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Historical Events 1889 - William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut patents the coin-operated telephone 1907 - First taxicabs, imported by Harry N. Allen, operate in New York City 1981 - Test cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia against England at Old Trafford 1985 - South African Defence Force soldiers, traveling in a convoy of more than ten armored vehicles, surround the Thaba-Jabula High School in Soweto and arrest 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts 1989 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Kemper Lakes GC: Payne Stewart wins first of 3 major titles by 1 from Andy Bean, Mike Reid, and Curtis Strange More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1887 - Julius Freed [Fried], American namesake and co-founder of Orange Julius fast food chain, born in Montana (d. 1952) 1898 - Regis Toomey, American actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1991) 1902 - Bartoes [Albertus J. Wijstma], Dutch singer and cabaret performer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1976) 1913 - Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1996) 1955 - Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver (first Japanese to compete in NASCAR's top series), born in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1637 - Dirck Bas, Dutch merchant, regent, government leader (OIC), dies 1896 - John Everett Millais, English painter (Order of Release), dies at 67 1986 - Helen Mack, American actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies of cancer at 72 1992 - Jan Elburg, Dutch poet (Through the Night), dies at 72 2024 - George Leotsakos, Greek composer and musicologist, dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1905 - King Leopold II opens Antwerp Central Station in Belgium 1914 - France and Great Britain declare war on Austria-Hungary 1960 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to an altitude of 41,600 meters 1977 - For the second consecutive day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid 1980 - Warner Bros. Records releases "One-Trick Pony," the fifth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features the song "Late in the Evening" and is accompanied by a dramatic film of the same name, written by and starring Simon 1990 - 12th Annual Macy's Tap-o-mania 1994 - Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association go on strike, leading to the cancellation of the World Series for only the second time in MLB history (1904) due to a labor dispute 2005 - Civil unrest is provoked in the Maldives More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1922 - Dedication of Frederick Douglass' home in Washington, D.C. as a national shrine 1955 - US President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour 1958 - Art Kane photographs a group portrait of 57 leading jazz musicians assembled in front of a brownstone on 126th Street in NYC for Esquire magazine; originally titled "Harlem, 1958," it appears as the centerfold of Esquire's January 1959 issue celebrating the "Golden Age of Jazz" 1960 - American Ralph Boston sets a long jump world record of 8.21 m at the US Olympic trials, surpassing Jesse Owens' record 1969 - Battle of the Bogside: RUC officers, backed by loyalists, enter the nationalist Bogside in armored cars and try to suppress the riot by using CS gas, water cannon, and eventually firearms; the almost continuous rioting lasts for two days More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1762 - George IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover (1820-30), born in St James's Palace, London (d. 1830) 1917 - Marjorie Reynolds [Goodspeed], American actress and dancer (Holiday Inn: The Life of Riley), born in Buhl, Idaho (d. 1997) 1939 - Roy Romanow, Canadian politician (Premier of Saskatchewan 1991-2001), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1967 - Andrew Glover, American NFL tight end (Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings), born in Gonzales, Louisiana 1973 - Latasha Byears, American WNBA player (Sacramento Monarchs), born in Memphis, Tennessee More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1638 - Johannes Althusius [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81 1901 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer and mineralogist (Vega Expedition), dies at 68 1935 - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (Schottky's theorem), dies at 84 1988 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (Gray, SAMO), dies of a drug overdose at 27 1990 - Sara Seegar [Stone], actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1963 - Kingston Trio are the mystery guests on "What's My Line?" 1970 - Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by the Irish Republican Army when they set off a booby trap bomb planted in a car near Crossmaglen, County Armagh 1973 - The birth of hip-hop: DJ Kool Herc uses two turntables, playing the same record simultaneously to create the “merry-go-round” technique, at a party in the Bronx 1977 - Geoff Boycott scores his 100th first-class century against Australia at Headingley 1978 - Funeral of Pope Paul VI is held in Vatican 1982 - The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola 2011 - Rock group "The Go-Go's" receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the former nightclub called "The Masque" 2024 - Thousands of people evacuate near the Greek capital of Athens as large wildfires threaten the city after the hottest June and July on record More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1984 - Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform 1984 - A British 1-2 in the 1,500 m at the Los Angeles Olympics with Sebastian Coe edging teammate Steve Cram to become the only man to successfully defend his Olympic 1,500m title 1991 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: John Daly wins by 3 strokes from fellow American Bruce Lietzke 1997 - Benin legalizes January 10 as a Voodoo holiday 2005 - American Justin Gatlin becomes only the second athlete to achieve the sprint double, winning the 200 m in 20.04 at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1911 - Henry Kulky [Kulakowich], American actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Love Nest), born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York (d. 1965) 1949 - Tim Hutchinson, American politician (Rep-R-Arkansas 1997-2003), born in Bentonville, Arkansas 1953 - Hulk Hogan [Terry Bollea], American pro wrestler (WWF heavyweight champion 1984-89; WWE HOF) and actor (Suburban Commando, Thunder in Paradise), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 2025) 1970 - Andy Bell, Welsh guitarist, bassist (Ride; Oasis; Hurricane #1), singer-songwriter,a nd record producer, born in Cardiff, Wales 1983 - Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor (Thor, Avengers), born in Melbourne, Victoria More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1937 - Edith Wharton, American Pulitzer prize-winning novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth), dies at 75 1982 - Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), dies of lung cancer at 63 1994 - Mark "Red" Mitchell, American actor (JFK; 8 Seconds; Want to Live), dies when his car is struck by a train at 33 2021 - Dick Huddart, English rugby league second rower (16 Tests Great Britain; St. Helens, St. George), dies at 85 2023 - Alexandru Penciu, Romanian rugby union fullback, centre (34 caps; Locomotiva PTT, CSA Steaua București, Rugby Rovigo), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1885 - Leo Daft opens America's first commercially operated electric streetcar in Baltimore 1920 - Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania 1940 - Dutch Prince Bernhard Fund forms 1942 - General Bernard Montgomery is appointed commander of the British 8th Army in North Africa 1965 - USAF test pilot Joe Engle in the X-15 reaches an altitude of 51.3 miles (82.6 km) and a top speed of 3,550 mph (5,713 km/h) (Mach 5.20) 1969 - Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to the Cubs with a 4-2 win 1988 - Alan Ayckbourn's play "Man of the Moment" premieres at Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough 2021 - Forest fires kill 65 people, including 25 soldiers, in Algeria's Kabylie region during heatwave conditions More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1511 - Portuguese troops occupy parts of Malacca 1664 - Austria and the Ottoman Empire sign the Peace of Vásvár 1936 - First time Olympic cycling road race is conducted as a mass start event with Frenchmen Robert Charpentier and Guy Lapébie taking gold and silver, and France winning the team gold medal 1980 - Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Richelieu Valley GC: Pat Bradley wins by one from JoAnn Carner for her first of six major titles 2017 - 100-year-old fruitcake by Huntley and Palmers is deemed "almost eatable" after being discovered in a hut used by Captain Scott's expedition in Antarctica More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1874 - Tod Sloan, American thoroughbred jockey (1,000 Guineas 1899 [Sibola], Ascot Gold Cup 1900 [Merman]; created monkey crouch riding style), born in Bunker Hill, Indiana (d. 1933) 1913 - Noah Beery Jr, American actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot, Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), born in New York City (d. 1994) 1965 - Claudia Christian, American actress (Babylon 5), and author, born in Glendale, California 1966 - Hansi Kürsch, German heavy metal singer-songwriter, band bassist (Blind Guardian), born in Lank-Latum, West Germany 1967 - Philippe Albert, Belgian soccer defender (41 caps; Charleroi, KV Mechelen, Anderlecht, Newcastle United), born in Bouillon, Belgium More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 258 - Saint Lawrence, Christian martyr, dies in Rome during persecutions by Emperor Valerian, burned to death 1862 - Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese professional Go player, dies at 33 1976 - Jerry Gray [Generoso Graziano], American violinist, arranger (Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller). and composer("Pennsylvania 6-5000","A String of Pearls"), dies at 61 1999 - Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholar in India (b. 1899) 2008 - Isaac Hayes, American Southern soul musician, singer-songwriter, Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer ("Theme from Shaft"), and actor (The Rockford Files - "Gandolf Fitch"; South Park -"Chef"), dies of a likely stroke at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1855 - Battle of Acapulco during the Mexican Liberal Uprising 1936 - Helen Stephens claims the women's sprint double at the Berlin Olympics, winning the 100 m and participating as part of the victorious American 4 x 100 m relay team 1976 - Clive Lloyd scores a double century in 120 minutes, WI vs. Glamorgan 1978 - USSR performs an underground nuclear test 1987 - LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London (NFL expo) 1992 - XXV Summer Olympic Games close at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain 1992 - Cuban boxer Félix Savón wins the first of three consecutive Olympic heavyweight gold medals when he dominates Nigerian David Izonritei on points at the Barcelona Games 2024 - Passenger plane crashes in the Brazilian city of Vinhedo, killing all 61 people on board on a flight to São Paulo More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1930 - 113°F (45°C) recorded in Perryville, Tennessee (state record) 1987 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, PGA National Palm Beach: Larry Nelson wins the second PGA C'ship in a playoff with fellow American Lanny Wadkins 2016 - Hungary's Katinka Hosszú swims an Olympic record of 2:06.58 in the women's 200 m individual medley, winning her third gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2018 - Saudi-led air coalition strikes a school bus in Saada Province, Yemen, killing 43 people, many of whom are children 2023 - Ecuadorian opposition presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1869 - Randle Ayrton, British actor (The Manxman, Nell Gwyn), born in Chester, Cheshire, England (d. 1940) 1903 - Tom Tyler [Vincent Markowski], American actor (Stagecoach; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), born in Port Henry, New York (d. 1954) 1938 - Rod Laver, Australian tennis player (1962, 1969 Grand Slam; 11 x Grand Slam singles titles; 8 x Pro major titles), born in Rockhampton, Queensland 1957 - Melanie Griffith, American actress (Body Double, Working Girl), born in New York City 1963 - Whitney Houston, American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2012) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1420 - Pierre d'ailly [Peter de Alliaco], French theologist and cardinal, dies 1806 - Louis Ferdinand, Prussian prince and a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, dies at 33 1888 - Charles Cros, French inventor and poet (Le Hareng Saur), dies at 45 1985 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league fullback (37 Tests; NSW 27 games; South Sydney; RL "Immortal") and coach (Australia 29 Tests, South Sydney), dies at 58 2021 - Alex Cord [Alexander Viespi], American actor (Brotherhood; Fire; Street Asylum; Airwolf), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1984 - Carl Lewis wins his third gold medal of the Los Angeles Olympics, joining Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson in an American sweep of the 200 m 1988 - Rap group N.W.A releases their debut studio album "Straight Outta Compton" 1992 - Spanish center forward Kiko scores twice as the home team wins the Olympic football gold medal with a 3-2 victory over Poland in front of 95,000 at Camp Nou, Barcelona 2008 - XXIX Summer Olympic Games open in Beijing, China 2013 - Retired Washington Post journalist and editor Ben Bradlee is named as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama 2021 - Taliban forces capture three regional Afghan cities, including the key northern city of Kunduz 2022 - Beyoncé’s single "Break My Soul" is her first solo #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 14 years, the same week her "Renaissance" album reaches No. 1 on Billboard's 200 chart 2023 - Storm Hans brings widespread destruction to Scandinavia, with Norway warning of its highest rainfall in 25 years More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1829 - French government of Polignac forms 1911 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435 and comes into effect in 1913 1913 - Richard Corfield's "Camel Corps" opens against the "Mad Mullah" in Burao, Somalia 2013 - Retired Washington Post journalist and editor Ben Bradlee is named as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama 2018 - US State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve agent attack in Britain More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1852 - Barend Barendse, Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1935) 1950 - Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee 1960 - Cheyne Horan, Australian surfer (World C'ship runner-up 1978, 79, 81, 82), born in Sydney, Australia 1987 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress (Harry Potter love interest), born in Dundee, Scotland 1988 - Danilo Gallinari, Italian NBA basketball player (NY Knicks, Denver Nuggets), born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1824 - Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist (Prolegomena), dies at 65 1911 - William P. Frye, American congressman and senator (1881-1911), dies at 80 1987 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, dies at 83 1993 - Lou van Rees, Dutch jazz and pop music impresario, dies at 77 1996 - Nevill Francis Mott, British physicist (1977 Nobel Prize for Physics for work on amorphous semiconductors), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1914 - Russia invades East Prussia 1926 - George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin's musical "The Cocoanuts," starring the Marx Brothers, closes at the Lyric Theatre, NYC, after 276 performances and is later adapted as a film 1936 - Twenty-two nations line up as the first basketball competition in the Olympic Games begins in Berlin; Estonia beats France 34-29 in the first game 1944 - Anton de Kom is arrested as a Surinamese resistance fighter 1960 - Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches 1992 - Taking advantage of six months of training on their hometown Terrassa pitch, Spain wins its first hockey gold medal by beating Germany 2-1 in the women's final at the Barcelona Olympics 1992 - The Orlando Magic signs NBA No. 1 draft pick Shaquille O'Neal 2021 - Kevin Durant, with 29 points, leads the USA to his third and the team's fourth consecutive Olympic men's basketball gold medal with an 87-82 win over France in Tokyo More Historical Events »

Historical Events 626 - Battle at Constantinople: Slavic, Persians and Avar siege of Constantinople fails, keeping the Byzantine Empire intact 1900 - Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike 1930 - Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Liberal Party loses the election to Richard Bedford Bennett of the Conservative Party 2008 - Russo-Georgian War: Georgia moves troops into the Russian-supported self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia in response to aggression; first European war of the 21st century 2012 - Heavy rain forces 20,000 people to flee their homes in Manila, Philippines More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1844 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and petrologist, born in Paris (d. 1911) 1872 - Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, Dutch politician (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1926-31), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1957) 1973 - Kevin Muscat, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics 1996), born in Crawley, United Kingdom 1976 - Cathy Park Hong, American Korean poet (Dance Dance Revolution), born in Los Angeles, California 1977 - Samantha Ronson, British DJ, born in Camden, London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1821 - Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21), dies at 53 1942 - Richard Gott, British general (commandant of 8th Army), dies in battle at 43 1970 - Jonathan Jackson, US African American activist, shot dead in a shootout at 17 2004 - Red Adair, American oil field firefighter, dies at 89 2023 - DJ Casper [William Perry Jr.], American club DJ and songwriter ("Cha Cha Slide"), dies of cancer at 58 More Famous Deaths »

1675 - Russian Tsar Alexis bans foreign hair styles for those below the nobility 1921 - The municipal ferry system connecting Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens begins 1937 - MLB overturns New York Yankees' 7-6 win over Cleveland Indians due to umpire error 1956 - After going bankrupt in 1955, the American national broadcaster DuMont Television Network airs its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena 1994 - Algerian Muslim fundamentalists threaten schools and universities 2015 - American comedian Jon Stewart hosts late-night talk and satirical news program "The Daily Show" for the last time 2019 - Lawyer representing 800 boy scouts identify 350 sex abusers within Boy Scouts of America saying, "It's the largest paedophile ring on earth" 2023 - Train derailment in Nawabshah, Sindh province, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures more than 60 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1917 - WWI: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins 1948 - Dutch super athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen wins the 200 m in 24.4 seconds at the London Olympics, becoming the first woman to claim three individual track and field gold medals at a Games, having already won the 100 m and 80 m hurdles 1965 - 32nd NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16 (68,000 attendees) 1974 - Explosion and fire destroy Great Northern Railroad yard in Wenatchee, Washington 2015 - Eqyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi inaugurates the Suez Canal Expansion at a ceremony in Ismaïlia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1738 - Hayashi Shihei, Japanese military scholar, born in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan (d. 1793) 1942 - George Jung [Boston George], American drug trafficker whose story was portrayed in the biopic "Blow", born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2021) 1943 - Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village actor (Rhoda, House Calls), born in New York City 1953 - Pat MacDonald, American rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Timbuk 3 - "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin 1963 - Charles Ingram, English former British Army major known for cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, born in Derbyshire, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1272 - Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia (1270-72), son of Béla IV, dies at 32 or 33 1928 - W. H. Grattan Flood, Irish author and composer, dies at 68 1996 - Richard M. Goodwin, American mathematician and economist (The Dynamics of A Capitalist Economy), dies at 83 2009 - Bahadır Akkuzu, Turkish rock guitarist and singer (Kurtalan Ekspres), dies of a heart attack at 54 2022 - David Muse, American rock and smooth jazz saxophonist and flutist (Firefall - "You Are The Woman"; Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cancer at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1435 - Battle of Ponza: King Alfonso V of Aragon is captured by the Genoese 1862 - Union forces prevent Confederate attempts to capture Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1926 - French and German trade agreement is signed 1974 - US President Richard Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in 1985 - Establishment of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced 1989 - General elections are held in Nicaragua; Sandinista Front wins a majority 2019 - Indian government announces it is changing the status of Indian-controlled Kashmir from a state to a union territory, revoking Article 370 in response to security concerns 2024 - British graffiti artist Banksy begins a series of animal artworks around London with a goat near Kew Bridge More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1763 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Native American forces at Bushy Run 1957 - Comic strip "Andy Capp" makes its debut 1983 - American rock singer David Crosby sentenced to 5 years in Texas state prison on drug and weapons convictions 1989 - First-ever tie in harness racing's Hambletonian as Park Avenue Joe and Probe tie the third and final heat; Park Avenue Joe wins the series on a countback 1997 - Ramzi Yousef, the Pakistani mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, goes on trial in New York; he is eventually found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment plus 240 years More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of King Edward I, beheaded for plotting against King Edward III, born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire (d. 1330) 1822 - Johann Georg Herzog, German composer and organist, born in Hummendorf, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1909) 1935 - John Saxon, American actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020) 1968 - Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler better known as "Kendo Kashin", born in Japan 1981 - Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier, born in Montreal, Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1678 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer, dies at 59 1931 - Ullrich Haupt, Prussian actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), accidentally shot at 43 1983 - Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (Cannonball), dies of cancer at 66 2005 - Polina Astakhova, Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast (5 Olympic gold 1956, 60, 64), dies at 68 2023 - (Russell) "Rusty" Richards, American cowboy singer, yodeler, songwriter (Sons of the Pioneers, 1963-84), actor and film stuntman, dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1914 - US declares neutrality on the outbreak of WWI 1936 - Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas leads a self-coup, giving him authoritarian control of the country 1941 - Winston Churchill departs on the Prince of Wales to the US 1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo, Egypt 1948 - Five-day Southern States filibuster succeeds in maintaining America's poll tax 1957 - Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio clinches his record fifth F1 World Drivers' Championship (fourth consecutive) by winning the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring 1994 - 27th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hyatt Regency 1996 - Jim Bunning, Earl Weaver, Bill Foster, and Ned Hanlon are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1558 - The first printing of the Zohar in Spain popularizes the Jewish study of Kabbalah 1777 - Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes his riding school with performances in London, a precursor to the circus 1897 - Henry A. Rucker is appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia 1941 - Winston Churchill departs on the Prince of Wales to the US 2015 - Muppets Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog announce the end of their relationship on Twitter More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1900 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, British consort of King George VI and Queen Mother after his death, born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2002) 1900 - Nabi Tajima, 2nd oldest Japanese supercentenarian and the last living person certified to have been born in the 19th century, born in Kikaijima, Japan 1901 - Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter and singer ("Hello, Dolly!"; "What A Wonderful World"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1971) 1904 - Helen Kane [Schroeder], American actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1966) 1910 - William Schuman, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1943), and administrator (Juilliard, 1945-61; Lincoln Center, 1961-68), born in New York City (d. 1992) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1938 - Pearl White, American actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49 1981 - Melvyn Douglas [Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg], American actor (Hud, Being There, Ghost Story), dies at 80 1984 - Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack 2003 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist and Nobel Prize laureate 1954, dies at 86 2019 - Bob Wilber, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader (The World's Greatest Jazz Band), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1933 - Philadelphia A's defeat NY Yankees 7-0, the first time in 308 games "Bronx Bombers" are shut out 1949 - Republic of Indonesia proclaims ceasefire 1954 - The Convair XFY-1 Pogo, a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, makes its first successful flight 1972 - British Prime Minister Edward Heath proclaims an emergency crisis due to a dock strike 1989 - Lawrence Delisle drives his four kids into a river 1994 - 102.4°F (39.1°C) in Tokyo, Japan (record) 1997 - Manchester United defeats Chelsea 4-2 on penalties to win the Charity Shield after a bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Wembley 2023 - Forty-one migrants form Ivory Coast and Guinea drown and just four survive after their boat capsizes off Italian island of Lampedusa More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1941 - German troops conquer Roslavl in Russia 1946 - Belgian government of Huysmans forms 1956 - American sprinter Willie Williams sets a 100 m world record at 10.1 in Berlin, Germany 1963 - Warner Bros. Records releases the single of Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)," set to the music of Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from his 1876 opera "La Gioconda" 2024 - American swimmer Katie Ledecky ties Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina as the most decorated female Olympian of all time when she wins her fourth consecutive 800m in Paris, her ninth individual gold medal More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Constantino Gaito, Argentinian composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1945) 1885 - Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1962) 1924 - (Elizabeth) "Connie" Converse, American folk singer-songwriter, born in Laconia, New Hampshire (disappeared 1974) 1937 - Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer (3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India 1964 - Nate McMillan, American basketball head coach (Seattle SuperSonics 2000-05, Portland Trail Blazers 2005-12, Indiana Pacers 2016-19, Atlanta Hawks 2021-23), born in Raleigh, North Carolina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1779 - Henry Kobell, Dutch painter and cartoonist, dies at 27 1910 - Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies 1954 - Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle], French author, novelist (Gigi, La Vagabonde) and actress, dies at 81 1978 - Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, assassinated at about 42 2013 - Farman Fatehpuri [Syed Dildar Ali], Urdu scholar, linguist, critic and author, dies of natural causes at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1858 - Government of India transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown 1880 - British Parliament officially adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 1914 - Belgian government receives German ultimatum 1928 - Benito Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1991 - Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched 2018 - Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun" reveals Tokyo Medical University has been tampering with female entrance exams to ensure under 30% accepted 2020 - Islamic State stages a jail break at a prison in Afghan city of Jalalabad, placing bombs at its entrance, results in 20 hr gunfight, 29 deaths and over 300 prisoners at large 2022 - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the first speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1931 - Referendum in favor of autonomous status for Spanish Catalonia garners 99.5% of the vote; about 75% of eligible voters participate 1943 - Sunderland seaplanes sink U-706 and U-106 1959 - Future Hall of Fame 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates 2012 - American swimmer Michael Phelps wins an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal in the 200m individual medley in 1:54.27 at the London Olympics 2018 - Apple becomes the first American publicly listed company to reach $1 trillion in value More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1925 - John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (d. 2017) 1928 - Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990) 1948 - Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh session and touring guitarist (Amen Corner; Roger Waters; Eric Clapton; George Harrison), born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales 1949 - James Fallows, American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1972 - Jimmy Pop [James Franks], American rock singer and musician (The Bloodhound Gang - "The Bad Touch"), born in Trappe, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1823 - Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, dies at 70 1922 - Mina Kruseman, Dutch author and feminist, dies at 82 1992 - Michel Berger [Hamburger], French singer-songwriter, and record producer. dies of a heart attack at 44 2003 - Mike Levey, American TV infomercials host, dies of cancer at 55 2020 - Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor (Annapolis Symphony 1970-82), dies of cancer at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1954 - South African Natives Resettlement Act comes into effect, empowering the government to remove Africans from any area within and adjacent to the magisterial district of Johannesburg 1968 - Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in its coins 1996 - American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200 m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200-400 m double 2004 - A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay 2010 - US Senior Open Men's Golf, Sahalee CC: Berhard Langer of Germany wins by three strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Couples 2010 - 200 m x 250 m photo mosaic commemorating the life of Filipino President Corazon Aquino is unveiled near Quirino Grandstand at Luneta Park, Manila 2023 - Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power 2023 - South America experiences a winter heatwave, with Vicuña in Chilean Andres reaching 100°F (37.78°C), the warmest day in northern Chile for 72 years More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1664 - Battle of St. Gotthard, West Hungary: Imperial Army led by Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats Ottoman forces under Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha 1924 - MLB Brooklyn Robins pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out an MLB record 7 consecutive batters and 14 overall in a 4-0 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field 1968 - Coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei 1992 - American sprinter Gail Devers wins an incredibly close blanket finish in the women's 100m at the Barcelona Olympics, with 5 athletes within 0.06 seconds of Devers (10.82) 2022 - First grain ship leaves Ukrainian port of Odesa in a UN-brokered deal, breaking a months-long Russian blockade to help alleviate the global shortage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1642 - Ahmed II, 21st Sultan of Turkey (1691-95), born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (d. 1695) [or born Feb 25, 1643] 1933 - Ko Un, South Korean poet, born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province 1948 - Bob Spink, British politician (MP for Castle Point in Essex), born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire 1956 - Tom Leykis, American radio personality (The Tom Leykis Show), born in The Bronx, New York 1964 - Adam Duritz, American rock singer-songwriter, and keyboardist (Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones"; "Accidentally in Love"), born in Baltimore, Maryland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1252 - Giovanni da Pian del Carpine [John of Plano Carpini], Italian friar, explorer and diplomat (1st European traveller to give account of the Mongol Empire), dies (b. c. 1185) 1980 - Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944) 1988 - John Dearden, American cardinal (1969-88) and archbishop of Detroit, dies at 80 1990 - Lotta Hitschmanova, Canadian humanitarian (founder of the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada), dies at 80 2024 - Craig Shakespeare, English soccer coach (WBA, Leicester CIty) and midfielder (Walsall 284 games), dies from cancer at 60 More Famous Deaths »