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Historical Events 1952 - French government of Pinay, resigns 1965 - Belgian government shuts 6 coal mines 1970 - Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment 1976 - East Germany grants rock singer Nina Hagen her request to leave the country, after refusing her stepfather re-entry 1983 - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1997 - Scotty Bowman's Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins, 4-2 giving him 200 wins with Detroit, and making him the first NHL coach to record 200 wins with 3 different teams; also Montreal and Buffalo More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1624 - Tomas Micieres, Spanish composer and chapel master, born in Villaescusa de Ecla, Spain (d. 1662) 1832 - Edward Hatch, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1889) 1922 - Jim Wright, American Democratic politician and Speaker of the House (1987-89), born in Forth Worth, Texas (d. 2015) 1953 - David Leisner, American classical guitarist and composer, born in Los Angeles, California 1980 - Chris Carmack, American actor, born in Washington, D.C. 2000 - Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), born in Oceanside, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1738 - Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, dies at 56 1917 - Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American saint (1st American saint, founded Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart), dies at 67 1947 - Therese Brandl, German Nazi concentration camp guard (Auschwitz), and convicted war criminal, executed by hanging in Kraków, Poland at 45 2002 - Joe Strummer, British lead singer of the punk band "The Clash" (Rock the Casbah), dies at age 50 2020 - Claude Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Bande à part; La Boum; Pardon Mon Affaire), dies at 84 2022 - Ronnie Lamont, Irish rugby union #8, flanker (12 Tests Ireland; 4 Tests British and Irish Lions), dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1792 - 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Philadelphia) 1874 - Henry Bergh, Eldgridge Gerry, and philanthropist John D. Wright found the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in NYC, the world's first anti-child abuse agency. Later known as The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC). 1922 - IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague 1978 - German label Ariola Records releases eponymous debut album "Rosanne Cash", produced by future husband Rodney Crowell 1986 - Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift 2017 - Pakistani teenager Ahed Tamimi filmed slapping Israeli officers during protest, arrested 4 days later More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 37 - Nero, Emperor of Rome (54-68), born in Antium, Italy (d. 68) 1567 - Christoph Demantius, German composer, born in Reichenberg, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1643) 1903 - Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler (32nd yokozuna; winner 9 top division yūshō), born in Kōchi, Japan (d. 1938) 1910 - John H. Hammond, American music producer, talent scout, promoter, and activist, "discovered" Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, born in New York City (d. 1987) 1913 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (The Book of the Dead), born in New York City (d. 1980) 1988 - Emily Head, English actress (The Inbetweeners; Emmerdale, 2016-18), born in Fulham, London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1861 - Gualtiero Sanelli, Italian composer, dies at 45 1934 - Maggie L. Walker, African-American teacher and businesswoman (1st female Bank President), dies at 69 1939 - Tom McKibbin, Australian cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 17 wickets; NSW CA), dies at 69 1953 - Kishio Hirao, Japanese composer, dies at 46 1980 - Ben Travers, British playwright known for his farces and "The Bed Before Yesterday", dies at 94 2005 - William Proxmire, American politician (Sen-D-WI, 1957-88), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1794 - 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published 1864 - Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") 1914 - Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step" premieres in NYC 1921 - Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty 1949 - Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa 1951 - AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games 1959 - President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi 1981 - France performs nuclear test 1993 - 4th Billboard Music Awards: Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard Soundtrack win 2010 - With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1727 - Physician Sir Hans Soane becomes President of the Royal Society, succeeding Sir Isaac Newton 1940 - CFL Grey Cup (Game 2), Lansdowne Park, Ottawa: Ottawa beats Toronto Balmy Beach, 12-5 1954 - Japanese government of Joshida resigns 1972 - Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous "blue marble" photo of the entire Earth 1992 - Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater) 2021 - Chile becomes the 31st nation to legalize same-sex marriage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 967 - Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian mystic and poet, born in Mihne, Greater Khorasan (d. 1049) 1892 - Stuart Davis, American modernist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1964) 1912 - Daniel Jones, Welsh composer, born in Pembroke, Wales (d. 1993) 1915 - Leigh Brackett, American sci-fi author (Ginger Star), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978) 1947 - Johnny Bench, American Baseball HOF catcher (14 x MLB All Star; World Series 1975, 76 [MVP]; NL MVP 1970, 72; 10 x Gold Glove; Cincinnati Reds), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1977 - Fernando Vargas, American boxer (IBF light middleweight title 1998-2000, WBA title 2001-02), born in Oxnard, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1969 - Lefty O'Doul, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star, World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1929, 32 NY Yankees), dies at 72 1979 - Nicolas Born, German writer, dies of cancer at 41 1979 - Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris 1997 - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (Leeds United), dies at 54 from a suspected heart attack 2001 - Charles McClendon, LSU Tigers head football coach (b. 1923) 2011 - Harry Morgan, American actor (December Bride; M*A*S*H, 1975-83 - "Col. Sherman Potter"; AfterMASH; Dragnet - "Bill Gannon"), dies in his sleep at 96 More Famous Deaths »

1936 - London's Crystal Palace (built 1851) destroyed by fire 1964 - USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned 1980 - "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater NYC after 38 performances 1982 - Ottumwa, Iowa, declared "Video Game Capital of the World" by mayor Jerry Parker 1988 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed 1991 - FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China: Michelle Akers scores twice as US beats Norway, 2-1 2003 - 92nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Melbourne (3-1) 2009 - Canada begins its recovery from the recession; economic growth is at 0.4% after 14 months of economic stagnation 2015 - 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP21 begins in Paris 2019 - On the way to 36 in 2nd Test v Pakistan, Australian cricket batsman Steve Smith overtakes Don Bradman’s run-tally of 6,996 Test runs; becomes fastest batsman to 7000, in terms of innings (126) More Historical Events »

1861 - Battle of Fort McRee, Florida 1899 - -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) 1918 - King Albert I's triumphant procession through Brussels 1960 - French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1963 - Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as the 36th US President after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy 1965 - In his second title defense, Muhammad Ali scores 12th-round KO of Floyd Patterson at Las Vegas Convention Center to retain his world heavyweight boxing championship 1974 - Lake Buena Vista Club opens 1987 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) ends his NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1989 - Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 2017 - Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid $100,00 to keep quiet More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1864 - American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties 1977 - US President Jimmy Carter presents engineer Peter Goldmark with the National Medal of Science for his work communication and entertainment technology 1980 - Georgia tanker at Pilottown Louisiana, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain causes a ship to leak 1996 - O.J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" 2002 - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest 2023 - Right-wing Dutch populist Geert Wilders' Freedom Party unexpectedly wins more seats than any other party in the country's general election More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1897 - Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer, born in Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1989) 1908 - Michael Balfour, English historian, born in Oxford (d. 1995) 1938 - John Gregory, American football coach (CFL Grey Cup 1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders; South Dakota State Uni), born in Webster City, Iowa (d. 2022) 1955 - James Edwards, American basketball center (NBA C'ship 1989, 90 Detroit Pistons, 1996 Chicago Bulls), born in Seattle, Washington 1964 - Stephen Geoffreys, actor (Faternity Vacation), born in Cincinnati, Ohio 1969 - Dave Sims, English rugby union lock (3 Tests; Gloucester RFC; Barbarians RFC 1995, 96, 99), born in Gloucester, England (d. 2022) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1896 - Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), dies at 64 1994 - John Michael Grimes, British set designer (Philby, Burgess and MacLean), dies at 70 1995 - Norman Potter, English cabinetmaker, designer and writer, dies at 72 1997 - Harry Kissin, Baron Kissin, British businessman and President (GPG), dies at 85 1998 - Stu Unger, American poker player (b. 1953) 2007 - Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer, 1st producer of Doctor Who, dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1524 - Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia 1851 - "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville first published by Harper and Brothers in the US 1927 - World's largest gas tank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, explodes; 28 die 1952 - First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express 1976 - "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 performances 1980 - Guinea-Bissau Vice President João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, overthrows President Luis Cabral in a military coup 1990 - France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll 1990 - Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award 1993 - Don Shula becomes the coach with the most wins in NFL history 2023 - Liberia General Election: Joseph Boakai defeats sitting President George Weah by just 1% in closest runoff in Liberia’s history More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1968 - Yale University announces it is going co-educational 1981 - Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins 1981 - 2nd NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 2 returns to Earth 2008 - Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy 2014 - American harness racing trainer/driver Dave Palone sets the world record for wins when he drive Missy Tap Tina to the winner's circle for his 16,754th career victory 2018 - Attempt to move 720,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar from Bangladesh refugee camps amid international criticism. They refuse to go. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1875 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general known as the 'boy general' during the Philippine-American War, born in Bulakan, Philippines (d. 1899) 1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pippi Longstocking), born in Vimmerby, Sweden (d. 2002) 1924 - Leonid Kogan, Soviet Russian violinist (Lenin Prize, 1952), born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine) (d. 1982) 1927 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947), born in Lorca, Spain (d. 1997) 1948 - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch lawyer and politician (Senator, 1999-2004; Undersecretary of the Interior (1994-98; House of Representatives, 1981-82. 1986-94), born in Wassenaar, Netherlands 1972 - Josh Duhamel, American actor (Transformers, Life as We Know It), born in Minot, North Dakota More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1692 - Christoph Bernhard, German baroque composer, dies at 64 1977 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian guru, founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at 81 1981 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941) 1992 - Joop Van Nellen, Dutch soccer forward (27 caps; DHC Delft), dies at 82 1994 - Jake Dengel, American actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61 1996 - Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68 More Famous Deaths »

1821 - 1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia 1864 - Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" 1950 - Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year 1955 - UN disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics 1961 - The X-15 rocket plane under USAF Major Robert M White achieved a world record speed of 4,093 mph (Mach 6.04) and reached 101,600 feet (30,970 m or over 19 miles) altitude 1976 - UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 1984 - 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. Northern Transvaal B 2004 - 38th Country Music Association Awards: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and Keith Urban win 2005 - Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people 2021 - EU accuses Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko of "inhuman, gangster-style approach" to thousands of migrants massing on their border with Poland in freezing conditions More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1620 - After a month of delays off the English coast and about two months at sea, the Mayflower spots land (Cape Cod) 1963 - Tsurumi rail accident on Tōkaidō Main Line, two passenger trains collide with derailed freight train, killing 162 people. in Yokohama, Japan 1964 - Victor Borge's "Comedy in Music - Opus 2" opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 192 performances 1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retires for the first time 2015 - "Reclining Nude" by Italian artist Modigliani fetches 2nd highest auction price at $170.4m 2020 - Peru's Congress votes to impeach and oust President Martín Vizcarra on corruption charges More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1820 - Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1892) 1877 - Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician, 1st President of Italy (1948), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1959) 1888 - Jean Monnet, French political economist and diplomat, born in Cognac, France (d. 1979) 1922 - Raymond Devos, Belgian-French humorist, born in Mouscron, Belgium (d. 2006) 1939 - Paul Cameron, American psychologist and sex researcher, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1948 - Michel Pagliaro, Canadian rock singer, born in Montreal, Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1809 - Paul Sandby, English cartographer and landscape painter, dies at about 78 [exact birthdate uncertain, c. 1731] 1968 - Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist, dies at 37 1985 - Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs 1994 - Ralph Michael, British actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), dies at 87 2000 - Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne), dies at 85 2017 - Hans Vermeulen, Dutch singer and guitarist (Sandy Coast), dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1865 - Maastricht-Venlo railway opens in Netherlands 1919 - 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast 1932 - German election - KPD defeats NSDAP 1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected US President 1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1986 - President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill 1993 - Actor Howard Rollins arrested for drunk driving 1993 - Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 2006 - 40th Country Music Association Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban win 2013 - 15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1869 - 1st US college football game, players used their hands or feet, Rutgers 6 Princeton 4 1919 - 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast 1962 - Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1986 - Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern 2009 - President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1661 - Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1700) 1822 - Gordon Granger, American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), born in Wayne County, New York (d. 1876) 1936 - K. Schippers [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author (Een klok en profil), born in Amsterdam 1937 - Edwin Roxburgh, English composer and conductor, born in Liverpool, England 1946 - Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English soccer midfielder, manager (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers), born in Bolton, Lancashire More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1492 - Antoine Busnois, French composer known for his chansons, dies at about 62 1597 - Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain [Catalina Micaela de Austria], Duchess consort of Savoy (1585-97), dies at 30 1912 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, dies at 70 1986 - Lili Kraus, Czech-Hungarian-British concert pianist and educator, dies at 81 1989 - Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (Detective Story), dies of cancer at 40 2021 - Shawn Rhoden, Jamaican bodybuilder (Mr. Olympia 2018; IFBB British Grand Prix 2012), dies from a heart attack at 46 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1930 - Bank of Italy renamed Bank of America 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson is elected President of the United States in a landslide, with Hubert Humphrey as his vice president, defeating Republican candidate Barry Goldwater 1968 - David Pearson is declared NASCAR Grand National champion as Cale Yarborough wins season ending Peach State 200 at Jefferson, Georgia; Pearson finishes 126 points ahead of Bobby Isaac to secure his 2nd title 1985 - French McLaren driver Alain Prost wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship, finishing 4th in the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins title by 20 points from Italian Michele Alboreto 2012 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: George Vancouver, Groupie Doll, Tapizar, Mizdirection, Shanghai Bobby, Little Mike, Trinniberg, Wise Dan, Fort Larned 2023 - 38th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Kate Bush; Sheryl Crow; Missy Elliott; George Michael; Willie Nelson; Rage Against the Machine; The Spinners; DJ Kool Herc; Link Wray; Chaka Khan; Al Kooper; Bernie Taupin; and Don Cornelius More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1781 - Friedrich Wollank, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1831) 1799 - William Sprague III, American politician (U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1842-44)), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1856) 1931 - Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Turkish freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 57kg 1956, 62kg 1960; World C'ship gold 1954, 57, 59), born in Söğütpınar, Turkey (d. 2022) 1940 - Charlie Gallagher, Scottish soccer inside forward (2 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic, Dumbarton), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2021) 1951 - Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist, New York Daily News, born in Jersey City, New Jersey 1983 - Julie Marie Berman, American actress (General Hospital), born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1708 - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau and daughter of Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, dies at 71 1911 - Salvador Giner y Vidal, Spanish composer, dies at 79 1945 - James Frederick Wagner, father of Priscilla Presley, dies in a plane crash 1983 - Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American Emmy Award-winning conductor (CBS Symphony; Columbia Pan-American Orchestra), and composer (The Great City), dies during heart surgery at 82 1993 - John Lupton, American actor (Tom-Broken Arrow), dies at 65 2022 - Wang Tao, Chinese soccer striker (2 caps; Dalian Wanda FC) and executive (founder BSU FC), dies at 52 More Famous Deaths »

1907 - Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published 1917 - In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay 1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke in Belgium 1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses during a congressional investigation that TV quiz show "Twenty-One" was fixed 1976 - Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford; Walter Mondale elected vice president 1990 - First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan 1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey 1996 - Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history 2017 - On This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India 2021 - Jihadist gunman ambush and kill 69 people, including a local mayor in south-west Niger, adding to the 530 killed in 2021 to date More Historical Events »

1907 - Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published 1917 - In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay 1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke in Belgium 1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses during a congressional investigation that TV quiz show "Twenty-One" was fixed 1976 - Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford; Walter Mondale elected vice president 1990 - First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan 1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey 1996 - Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history 2017 - On This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India 2021 - Jihadist gunman ambush and kill 69 people, including a local mayor in south-west Niger, adding to the 530 killed in 2021 to date More Historical Events »

1572 - Spanish troops attack Maastricht 1805 - 45 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, one of the earliest women's clubs in America 1967 - Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to German-American nuclear physicist Hans Bethe 1978 - NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings 1980 - Bernard Slade's stage comedy "Romantic Comedy", closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after for 396 performances 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1999 - MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 1 2009 - British Mercedes driver Jenson Button finishes 5th in Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship 2017 - 19th Chinese Communist Party congress opens in Beijing with President Xi Jinping delivering 3hr 23min speech heralding “new era” 2019 - The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the World Economic Forum, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-host "Event 201", a table-top panel exercise on dealing with aa fictional high-level pandemic exercise in New York City More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1776 - In a bar decorated with bird tail in Elmsford, New York, a customer requests a glassful of “those cock tails” from bartender Betsy Flanagan 1878 - Anti-socialist laws are ratified in Germany 1919 - Belvin Maynard wins the first transcontinental air race in round trip of nine days, four hours, 25 minutes and 12 seconds, race costs nine lives with 54 crashes or forced landings 1924 - Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) 1968 - Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's apartment, they are fined £150 for marijuana possession 1974 - 1st ABA regular season game at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana - Pacers lose to San Antonio Spurs 129-121 in double overtime before 7,473 fans More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1865 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist who reformed the constructed language Volapük, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1957) 1890 - Agathe Henriette Trip-de Beaufort, Dutch writer (Rembrandt. Olympics 1928), born in Baarn, Netherlands (d. 1982) 1925 - Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels - "Waarom heb jij me laten staan?"), born in the Netherlands (d. 2012) 1939 - Flavio Cotti, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss Federal Council (1991) advocate to join the EU, born in Muralto, Switzerland (d. 2020) 1975 - Alex Cora, Puerto Rican MLB baseball infielder, 1998-2011 (Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and 4 other teams), and manager, 2018-19 and 2021- (Boston Red Sox), born in Caguas, Puerto Rico 1985 - Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2014, 16; Gold Glove Award 2015 Detroit Tigers; Silver Slugger Award 2016; Boston Red Sox, NY Mets), born in Campechuela, Cuba More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1141 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria 1545 - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55 1987 - Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 1995 - Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, American lawyer and civil rights activist (challenged University of Oklahoma segregation laws in Supreme Court and won), dies at 67 2002 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950) 2020 - Sid Hartman, American sports journalist (Minneapolis Star Tribune; WCCO 830 AM), dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

1631 - Saxon army occupies Prague 1854 - US Assay Office in NYC, New York opens 1916 - In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 1947 - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 318 performances 1971 - 5th Country Music Association Awards: Charlie Pride wins 1979 - Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone) 1985 - US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1994 - Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 2021 - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen says country won't bow to Chinese pressure in defiant speech on Taiwanese National Day, day after Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to "fulfil reunification" 2023 - Revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along", based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play, starring Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe, opens at Hudson Theater, NYC; wins 4 Tony Awards More Historical Events »

Historical Events 732 - Battle of Tours: Umayyad army led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi defeated by Frankish Aquitainian force led by Charles Martel during Umayyad invasion of Gaul 1982 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint 1994 - Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 1995 - Robert E Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics 2003 - Shirin Ebadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, making her the 1st Iranian Muslim women to receive the prize 2018 - Hurricane Michael makes landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h), going on to kill 27, having killed 15 in Central America More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1344 - Mary Plantagenet, English princess, daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, born in Waltham, Hampshire (d. 1362) 1847 - Gheorghe Dima, Romanian composer, born in Șcheii Brașovului, Romania (d. 1925) 1870 - Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, born in Hobart, Tasmania (d. 1935) 1887 - Rie Cramer, Dutch writer and illustrator, born in Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977) 1936 - Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here), born in Stockport, Cheshire, England 1965 - Steve Scalise, American politician (Representative-R-Louisiana 2008-), born in New Orleans, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1797 - Carter Braxton, American plantation owner and signer of the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 61 1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (Prince Serebrenni), dies of morphine toxicity at 58 1939 - Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895) 1989 - Joe Techner, American jazz trumpeter (Elliot Lawrence Band - "Elevation"), dies at 63 1993 - Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52 2022 - Sergio Brighenti, Italian soccer forward (9 caps; Modena, Internazionale, Triestina, Padova, Sampdoria), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1636 - Battle at Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III 1824 - Mexico becomes a republic 1921 - League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians 1959 - Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 premieres at the Large Hall of the Leningrad Conservatory with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 1964 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC; Mary Mills shoots final round 69 to win first of her 2 LPGA C'ships, 2 strokes ahead of defending champion Mickey Wright 1971 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 2001 - Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed. 2004 - SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight 2009 - Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: Jay Haas wins his third and final Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Tom Watson 2017 - Chinese pianist Lang Lang plays Carneige Hall one-handed due to injury with 14 year-old Maxim Lando playing his left hand for Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1571 - -13] Synod of Emden, Calvinist leaders establish the Dutch Reformed Church. 1917 - British assault on Broodseinde, France 1918 - Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC 2001 - Brendan Shanahan scores a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career 2015 - American rock band Van Halen's final public performance takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. 2019 - Fuel subsidies end in Ecuador after four decades, prompting nationwide protests and President Lenín Moreno to declare 60-day state of emergency More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1807 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (Prime Minister of the Province of Canada), born in Boucherville, Lower Canada (d. 1864) 1872 - Ernest Blood, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Passaic HS, NJ, 200-1 record, 1915-24), born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1955) 1936 - Charlie Hurley, Irish soccer centre half (40 caps Republic of Ireland; Sunderland 402 games), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 2024) 1942 - Jenny Arean [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress, cabaret and theatre singer ("Vluchten kan niet meer"), born in Lisse, Netherlands 1948 - Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2020) 1949 - Armand Assante, American actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1590 - Cujacius [Jacques Cujas], French lawyer, dies at about 68 1946 - Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (International Motorsports Hall of Fame; first to drive at 60mph on circular track), dies of a heart attack at 67 1948 - Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), dies at 62 1970 - Curtis Turner, American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years, 17 wins), dies in aeroplane crash at 46 1974 - Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45 2013 - Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, dies at 102 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West. 1950 - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions in 55-13 win against Baltimore Colts; Cardinals quarterback Jim Hardy tosses 6 touchdown passes 1975 - Four Ulster Volunteer Force members killed after a bomb they are carrying prematurely explodes in Farrenlester, near Coleraine 1989 - TV true life drama "A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story" premieres on NBC in the US 2005 - The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people 2016 - Ryder Cup Golf, Hazeltine National GC: US regains Cup; beats Europe, 17-11; Americans Brooks Koepka, Brandt Snedeker and Patrick Reed each win 3 matches More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1646 - Guillaume Poitevin, French composer and teacher, born in Boulbon, France (d. 1706) 1930 - Jayasinghrao Ghorpade, Indian cricket batsman (8 Tests @ 15.26; Baroda), born in Panchgani, Maharashtra (d. 1978) 1947 - (Frank) "Skip" Konte, American keyboardist, songwriter (The Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride"; Three Dog Night, 1973-76), and record producer, born in Canon City, Oklahoma 1948 - Yuri Vasenin, Russian soccer midfielder (9 caps USSR; FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad), born in Chernyakhovsk, Russia (d. 2022) 1948 - Chris LeDoux, American country singer ("Ridin' for a Fall"), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 2005) 1950 - Michael Rutherford, British rock bassist and guitar player (Genesis; Mike and the Mechanics - "Living Years"), born in Chertsey, Surrey, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1863 - Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British automotive designer who designed the Mini, dies at 81 1991 - Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies 1994 - Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), dies of heart failure at 85 2006 - Milly Vitale, Italian actress (7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler), dies at 73 2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (Amazons; Cleopatra Jones), dies of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis, at 59 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1688 - Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce leaves Michillimakinac on a mysterious journey of exploration about which he later writes he discovered a 'Long' river 1706 - Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen; Augustus renounces his claims to the Polish throne and his alliance with Russia 1964 - Ringo Starr forms Brikley Building Company Ltd 1964 - Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as Prime Minister of German Democratic Republic 2018 - Pakyong Airport, India's 100th airport, is opened in the Himalayan mountains at 1,400 meters by Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2020 - David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston's record as the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Instagram More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1667 - Jean-Louis Lully, French composer and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1688) 1833 - Henry Alanson Barnum, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Jamesville, New York (d. 1892) 1924 - Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge (d. 2005) 1950 - Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricket batsman (69 Tests, 11 x 100, 24 x 50, HS 138; Punjab, Delhi, Baroda), born in Patiala, India 1966 - Bernard Gilkey, American MLB outfielder (NY Mets), born in St Louis, Missouri 1971 - Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve), born in Chippenham, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1180 - Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1143-80), dies at 61 1517 - Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies 1976 - Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74 2001 - Peter Shore, British politician (Labour), dies at 77 2004 - Joep Straesser, Dutch composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), dies at 70 2019 - Jimmy Nelson, American ventriloquist (Nestles - Farfel the Dog), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1873 - German troops leave France 1915 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia adjourns 4th Duma 1922 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins third straight US singles title; beats fellow American Bill Johnston 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 1950 - Viet Minh offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1964 - "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV 1974 - US General Alexander Haig, Jr. becomes NATO supreme commander in Europe 1977 - 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV 1984 - 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV 1996 - 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto 2012 - Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, seeks a court order to resolve a week long teachers strike More Historical Events »