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Historical Events 1940 - Admiral Johannes Furstner, Royal Dutch Navy, departs to England 1957 - Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town" opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 432 performances 1972 - In Willie Mays' 1st game as New York Met, his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 (his former team of over 20 years), at Shea Stadium, New York 1987 - Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000 1997 - Baseball's Executive Council suspends NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for his suing other team owners 2020 - Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 300,000 with 4.4 million confirmed infections More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1316 - Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355-78), born in Prague (d. 1378) 1895 - Renato Lunelli, composer Italian organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Trent, Austria-Hungary (now Trento, Italy) (d. 1967) 1899 - Earle Combs, American Baseball HOF center fielder (9 × World Series 1927, 28, 32, 36–39, 41, 43; New York Yankees), born in Richmond, Kentucky (d. 1976) 1928 - Will "Dub" Jones, American bass singer (The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2000) 1973 - Voshon Lenard, NBA guard (Miami Heat) 1997 - Jennifer Kupcho, American golfer (Chevron Championship 2022; Evian Championship 2019 runner-up), born in Littleton, Colorado More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 649 - Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies 1873 - Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) 1966 - Megan Lloyd George, English politician (1st female MP for Welsh - Carmarthen), dies at 64 1977 - Robert Maynard Hutchins, American educational philosopher (University of Chicago), dies at 78 1991 - Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies 2009 - Bob Rosburg, American golfer, broadcaster (PGA Championship 1959), dies of head injuries from a fall at 82 More Famous Deaths »

641 - Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon 1364 - Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven 1877 - Caesar Franck's symphonic poem "Lesson Eolides" premieres 1946 - US sentences 58 camp guards of Mauthausen concentration camp to death 1949 - 1st British-produced jet bomber, the Canberra, makes its 1st test flight 1975 - "Rodgers and Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances 1982 - Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy 1996 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. 2018 - China's first domestically built aircraft carrier begins sea trials in Dalian, China 2023 - 67th Eurovision Song Contest: Loreen wins for Sweden, for the second time, singing "Tattoo", in Liverpool, England, hosting on behalf of Ukraine More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1638 - Construction of the Red Fort begins at Shahjahanabad, Mughal Empire (now Dehli, India) 1890 - 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75 1917 - 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal 1966 - The Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black" in the UK 1973 - "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances 2000 - In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1929 - Creed Taylor, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and bossa nova record producer (Stan Getz; Wes Montgomery), and label founder (Impluse!; CTI Records), born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 2022) 1937 - Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist (The Hockey Sweater), born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec 1939 - Hildrun Laufer-Claus, German long jumper, born in Dresden, Germany 1949 - Franklyn Ajaye, American comedian and actor (Car Wash, The Jazz Singer, Bridesmaids), born in Brooklyn, New York 1966 - Alison Goldfrapp, English singer-songwriter (Seventh Tree), born in London 1983 - Timnit Gebru, Eritrean-Ethiopian computer scientist (Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute), born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1312 - Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) 1951 - Marianne Philips, Dutch author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 1975 - Vladislav Zolotaryov, Soviet Russian bayanist (button accordion player), and composer (Six Children's Suites), takes his own life at 53 1984 - Stanislaw Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project, H-bomb), dies at 75 1985 - Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91 2009 - Frank Aletter, American character actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy), dies of lung cancer at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1534 - German Duchy of Wurttemberg becomes Lutheran under Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg 1864 - Battle of Spotsylvania, fought near Courthouse, Virginia (Overland Campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War) 1919 - New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day 1948 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates due to ill health 1953 - KUHT TV channel 8 (PBS) in Houston, TX, begins broadcasting 1967 - 20th Cannes Film Festival: "Blowup" directed by Michelangelo Antonioni wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film 1972 - Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13) 1976 - 20th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Saint-Etienne 1-0 at Glasgow 1995 - Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves 2001 - 46th Eurovision Song Contest: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL for Estonia wins singing "Everybody" in Copenhagen More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1525 - Battle at Biblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttemberg farmers 1789 - William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice 1911 - 1st Inter-Empire Championships open in London 1942 - Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 1952 - Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur 2008 - Wenchuan earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 87,000, injuring 374,643 and leaving homeless between 4.8 million and 11 million people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1496 - Gustav I, King of Sweden (1523-60) who abolished Sweden's elective monarchy, born in Rydboholm Castle, Sweden (d. 1560) 1806 - Amos Beebe Eaton, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Catskill, New York (d. 1877) 1923 - Hector Laing, English biscuit manufacturer (McVitie and Price), pilot and Director of the Bank of England (d. 2010) 1938 - Millie Perkins, American actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting), born in Passaic, New Jersey 1948 - Steve Winwood, English singer, songwriter and musician (Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'"; Traffic - "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys"; solo - 'Higher Love"; "While You See A Chance"), born in Birmingham, England 1966 - Rafael Bournigal, Dominican infielder (Oakland A's), born in Azua, Dominican Republic More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1878 - Catherine Beecher, American educator (championed higher education for women), dies at 77 1909 - Bertha Townsend, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1888-89), dies at 40 1935 - Józef Piłsudski, Father of the Second Polish Republic who served as its Chief of State (1918-22), Marshall of Poland and later its de facto leader (1926-35), dies at 67 1963 - Stanisław Wiechowicz, Polish composer, dies at 69 1998 - Hermann Lenz, German writer (Swabian Chronicles), dies at 75 2001 - Alexei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1925) More Famous Deaths »

1310 - Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics 1911 - The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty 1926 - Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1950 - Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die 1968 - Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor-Danforth Line, going to Scarborough in the east, Etobicoke in the west 1970 - Henry Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, North Carolina. 1988 - France performs nuclear test 1991 - NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2 2015 - Record price for a work of art at auction: Picasso's The Women of Algiers (Version ‘O’) sells for US$179.3 million at Christies in New York 2018 - Mass murder-suicide in Margaret River, Australia, grandfather shoots six members of his family and himself More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1887 - 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.25 1927 - England's football team beat Belgium 9-1 1956 - Pinky Lee Show last airs on NBC-TV 1975 - Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market 2013 - English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (86,254): Wigan Athletic upsets Manchester City, 1-0; Ben Watson scores 90+1' winner 2022 - First ever US government report into Indian boarding school deaths released (not complete), documents more than 500 deaths across 400 schools and 50 gravesites over 150 years More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1731 - Johann Gottfried Seyfert, German composer and violinist, born in Augsburg, Electorate of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1772) 1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) 1954 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster 1967 - Eric Young, infielder (Colorado Rockies), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey 1987 - Louis Murphy, American college football player 1997 - Coi Leray [Collins], American rapper (No More Parties), born in Boston, Massachusetts More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1778 - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68) known as the `Great Commoner', dies at 69 1881 - Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 1907 - John Albert Delany, Australian composer, dies at 54 1916 - Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect), dies on the Eastern front at 42, mere months after working out a solution to Einstein's Theory of Relativity 2019 - Harold Lederman, American boxing judge and analyst (HBO), dies of cancer at 79 2022 - Henk Groot, Dutch soccer attacking midfielder/forward (39 caps; Ajax, Feyenoord), dies at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1559 - Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen mother Mary 1775 - American Revolution: Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga, New York 1913 - Yanks commit 8 errors and still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings 1932 - Government declares "Wilhelmus" as the Netherlands' national anthem 1933 - Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms 1936 - Manuel Azaña elected the second President of the Spanish Republic 1941 - 66th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Whirlaway, 2nd leg of successful Triple Crown 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 - 27th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1 2021 - NBC says it will not televise the 2022 Golden Globes because of criticism of its lack of diversity More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1676 - Bacon's Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government 1905 - 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75 1915 - Canadian physician Cluny Macpherson first presents his gas mask invention to the British War Office 1993 - Bill Walton is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1994 - Barbra Streisand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years, at the Capitol Centre in Landover, Maryland (after "warm-up" shows in Las Vegas and London) 2003 - The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1705 - Gallus Zeiler, German composer, born in Kempten (d. 1755) 1760 - Johann Peter Hebel, German writer (Allemannische Gedichte), born in Basel (d. 1826) 1951 - Steve Gunderson, American politician (Rep-R-WI, 1981-97), born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1969 - Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch football player (Ajax; Netherlands), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1970 - Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter (The Hunchback of San Francisco), born in Sligo, Ireland 1981 - Katori Hall, American playwright and actress (The Hot Wing King), born in Memphis, Tennessee More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1691 - Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615) 1891 - Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss botanist (famous for his work on plant cells), dies at 74 1995 - Jimmy Raney, American jazz guitarist, dies at 67 2010 - Frank Frazetta [Frazzetta], American fantasy illustrator of comic book, paperback, album cover art, dies of a stroke at 82 2020 - John Teerlinck, American NFL defensive end (SD Chargers) and coach (annual award for NFL best defensive line coach named after him), dies at 69 2021 - Néstor Montelongo, Uruguayan soccer utility (36 caps; Montevideo Wanderers, Peñarol, Nacional, Racing), dies at 66 More Famous Deaths »

1901 - Cleveland's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2 1914 - J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets. 1916 - Disastrous wind-blown fire in Ellendale, North Dakota destroys three blocks of businesses, a church, and 21 homes 1945 - Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1958 - "Vertigo", American film noir psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, is released 1974 - US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment 1980 - 35 motorists die when roadway collapses after Liberian freighter 'Summit Venture' rams Sunshine Skyway Bridge, during a squall (Tampa Bay, Florida) 1992 - America Cup finals begin in San Diego 1992 - Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial dedicated in Danvers (formally Salem Village) to mark 300 year anniversary of trials 2018 - Walmart takes a majority stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart for 16 billion More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1967 - 1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1980 - 35 motorists die when roadway collapses after Liberian freighter 'Summit Venture' rams Sunshine Skyway Bridge, during a squall (Tampa Bay, Florida) 1988 - Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms 1993 - Paraguay holds its first presidential and parliamentary elections in 50 years 1997 - San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones 2016 - Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippine presidential election, promising war on drug trade and killing of criminals More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1796 - August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), born in Benningen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 1845) 1850 - Edward Weston, English-born American electrical engineer who invented the portable voltmeter, born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1936) 1888 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director, born in Stockholm (d. 1964) 1922 - Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark), born in Blackheath, London (d. 2011) 1975 - Tamia [Washington], Canadian RandB, hiphop, and pop singer, born in Windsor, Ontario 1980 - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1791 - Francis Hopkinson, American judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, author, flag designer (first American flag), and composer (The Battle of the Kegs), dies from an apoplectic seizure at 53 1958 - Bill Goodwin, American television announcer (Jolson Story, Burns and Allen), dies at 47 1968 - Harold Gray, American comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74 1970 - Percy Brier, Australian composer, dies at 84 1986 - Dirk de Vroome, Dutch campaigner and Limbourg activist, dies at 60 2011 - Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist, dies at 26 More Famous Deaths »

1885 - Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge in Bristol, England 1942 - German summer offensive opens in Crimea 1946 - Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial that preceded the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn 1954 - 1st shot-put throw over 60' (18.29 m) by American Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, California 1957 - South Vietnamese President, Ngô Đình Diệm, arrives in the United States on a state visit 1967 - The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental 1970 - Beatles release 12th, and final, studio album, "Let It Be", in conjunction with the film of the same name 1971 - Courtney, Courtney, and Link's musical "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, after 5 performances 1994 - Jose Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica 2022 - US first lady Jill Biden visits Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska at a school in Uzhhorod, Ukraine More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1899 - The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens 1902 - Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors 1926 - A. Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1949 - West German constitution approved 1996 - Paris Saint-Germain of France win 36th European Cup Winner's Cup against Rapid Wien of Austria 1-0 in Brussels 1996 - South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1460 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1486-1536), born in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1536) 1919 - Mordecai Anielewicz, Jewish commander of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, born in Wyszków, Second Polish Republic (d. 1943) 1930 - Doug Atkins, American College/Pro Football HOF defensive end (Uni of Tennessee; NFL C'ship 1954, 63; First-team All-Pro 1963; 8×Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, NO Saints), born in Humbolt Tennessee (d. 2015) 1934 - Leonard Hoffmann, South African-British high court judge, born in Cape Town, South Africa 1937 - Dennis DeConcini, American politician (Sen-D-AZ, 1977-95), born in Tucson, Arizona 1967 - James Hurt, American jazz pianist, and composer (Dark Grooves – Mystical Rhythms), born in Memphis, Tennessee More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1672 - Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) 1976 - Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (US Open 1908), dies at 94 1979 - Talcott Parsons, American sociologist, dies at 76 1988 - Robert A. Heinlein, American sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80 2000 - Karl-Rudi Griesbach, German composer, dies at 83 2018 - James Scott, American boxer and felon, dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1660 - Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni 1756 - Burmese King Alaungphaya sends his Golden Letter on rolled gold to King George II of Great Britain detailing trade proposals 1862 - Much of Enschede, Netherlands, destroyed by fire 1969 - 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1 1995 - Revival of Budd Schulberg's stage drama "On the Waterfront", adapted from his screenplay for the 1954 film, closes at the Atkinson Theater, NYC, after 8 performances 2002 - A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. 2012 - Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth 2015 - British General Elections: Conservative Party win outright majority and David Cameron returns as Prime Minister 2021 - Former police officer and suspected serial killer Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chávez arrested in Chalchuapa, El Salvador, after a mass grave of 15-40 bodies found at his house 2023 - Syria is readmitted into the influential Arab League, more than ten year after being thrown out for repressing pro-democracy protesters More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1867 - Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in England, the first of three patents he would receive for the explosive material 1907 - Central American Court of Justice inaugurated in San Jose, Costa Rica - first standing tribunal for International Law in the world 1913 - Plot by English suffragettes to blow up part of St Paul's cathedral thwarted when the bomb is discovered 1954 - French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu 1955 - USSR signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain 1995 - Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1855 - Willie Fernie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1883), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland (d. 1924) 1890 - Billy House, American actor (Imitation of Life; Bedlam: The Egg and I), born in Mankato, Minnesota (d. 1961) 1909 - Edwin Land, American inventor of instant photography and co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1991) 1931 - Gene Wolfe, American sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete), born in New York City 1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, born near Malishevë, Kosovo (d. 2020) 1971 - Dave Karpa, Canadian NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Regina, Saskatchewan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 973 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 1667 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist, singer, and composer, dies at 50 1998 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924) 2018 - Mikhail German, Russian writer, dies at 85 2020 - John Macurdy, American operatic bass (Met Opera), dies at 91 2021 - Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician (ally then challenger to Gorbachev), dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

1864 - Battle of Port Walthall Junction, fought in Virginia begins (Battle of Port Walthall Junction), Union victory (US Civil War) 1913 - King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, northern Albania 1916 - Belgian troops march into Kigali, German East Africa 1933 - 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8 1966 - Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7 1974 - Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore 1974 - Oakland A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Baltimore, ending his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games 1974 - Smallest attendance at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium (4,149) 1986 - France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll 1991 - Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees More Historical Events »

Historical Events 878 - Battle of Edington: Alfred the Great and his West Saxon army defeat Viking army of Guthrum the Old [earliest possible date] 1541 - King Henry VIII orders a bible in English be placed in every church in England 1907 - 33rd Kentucky Derby: In muddy conditions and against a reduced field Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in a slow 2:12.6 1935 - British King George V and Queen Mary celebrate silver jubilee 1967 - 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania 1975 - Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1638 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, English politician and First Lord of the British Admiralty, born in Hadham Parva, Hertfordshire (d. 1696) 1926 - Johnny Bragg, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (The Prisonaires - "Just Walkin' in the Rain"), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2004) 1951 - Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990) 1956 - Tim Simpson, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles, born in Atlanta, Georgia 1970 - Emerson Martin, NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers) 1977 - Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1836 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, English clergyman and composer (Selection of Sacred Music), dies at 78 1840 - Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792) 1890 - Hubert Léonard, Belgian violinist, and pedagogue (Brussels Conservatoire, 1848-67), dies at 71 1995 - Hilda Toledano [Maria Pia de Braganca], Portuguese journalist and writer who claimed to be the bastard daughter of King Carlos I of Portugal, dies at 88 2004 - Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher and founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven), dies at 91 2013 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister, dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1640 - English Short Parliament rises 1854 - British Commodore James Plumridge attacks Finnish settlements in Gulf of Bothnia, killing civilans and destroying British-owned goods. 1900 - "The Billboard" began weekly publication 1925 - Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak 1940 - Norwegian government-in-exile forms in London 1966 - Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Montreal Canadiens earn back-to-back titles; beat Detroit Red Wings, 3-2 in OT for a 4-2 series victory 1987 - Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East 1994 - North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen 2015 - "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016) 2021 - A week of mass protests and demonstrations against government tax reform and poverty in Colombia leaves 24 dead More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1854 - British Commodore James Plumridge attacks Finnish settlements in Gulf of Bothnia, killing civilans and destroying British-owned goods. 1864 - Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) 1955 - West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers 1979 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting 2002 - Jacques Chirac wins the French Presidential election for a second term defeating Jean-Marie Le Pen leader of the far-right National Front 2015 - "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1749 - Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1794) 1854 - Antonio Smareglia, Italian composer, born in Pola, Austrian Empire (now Pula, Croatia) (d. 1929) 1911 - Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 and 19), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1996) 1938 - Michael Murphy, American actor (McCabe and Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman), born in Los Angeles, California 1972 - Ronald Snook, Australian rower (Olympics bronze 1996), born in Dalwallinu, Western Australia 1977 - Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress (Sweet Buns), born in Seoul, South Korea More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1582 - Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies 1947 - Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player, dies at 30 1957 - Mikhail Gnesin, Russian composer (Vrubel; The Youth Of Abraham), dies at 74 1992 - Dick Yarmy, American character actor (Get Smart; Kentucky Fried Movie; Mork and Mindy), dies of lung cancer at 58 2011 - Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story: Gypsy), and screenwriter (Rope; Anastasia), dies at 93 2023 - Terry Lewis, Australian disgraced police officer (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, 1976-87), and convict (corruption, forgery), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1783 - William Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus 1858 - War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz 1866 - Woodward's Gardens opens to the public in San Francisco 1931 - Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president 1964 - Pulitzer prize for General Non-Fiction awarded to Richard Hofstadter for "Anti-intellectualism" 1970 - Pulitzer prize for General Non-Fiction awarded to Erik H. Erikson for "Gandhi's Truth" 1972 - "The Don't Make A Wave Committee," a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to the "Greenpeace Foundation" 1973 - Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK 1990 - Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence 2013 - Harper Lee files a lawsuit against a literary agent over the copyright of "To Kill a Mockingbird" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1471 - Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV returns to his throne, restoring political stability to England until his death in 1483 1776 - Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain 1859 - The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England. 1866 - Woodward's Gardens opens to the public in San Francisco 1917 - A flotilla of US destroyer ships arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying ships to England 1970 - National Guard kills 4 student anti-war protesters at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1915) 1923 - Eric Sykes, British radio, stage and television comedy writer, actor and director (Goon Show; Sykes and A...), born in Oldham, Lancahsire, England (d. 2012) 1926 - Gerlind Reinshagen, German writer, born in Konigsberg, Germany 1949 - John Force, American drag racer (16 NHRA Championships), born in Bell Gardens, California 1954 - Julie Budd, American singer ("Child of Plenty"), born in Brooklyn, New York 1992 - Courtney Jines, American actress (Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over), born in Fairfax, Virginia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1937 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian guitrist, mandolin player, and songwriter, dies of tuberculosis at 26 1961 - Anita Stewart, American silent film actress (South of Hell Mountain), producer, and mystery novelist, dies of a heart attack at 66 1980 - Kay Hammond, British actress (Blithe Spirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies at 71 2009 - Jane Randolph, American actress (Cat People, Railroaded!), dies of complications after hip surgery at 93 2018 - Edwin G. Burrows, American historian and professor, dies at 74 2022 - Gerhard Mans, Namibian rugby union utility back (27 Tests; Orange Free State RFU, South West Africa RFU), dies at 60 More Famous Deaths »

1822 - Society for the Propagation of the Faith founded in Lyon, France 1921 - Northern Ireland is created under the UK Government of Ireland Act partitioning off six north eastern counties with a Protestant majority 1943 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair for his novel "Dragon's Teeth" about the Nazi rise to power 1946 - International military tribunal in Tokyo begins 1959 - Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader 1965 - KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast 1967 - African American students seize finance building at Northwestern University 1973 - Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 m), tops out 1980 - 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02 1997 - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 738 - Maya ruler 18 Rabbit of Copán is captured and beheaded by ruler Cauac Sky from the rival city of Quiriguá 1910 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1921 - West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax 1926 - US Marines land in Nicaragua (9 months after leaving), stay until 1933 1928 - Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China 1997 - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, born in Herford, Germany (d. 1736) 1924 - Tom O'Horgan, American musical theater director (Hair; Jesus Christ Superstar), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009) 1944 - Pete Staples, British rock bassist (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), born in Andover, Hampshire, England 1970 - Ted Crowley, American hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994), born in Concord, Massachusetts 1977 - Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail, born in Nagano, Japan 1977 - Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player, born in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1841 - Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance the Navy and Colonies, dies at 74 1955 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer, dies at 64 1976 - Ernie Nevers, American College, Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback, coach (Stanford, Chicago Cardinals), dies of heart and kidney ailments at 72 1991 - Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907) 2018 - Alfonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician and opposition leader (RENAMO), dies of a heart attack at 65 2023 - Linda Lewis [Fredericks], British pop-rock-soul singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo"), dies at 72 More Famous Deaths »

1345 - "Quaden Maendach" in Ghent: battles between fullers and weavers 1536 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, is arrested and taken to the Tower of London 1703 - Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant 1783 - Architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant is promoted by brevet to Major of Engineers in recognition of his service to American liberty 1917 - Cin Fred Tooney and Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0 1926 - US military intervenes in Nicaragua 1967 - Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Terry Sawchuk makes 40 saves as Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1 in Game 6 to take title, 4-2 1968 - Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony premiers in New York City with William Steinberg conducting the New York Philharmonic 1972 - 126 killed in an electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine, Kellogg, Idaho 2018 - E. coli outbreak linked to Romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, reports the first fatality with 121 cases across 25 US states More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1936 - Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia 1960 - Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance (New York City) 1984 - New York Yankees Don Mattingly's single breaks up Chicago White Sox pitcher Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid, at Comiskey Park 1987 - 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4 1992 - Allen Toussaint's musical revue "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 13 performances 1995 - Serbian missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1901 - Willi Bredel, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1964) 1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, American actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1979) 1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2005) 1929 - Edward Levy, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002) 1945 - Bianca Jagger [Blanca Pérez-Mora Macías], Nicaraguan model and socialite who married Mike Jagger, born in Managua, Nicaragua 1950 - Randy Colley (Moondog Rex), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), born in Alexander City, Alabama (d. 2019) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1250 - Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered 1985 - Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85 1991 - Leib Lensky, dies at 82 2009 - Marilyn French, American author (The Women's Room), dies at 79 2018 - Bill Torrey, Canadian ice hockey executive (New York Islanders, Florida Panthers), dies at 83 2018 - Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »