 2000) 1938 - John Schultz, Australian Football HOF ruckman (Brownlow Medal 1960; All Australian 1961; Victoria 24 games; Footscray FC), born in Boort, Australia (d. 2024) 1961 - Michael-James Wixted, American actor (Smith Family), born in Santa Monica, California 1966 - Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director (Pokiri), born in Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1884 - Fred Morley, English cricket fast bowler, (4 Tests, 16 wickets, BB 5/56; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 33 1965 - Eddie Gribbon, American actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness at 75 1993 - Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), dies at 83 2023 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian agricultural scientist, leader of the green revolution in India, dies at 98 2024 - Kris Kristofferson, American country singer-songwriter ("Me And Bobby McGee"; "Help Me Make It Through The Night"), and actor (Amerika; Millennium; A Star Is Born), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1924 - Giants clinch their fourth consecutive pennant, defeating the Phillies 5-1 1935 - Chicago Cubs win their 21st consecutive game and clinch the NL pennant 1973 - Soyuz 12 carries two cosmonauts into Earth orbit for two days 1978 - US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 - WHOT (Brooklyn, New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM and 92.5 FM 1990 - Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits the White House 2005 - Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th consecutive division title due to Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets 2022 - American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Kia Forum, Los Angeles, California; performers include Joan Jett, Stewart Copland, Rush, Alanis Morissette, Def Leppard with Miley Cyrus, Wolfgang Van Halen, and Queen More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1942 - The NY Giants beat the Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a first down 1983 - South African workers' union leader Curnick Ndlovu is freed from prison after 19 years 1992 - ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx, halting the sacrifice of 42 animals 2008 - Greg Maddux wins the 355th and final start of his career 2014 - 57 people are killed after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1946 - T.C. Cannon, Native American artist (Kiowa/Caddo), born in Lawton, Oklahoma (d. 1978) 1947 - Mary Jo White, American lawyer and Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, born in Kansas City, Missouri 1948 - A Martinez, American actor (L.A. Law; Santa Barbara), born in Glendale, California 1983 - Jeon Hye-bin, Korean actress known for "Revolutionary Sisters", born in Namyangju, South Korea 1984 - Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer (Sydney Swans), born in Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1737 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, dies at 57 1868 - Alexander Walewski, French earl and Foreign Minister, dies at 58 1955 - Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright and journalist, dies at 71 1994 - Gerald Bledsoe, American broadcaster (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of a heart attack at 51 2012 - Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (Pink Panther, Dorian Gray), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1665 - Height of the Great Plague of London as 7,165 people die throughout the previous week 1835 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" premieres at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now Italy) 1916 - Bishop speaks against Catholics in trade unions 1923 - The Commonwealth Conference is held in London, where Britain recognizes the right of the Dominions to make treaties with foreign powers 1968 - Theater censorship ends in Britain 1992 - Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova 7-5, 6-3 in a battle of the sexes 2014 - 43 students from Ayotzinapa Teachers College go missing and are presumed murdered in Iguala on their way to a protest, one of Mexico's worst human rights cases 2021 - Ryder Cup Golf, Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin: United States regain title beating Team Europe by a record, 19-9; Dustin Johnson 5-0-0 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1509 - Storm surge causes the second Cosmas and Damian flood in East Friesland and the Netherlands, destroying dykes and devastating coastal towns 1963 - First edition of the New York Review of Books 1974 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's fifth studio album, "Walls and Bridges," in the US, featuring the No. 1 single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" (with Elton John) and "#9 Dream" 2019 - WHO announces 800,000 children in DR Congo will be vaccinated in nine days in the world's largest measles epidemic that has taken over 3,500 lives 2024 - Poverty in Argentina rises to more than half (52.9%), up from 41.7% in six months, for its population of 46 million, with inflation at 230%, according to new figures More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1750 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England (d. 1810) 1823 - Ivan Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh), born in Nadezhdino, Belebey Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate (d. 1889) 1925 - Shirley Wilson, American football coach (Elon University 1967-76; Duke University 1979-82; 88–61–3), born in Madison, North Carolina (d. 2021) 1967 - Craig Janney, American NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Hartford, Connecticut 1968 - Anthony Shadid, New York Times foreign correspondent and two time Pulitzer winner, born in Oklahoma City (d. 2012) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1944 - Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, dies at 64 1945 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto for Orchestra), and ethnomusicologist, dies of leukemia at 64 1961 - Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67 1989 - Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome 2019 - William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate, theologian, and educator (Archbishop of San Francisco, 1995-2005; Archbishop of Portland, 1985-95), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1780 - American army officer Benedict Arnold defects to the British 1955 - The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first female US Supreme Court Justice 1988 - Pope John Paul II beatifies Friar Junípero Serra, founder of the first Californian missions 1997 - Britain's Andy Green sets a jet-powered car record of 714 mph 2005 - Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Chris DiMarco, Jim Furyk, and Phil Mickelson unbeaten as US beat International team 18½–15½ 2022 - Cuba legalizes same-sex marriage as part of a new family code in a national referendum 2023 - Ukraine's military claims a missile strike three days ago kills the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1780 - American army officer Benedict Arnold defects to the British 1911 - French battleship Liberté explodes at Toulon Harbor, killing 285 1955 - Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is the youngest batting champion 1988 - Romanian gymnast Daniela Silivaș wins three gold medals in one day at the Seoul Olympics in the balance beam, floor exercise, and uneven bars events, recording a record-equalling seven perfect scores of 10 2003 - Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaidō, Japan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1906 - Phyllis Pearsall, British painter and writer (A to Z Map Company), born in London (d. 1996) 1939 - Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (d. 2009) 1942 - Billy Mundi [also Tony Schnasse, born Antonio Salas], American session musician and drummer (The Mothers of Invention, Rhinoceros), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2014) 1943 - (Jules) Gary Alexander, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Association - "Cherish"), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1975 - Mariusz Duda, Polish rock bassist and singer (Riverside), born in Wegorzewo, Poland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1630 - Ambrogio Spinola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61 1924 - (Charlotte) "Lotta" Crabtree, American stage actress, comedian (Little Nell and the Marchioness), and philanthropist, dies at 76 1976 - Red Faber, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1917; AL ERA leader 1921, 22; Chicago White Sox 1914-33), dies from heart disease at 88 1991 - Viviane Romance [Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns], French actress (Panic, Queen's Necklace), dies at 79 2016 - Rod Temperton, British pop musician and songwriter ("Boogie Nights"; "Thriller"; "Give Me the Night"; "Yah Mo B There"), dies of cancer at 66 More Famous Deaths »

1776 - First St Leger horse race held at Doncaster 1862 - Confederate Congress adopts Confederacy seal 1948 - MLB's New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians are tied for first place in the AL (91-56) 1968 - "That's Life," a Broadway musical-type TV show, premieres 1988 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson breaks his own 100m world record with a time of 9.79 at the Seoul Olympics but is disqualified 3 days later for the use of the drug stanozolol; Carl Lewis is awarded gold and the world record with a time of 9.92 1995 - Volcano Mount Ruapehu (North Island, New Zealand) erupts 2007 - ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Johannesburg: India wins the inaugural tournament with a 5-run victory over Pakistan; Player of the Series: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi (91 runs, 12 wickets) 2022 - Post-tropical storm remnant of Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Whitehead, Nova Scotia, with sustained wind speeds of 165 km/h (103 mph); the strongest low-pressure system in Canadian history affects the four provinces of Atlantic Canada, as well as Quebec, causing major flooding and knocking out power to 80% of Nova Scotia and 95% of Prince Edward Island More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1929 - James Doolittle completes the first completely "blind" flight, taking off, flying a set course, and landing solely by instruments aboard a Consolidated NY-2 biplane at Mitchel Field in New York 1954 - Yankees tie a record as three of their pinch hitters strike out in one inning 1994 - Parliamentary elections in Ukraine 2015 - Stampede of people during the Hajj kills 717 during the symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia 2021 - Notorious Indian gangster Jitender Maan Gogi is shot dead in a court in Delhi by men posing as lawyers More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1705 - Leopold Joseph Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1766) 1884 - İsmet İnönü, Turkish politician (2nd President of Turkey 1938-50), born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (d. 1973) 1899 - Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mexican composer and pianist, born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1995) 1929 - Edward M. Lawson, Canadian trade unionist and politician, born in Gerald, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2016) 1929 - Erik Lotichius, Dutch composer (Anaitalrax), born in Helden, Netherlands (d. 2015) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1120 - Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) 1997 - Larry Hall, American rocker (Sandy), dies at 57 2002 - Mike Webster, American NFL football center, 1974-90, 9X Pro Bowl, 4X Super Bowl champ (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of a heart attack at 50; 1st former NFL-er diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)player noted to suffer from 2017 - Joseph M. McDade, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963-1999), dies at 85 2020 - Keith Hufnagel, American skateboarder (founded skate/clothing company HUF), dies of brain cancer at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1492 - John I Albert (32) becomes King of Poland, succeeding his father, Casimir IV 1868 - British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Jr. beats his father Tom Morris Sr. by 3 strokes; at 17, young Morris remains the youngest Open champion 1913 - French aviator Roland Garros (24) is the first to fly over the Mediterranean Sea from Fréjus, France, to Bizerte, Tunisia, completing the non-stop flight in 7 hours and 53 minutes 1930 - German inventor Johann Ostermeyer receives a US patent for the flashbulb, initially marketed under the brand name Vacublitz 1952 - Undefeated Rocky Marciano knocks out defending champion Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round at Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, for the world heavyweight boxing title 1977 - Third test of Space Shuttle Enterprise 1978 - 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Anwar Sadat home from Camp David peace summit 2018 - Tour Championship Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Tiger Woods wins by 2 strokes over Billy Horschel; Woods' 80th PGA Tour win and first in 5 years; Justin Rose wins FedEx Cup crown and $10 million bonus More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1962 - Martin Walser's play "Esche und Angora" premieres in Berlin 1968 - WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1990 - PBS begins an 11-hour miniseries on the Civil War 2017 - Women are allowed in King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for the first time during Saudi Arabia's 87th National Day celebrations 2022 - Russia holds sham referendums in four partly occupied Ukrainian regions, with some Ukrainian citizens forced to vote at gunpoint More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1865 - Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), born in Tarnaörs Hungary (d. 1947) 1867 - Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia and wife of King Alexander I, born in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia (d. 1903) 1871 - Frantisek Kupka, Czech pioneering abstract artist, born in Opočno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957) 1925 - Barry Linehan, English actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), born in Romford, England (d. 1996) 1946 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician and EU's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (1995–2004), born in Absam, Austria More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1764 - Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703) 1797 - Johann Georg Roser, Austrian composer and kapellmeister, dies at 57 1994 - John van Damme, businessman, hanged in Singapore at 59 2004 - Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 86 2023 - Terry Kirkman, American rock vocalist, songwriter, and keyboardist (The Association - "Windy"; "Cherish"), and later substance abuse counselor, dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

530 - St Felix IV reign as Catholic Pope ends 1947 - Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant as Chicago defeats St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a doubleheader 1955 - Commercial television begins in the UK with the launch of ITV, which soon airs the first advert on UK TV for Gibbs SR toothpaste 1977 - West German Red Army Faction terrorist kills a policeman in Utrecht 1987 - Dow Jones Industrial Average rises a record 75.23 points 1999 - 33rd Country Music Association Awards: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, and Tim McGraw win 2002 - Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Interlachen CC: US regains Cup 15½-12½; Rosie Jones gains winning point in her 3 and 2 victory over Karine Icher 2013 - 65th Prime time Emmy Awards: "Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1896 - Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history 1959 - Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant 1989 - MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Leon Durham is suspended for 60 days due to drugs 2002 - Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Interlachen CC: US regains Cup 15½-12½; Rosie Jones gains winning point in her 3 and 2 victory over Karine Icher 2015 - Pope Francis is greeted by President Obama and Vice President Biden as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, for his six-day tour of the US More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1523 - Charles de Bourbon, French cardinal, born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, France (d. 1590) 1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German geologist and zoologist (scientific expeditions through Russia and Siberia), born in Berlin (d. 1811) 1892 - Hans Albers, German silent and sound screen actor (Blue Angel; Bombs on Monte Carlo), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1960) 1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Therapy?), born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland 1988 - Bethany Dillon, American Christian musician, born in Bellefontaine, Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1703 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (Viviani's theorem), dies at 81 1996 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, Latvian-Canadian ballet dancer, choeographer, and troupe director, dies at 72 2007 - Bodinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928) 2008 - Connie Haines [Yvonne Jasme], American pop and big-band singer (Harry James; Abbott and Costello Show; Tommy Dorsey), dies of myasthenia gravis at 87 2010 - Eddie Fisher, American pop singer ("Oh My Papa": I'm Walking Behind You"), dies from complications from hip surgery at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1677 - Jan and Nicolaas van der Heyden patent the fire hose 1746 - French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras 1913 - Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople 1952 - MLB Boston Braves play what turns out to be their last home game at Braves Field in Boston, losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers 8–2 before crowd of 8,822; team relocates to Milwaukee before start of next season 1965 - Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations 1986 - NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards 2008 - Last two remaining independent investment banks on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, become bank holding companies as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis 2016 - Genomic study finds Australian Aboriginals as the oldest known civilization on Earth published in "Nature" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1538 - Shrine of Saint Swithun in Winchester smashed up in the middle of the night as part of the English Reformation 1589 - Battle at Arques: French King Henry IV beats Catholic League 1911 - Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier loses the election to Robert Borden of the Conservative Party 2003 - 55th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, James Gandolfini and Edie Falco wins 2023 - Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch at 92 announces he is retiring from the boards of Fox and News Corporation, leaving his son Lachlan in charge More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1907 - Lloyd Gough, American actor (Sunset Boulevard, The Front, The Green Hornet), born in New York City (d. 1984) 1967 - Faith Hill (McGraw) [neé Audrey Faith Perry], American country pop singer ("Breathe"; "Cry"), and actress (1883), born in Ridgeland, Mississippi 1973 - Virginia Ruano-Pascual, tennis star, born in Madrid, Spain 1974 - Taral Hicks, American actress (A Bronx Tale) and RandB singer ("Silly"), born in The Bronx, New York City 1989 - Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, American skateboarder (Summer X Games gold Vert 2004, 07, 09), born in San Diego, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1796 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769) 1937 - Henri Capitant, French lawyer (Loi Falcidie), dies at 72 1964 - Otto Grotewohl, German politician (Prime Minister of East Germany, 1949-64), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 70 1988 - Henry Koster, German-born Hollywood director, discovered Abbott and Costello, dies at 83 1994 - "Ossie" O. S. Nock, English railway writer, dies at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1793 - British troops under Major-General Williamson land on French Haiti 1830 - First Negro Convention of Free Men agrees to boycott goods produced by slaves 1930 - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios 1951 - Swiss men vote against female suffrage 1969 - Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: US, Great Britain tie, 16-16; great sporting gesture, America's Jack Nicklaus concedes missable 3-foot putt to Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole for the draw 1988 - "Loving Proof," the second studio album by Ricky Van Shelton, is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1989) 2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, US President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror" 2011 - "Call Me Maybe," a single by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, is released More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1833 - Charles Darwin arrives in Buenos Aires after traveling through the Argentine interior with guachos 1964 - Günter Grass's play "Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand (The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising)" premieres in Berlin 1978 - Yamada Mumon Roshi visits the Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach, Germany 1979 - Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation 2019 - Rare Egyptian political protests take place against corruption in President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's government in Tahrir Square, Cairo, and elsewhere More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1897 - Kermit Maynard, American cowboy actor (Valley of Terror, Saturday Roundup), born in Vevay, Indiana (d. 1971) 1922 - Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, born in Fairfield, Connecticut (d. 2012) 1938 - Jane Manning, British concert and operatic soprano, eductor, and promoter of contemporary classical music, born in Norwich, England (d. 2021) 1951 - Javier Marías, Spanish translator and novelist (Corazón Tan Blanco - A Heart So White), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2022) 1976 - Reuben Singh, British entrepreneur, CEO of alldayPA, born in Poynton, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1625 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet, dies at 69 1863 - Benjamin Hardin Helm, American attorney and Confederate brigadier general and Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, dies at the Battle of Chickamauga at 33 2001 - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1953-58), dies at 87 2006 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor, dies at 74 2007 - Johnny Gavin, Irish soccer winger (7 caps Rep. Ireland; Norwich City 312 games), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »