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Historical Events 1918 - Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY 1932 - Paul Gorgoulov, assassin of French president Doumer, sentenced to death 1976 - Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair) 1983 - 104°F (40.3°C) in Garmersdorf (German record) 1997 - "Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances 2006 - The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1612 - Murad IV, Sultan of Turkey (1623-40) who conquered Baghdad, born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1640) 1881 - Hans Fischer, German organic chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1930), born in Hoechst, Germany (d. 1945) 1906 - Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist, born in La Grande, Oregon (d. 1999) 1906 - Leo Durocher, American Baseball HOF shortstop (MLB All Star 1936, 38, 40; World Series 1928, 34; NY Yankees, St.Louis Cardinals), manager (World Series 1954 NY Giants) and coach (World Series 1963 LA Dodgers), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1991) 1933 - Nick Reynolds, American folk singer, tenor guitarist, and bongo player (The Kingston Trio, 1957-67 - "Tom Dooley"; "M.T.A."), born in San Diego, California (d. 2008) 1968 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress (Postman), born in Messina, Italy More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1227 - Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies 1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian piano prodigy, composer (Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Arlecchino), conductor, and pedagogue, dies of heart failure at 58 1961 - Theodore Chanler, American composer, dies at 59 1998 - William McChesney Martin, American Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank (1951-70), dies at 91 2000 - Val Dufour, American actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World), dies at 73 2003 - Bob Hope [Leslie Townes Hope], English-born American actor, comedian and entertainer, dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

1656 - Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn declares he is insolvent after living beyond his means and spending too much on artwork and rare items. Leads to the most experimental and exuberantly creative period of his career. 1805 - Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1896 - Vitascope Hall, 1st permanent for-profit movie theatre, opens in New Orleans 1958 - Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV 1962 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher 1963 - US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1983 - Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 2017 - 3 live king cobras reported found inside potato chip cans by customs officials in Los Angeles 2023 - Actor Kevin Spacey is cleared of sex assault charges at a court in London More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1803 - The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London 1926 - Philippines government asks USA for a plebiscite on independence 1928 - In only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC 1959 - Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game; retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan 1967 - Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18 1990 - US President George H. W. Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian and honorary secretary of King Leopold III of Belgium, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1972) 1934 - Mauri, Spanish soccer midfielder (5 caps; Athletic Bilbao 246 games), born in Gernika, Spain (d. 2022) 1949 - Roger Taylor, English rock drummer (Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"), born in Norfolk, England 1950 - Nelinho, Brazilian soccer right back (21 caps; Cruzeiro EC 410 games; Atlético Mineiro), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1953 - Robert Phillips, American classical guitarist, born in New York City 1980 - Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor, born in Gangnam District, Seoul More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1667 - Michael Franck, German composer, poet and baker, dies at 58 1723 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman 1863 - Sam Houston, 1st President of Republic of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) who helped bring Texas into the United States as a constituent state, dies at 70 1964 - Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and auto racer (1931 Le Mans), dies at 80 1977 - Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, dies at 75 2021 - Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), dies at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1759 - British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) 1900 - Gloucestershire captain Gilbert Jessop hits his second century (139 in 95 minutes) before lunch in same County Cricket match (104 previous day); Yorkshire wins by 40 runs 1908 - Ajinomoto Co. is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers a key ingredient in Konbu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), patents a process for manufacturing it. 1914 - Serbia meets the deadlines of Austria-Hungary's ultimatum and gives a conciliatory reply, though Serbia is mobilizing 1973 - George Harrison pays £1,000,000 tax on his Bangladesh concert and album 1978 - John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image 1985 - USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1990 - Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) 2014 - Both Israel and Hamas review US Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal for an immediate ceasefire and meetings in Cairo 2018 - Liquid lake found on Mars under its South Pole by European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter reported in "Science" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 864 - The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings 1360 - Jews are expelled from Breslau, Silesia 1853 - Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californian bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed by California Rangers 1866 - David Faragut appointed as 1st admiral in US Navy 1914 - Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park 1993 - Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - Bill Bowes, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 6/33; Bodyline series; Yorkshire CCC), born in Elland, England (d. 1987) 1917 - Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian professional wrestler, born in East York, Ontario, Canada (d. 1990) 1918 - Jane Frank, American artist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1986) 1920 - Rosalind Franklin, English chemist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, born in London (d. 1958) 1930 - Alice Parizeau, Polish-born Quebec writer and essayist, born in Łuniniec, Poland (d. 1990) 1985 - Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian auto racer (Formula E champion 2014-15), born in Heidelberg, West Germany More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1883 - William Beall, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army, relief efforts for prisoners), dies at 58 1911 - Filippo Capocci, Italian organ virtuoso and composer, dies at 71 1981 - Ian Martin, American actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69 1983 - Jerome Moross, American composer (Frankie and Johnny), dies at 69 2014 - Bel Kaufman, American author (Up the Down Staircase), dies at 103 2022 - David Trimble, Northern Irish politician (First Minister of Northern Ireland, 1998 to 2002; Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader, 1995 to 2005; Member of Parliament for Upper Bann, 1990-2005), dies at 77 More Famous Deaths »

1684 - Expedition to establish French colony in Louisiana leaves La Rochelle with four ships led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (expedition is disastrous with only 15 survivors) 1931 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6) 1936 - 121°F (49°C), near Alton, Kansas (state record) 1940 - 1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands 1977 - 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France 1978 - Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games 1979 - Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR 1983 - 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switzerland (2-1) 1994 - Bodo kills 37 Muslims in Bashbari NE India 2015 - US President Barack Obama begins an historic 2 day visit to Kenya More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1701 - French trade rand soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, later becomes the city of Detroit 1952 - US President Harry Truman settles 53-day steel strike 1991 - Universityof Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system 1994 - Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport 2017 - Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner says he did not collude with Russia after meeting with Senate investigators 2019 - Special counsel Robert Mueller reports to the US Senate that President Trump was not exonerated of obstruction of justice and that Russia interfered in US election to benefit Trump More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1803 - Alexander Jackson Davis, American architect (gothic revivalist), born in New York City (d. 1892) 1867 - Edward Frederic Benson, English novelist, born in Wellington College, Berkshire, England (d. 1940) 1888 - Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 100, 12 wickets; South Australia, Western Australia), born in Sevenhill, Clare, Australia (d. 1973) 1930 - Boris Nikolayevich Belousov, Soviet cosmonaut, born in Khotimsk, Mogilyov Oblast (d. 1998) 1934 - Sante Kimes 'Dragon Lady', American convicted con artist and murderess, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2014) 1943 - Lyudmila Bragina, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR 1500m 1972 WR 4:01.38), born in Yekaterinburg, Russia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1758 - John Dyer, Welsh painter and poet (Grongar Hill), dies at 58 1900 - Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 1992 - Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900) 1995 - Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), dies at 94 2014 - Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), dies of cancer at 57 2023 - Trevor Francis, British soccer forward (52 caps; Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria, Sheffield Wed) and manager (QPR, Sheffield Wed, Birmingham City, Crystal Pal), dies of a heart attack at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1711 - Treaty of Pruth signed ending the Russo-Turkish War (1710-11), Azoz port returned to Ottoman control 1777 - Polish military leader Casimir Pulaski arrives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, to volunteer in the Continental Army cavalry 1834 - HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso (Chile) 1852 - Private John Brown becomes the 1st interment in the National Cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco, California 1862 - President Lincoln names Army of the Potomac Gen. Henry Halleck as US Army General-in-Chief 1930 - Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th) 1966 - Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens 1967 - 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France 2009 - 42nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center 2014 - 44 people are killed after TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashed into buildings in Taiwan More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1848 - Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts 1966 - Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance) 1966 - Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" 1969 - USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1982 - International Whaling Commission votes for total ban on commercial whaling (starting 1985) 1993 - NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1851 - Charles Bannerman, Australian cricket batsman (3 Tests; first centurion in Test history 165* 1877), born in Woolwich, Kent, England (d. 1930) 1937 - Dave Webster, American football player (led his football team to a National Championship in 1958), born in Atlanta, Texas (d. 2006) 1968 - Stephanie Seymour, American model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover-1988), born in San Diego, California 1969 - Fernanda Ribeiro, Portuguese 10k runner (Olympic gold 1996), born in Penafiel, Portugal 1982 - Schottzie Schott, dog mascot of Cincinnati Reds (d. 1991) 1994 - Kelvin Harrison Jr., American actor (Cyrano), born in New Orleans, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1920 - Conrad Kohrs, German-born cattle rancher in Montana, dies at 84 1927 - William Ashley, English economic historian (The Economic Organisation of England), dies at 67 1980 - Mollie Steimer, American political prisoner and anarchist agitator, dies at 82 1983 - Georges Auric, French composer (one of Les Six), dies at 84 1996 - John Corner, scientist, dies at 80 2011 - Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter ("Stronger Than Me"; "Rehab"), dies from alcohol poisoning at 27 More Famous Deaths »

1456 - Hungarian army under John Hunyadi defeats the forces of Ottoman Sultan Murad II in the Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade) 1926 - 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) 1963 - In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title 1972 - 59th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium takes 4th consecutive general classification title as well as points and combination events 1995 - Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina 2012 - At least 77 people are killed by torrential rain in Beijing, China 2012 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham and St. Annes: South African Ernie Els wins his 2nd Claret Jug, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott of Australia 2016 - Japan’s Funai Electric announce they will manufacture world's last videocassette this month 2018 - Lone gunman shooting kills 3 including gunman and injures 13 in Toronto, Canada 2023 - Taylor Swift concert in Seattle shakes the ground so hard it registers equivalent to magnitude 2.3 earthquake (does the same the next night) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada 1940 - Dutch Prime minister Dirk Jan De Geer meets Adolf Hitler seeking peace talks 1950 - Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge 1959 - Ed Wood's cult classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space", called one of the worse films ever, premieres 1973 - 60th Tour de France won by Luis Ocana of Spain 2013 - Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1889 - Frederick Preston Search, American cellist, composer and conductor (Bridge Builders), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1959) 1930 - Ray Pohlman, American session upright and electric bass guitarist and arranger (The Wrecking Crew), and jazz guitarist, born in Baker Township, Iowa (d. 1990) 1956 - Mick Pointer, British rock drummer (Marillion), born in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 1972 - Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor known for "Eureka", born in Montreal, Quebec 1979 - Lucas Luhr, German racing driver, born in Mülheim-Kärlich, West Germany 1997 - Field Cate, American actor (Pushing Daisies), and rock guitarist (Fencer), born in Burlington, Vermont More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1789 - Joseph-François Foulon, French politician, dies at 74 1852 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77 1958 - Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian author and satirist, dies at 62 1992 - Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51 1995 - Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana, dies at 90 2012 - George A. Miller, American psychologist, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

976 - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 1773 - Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits 1949 - US Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) 1966 - USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1975 - NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1980 - Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins 1995 - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent 1996 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham and St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier 2008 - Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžić is arrested in Serbia and indicted by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia tribunal for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre 2013 - British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1669 - John Locke's Constitution of English colony Carolina is approved 1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy" 1897 - Tate Gallery opens in England 1991 - Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 2013 - 15 Egyptian Army soldiers are killed after their bus crashes into a truck on the Mediterranean Coast Highway 2020 - European Union agrees huge €750 billion ($859 billion) post-COVID-19 stimulus bill More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1899 - Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge), born in Garrettsville, Ohio (d. 1932) 1920 - Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005) 1934 - Edolphus Towns, American politician (Rep-D-New York, 1983-2013), born in Chadbourn, North Carolina 1945 - Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress known as Fei-fei, born in Shanghai, China (d. 2008) 1948 - Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusuf Islam], British singer-songwriter ("Peace Train"; "Moonshadow"), born in Marylebone, London, England 1962 - Ike Eisenmann, American actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey), born in Houston, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1160 - Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies 1403 - Henry Percy [Harry Hotspur], English Knight, killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury at 39 1938 - Owen Wister, American author, 'father of the Western' (The Virginian), dies at 78 2003 - John Davies, New Zealand sports executive (President NZOC 2000-03) and athlete (Olympic bronze 1500m 1964), dies of melanoma at 65 2003 - Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921) 2022 - Paddy Hopkirk, Irish rally driver (Monte Carlo Rally 1964), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1864 - Battle at Stephenson's Depot, Virginia: 200 killed or injured 1869 - Children's Hospital Boston is founded by Dr. Francis Henry Brown and other Harvard Medical School graduates, as a 20-bed facility in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts 1901 - Morocco signs an agreement with France fixing Morocco's frontier with Algeria, a French colony 1917 - WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn 1925 - Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1948 - US Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1956 - Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs 1961 - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley's musical "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off" premieres at Queen's Theater in London's West End 1984 - Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America due to publication of nude photos of her 2018 - American director James Gunn fired as director of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" by Disney after past offensive tweets surface More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1619 - Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader 1943 - US Joint Chiefs of Staff question Admiral Chester Nimitz over the landing on Gilbert Island 1953 - The United Nations Economic and Social Council votes to make UNICEF a permanent agency 1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island 1976 - Hank Aaron hits 755th and last home run off Angels Dick Drago 2023 - India bans export of non-basmati rice, raising prospect of global price rises (more than half of rice imports for 42 countries come from India) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1754 - Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French Enlightenment philosopher, born in Paris (d. 1836) 1822 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), born in Heinzendorf, Austria (d. 1884) 1893 - Richard Billinger, Austrian poet and writer (From Where I Came), born in Sankt Marienkirchen, Austria (d. 1965) 1956 - Charlie Magri, Tunisian British world champ flyweight boxer (1983), born in Tunis, Tunisia 1978 - Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete 1980 - Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian supermodel (Victoria's Secret), born in Horizontina, Brazil More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1573 - Lancelot van Brederode, Dutch general of the "water beggars" rebellion, beheaded by the Spanish 1898 - Yuri Karlovich Arnold, Russian composer, dies at 86 1962 - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86 1985 - Bruno de Finetti, Italian probabilist statistician and actuary, dies at 79 1989 - Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, French commander of the French resistance, dies at 79 2004 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fiji chieftainess, wife of Kamisese Mara (b. 1931) More Famous Deaths »

1195 - Battle at Alarcos: Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur defeats army of Alfonso VIII of Castile 1544 - Italian War of 1542: The Siege of Boulogne begins 1922 - American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller first to break 1 minute barrier for 100m freestyle; swims 58.6s at Alameda, CA 1944 - 1,200+ 8th US Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany 1944 - NY archbishop Spellman flies to Europe 1950 - NY Yankees sign their 1st Black players, Elston Howard and Frank Baines 1955 - Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 and becomes a floating museum 1980 - XXII Summer Olympic Games open in Moscow, Russia; led by United States, 66 nations boycott event because of Soviet-Afghan war 1981 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Bill Rogers wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer of Germany 1995 - Teen comedy film "Clueless" is released, loosely based on Jane Austen's book "Emma" starring Alicia Silverstone, directed by Amy Heckerling More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1544 - Italian War of 1542: The Siege of Boulogne begins 1914 - Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds 1918 - World War I: German armies retreat across Marne River in France 1953 - WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 - Italian government of Tambroni resigns 2020 - World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher's record of wins at a single circuit (French GP) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1892 - Dick Irvin, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (Stanley Cup 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs; 1944, 46, 53 Montreal Canadiens), born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (d. 1957) 1909 - Jeno Vecsey, Hungarian composer, born in Cece (d. 1966) 1920 - Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2018) 1941 - Natalia Bessmertnova, Soviet ballerina (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2008) 1944 - Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen - "Hot Rod Lincoln"), born in Boise, Idaho (d. 2021) 1963 - Marla Duncan, Miss Northern California fitness (1990), born in Fairfield, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1868 - Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1842 or 1844) 1893 - James T. Holtzclaw, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 59 1953 - Maurice J. Tobin, 56th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 52 1972 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, American Presbyterian Congo missionary, dies at 88 2005 - Edward Bunker, American Crime novelist (No Beast So Fierce; Animal Factory), actor (Straight Time; Reservoir Dogs), screenwriter, and felon, dies at 71 2014 - James Garner, American actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick), dies of acute myocardial infarction at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1944 - Allies air raid railways at Vaires, Paris 1947 - US President Harry Truman signs Presidential Succession Act 1955 - 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially 1962 - Cuba's Minister of Foreign affairs Raúl Castro meets Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow 1972 - Leader of the British Labour Party Harold Wilson holds meeting with representatives of the Irish Republican Army 1981 - Polish communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 1986 - Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains 1992 - The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima, Peru 2012 - 24 people are killed after a ferry sinks off the coast of Zanzibar 2013 - 46th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1290 - King Edward I orders expulsion of Jews from England, this edict will remain in place for 350 years 1896 - George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket 1942 - Test flight of German Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time 1958 - 6th British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games open in Cardiff, Wales 1993 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Australian Greg Norman fires final round 64 (–6) to win his 2nd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Englishman Nick Faldo 1994 - "Kiss From a Rose" released by Seal (Grammy Record of the Year and Song of the Year) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1534 - Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism), born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1583) 1890 - Charles Erwin Wilson, American engineer (President and CEO of General Motors) and politician (United States Secretary of Defense 1953-57), born in Minerva, Ohio (d. 1961) 1906 - Belle Stewart, Scottish traditional singer, born in Caputh, Blairgowrie, Scotland (d. 1997) 1912 - Henry Louis Miller, American Rear Admiral (WW II-Pacific), born in Fairbanks, Alaska (d. 1993) 1969 - Masanori Murakawa [The Great Sasuke], Japanese professional wrestler, born in Morioka, Japan 1976 - Elsa Pataky [Elsa Lafuente Medianu], Spanish actress known for "Fast and Furious", born in Madrid, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1907 - Ted Pooley, English cricket wicket-keeper (1st class records: 8 stumpings in a match 1878; 12 dismissals in a match 1868; Surrey CCC, Middlesex CCC), dies at 65 1944 - Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74 1988 - Nico [Christa Päffgen], German model, and pop singer (Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning"; "I'll Be Your Mirror"), dies from a bicycle accident at 43 2002 - Victor Emery, British theoretical physicist (b. 1933) 2022 - Hans-Joachim Hespos, German avant-garde composer, dies at 84 2023 - Lew Perkins, American sports executive (athletic director USC–Aiken, Wichita State U, U of Maryland, U of Connecticut, U of Kansas), dies at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1603 - English explorer Walter Raleigh is arrested by forces of King James I of England 1864 - CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 1867 - 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established 1922 - Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1925 - Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits 1959 - Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovers partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or 'Zinj' (now called Paranthropus boisei) lived in Africa almost 2 million years ago 1974 - The Moody Blues open 1st quadrophonic recording studio in UK 1981 - Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23-year-old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1996 - Paris-bound flight TWA 800, explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board the Boeing 747 2018 - 89th MLB All Star Game, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.: AL beats NL 8-6, the teams combining for a record 10 home runs accounting for 13 of the 14 total runs More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1858 - Recovery of the bell of HMS Lutine from ship's wreck, hung from rostrum in Lloyd's of London's Underwriting Room 1862 - United army officially divides corps 1878 - Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signs a treaty with H.G. Elliott ceding sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government, Southern Africa 1924 - St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 2012 - 17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2015 - Marvel's "Ant-Man", starring Paul Rudd as the titular character, is released More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1929 - Roy McMillan, American baseball infielder, coach and manager (MLB All Star 1956-57; Gold Glove 1957-59; Cincinnati Reds), born in Bonham, Texas (d. 1997) 1960 - Jan Wouters, Dutch football player (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV), born in Utrecht, Netherlands 1975 - Cécile de France, Belgian actress, born in Namur, Belgium 1978 - Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist, born in Niterói, Brazil 1986 - Dana, Korean [Hong Sung-mi] South Korean singer and actress (TSZX), born in Seoul, South Korea 1998 - Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal, born in Madrid, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1588 - Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and civil engineer for Sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III, dies at 99 1826 - Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and music educator, dies at 65 1922 - Heinrich Rubens, German physicist (back body radiation), dies at 57 2020 - Derek Ho, American surfer (World C'ship 1993; Hawaiian Triple Crown 1984, 86, 88, 90), dies from a heart attack at 55 2022 - Francesco Rizzo, Italian soccer midfielder (2 caps; Cagliari, ACF Fiorentina, Bologna FC, Genoa CFC), dies at 79 2023 - Robert Budzynski, French soccer defender (11 caps; RC Lens, FC Nantes), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1548 - La Paz, Bolivia, is founded 1801 - Pope Pius VII and 1st consul Napoleon sign concord 1935 - First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1965 - Mont Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1966 - David Heneker's musical "Half a Sixpence", starring Tommy Steels, and based on H.G. Well's 1905 novel "Kipps", closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 511 performances 1988 - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings 1988 - Landmark Japanese animated cyberpunk manga film "Akira" released, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo 1995 - Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis's musical "Chronicles of a Death Foretold", based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1981 novella, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances 2007 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occurs off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake. 2017 - US Open Women's Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - David Farragut is 1st Rear Admiral in US Navy 1966 - Nigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of European Economic Community 1967 - Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida) 1985 - All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres) 1990 - 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in the Philippines 2023 - Taylor Swift’s re-recorded "Speak Now" album debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, her 12th No. 1 album, surpassing Barbra Streisand's record for #1 albums by a female artist More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1855 - C. F. Abdy Williams, British organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Dawlish, England (d. 1923) 1882 - Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1972) 1888 - Percy Kilbride, American stage and screen actor (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964) 1942 - Frank Field, British Labour politician, born in Edmonton, Middlesex 1945 - Barry Dudleston, English cricket batsman (Leicestershire CCC, Gloucestershire CCC, Rhodesia) and umpire (2 Tests, 4 ODIs), born in Bebington, England 1953 - Douglas J. Feith, American Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1747 - Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies 1868 - Louis François Dauprat, French composer and horn player, dies at 87 1980 - Robert Brackman, American artist, dies at 81 1982 - Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine and Co), shoots self at 35 2004 - George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927) 2006 - Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948) More Famous Deaths »

1099 - City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade 1787 - Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes 1888 - Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years 1916 - 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) 1963 - Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding 1972 - "Honky Chateau" becomes Elton John's first No. 1 album in the US, includes hit "Rocket Man" 1973 - MLB San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs, this one at Candlestick Park against Pittsburgh Pirate's Bob Moose 1996 - A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport 2002 - "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony 2018 - FIFA World Cup Final, Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia: Former captain Didier Deschamps becomes only the 3rd man to win the event as a player and coach as France beats Croatia, 4-2 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1779 - American troops under General A Wayne conquer Fort Stony Point, NY 1895 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Helen Jackson 7-5, 8-6 for her first of 5 Wimbledon singles titles 1898 - Camillo Golgi discovers the Golgi Apparatus (a delicate network inside cells essential for the transmission and reception of information between cells) 1941 - Howard Florey and Norman Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin) 1984 - John Lennon's single "I'm Stepping Out" released posthumously 1992 - The Security Council of the UN examine violence in South Africa More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1875 - Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1946) 1884 - Enrique Soro, Chilean composer, born in Concepción, Chile (d. 1954) 1915 - Ron Smith, English trade union leader (British Postal Workers), born in London, England (d. 1999) 1964 - Leonard Stabb, American actor (One Life to Live, 1990; Guiding Light, 1993), born in Woodside, Illinois 1966 - Stephen Dodd, Welsh golfer (British Senior Open 2021), born in Cardiff, Wales 1977 - André Nel, South African cricket fast bowler (36 Tests, 123 wickets, BB 6/32; Highveld Lions, Northamptonshire CCC, Essex CCC, Surrey CCC), born in Germiston, South Africa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1885 - Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language ('Séculos Escuros') (b. 1837) 1933 - Irving Babbitt, American writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67 1960 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician, dies at 63 1979 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (President of Mexico 1964-70), dies of cancer at 68 1987 - Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 71 1992 - Henk van der Molen, Dutch guitarist, composer, and writer (Martine Bijl), dies More Famous Deaths »