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Historical Events 1954 - Integration begins in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, public schools 1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa 2008 - 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears and Chris Brown win 2013 - Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after the Liberal-National Coalition wins the election 2013 - Fourteen Syrian rebels and two civilians are killed by heavy government shelling in Damascus More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1951 - Morris Albert [Maurício Alberto Kaisermann], Brazilian singer ("Feelings"), born in São Paulo, Brazil 1951 - Chrissie Hynde, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pretenders - "Brass In Pocket"), born in Akron, Ohio 1967 - Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), born in Memphis, Tennessee 1976 - Oliver Hudson, American actor (Rules of Engagement), born in Los Angeles, California 1983 - Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer (Kayserispor), born in Caferli Köyü, Yozgat, Turkey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1775 - Johann Georg Holzbogen, German violinist and composer, dies at 48 1920 - Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician and 12th Premier of Quebec (1900-05), dies at 64 1944 - Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70 1994 - Terence Young, British film director (Dr No, Thunderball), dies of at 79 2008 - Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik, Croatian singer known as "the Croatian King of Funk", dies of an overdose at 44 More Famous Deaths »

1669 - Siege of Candia on Crete ends with the Venetian fortress surrendering to the Ottomans, the second-longest siege in history (began 1648) 1819 - American inventor Thomas Blanchard patents lathe 1944 - Gen. von Zangen's 15th Army escapes from Zeeland 1961 - USSR performs a nuclear test at Kapustin Yar, USSR 1963 - Historian Lee Allen says the Cleveland Indians-Washington Senators game is the 100,000th in Major League Baseball history 1982 - Dutch Internal Minister Mr. M. Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 1982 - Jerry Lewis's 17th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,415,339 1986 - Jozef Pribilinec sets a speed walking world record time (15,447 km) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1839 - Cherokee Nation unites and ratifies constitution at Tahlequah, Oklahoma 1920 - Jack Dempsey knocks out Billy Miske in the third round for the heavyweight boxing title in the first radio broadcast of a prizefight 1982 - Dutch Internal Minister Mr. M. Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 1985 - Mark Messier loses control of his Porsche and totals three cars; he is charged with hit-and-run and careless driving and is ordered to pay a fine 2018 - New York and New Jersey state attorneys launch investigations into sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy, bringing to six the number of states investigating More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1919 - Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and pioneering inventor (cardiac pacemaker), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2011) 1946 - Bryan D. O'Connor, U.S. Marine Corps colonel and astronaut (STS 61B, STS 40), born in Orange, California 1947 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach, born in Aldershot, England 1956 - Bill Ritter, American politician (41st Governor of Colorado), born in Denver, Colorado 1995 - Mark Andrews, American NFL player (Baltimore Ravens), born in Scottsdale, Arizona More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1748 - Edmund Gibson, English jurist (b. 1669) 1984 - Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), dies of emphysema at 70 1992 - Pat Harder, American NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions), dies at 70 1995 - Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor, dies at 83 2003 - Harry Goz, American musical theatre actor and voice actor, dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1907 - King Edward VII of Great Britain meets Russia's Foreign Minister Alexander Izvolsky in an attempt to strengthen Russia's relationship with Britain 1914 - Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins 1922 - 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1) 1938 - International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: US retains title as Don Budge beats Australian Adrian Quist 8-6, 6-1, 6-2 for an unbeatable 3-1 lead; ends 3-2 1955 - WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 - Dodger Don Newcombe hits a National League pitcher record seventh home run of the season 1972 - Eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and later killed by the Palestinian group Black September at the Munich Olympics 2024 - China confirms it is ending its foreign adoption program following a suspension that began with the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1646 - The first public library in the Americas is established when Bishop Palafox y Mendoza donates his personal library of 5,000 volumes to Tridentine colleges in Puebla, Mexico 1882 - 10,000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in New York City 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls 1991 - 8th MTV Video Music Awards: REM wins 2025 - US President Donald Trump deploys ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to take part in military action against drug cartels in the Caribbean region More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer, born in Gotizia, Austria-Hungary (d. 2019) 1967 - India Hicks, British model, interior designer and author (Island Life, A Slice of England), born in London 1970 - Willie Clay, American NFL safety (Detroit Lions), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1971 - Carlester Crumpler, American NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Greenville, North Carolina 1991 - Skandar Keynes, English actor (The Chronicles of Narnia film series), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1566 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan and the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1530-1566), dies at 71 [or Sep 6] 1910 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70 1998 - Leo Penn, American actor and film director, dies at 77 2021 - Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoeist (Olympic gold C-2 1000m 1968, 80, 84; C-1 1000m 1972; World C'ship gold x 8), dies from lung cancer at 71 2025 - José María Tojeira, Spanish-Salvadoran priest and provincial of the Jesuits in Central America (1988-95), dies of a heart attack at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1786 - William of Orange's troops overthrow the Dutch towns of Hattem and Elburg 1932 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Keller GC: Olin Dutra wins the first of 2 major titles, beating Frank Walsh, 4 and 3 1944 - Finland breaks diplomatic contact with Nazi Germany 1951 - First transcontinental TV broadcast by US President Harry Truman 1972 - American swimmer Melissa Belote, with a world record of 2:19.19, wins the 200 m backstroke gold medal at the Munich Olympics and wraps up the backstroke double, having won the 100 m in Olympic record time 1979 - Iranian army conquers Baneh 1994 - Tom Tupa scores the first two-point conversion in NFL history, running a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win at Cincinnati 2019 - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam withdraws the controversial extradition bill to China after three months of massive protests More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1893 - English author Beatrix Potter writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5-year-old boy 1918 - Jhr. Ch. Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes the first Dutch Catholic prime minister 1962 - The Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI Studios in London 1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board 1967 - Jerry Lewis's 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $1,126,846 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1746 - Bernardus Bosch, Dutch vicar and poet, born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1803) 1915 - Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1986) 1918 - Bill Talbert, American tennis player (9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; US Open singles 1944, 45 runner-up; International Tennis HOF), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1999) 1937 - Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 1956, 60, 64; 4×100m freestyle relay 1956), born in Sydney, Australia 1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American pop and RandB singer, songwriter, producer and actress (Destiny's Child), born in Houston, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1571 - Matthew Stuart, Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland for his grandson King James VI, shot and killed during a skirmish in Stirling at 54 2000 - John Beith, British diplomat who served as the ambassador to Israel and Belgium, dies at 86 2014 - Ron Mulock, Australian politician (Deputy Premier of New South Wales, 1984-88; Mayor of Perth, Penrith, 1968-71), dies at 84 2014 - Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl), dies at 85 2018 - Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie - "Roger"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Howard"), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1861 - Confederate forces enter Kentucky, ending its neutrality 1936 - For the first time in the history of the Walker Cup golf event, there is a shutout as the United States defeats Great Britain 9-0 at Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey 1940 - Dutch government-in-exile of Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy forms in London, England 1943 - Italy and the Allies sign the Armistice of Cassibile, the Italian instrument of surrender, signed by Italian General Giuseppe Castellano and US General Walter Bedell Smith at Cassibile in Sicily and made public five days later 1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in Los Angeles but fails to find his file 1978 - Bernard Slade's stage comedy "Same Time, Next Year" closes at the Ambassador Theatre in New York City after 1,453 performances and a Tony Award 2020 - Actor Robert Pattinson tests positive for COVID-19, shutting down production of "The Batman" 2024 - MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits three home runs, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so twice in a season, in a 10-8 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1914 - Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, is taken after a three-day battle in which the Russians rout the Austrians 1947 - New York Yankees total 18 hits, all singles, to rout the Boston Red Sox 11-2 at Fenway Park 1950 - Giuseppe "Nino" Farina wins the inaugural Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in an Alfa Romeo, finishing three points ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio 1972 - Finnish runner Lasse Virén scores a famous victory in the 10,000 m at the Munich Olympics in world record 27:38.35 2017 - Stacy Lewis wins the Cambia Portland Classic and donates her winnings of $195,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1921 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, born in Surbiton, London (d. 1971) 1933 - Tompall Glaser, American country music singer (Tompall and the Glaser Brothers - "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)", "Put Another Log on the Fire"), born in Spalding, Nebraska (d. 2013) 1944 - Alan Strachan, Scottish theatre director known for his work on the West End (Just Between Ourselves, The Immortal Haydon), born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 2025) 1950 - Aaron "A-Train" Smith, American drummer (The Temptations; Romeo Void), born in Nashville, Tennessee 1966 - Bennie Blades, American NFL safety (Pro Bowl 1991; Detroit Lions), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1662 - William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591) 1720 - Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat, dies at 72 1871 - Václav Emanuel Horák, Czech composer, chiefly of liturgical music, organist, and kapellmeister, dies at 71 1935 - Johannes Aengenent, Bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62 1956 - O. Louis Guglielmi, American 'social surrealist' painter (One Third of a Nation), dies of a heart attack at 50 More Famous Deaths »

1905 - Chinese crown discontinues its Imperial Examinations (Golden Lists), civil service recruitment exams that dated back in some form to 581AD and influenced British civil service and beyond 1914 - French government flee Paris for Bordeaux as German forces advanced during World War I 1922 - W. Somerset Maugham's play "East of Suez" premieres at His Majesty's Theatre in London 1958 - Hendrik Verwoerd is appointed Prime Minister of South Africa 1958 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Defense Education Act into law 1996 - Jerry Lewis's 31st annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,146,555 2008 - 54th National Film Awards (India): "Pulijanmam" wins the Golden Lotus 2019 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatens a snap general election if rebel MPs pass bill against no-deal Brexit More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1958 - KAYS TV (now KBSH-DT) channel 7 in Hays, Kansas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1971 - There are further Irish Republican Army bombs set off across the region, including one in Belfast which wrecked the headquarters of the Ulster Unionist Party 1972 - French track cyclist Daniel Morelon successfully defends his Olympic sprint title beating Australian John Nicholson for the gold medal in Munich 1978 - American radio disc jockey and stunt pilot Hal McClain (38) performs world record 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston, Texas 2020 - Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for COVID-19 and is later hospitalized More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1862 - Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer, conductor, and essayist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1921) 1901 - Adolph Rupp, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Div I Tournament 1948, 49, 51, 58; Uni of Kentucky; 5 × National Coach of the Year), born in Halstead, Kansas (d. 1977) 1912 - Johan Daisne [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism), born in Ghent, Belgian (d. 1978) 1918 - Martha Mitchell [nee Beall], wife of US Attorney General John Mitchell, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (d. 1976) 1973 - Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer (World C'ship SC gold x 8), born in Leeton, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1540 - Dawit II [Lebna Dengel], Emperor of Ethiopia (1508-40), assassinated at 43 or 44 1934 - (Alcide) "Yellow" Nunez, American New Orleans jazz clarinetist, dies of a heart attack at 50 1993 - John [Eoin] Higgins, Northern Ireland supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 2003 - Bruce Waibel, American touring and session rock bassist (Gregg Allman; Firehouse), takes his own life at 45 2006 - Willi Ninja [William Leake], American dancer and choreographer (Paris Is Burning), dies of AIDS-related heart failure at 45 More Famous Deaths »

1915 - The German ambassador to the US pledges again that German submarines will no longer sink liners without warning and providing safety of passengers and crew following the sinking of the British liner "Arabic" 1916 - US President Woodrow Wilson signs the Keating-Owen Act, banning interstate sales of goods made by child labor 1926 - Turkish Civil Code comes into effect, making civil marriage compulsory and legally required across the country 1955 - KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, Kansas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1961 - First Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1982 - Mexico President José López Portillo nationalizes banks 1989 - Chris Evert becomes the first player to win 100 matches in the US National/Open Tennis Championship by defeating Patricia Tarabini 6-2, 6-4 1999 - Former Pittsburgh Penguins star player Mario Lemieux is approved as new owner of the struggling franchise; Penguins become first club in pro sports history to be owned by a former member of the team More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1632 - Battle at Castelnaudary: Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses to French royalist forces loyal to Louis XIII 1647 - French cardinal Mazarin and the Duke of Modena sign a treaty against Milan 1898 - First forestry school in America opens at Biltmore Estate, North Carolina 1946 - Greece votes in referendum to maintain the monarchy with 68.4% of the vote in support 2012 - US drone strike kills five people in North Waziristan, Pakistan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1856 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian microbiologist and ecologist, made important discoveries of the nitrogen cycle in nature, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1953) 1931 - Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer ("King of the Road"), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1999) 1934 - Anatoly Yevtushenko, Ukrainian handball coach (Olympic gold USSR 1976, 88; silver 1980), born in Horlivka, Ukraine (d. 2026) 1952 - Phil Hendrie, American radio personality (The Phil Hendrie Show) and voice actor (The Unit, Rick and Morty, Futurama), born in Arcadia, California 1996 - Zendaya [Coleman], American actress (Spider-Man, Euphoria, Dune), singer and dancer, born in Oakland, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1780 - Reynier de Klerk, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1778-80), dies at 69 1981 - Albert Speer, German architect and Nazi leader (Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production), dies of a stroke at 76 1993 - Aleksey Vakhonin, Russian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR bantamweight 1964; World C'ship gold 1963, 64, 66), dies at 58 2006 - Sir Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b. 1918) 2007 - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak soccer goalkeeper (39 caps Czechoslovakia; Slovan Bratislava 240 games), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1909 - Swedish runner Thure Johansson runs world record marathon of 2:40:34.2 in Stockholm 1920 - Detroit radio station 8MK (now WWJ, 950AM) is the first to broadcast a news program on the air 1954 - WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, Maine (ABC) begins broadcasting 1965 - The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Aircraft makes its first flight 1979 - Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as US UN ambassador 1992 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland, Ohio, on WNCX 98.5 FM 1997 - "Gin Game" closes at Lyceum Theater in NYC after 144 performances 2019 - India removes citizenship status from 1.9 million people in state of Assam, leaving them off its new National Register of Citizens More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1778 - British forces kill 17 to 40 Stockbridge Indian fighters in Bronx during Revolution 1842 - US President John Tyler authorizes the establishment of the US Naval Observatory 1904 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier 10-8, 6-4, 9-7 for his lone major singles title 1935 - Russian miner Aleksey Stachanov digs 102 tons of coal in under 6 hours, using a jackhammer 1988 - Bomb attack destroys the Khotso House, the office of the South African Council of Churches More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1879 - Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, Russian composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1949) 1918 - Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipina composer (Filiasiana), concert pianist, and educator (Bayanihan Dance Company), born in San Fernando, Philippines (d. 2008) 1949 - Jim Fassel, American football coach (University of Utah 1985–89; New York Giants 1997-2003), born in Anaheim, California (d. 2021) 1959 - Tony DeFranco, Canadian pop singer (The DeFranco Family - "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat"), born in Port Colborne, Ontario 1984 - Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer (US Masters 2011), born in Johannesburg, Gauteng More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1616 - Gemignano Capilupi, Italian choral music composer, dies at 43 1654 - Ole Worm, Danish physician, dies at 66 1997 - Dodi Fayed, Egyptian businessman, died in a car crash in Paris with Diana, Princess of Wales,at 42 2007 - Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler, dies at 79 2015 - Colin Hope, British Industrialist (Turner and Newall), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1888 - Lord Walsingham kills 1,070 grouse in a single day 1922 - Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for the fifth time in 1922 1924 - The Rentenmark is replaced by the Reichsmark as legal tender in Germany, during Hans Luther's tenure as Minister of Finance. 1933 - Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar forms the secret police (PIDE) 1956 - White mob prevents enrollment of Black students at Mansfield High School, Texas 1966 - American medical drama series "Dr. Kildare," starring Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey, ends a five-season run on NBC-TV 1969 - Three-day Texas International Pop Festival opens in Lewisville, Texas, with 125,000 attendees, featuring performers such as Chicago Transit Authority, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Grand Funk Railroad, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin, Nazz, Sam and Dave, Sly and the Family Stone, and Johnny Winter 2006 - 63rd Venice Film Festival: "Still Life" directed by Jia Zhangke wins Golden Lion More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - Czechoslovakia forms an independent republic 1944 - 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769 attendees) 1972 - American women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Shirley Babashoff, Jane Barkman, Jenny Kemp, and Sandy Neilson beats East Germany by just 0.36 seconds to win gold at the Munich Olympics with a world record time of 3:55.19 2013 - Fifteen people are killed by a liquid ammonia leak at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, China 2019 - Co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has his Twitter account hacked; racist comments are posted in his name More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1914 - Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2001) 1923 - Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Glove), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016) 1939 - John Peel [Ravenscroft], British popular music radio presenter (BBC Radio 1, 1967-2004), born in Heswall, England (d. 2004) 1960 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient, born in Lincoln, Maine (d. 1993) 1996 - Trevor Jackson, American actor (Grown-ish), and RandB singer-songwriter ("Drop It"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1974 - Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87 1991 - Alan Wheatley, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies from a heart attack at 84 2007 - Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author and expert, dies at 65 2013 - Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri, Persian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, 1976-88; introduced opera surtitles, 1983; San Francisco Opera, 1988-2001), dies at 84 2022 - Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-91), dies after an unspecified long and grave illness at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1932 - United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops 1954 - San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens 1964 - James Baldwin's stage drama "Blues for Mister Charlie," directed by Burgess Meredith, closes at the ANTA Playhouse in NYC after 148 performances 1969 - Joe Pepitone quits NY Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench 1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany 1987 - 44th Venice Film Festival: "Au revoir les enfants" ("Goodbye, Children"), directed by Louis Malle, wins Golden Lion 2004 - 21st MTV Video Music Awards: OutKast, Beyoncé, and Usher, featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, win 2018 - Germany returns the human remains of Namibian Herero and Nama people killed during the 1904-08 genocide at a church service in Berlin More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1540 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V deprives the city Ghent of its definitive rights and privileges 1822 - Domitila de Castro meets her long-term lover Dom Pedro I, then Prince of Portugal and later Emperor of Brazil, for the first time in São Paulo 1906 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: William Clothier beats defending champion Beals Wright 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 1992 - Largest wrestling crowd outside the US: 75,000 at Wembley Stadium, London 2007 - 64th Venice Film Festival: "Lust, Caution" directed by Ang Lee wins Golden Lion More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1899 - George Macready, American actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1973) 1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family), born in New York City (d. 2004) 1920 - Joseph Lesniewski, American Easy Company, soldier in 101st Airborne, born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2012) 1968 - Darren Joseph, Canadian football fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Ottawa, Canada 1989 - Charlotte Richie, English actress (Call the Midwives; Ghosts; You) and singer, born in Clapham, London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1940 - Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, dies at 77 1973 - Stringer Davis, English actress (Mouse on the Moon; Miranda), dies at about 77 1980 - Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, French politician and Nazi collaborator (anti-Semite minister in WWII Vichy government), dies at 92 1983 - William Goyen, American writer, dies at 68 2021 - Ed Asner, American Emmy Award-winning actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Mr. Grant"; Lou Grant, Roots; Up), and activist, dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1907 - United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington 1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York 1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic National Convention 1970 - "I'll Be There" single by The Jackson 5 is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1970) 2011 - 28th MTV Video Music Awards: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber win 2016 - Canadian Open Women's Golf at Priddis Green Country Club: Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand wins by four strokes over Kim Sei-young of South Korea 2017 - North Korea launches a missile that flies over Japan, and the country's J-Alert warning system warns people to take cover 2018 - Chinese ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing issues a public apology after a second Hitch passenger is killed within three months More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1913 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands opens the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, an international law administrative building housing the Permanent Court of Arbitration 1967 - Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make a 190-run stand for the 9th wicket against England 1977 - NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 batters in 1-0 win over Texas Rangers 2009 - Noel Gallagher, the guitarist of the British pop-rock band Oasis, quits the band, citing an inability to be with his brother Liam 2017 - North Korea launches a missile that flies over Japan, and the country's J-Alert warning system warns people to take cover More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1828 - William Alexander Hammond, American military physician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Annapolis, Maryland (d. 1900) 1892 - Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher, American architect (Parkway House), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1975) 1915 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator (BBC Radio), born in Dacca, Bengal (d. 2009) 1966 - Jerry Fehily, Irish drummer (Hothouse Flowers - "Don't Go"; "Thing Of Beauty"), born in Cork, Ireland 1970 - Rick Recht, Jewish-American rock singer-songwriter ("Tear Down The Walls"), born in St. Louis, Missouri More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1798 - James Wilson, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, dies at 55 1927 - Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, executed as a political prisoner at 37 1937 - Frederick Burr Opper, American pioneering cartoonist (Happy Hooligan), dies at 80 2013 - Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79 2025 - Randy Boone, American actor (Cimarron Strip, The Virginian), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1569 - Pope Pius V names Cosimo I de'Medici, Duke of Florence as Grand Duke of Tuscany 1626 - Battle of Lutter: Catholic League defeats Danish King Christian IV 1928 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Helen Wills defeats fellow American Helen Jacobs 6–2, 6–1 for her 5th of 7 US singles crowns 1934 - Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, and Yip Harburg's musical "Life Begins at 8:40," starring Ray Bolger and Luella Gear, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, and runs for 237 performances 1950 - First transmission of a TV program from continental Europe airs on the BBC 1960 - Anita Lonsbrough swims a 200 m breaststroke world and Olympic record of 2:49.5 1972 - The Grateful Dead holds a benefit concert for the Springfield Creamery (a yogurt company owned by writer Ken Kesey's brother) at the Old Renaissance Faire Grounds in Veneta, Oregon 1984 - The USSR performs an underground nuclear test More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1628 - Java: Sultan Agung of Mataram attacks Batavia 1914 - US war reporter Richard H. Davis visits Leuven in Belgium 1955 - Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds as both teams combine for a record 23 strikeouts 1961 - Francis the Talking Mule is a mystery guest on "What's My Line" 1965 - The Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley at his Los Angeles, California, home More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1896 - Leon Theremin, Russian-Soviet electronic musical instruments inventor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1993) 1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US President (Democrat: 1963-69), born in Stonewall, Texas (d. 1973) 1930 - John Daly, British trade union leader (National and Local Government Officers' Association (NALGO)), born in Clerkenwell, England (d. 1999) 1947 - Barbara Bach [Goldbach], American actress (The Spy Who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone), born in Queens, New York 1973 - Dietmar Hamann, German soccer midfielder (59 caps; Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, Manchester City), born in Waldsassen, Germany More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1981 - Joan Edwards, American pop singer on radio (Your Hit Parade) and television (Joan Edwards Show), dies of a heart attack at 62 2008 - Del Martin [Dorothy Taliaferro], American lesbian activist who was part of the first legal same-sex marriage in California, dies at 87 2010 - Corinne Day, British fashion photographer known for shooting Face magazine's "3rd Summer of Love" cover, dies of cancer at 48 2015 - George Cleve, Austrian-American conductor (Winnipeg Symphony, 1968-70; San Jose Symphony, 1972-92; San Francisco Midsummer Mozart Festival, 1974-2015), dies of liver failure at 79 2025 - (Randall) "Duke" Cunningham, American Navy fighter pilot (Vietnam) and Republican politician (US Representative from California, 1991-2005) who was convicted of accepting bribes, dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1691 - Charles Perrault's poem "The Marquise of Salusses or the Patience of Griselidis" is read aloud at the French Academy and later attached to his "Tales of Mother Goose" (1697) 1937 - General Franco's Nationalist troops conquer Santander during the Spanish Civil War 1956 - Yankees announce the purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from Kansas City 1967 - Dutch Second Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam 1977 - Ian Dury releases the single "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" 2004 - An American 1-2-3 in the 200 m medals at the Athens Olympics; Shawn Crawford wins gold in 19.79 ahead of Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin 2011 - The 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA 2015 - WDBJ TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward are fatally shot live on TV by an ex-colleague in Moneta, Virginia More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1903 - Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game 1990 - Two murdered college students are found in Gainesville, Florida 2013 - All 25,000 applicants to the University of Liberia fail their university entrance examination 2020 - At least 100 people are killed in flash floods in the city of Charikar, Afghanistan, with 500 houses destroyed 2025 - American pop superstar Taylor Swift (35) and American NFL football player Travis Kelce (35) reveal their marriage engagement in social media post, garnering 1.2 million 'likes' in under 10 minutes More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1808 - Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Claiborne County, Mississippi (d. 1882) 1908 - Walter Bruno Henning, German scholar and linguist specializing in Iranian languages, born in Ragnit, East Prussia, German Empire (d. 1967) 1941 - Barbet Schroeder, Iranian-Swiss director (Barfly, Single White Female, More), born in Tehran, Iran 1962 - Bob Mionske, American cyclist and attorney, born in Evanston and Illinois 1977 - Saeko Chiba, Japanese singer and voice actor (Chrono Crusade, Code Geass), born in Tokyo, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1849 - Jacques- Féréol Mazas, French composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 66 1863 - John Bz. Floyd, American Governor (Virginia), Secretary of War (1857-60) and Confederate general, dies of failing health at 57 1937 - Andrew Mellon, American banker (Mellon Bank), industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32), dies at 82 2007 - Roy McLean, South African cricket batsman (40 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 142; Natal), dies at 77 2023 - John Kezdy, American punk-rock guitarist and singer (The Effigies), and later prosecuting attorney, dies from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash at 64 More Famous Deaths »