CoM Moderators

Historical Events 1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard 1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia 1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time 1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic 1987 - Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) 1999 - 103rd Boston Marathon: Joseph Chebet of Kenya takes men's title in 2:09:52; 3-peat for Fatuma Roba of Ethiopia in women's race in 2:23:25 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1939 - Ellen Weston, American actress (Betty-SWAT), born in New York City 1944 - James Heckman, American economist (Nobel Prize 2000), born in Chicago, Illinois 1953 - Sara Simeoni, Italian high jumper (Olympic gold 1980), born in Rivoli Veronese, Italy 1962 - Al Unser Jr., American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1992, 94), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico 1978 - James Franco, American actor (The Disaster Artist), born in Palo Alto, California 1987 - Courtland Mead, American actor (Dragonworld), born in Mission Viejo, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1529 - John Cuspinianus [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 1906 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player (1st Wimbledon singles champion 1877), dies at 56 1945 - J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed 1956 - Ernst Robert Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70 1975 - Percy Lavon Julian, African American chemist who received 130 patents, pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, dies at 76 2005 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (Another Thin Man), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies (US Civil War) 1881 - Natural History Museum opens in South Kensington, England 1904 - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring in 2:38:04.4 1916 - Edith Wharton is appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest award, for her contribution to the war effort 1939 - Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey 1942 - "Stars and Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts 1945 - 1 armed outfielder, St Louis Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 1955 - 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1958 - A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum. 2017 - British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a "snap" election More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1924 - 1st crossword puzzle book published by Simon and Schuster 1938 - 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson in 2:35:34.8; his second victory in the event 1946 - Rome, Auerbach and Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater, NYC; runs for 734 performances 1946 - Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals 1983 - KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) 1984 - Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1842 - Antero Tarquínio de Quental, Portuguese poet (Beatrice), born in Ponta Delgada, Portugal (d. 1891) 1888 - Arnold Lunn, British skier (created the modern Alpine slalom race), born in Madras, India (d. 1974) 1946 - (Alexander) "Skip" Spence, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (Moby Grape - "Omaha"), born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada 1963 - Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor (Will and Grace), born in Toronto, Ontario 1970 - Rico Brogna, American MLB baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Turners Falls, Massachusetts 1988 - Vanessa Kirby, English actress (Princess Margaret in The Crown), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1610 - Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure), dies at 63 1845 - Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Swiss chemist, dies at 77 1882 - Henry Cole, English inventor and civil servant, 1st director of the VandA Museum, promoter of 1851 Great Exhibition, dies at 73 1976 - Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, dies at 65 1985 - Gertrude Caton-Thompson, English archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia), dies at 97 1990 - Robert D Webb, American director and actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1711 - Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I 1758 - Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems 1797 - Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, one of the largest invasions of Spanish territories in America 1860 - Champion of England Tom Sayers and American John Heenan fight out brutal 2 hour, 27 minute draw near Farnborough, England; police stop fight acknowledged as first world title bout 1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Abraham' Lincoln's assassination 1875 - Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a bored British officer in Jabalpur, India 1969 - People's Democracy activist Bernadette Devlin becomes the youngest woman Member of Parliament ever elected to Westminster at 21 years old 1979 - Four Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army van bomb in Bessbrook, County Armagh; the bomb is believed to be the largest PIRA bomb used up to that point 1979 - Brian Clark's stage drama "Whose Life is it Anyway?" starring Tom Conti and Phillip Bosco, and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, opens at the Trafalgar Theatre, NYC; runs for 223 performances, winning Conti a Tony Award 1983 - 1st National Coin Week begins More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1961 - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39; his 2nd event title 1967 - Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti beats American Emile Griffith in a 15 round points decision to win world middleweight crown at Madison Square Garden; start of famous trilogy of fights between the pair 1969 - Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0 1969 - The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert, at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California 1979 - Four Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army van bomb in Bessbrook, County Armagh; the bomb is believed to be the largest PIRA bomb used up to that point 1981 - New York Islander Dennis Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals vs Edmonton Oilers tie NHL record More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1865 - Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint and foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, born in Loosdorf, Austrian Empire (d. 1939) 1912 - Isador Caplan, British lawyer and Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, born in Blackpool, England (d. 1995) 1914 - George Davis, American art director (20th Century Fox), born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 1984) 1961 - Frank J. Christensen, American labor leader, born in Chicago, Illinois 1970 - Redman [Reginald Noble], American rapper, born in Newark, New Jersey 1983 - Stanislav Chistov, Russian ice hockey player, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1962 - Louise Fazenda, American vaudeville, and silent and sound screen actress (Mack Sennett comedies), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66 1971 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician, dies at 67 1974 - Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose 1997 - Allan Francovich, American documentarian 2013 - Deanna Durbin [Edna Mae Durbin], Canadian actress and vocalist (Every Sunday, Three Smart Girls, 100 Men and a Girl), dies at 91 2021 - Fred Arbanas, American football tight end (All-AFL 1962–67; Super Bowl 1970; Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1849 - Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le prophète" premieres in Paris 1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy in 2:28:37.2 1943 - 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands (85 killed) 1948 - Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris 1962 - 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48; second straight win and 3rd title overall 1962 - Brazil nationalizes US businesses 1975 - Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh 1992 - NY Rangers win team record 50th game 1994 - Circus performers Marissa Young (24) and Matt Richardson (21) wed 2020 - New study claims a multi-decade megadrought is already under way in the western US, published in journal "Science" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1949 - Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: 3-peat for Toronto Maple Leafs as they beat Detroit Red Wings, 3-1 for a 4 game series sweep 1972 - Two British soldiers are shot dead by the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) in separate incidents in Derry 1987 - British Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London charged with gross indecency 2003 - Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union 2018 - Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper and non-classical or jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music with his album "Damn" 2020 - 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment in 4 weeks (5.2 million in the last week), wiping out 9 1/2 years of job gains More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1927 - Peter Mark Richman, American actor (Andrew-Dynasty), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1948 - Robert Kirby, British music arranger (Nick Drake), born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire (d. 2009) 1963 - Hu Na, Chinese tennis star, born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China 1979 - Sixto Peralta, Argentine footballer, born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina 1984 - Claire Foy, English actress (The Crown), born in Stockport, England 1994 - Midori Francis, American actress (Dash and Lily), born in Lakewood, New Jersey) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1090 - Sikelgaita, Lombard princess, wife of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, who often went into battle, armed, dies at about 50 1915 - Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, dies at 73 1981 - Eric Hollies, English cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 44 wickets; dismissed Donald Bradman for 0 in his final Test innings), dies at 68 1991 - David Lean, English film director (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Ryan's Daughter), dies of pneumonia at 83 2010 - Daryl Gates, LAPD Chief, dies at 83 2023 - Eddie Colquhoun, Scottish soccer centre back (11 caps; Sheffield United 363 games), dies at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1450 - Battle of Formigny: French defeat the English decisively in the Hundred Years' War, paving the way for the capture of English strongholds in Normandy 1621 - Hugo Grotius arrives in France after escaping prison in a book chest 1912 - 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan in race record 2:21:18.2 1915 - Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo" premieres in Madrid 1945 - British Army liberates Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen 1947 - Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1963 - Steve Allen's musical "Sophie", based on the life of American singer, and comic actress Sophie Tucker, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances 1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road 1997 - America Online (AOL) begins service in Japan 2012 - TV comedy drama "Girls" created by and starring Lena Dunham premieres on HBO More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1902 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US" 1921 - Black Friday in Britain: leaders of transport and rail unions announce a decision not to call for strike action in support of the miners; despite widespread feeling decision a breach of solidarity and a betrayal of the miners 1923 - 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC) 1941 - 1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Ct 1972 - Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Carole King, and Quincy Jones perform benefit concert for George McGovern for President campaign at the Forum in Inglewood, California 1988 - Meteorite explode above Indonesia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1588 - Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise], French linguist, born in Semur-en-Auxois, France (d. 1653) 1772 - Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist, born in Étampes, France (d. 1844) 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-64), born in Kalinovka, Russia (d. 1971) 1908 - Eden Ahbez [George Aberle], American songwriter ("Nature Boy"; "Lonely Island"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995) 1937 - Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, British historian, born in Harting, West Sussex (d. 2004) 1955 - Jeff Golub, American jazz guitarist (Avenue Blue; Rod Stewart), born in Copley Township, Ohio (d. 2015) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1754 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (Riccati equation), dies at 77 1863 - Jan Nepomuk Kanka, Czech composer, dies at 90 1865 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (Republican: 1861-65), dies from gunshot wounds at 56 1984 - Tommy Cooper, British comedian and magician, collapses and dies on stage at 61 1991 - Marjorie Warfield, American stage, radio, and silent film actress, dies of pneumonia at 88 2010 - Jack Herer, American author and cannabis activist, dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1570 - Polish Calvinists, Lutherans and Hernhutters unify against Jesuits 1756 - Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians 1841 - 1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue" (April 1841) 1861 - Formal Union surrender of Fort Sumter (US Civil War) 1890 - Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington, D.C.) 1950 - 1st edition of British comic "Eagle" 1956 - Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder 1958 - Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard burns up during reentry into Earth's atmosphere 1992 - UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect 1994 - Turner Classic Movies cable channel launches; media mogul Ted Turner hosts ceremony in NYC's Times Square district at 6PM marking "the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1915 - Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1978 - David Hare's play "Plenty" premieres in London 2021 - Former Minnesota police officer who shot Daunte Wright with a gun instead of a taser is arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter, 2021 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodón no-hits the Cleveland Indians, 8-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago 2021 - Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange 2021 - Human cells grown in monkey cells for 20 days reported by US-Chinese team at the Salk Institute in "Cell" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1721 - William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English army leader, born in London (d. 1765) 1827 - Augustus Pitt Rivers, English archaeologist, born in Bramham cum Oglethorpe, Wetherby, Yorkshire (d. 1900) 1931 - John Clarke, American actor (Days of Our Lives -"Mickey"), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2019) 1933 - Morton Subotnick, American electronic music composer (Silver Apples of the Moon; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur), born in Los Angeles, California 1946 - Tom Monteleone, American writer (Dark Star and Illumination) 1966 - David Justice, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves), born in Cincinnati, Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1685 - Thomas Otway, English playwright and poet (Venice Preserv'd), dies at 33 1813 - Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish violinist and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 34 1924 - Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, French prince and president of the Société de Géographie, dies at 65 1964 - Rachel Carson, American marine biologist, conservationist and author (Silent Spring), dies of a heart attack at 56 1978 - Joe Gordon, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1938, 39, 41, 43 NY Yankees; 1948 Cleveland Indians; AL MVP 1942; 9 x MLB All Star), dies of a heart attack at 63 2007 - Don Ho, Hawaiian-American pop and Hawaiian music singer ("Tiny Bubbles"; "Ain't No Big Thing!"), dies of heart failure at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1055 - Bishop Gebhard van Eichstattt named Pope Victor II 1560 - Giovanni, son of Italian mathematician Girolamo Cardano is executed for poisoning his wife, despite his father's efforts to save him 1908 - Groundbreaking for Philadelphia's Shibe Park, home of MLB Athletics (AL), 1909-54, MLB Phillies (NL), 1938-70, and NFL Eagles, 1940-57 1921 - Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party. 1934 - 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments 1976 - 1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Washington 1992 - Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood 1992 - Lou Carnesecca retires as coach of St John's basketball team 1996 - Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff 1997 - 61st US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his first major title, a record 12 strokes ahead of Tom Kite; 4-round total 270 (−18) is tournament record More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1346 - Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy 1834 - HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia 1911 - Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames in Manhattan, New York City 1939 - The Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British. 1965 - 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1995 - Yankees beat the Mets 2-0 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964) 1935 - Lyle Waggoner, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 2020) 1939 - Wijnie Jabaaij, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1995) 1952 - Jonjo O'Neill, Irish racehorse trainer, born in Cork, Ireland 1964 - Bill D'Angelo, American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (d. 2005) 1971 - Dina Korzun, Russian actress, born in Smolensk, Russia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1886 - Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, pianist, and arranger, dies at 68 1966 - Georges Duhamel, French author (Vie et aventures de Salavin, 5 vol.), dies at 81 1975 - François Tombalbaye, Dictator and 1st President of Chad (1960-75), dies at 56 1992 - Brian Oulton, English character actor, dies at 84 2000 - Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, dies at 94 2009 - Bruce Snyder, American college football coach (Utah State, California, Arizona State), dies from melanoma at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1545 - French King Francis I orders the Waldensian Protestants of the village of Mérindol to be punished, setting off a massacre 1892 - George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter 1916 - Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement boards submarine U-19 at Wilmshaven, Germany, bound for a rendezvous with the Aud at Tralee 1924 - WLS-AM in Chicago begins radio transmissions 1930 - Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days 1955 - Polio vaccine tested by Jonas Salk announced to be 'safe and effective' and is given full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration 1979 - Soyuz 33 returns to Earth 1998 - 62nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Mark O'Meara claims his first major title with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win by 1 stroke from David Duval and Fred Couples 2020 - Huge storm system produces more than 40 tornadoes in the US from Texas to South Carolina killing 32 people across six states 2023 - US Environmental Protection Agency proposes landmark set of pollution regulations to drive down greenhouse-gas emissions, including electric vehicles making up 67% of new passenger-car sales by 2032 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1869 - North Carolina legislature passes anti-Ku Klux Klan Law 1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter 1931 - Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankees manager 1935 - First flight of the Bristol Blenheim 1999 - US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit. 2020 - OPEC and other major oil companies agree to the largest-ever drop in production to stabilize world prices More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1933 - Montserrat Caballé, Spanish bel canto operatic soprano, and unlikely pop star (with Freddie Mercury - Barcelona), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2018) 1956 - Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer (Mensch; Spruenge), born in Göttingen, Germany 1956 - Alex Briley, American actor (Can't Stop the Music), born in New York City 1959 - Liu Xiao Ling Tong [Zhang Jinlai], Chinese actor (Journey to the West - "Monkey King"), born in Shanghai, China 1965 - Elaine Zayak, American figure skater (Olympic 6th 1984), born in Paramus, New Jersey 1995 - Jennifer Brady, American tennis player (Australian Open 2021 runner-up), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 238 - Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage 1997 - George Wald, American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), dies at 90 2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936) 2012 - George Mesterhazy, Hungarian-American jazz pianist, and arranger, dies at 56 2020 - Francisco Aritmendi, Spanish athlete (International Cross Country Championships 1964), dies of COVID-19 at 81 2020 - Jim Frey, American MLB manager (Kansas City Royals, American League C'ship 1980; Chicago Cubs), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1471 - Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI 1933 - Hermann Goering becomes Premier of Prussia 1936 - George Abbott, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "On Your Toes", choreographed by George Balanchine, and starring Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva, opens at the Imperial Theatre (later transfers to Majestic), NYC; runs for 515 performances 1961 - 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1 1961 - Trial of Adolf Eichmann for war crimes in World War II begins in Jerusalem, Israel 1972 - Benjamin Hooks named to Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 1st African-American to serve 1974 - WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1981 - Larry Holmes beats Trevor Berbick by unanimous decision in Las Vegas to retain his WBC heavyweight boxing title 1993 - 57th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes from Chip Beck 2023 - Myanmar military kill at least 133 civilians, including children, in an airstrike on Kanbalu township in an area not under control of the military junta More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1471 - Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI 1907 - New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards 1926 - Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent 1939 - Hungary leaves League of Nations 1957 - Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1919 - Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony's College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset, England (d. 2015) 1930 - Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings) 1937 - Jill Gascoine, British stage and pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch - "Maggie Forbes"), and novelist, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 2020) 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer ("Around the World"), born in Manchester, England 1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein), born in Schwerin, Germany 1974 - Alex Corretja, Spanish tennis player (Tour Finals 1998; Davis Cup 2000), born in Barcelona, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1240 - Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies 1626 - Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568) 1810 - Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, dies at 75 1853 - Louis-Emmanuel Jadin, French pianist, music director, and composer, dies at 84 2007 - Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954) 2010 - Jean Boiteux, French swimmer (Olympic gold 400m freestyle, bronze 4×200m freestyle 1952), dies after falling off a tree at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1845 - More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1884 - US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo 1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos 1934 - Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 1-0 in double OT for a 3-1 series win; Black Hawks' first Stanley Cup 1939 - Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews 1942 - Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland 1968 - Musical "George M!", based on the life of Broadway star George M. Cohan, opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances 1972 - 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars 1990 - CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma, Japan 1991 - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded to John Updike for novel 'Rabbit At Rest' More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz 1815 - Austria declares war on Kingdom of Naples 1942 - Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland 1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1972 - 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas 2019 - Four tiny sweat bees removed alive from a woman's eye in world's first operation of its kind at Fooyin University Hospital, Taiwan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1925 - Bernard Moitessier, French sailor, vagabond and author who famously led the 1st non-stop, singlehanded, round the world yacht race before sailing a 2nd lap of the world back to Tahiti, born in Saigon, French Vietnam (d. 1994) 1932 - Mae Faggs, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m 1952), born in Mays Landing, New Jersey (d. 2000) 1948 - Fred Smith, American rock bassist (Television - "Marquee Moon"; Blondie, 1974-75), born in New York City 1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer and Chief Technical Officer of the Renault Formula One team, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese actor and singer (KinKi Kids), born in Nara, Japan 1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer (Atomic Kitten), born in Liverpool More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1640 - Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, French abbess and daughter of William I of Orange, dies at 60 1885 - Jan Hendrik Scholten, Dutch radical theologist (Free Will), dies at 73 1979 - Nino Rota [Giovanni Rota Rinaldi], Italian classical and film score composer (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze; The Godfather (I and II; 16 Fellini films), dies from a coronary thrombosis at 67 1986 - Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"), dies of breast cancer at 37 1994 - Sam B. Hall, American politician and judge (Rep (D) Texas 1976-85), dies at 70 2005 - Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978) More Famous Deaths »

1816 - African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Philadelphia) 1864 - Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, Confederate assault repulsed by Union side with high cost of estimated 3,100 causalities 1928 - Eugene O'Neill's play "Lazarus Laughed" premieres in Pasadena, with a masked chorus of over 100 1945 - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1968 - German DR adopts constitution 1985 - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 1988 - US imposes economic sanctions on Panama 1990 - "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 1997 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Jose Mesa is acquitted of rape 2014 - Stuart Parkin is awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for his work on magnetic storage More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1440 - Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark (1440-48) 1949 - UN International Court of Justice holds Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1972 - New Zealand cricket opening batsmen Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis (187) make 387 partnership in 4th Test v WI in Georgetown, Guyana 1992 - Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) 2013 - 37 people are killed and 850 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Iran 2021 - Uganda opposition party National Unity Platform Party, headed by Bobi Wine, claims 623 people have been abducted and tortured by the government of President Yoweri Museveni More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1753 - Pieter Paulus, Dutch Patriot and President of the First National Assembly in The Hague, born in Axel, Netherlands (d. 1796) 1785 - Sibrandus Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist (electric car), born in Adorp, Netherlands (d. 1841) 1865 - Erich Ludendorff, German general during World War I, born in Kruszewnia, Prussia (d. 1937) 1905 - J. William Fulbright, American senator from Arkansas, known for opposition to the Vietnam War), born in Sumner, Missouri (d. 1995) 1936 - Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa and New Guinea), born in Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea 1943 - Terry Knight [Knapp], American rock singer, manager, and record producer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Lapeer, Michigan (d. 2004) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1681 - Alfonso Marsh, English composer and lutenist, dies at 54 1806 - William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, dies at 58 1922 - Patrick Manson, Scottish physician and parasitologist (Father of tropical medicine), dies at 77 1945 - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral and head of Germany military intelligence, hanged by the Nazi regime for treason at 58 1970 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American artist and chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company during the 1930s (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi, Pinocchio), dies at 73 1976 - Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, dies at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders 1929 - Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest 1961 - British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236 1963 - 35th Academy Awards: "Lawrence of Arabia", Anne Bancroft and Gregory Peck win 1966 - Time publishes its "Is God Dead" issue - its first issue without an image 1976 - 1976 NFL Draft: Lee Roy Selmon from University of Oklahoma first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2008 - 27th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Stanford, 64-48; Volunteers' back-to-back titles; coach Pat Summitt, 8 national championships 2012 - German writer Günter Grass labelled 'persona non grata' by Israeli internal affairs minister Eli Yishai, due to his poem "What Must Be Said" 2017 - 170th Grand National: Derek Fox wins aboard 14/1 One For Arthur; second ever Scottish-trained winner of the event 2019 - 600 million birds die each year in the US after striking tall buildings with Chicago the worst city, according to Cornell Lab of Ornithology More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1879 - Milk sold in glass bottles for 1st time 1945 - 1945 NFL Draft: Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals 1960 - Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties 1984 - 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Lonely Lady" wins 1995 - 148th Grand National: Irish rider Jason Titley wins aboard 40/1 outsider Royal Athlete; trainer Jenny Pitman's second GN victory 2021 - Dr. Anthony Fauci thanks American health workers for their sacrifice during the pandemic, acknowledging their more than 3,600 deaths More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1887 - Walter Connolly, American actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1940) 1924 - Frédéric Back, German-born Canadian short film director and screenwriter (The Man Who Planted Trees), born in Saarbrücken, The Territory of the Saar Basin (d. 2013) 1936 - Klaus Lowitsch, German actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun), born in Berlin, Germany 1941 - Murray Khouri, New Zealand classical clarinet player (Australia Ensemble), writer, and broadcaster, born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2018) 1964 - Biz Markie [Marcel Hall], American rapper, DJ and record producer ("Just A Friend"), born in New York City (d. 2021) 1983 - Allu Arjun, Indian Telugu film actor (Parugu), born in Madras, India More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy 1898 - William Polk Hardeman, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 81 1970 - Felix, of Bourbon-Parma and Prince consort of Luxemburg, dies at 76 1978 - Ford C Frick, American Baseball HOF executive (NL President 1934-51; MLB Commissioner 1951-65), dies at 83 2008 - John Button, Australian politician (Button car plan), dies at 74 2009 - Wally Baker, American supercentenarian, dies at 111 More Famous Deaths »

1712 - Slave revolt in New York kills 6 white men, 21 African Americans executed 1818 - General Andrew Jackson conquers Spanish Fort San Marcos (St Marks), in Spanish Florida during his pursuit of the Native American Seminole Tribe, in what would become known as the First Seminole War 1831 - Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, passes the throne to his six year old son Dom Pedro II so that he can return to Portugal to support his daughter, Maria II, against the usurper Miguel I 1868 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and only federal politician 1901 - SDAP demands general voting right, abolishing First Chamber 1951 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1956 - France officially relinquished its protectorate in Morocco., Spain follows suit for regions of her protectorate in northern Morocco 1959 - Radar 1st bounced off Sun, Stanford Calif 1976 - Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping 1983 - Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1943 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg 1953 - 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight 1973 - Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420 1980 - US President Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis 1981 - "Street Songs" 5th studio album by Rick James is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1981) 2022 - MLB Cleveland Guardians lose in first game under their new name, 3-1 to the Royals in Kansas City More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1910 - Obdulio Morales, Cuban pianist, conductor, composer, ethnomusicologist, and Afro-Cuban bandleader, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1981) 1920 - Gino Marinuzzi, Jr., Italian-American conductor, symphonic and film score composer (Le Carrosse d’or), and electronic music pioneer (Fonosynth), born in New York City (d. 1996) 1933 - Wayne Rogers, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-75 - "Capt. 'Trapper' John McIntyre"; House Calls), born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2015) 1938 - Jerry Brown, American politician and Governor of California (Democrat: 1975-83, 2011-19), born in San Francisco, California 1973 - Carole Montillet, French skier 1975 - John Cooper, American christian rock musician (Skillet), born in Memphis, Tennessee More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1668 - William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606) 1947 - Henry Ford, American industrialist and auto maker (Ford Model T), dies at 83 1983 - Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 2003 - Jutta Hipp, German-American jazz pianist and composer, dies at 78 2014 - Peaches Geldof, English columnist and daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, dies of a heroin overdose at 25 2021 - Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league halfback (20 Tests; Rothmans Medal 1972; Wests, Newtown) and coach (Wests, NSW), dies from cancer at 70 More Famous Deaths »