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1737 - Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor 1818 - Congress decides on the US flag: 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces liberate Hungary from German occupation, establishing their own communist satellite state. This was celebrated as Liberation Day until 1989. 1957 - Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony premieres French Radio National Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in Paris 1964 - Deposed President João Goulart leaves Brazil under threat of arrest, moves into life of exile in Uruguay, and later Argentina 1973 - World Trade Center, then the world's tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories). Later destroyed in 9/11 terrorist attacks. 1987 - "Always and Forever" second studio album by Randy Travis (Billboard Album of the Year 1988) 1996 - Revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's stage drama "Inherit the Wind", starring George C. Scott and Charles Durning, opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 45 performances 1999 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Graham Marsh of Australia wins his second Champions Tour major by 3 strokes from Larry Nelson 2011 - 73rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Butler, 53-41; Huskies' point guard Kemba Walker scores 16 points More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1552 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony begins an alliance with Russian Anikey Stroganov 1833 - St Etienne-Lyons railway fully opens in France 1862 - Peninsular Campaign, launched in southeastern Virginia, aimed at capturing Richmond during US Civil War begins, Confederate victory (US Civil War) 1900 - Assassination attempt on Prince of Wales, later British King Edward VII when shot by Jean-Baptiste Sipido in protest over Boer war 1969 - Haskell Karp receives the 1st temporary artificial heart, implanted by surgeon Denton Cooley at Texas Heart Institute in Houston 1975 - British sitcom "The Good Life" starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith debuts on BBC One More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1740 - Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Oehrenstock, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1804) 1945 - Bryan Andrews, New Zealand cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74), born in Christchurch, New Zealand 1949 - Larry Lingle, American rock guitarist (The Four Seasons, 1979-93), born in Kansas City, Missouri 1952 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle racer (10 x GP wins) and touring car racer (Bathurst 1993), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1995) 1957 - Kelso, American racehorse, born in Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky (d. 1983) 1963 - David Gavurin, English pop guitarist and songwriter (The Sundays - "Here's Where the Story Ends"; "Summertime"), born in the UK More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician and inventor (logarithms), dies from effects of gout at 67 1734 - Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 1947 - William O'Donnell, Irish politician (Teachta Dála, 1943-47), dies at 71 1951 - Al Christie, Canadian-born pioneering film director and producer (Nestor Film Company), dies at 69 1987 - C. L. Moore, American science fiction and fantasy writer (Judgment Night), dies at 76 1988 - Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1924 - Istanbul's Ottoman Topkapi Palace is converted into a museum on orders of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 1933 - 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest 1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warns Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that a German invasion is imminent 1955 - The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book "Howl" against obscenity charges 1965 - 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched 1984 - Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy 1996 - Cricketer Rahul Dravid makes his international debut for India in an ODI against Sri Lanka 2016 - ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Hayley Matthews with 66 from 45 balls leads West Indies to 149/2; beat Australia 148/5 by 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare 2017 - 79th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Gonzaga, 71–65; Tar Heels point guard Joel DeWayne Berry II, 22 points 2022 - The Taliban government bans cultivation of opium in Afghanistan, with consequences for world supply as it produces 80% More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1834 - The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason. 1860 - Start of the Pony Express, delivers mail by horse and rider relay teams between St Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California 1965 - 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched 1976 - 130th Grand National: John Burke wins aboard Rag Trade; equal record 4th winner trained by Fred Rimell and 2nd winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone 2000 - 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Florida, 89-76; Spartans only top-4 seed to advance to the Final Four 2004 - Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1485 - Lieven van der Maude [Livius Ammonius], South Netherland poet and Carthusian monk, born in Ghent, Habsburg Netherlands (d. 1556) 1918 - Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2005) 1926 - Andrew Keir, Scottish character actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics), born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1997) 1963 - Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese video game composer, born in Osaka, Japan 1988 - Peter Hartley, English footballer (Motherwell), born in Hartlepool, England 2003 - Elsie Fisher, American actress (Eighth Grade), born in Riverside, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1990 - Sarah Vaughan, American jazz and pop singer ("Body and Soul; "Broken Hearted Melody"), often known as "Sassy" and "The Divine One", dies of lung cancer at 66 1990 - Katharine Balfour, American actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69 2007 - Marion Eames, Welsh novelist, dies at 86 2007 - Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 88 2015 - Andrew Porter, British organist, opera director, music critic, and librettist, dies at 86 2020 - Tom Dempsey, American NFL kicker (Pro Bowl, First-team All-Pro 1969; New Orleans Saints; longest winning field goal, 63 yards), dies of COVID-19 complications at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1884 - London prison for debtors closed 1921 - Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new "Theory of Relativity" 1963 - USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km 1972 - Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings" premieres in NYC 1973 - CBS radio begins on the hour news, 24 hours a day 1986 - Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers scores his 47th and 48th goals of the season in an 8-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks to break Bobby Orr's NHL record for most goals by a defenseman 1995 - NY Police Department and NY Transit Police merge into one organization 2000 - Atlanta center Ray Ferraro scores a goal and added 2 assists as the Thrashers end an NHL record 17-game home winless streak (0-15-2) with a 5-4 win against the visiting New York Islanders 2001 - New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens becomes American League all-time strikeout leader, recording his 3,509th K in a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals; Walter Johnson previous record 3,508 Ks 2022 - Ukraine liberates the entire Kyiv region from retreating Russian forces More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1845 - H L Fizeau and Leon Foucault take 1st photo of the Sun 1930 - 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda 1958 - Wind speed reaches a record 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas 1968 - "2001 A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C. 1995 - North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970 1995 - Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Émilie Charmy, French avant-garde artist, born in Saint-Etienne, France (d. 1974) 1930 - Girolamo Arriego, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Italy 1947 - Paquita la del Barrio [Francisca Viveros Barradas], Mexican traditional ranchera, bolero, and contemporary singer, born in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 2025) 1970 - Tammi Reiss, American actress and former WNBA guard (Utah Starzz), born in New York 1971 - ZEEBRA [Hideyuki Yokoi], Japanese hip hop artist, born in Tokyo, Japan 1975 - Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1932 - Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (invented bulldogging), dies after being kicked in the head by a bronco at 61 1937 - Nathan Birnbaum, Austrian writer (Gottes Volk;; Der Ruf), and philosopher (early Zionist, later anti-Zionist), dies at 72 1953 - Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 1973 - Jascha Horenstein, Russian-born American conductor, dies at 74 1994 - Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of a heart attack at 79 2018 - Susan Anspach, American actress (Grace-Yellow Rose, Hair, Five Easy Pieces, Play It Again Sam), dies at 75 More Famous Deaths »

1724 - Jonathan Swift publishes "Drapier's Letters" a series of seven pamphlets against a privately minted copper coinage Swift saw as inferior and corrupt 1900 - 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People" 1941 - Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq 1966 - "Hold On, I'm Comin'" single released by Sam and Dave 1973 - Despite a final round, 5-3 loss to Montreal, Boston Bruins center Phil Esposito wins his third consecutive NHL scoring title with 130 points from 55 goals and 75 assists in the 78-game season 1976 - Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the northeastern U.S.. 1978 - Philippine College of Commerce becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines by presidential decree 1982 - Quebec center Peter Šťastný scores 4th career hat trick and 4 assists, and his brother Marián adds 5 assists to lead the Nordiques to an 8-5 win at Boston 2007 - Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Morgan Pressel wins by 1 from Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew and Suzann Pettersen; youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days 2019 - Major archaeological site announced discovered on a reef in the middle of Lake Titicaca, in Andes, dated 8th and 10th centuries AD from Tiwanaku state More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1857 - Herman Melville publishes the novel "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade" on April Fool's Day in New York 1946 - Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii 1946 - Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP) 1947 - 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat 1948 - Fast bowler Hines Johnson has match figures of 10-96 on debut in West Indies 4th cricket Test win v England in Kingston, Jamaica; first fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a single Test for West Indies 1986 - Ranji Trophy Men's Cricket, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi beats Haryana by innings and 141; Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1643 - Christian Demelius, German composer and kapellmeister, born in Schlettau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1711) 1917 - Leon Janney (Ramon), American actor (Charly, Stolen Paradise, Hawk), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1980) 1946 - Manfred Stengl, Austrian luger (Olympic gold men's doubles 1964), born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1992) 1964 - John Morris, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 8 x ODIs; Derbyshire CCC, Durham CCC, Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Crewe, England 1974 - Hugo Ibarra, Argentine soccer right back (11 caps; Colón, Boca Juniors), born in El Colorado, Formosa, Argentina 1982 - Taran Killam, American comedian, actor, and writer (Saturday Night Live, 2010-16; Single Parents), born in Culver City, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1993 - Wayne Mack, American sportscaster (New Orleans Saints, Tulane University) and actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68 2000 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist, dies at 75 2001 - Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (revival of traditional forms of astrology in the late 20th century), dies at 81 2007 - Hans Filbinger, German politician (CDU), dies at 93 2018 - Steven Bochco, American TV producer and co-creator of Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue, dies at 74 2024 - Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and actor (SCTV; Freaks and Geeks), dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1796 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's dramatic play "Egmont" premieres in Weimar 1865 - General Pickett moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Petersburg 1883 - 1st performance of Caesar Franck's symphonic poem for orchestra "Le Chasseur Maudit" (The Accursed Huntsman) at the Salle Érard in Paris 1885 - Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate 1917 - The Danish West Indies are officially ceded to the US for $25 million and renamed the Virgin Islands 1923 - Occupying French soldiers fire on workers when surrounded at Krupp auto factory in Essen, Germany; 6 die, dozens wounded 1966 - USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter 1972 - Final day of the rum ration in the Royal Canadian Navy 1985 - WrestleMania I, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Hulk Hogan and Mr T beat Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorf 1987 - 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse, 74-73; Hoosiers' guard Keith Smart hits game-winner in final seconds, intercepts full court pass at the last second More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1865 - Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) 1905 - 67th Grand National: Frank Mason victorious aboard Kirkland; first Welsh-trained horse to win the event 1923 - Stanley Cup Final, Denman Arena, Vancouver, BC: Ottawa Senators (NHL) edge Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL), 1-0 for a 2-0 series sweep 1976 - NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator 1991 - St. Louis Blues' future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Brett Hull scores his 86th goal of the season in a 2-1 win over Minnesota North Stars; 3rd best total in NHL history 1994 - Chicago White Sox assigns former NBA superstar Michael Jordan to the Birmingham Barons of Class AA Southern League; returns to NBA after one season More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1909 - Robert Brasillach, French author and journalist (editor in chief of the fascist weekly Je Suis Partout), born in Perpignan, France (d. 1945) 1918 - Ted Post, American television and film director (Gunsmoke; Beneath the Planet of the Apes; Magnum Force), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2013) 1944 - Mick Ralphs, British rock guitarist (Mott the Hoople - "All The Young Dudes"; Bad Company - "Can't Get Enough"), born in Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England 1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (Father Ted Crilly-Father Ted), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1998) 1958 - Pat McGlynn, Scottish pop guitarist (Bay City Rollers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland 1975 - Adam Green, American film director More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1547 - Francis I, King of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52 1703 - Johann Christoph Bach, German harpsichordist and composer, dies at 60 1869 - Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, dies at 64 2014 - Charles Keating, American district attorney (Los Angeles California), dies at 90 2020 - Cristina [Monet Zilkha], American dance-pop singer songwriter (Sleep It Off), dies at 64 2020 - Richard Friedman, American psychoanalyst who proved sexual orientation biological, dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1916 - Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory 1922 - KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1935 - Newfoundland changes time to 3½ hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1939 - First flight of the Australian C.A.C. CA-16 Wirraway military aircraft 1961 - The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York 1970 - Columbia Records releases jazz artist Miles Davis's influential double album "Bitches Brew"; it becomes his highest-charting title, wins a Grammy, and earns him his first gold record 1980 - Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God" premieres in NYC 1986 - PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: John Mahaffey wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize 1991 - 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles) 2013 - North Korea declares it is at a state of war with South Korea More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1865 - -4] Battle at 5 Forks, Virginia 1952 - 6th Tony Awards: "The Fourposter" (play) and "The King and I" (musical) win 1987 - Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for a record £22.5 million ($39.7 million) 1992 - Man accidentally backs into Oakland A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini 2012 - American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1922 - Peter Jona Korn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1998) 1927 - Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968) 1940 - Jim Criner, American college football coach (Boise State, Iowa State, Scottish Claymores), born in Lurton, Arkansas 1971 - Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C'ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1974 - Martin Love, Australian cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995), born in Mundubbera, Australia 1984 - Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player (US Open singles 2011; 9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals doubles 2005, 06), born in Brisbane, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1871 - Louise, Dutch-born Queen of Sweden and Norway, dies at 42 1959 - Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, dies at 52 1972 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", dies of pneumonia at 81 1978 - Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), dies from several untreated illnesses, including pneumonia, at 37 1992 - Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 2008 - Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", dies of pancreatic cancer at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1632 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returns Quebec to French control after the English seized it in 1629 1864 - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia, Arkansas 1934 - Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist workers' movement bankrupt 1960 - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres by the Fort Lauderdale Symphony Orchestra and with conductor Mario di Bonaventura 1971 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1998 - WrestleMania XIV, FleetCenter, Boston, MA: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's wins his first WWF Heavyweight tile against Shawn Michaels 1999 - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Duke, 77-74; Huskies' first title in first title game 2013 - 23 people are killed by coordinated bombings on Shiite mosques in Iraq 2022 - BA.2 version of Omicron is now the dominant form of COVID-19 in America according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1806 - Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway 1879 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.'s opera "Jevgeni Onegin", based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin, premieres Maly Theatre in Moscow, Russia 1945 - World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England 1951 - 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Judy Holliday and José Ferrer win 1968 - Teri Garr guest stars in "Assignment: Earth" episode of the original Star Trek TV series 1987 - 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Howard the Duck" wins More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1888 - James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), born in Candelaria, Nevada (d. 1983) 1898 - Cecil Arthur Lewis, British fighter pilot and writer, born in Birkenhead, England (d. 1997) 1907 - (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2000) 1944 - John Suchet, British TV journalist (Independent TV News), and classical music presenter (Classics FM), born in Paddington, London, England 1948 - (Walter) "Bud" Cort, American actor (M*A*S*H(film); Brewster McCloud; Harold and Maude), born in New Rochelle, New York 1973 - Brad Bridgewater, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m backstroke 1996), born in Charleston, West Virginia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1837 - Maria Fitzherbert, English morganatic wife of King George IV, dies at 80 1959 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, Swedish composer, dies at 84 1972 - J. Arthur Rank, British industrialist and film magnate, dies at 81 1982 - "Fatty" George [Pressler], Austrian swing jazz clarinettist, dies of a heart attack at 54 1992 - Paul Henreid, Austrian-American actor (Casablanca, Now, Voyager), dies at 84 2009 - Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975) More Famous Deaths »

1854 - Great Britain and France declare war on Russia, expanding the Crimean War 1927 - Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St, NYC; designed with a modern Spanish exterior and French revival style interior by architect Herbert J. Krapp, it is largest of 3 theater and hotel development cuilt by Irving Chanin 1949 - English astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term "Big Bang" in a BBC radio talk while actually arguing for the alternative "steady-state" theory 1953 - 107th Grand National: Bryan Marshall wins aboard Irish 8-year old Early Mist; first of 3 consecutive GN victories for trainer Vincent O'Brien 1959 - 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama 1977 - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina, 67-59; Warriors' first title; coach Al McGuire retires 1985 - STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad 1990 - US President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal 2007 - Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga produces unprecedented sequence of 4 wickets in 4 balls, as South Africa scrambles to a 1-wicket Super 8's ICC World Cup win in Guyana 2019 - European parliament bans single-use plastics, including cutlery and straws by 2021 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1953 - "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances 1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece 1992 - 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal 1993 - Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031) 2023 - Chris Sharma completes the first redpoint of Sleeping Lion in Siurana, Spain, a 9b+ (5.15c) route 2024 - Bus crash kills 45 Easter pilgrims from Botswana in South Africa, with one child surviving a 50 meter drop off the Mmamatlakala bridge, near Mokopane More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1741 - Johann Andre, German composer, born in Offenbach, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799) 1907 - Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993) 1919 - Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), born in Paddington, Australia (d. 2007) 1926 - Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), born in Solapur, India (d. 2006) 1945 - Hans Brunhart, Leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93), born in Balzers, Liechtenstein 1973 - Umaga [Edward Fatu], Samoan-American professional wrestler, born in American Samoa (d.2009) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1847 - Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, dies at 67 1865 - Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26 1941 - Virginia Woolf, British author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse), commits suicide at 59 1984 - Benjamin Mays, African-American educator (Morehouse, Howard University) and civil rights leader, dies at 89 1991 - Carlos Montalbán, Mexican-American character actor (Bananas), dies at 86 1992 - Josef Matej, Czech composer, dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1003 - Peace deal is signed between Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and the pagan Wends (Slavs) 1855 - Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patents kerosene 1884 - First long-distance telephone call, Boston to New York 1944 - Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine 1961 - Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1982 - Carol Hall's musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at the 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 1577 performances and 2 Tony Award wins 1994 - Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) 2019 - US Special Council Robert S. Mueller writes a letter to US Attorney William Barr regarding Barr's summary of the Mueller Report stating Barr's letter "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance" of the findings. "There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations." 2019 - British indie-rock duo "Her's" - English guitarist-singer Stephen Fitzpatrick (24) and Norwegian bassist Audun Laading (25), and American manager Trevor Engelbrektson (37) killed in car crash in Arizona More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1933 - Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized 1941 - Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul 1993 - Jiang Zemin appointed President of the People's Republic of China 1994 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Greg Norman sets scoring record of 264 (−24) to finish 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller 1994 - Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) 2024 - New analysis confirms climate change is slowing the rotation of Earth due to melting ice caps and will probably delay the next leap second by three years More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1757 - Richard John Samuel Stevens, English composer, born in London, (d. 1837) 1912 - Reuel Lahmer, Canadian-American organist and composer ("It Is Good To Give Thanks"), born in Maple, Ontario (d. after 1982) 1913 - June Beebe, American golfer (Western Open 1931, 33), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003) 1930 - David Janssen, American actor (The Fugitive, Harry O), born in Naponee Nebraska (d. 1980) 1949 - Poul Ruders, Danish organist and composer (Four Compositions; Manhattan Abstraction; Sound And Simplicity), born in Ringsted, Denmark 1995 - Taylor Atelian, American actress (According to Jim), born in Santa Barbara, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1697 - Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate, last governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies at 93 1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b. 1776) 1875 - Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803) 1973 - Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 72 1977 - Lodewijk de Vocht, Belgian composer (Prayer for My Fatherland), conductor, kapellmeister (Antwerp Cathedral, 1913-50), and educator (Antwerp Conservatory, 1921-52), dies at 89 2011 - Farley Granger, American actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

631 - Suintila, King of the Visigoths is overthrown after a reign of ten years, by Sisenand, a noble from Septimania 1804 - Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1804 - Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase 1812 - Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela, and kills an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people 1945 - De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34 1959 - Test debut for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad v West Indies, aged 15 years 1969 - "Marcus Welby, M.D.", starring Robert Young and James Brolin debuts as a TV movie on ABC-TV, prior to becoming a weekly series 1976 - Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment 1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides in Rancho Santa Fe, California 2005 - "Doctor Who" returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1636 - University of Utrecht opening ceremony 1845 - Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid 1943 - Elsie S. Ott is 1st woman to be awarded US Air Force Medal 1958 - 30th Academy Awards-"The Bridge on the River Kwai" wins Best Picture, Joanne Woodward and Alec Guinness win Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively 1979 - 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Indiana State, 75-64; marks start of rivalry between future Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Larry Bird; highest-rated game in history of televised college basketball 2018 - E-commence group Alibaba Group and US car maker Ford unveil a car vending machine without sales people 5 stories high in Guangzhou, China More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1890 - Jozef Arras, Flemish writer, born in Lier (d. 1919) 1914 - Ian McGeoch, Scottish Vice-Admiral with Royal Navy (submarine HMS Splendid WWII), born in Helensburgh, Scotland (d. 2007) 1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematics educator (Kumon Institute of Education,), born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan (d. 1995) 1914 - Ray Robinson, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; NSW, South Australia, Otago), born in Stockton, Australia (d. 1965) 1928 - Carole Carr [Carless], British singer and actress (Down Among the Z Men), born in London, England (d. 1997) 1976 - Natalia Livingston, American actress (General Hospital; Days of Our Lives), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 809 - Liudger, missionary, 1st bishop of Munster and saint, dies at about 66 1937 - Albert Relf, English cricket all-rounder (13 Tests, 1 x 50, 25 wickets, BB 5/85; Sussex CCC, Auckland CA), commits suicide at 52 1948 - Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 1976 - Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, dies at 80 1996 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (Sen-D-Me) and US Secretary of State (1980-81), dies at 81 2017 - Darlene Cates, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), dies at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1870 - Antônio Carlos Gomes' opera "Il Guarany" premieres at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Kingdom of Italy 1910 - Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Rodney Heath wins his 2nd and last Australasian title; beats fellow Australian Horace Rice 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 1917 - US Supreme Court uphoelds 8-hr work day for railroad employees 1962 - Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal 1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) 1988 - Two British Army corporals are attacked during a funeral procession, beaten and shot dead by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, North Ireland 1991 - St Louis Blues Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season 1995 - Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) 1995 - Revival of Brien Friel's stage drama "Translations", starring Brian Dennehy, opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances 2005 - Wales beats Ireland, 32-20 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship and become the 1st team to complete a Grand Slam playing more games away than at home More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1979 - US House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN 1983 - France (16-9 v Wales) and Ireland (25-15 v England) win final round matches to finish level and share the Five Nations Rugby Championship; no tie-break procedure exists before 1993 1995 - American Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 2014 - Israel sends airforce against Syrian military units involved in an attack yesterday on an Israeli patrol in the Golan Heights 2018 - World's last male northern white rhino, 45-year-old Sudan, dies in Kenya 2020 - State of California with 910 cases of COVID-19 locks down and orders people to "stay at home" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1928 - Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009) 1942 - David Minge, American judge and politician (Rep-D-Minnesota 1993-2001), born in Clarkfield, Minnesota 1946 - Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish) 1964 - Jake Weber, British actor 1976 - Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress (Clueless -"Cher Horowitz"), born in Toronto, Ontario 1993 - Munro Chambers, Canadian actor (DeGrassi, 2010-15), born in Ajax, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1279 - Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) 1623 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) 1822 - Valentin Haüy, French professor "interpreter to the King", founded the first school for the blind, dies at 76 1913 - William Chatterton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 48; Derbyshire CCC) and soccer forward (Derby County FC), dies from tuberculosis at 51 1914 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850) 1981 - Frank Lane, American MLB executive (GM Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, KC Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1923 - US President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st president to pay taxes 1923 - German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP (Nazi party) 1923 - Allies accepts Vilnius taking East-Galicia in Poland 1925 - James F. Hanley, Joseph Meyer, and Buddy DeSylva's musical "Big Boy", starring Al Jolson, closes at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, after 56 performances 1945 - RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm 1971 - Australian Open Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall of Australia beats American defending champion Arthur Ashe 6-1, 7-5, 6-3; first man to win an Open era Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set 1991 - Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1991 - Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) 1994 - Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released 2004 - WrestleMania XX, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Chris Benoit wins Triple Threat title match with Triple H and Shawn Michaels More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1794 - Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states 1956 - 50-year-old baseball pitching star Satchel Paige signs a contract to play for and manage the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League 1966 - British film "Born Free" based on the book "Born Free" by Joy Adamson released starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers 1972 - Two IRA members shot dead by British soldiers in the Bogside area of Derry 1973 - Liam Cosgrave (52) appointed President of Ireland 2022 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Cameron Smith wins $3.6m, biggest individual event purse in golf history; beats Anirban Lahiri of India by 1 stroke More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1623 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, Dutch-Walloon composer and kapellmeister (Saint Paul Collegiate Church, 1659-68), born in Liège, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1668) 1815 - Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1880) 1831 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, born in Kalisz, Poland (d. 1896) 1920 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (Dennis the Menace), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2001) 1921 - Frank Ottersen, Norwegian jazz violinist and saxophonist (Ding, Dong, Dang), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1971) 1989 - Colby O'Donis [Colón] American singer (Lady Gaga -"Just Dance"), songwriter, and record producer, born in Queens, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1490 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1482-90), dies at 21 1903 - Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88 1933 - Balto, Siberian husky dog who led the sled team delivering diphtheria antitoxin from to Nenana, Alaska to Nome, Alaska in 1925, dies at 14 1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), dies at 80 2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928) 2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912) More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1794 - Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states 1956 - 50-year-old baseball pitching star Satchel Paige signs a contract to play for and manage the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League 1966 - British film "Born Free" based on the book "Born Free" by Joy Adamson released starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers 1972 - Two IRA members shot dead by British soldiers in the Bogside area of Derry 1973 - Liam Cosgrave (52) appointed President of Ireland 2022 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Cameron Smith wins $3.6m, biggest individual event purse in golf history; beats Anirban Lahiri of India by 1 stroke More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1623 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, Dutch-Walloon composer and kapellmeister (Saint Paul Collegiate Church, 1659-68), born in Liège, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1668) 1815 - Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1880) 1831 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, born in Kalisz, Poland (d. 1896) 1920 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (Dennis the Menace), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2001) 1921 - Frank Ottersen, Norwegian jazz violinist and saxophonist (Ding, Dong, Dang), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1971) 1989 - Colby O'Donis [Colón] American singer (Lady Gaga -"Just Dance"), songwriter, and record producer, born in Queens, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1490 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1482-90), dies at 21 1903 - Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88 1933 - Balto, Siberian husky dog who led the sled team delivering diphtheria antitoxin from to Nenana, Alaska to Nome, Alaska in 1925, dies at 14 1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), dies at 80 2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928) 2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912) More Famous Deaths »