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Historical Events 1842 - American blacksmith Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine 1942 - U-boats sink and damage 131 allied ships this month (639,946 tons) 1942 - Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault 1984 - Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1991 - Colorado Rockies bat out of order against Montreal Expos in 1st inning 2018 - 19-year old Indonesian boy rescued after 49 days afloat when his floating fish trap became adrift More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1887 - Friedrich A Paneth, Austrian-British chemist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1958) 1912 - Ramon Vinay, Chilean operatic tenor, born in Chillán, Chile (d. 1996) 1921 - Charles "Chub" Feeney, American MLB executive (President of the National League), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994) 1951 - Mario Boljat, Croatian soccer defender-midfielder (5 caps; Hajduk Split, Schalke 04), born in Split, Croatia (d. 2024) 1966 - Jan Einar Thorsen, Norwegian Alpine skier, born in Voss, Norway 1982 - Ian Crocker, American swimmer, born in Portland, Maine More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827) 1940 - Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist, singer and actress, dies at 58 1986 - Henry Moore, English artist and sculptor (known for Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae), dies at 88 1995 - Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 1995 - John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93 2020 - Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician, 13th President of India (2012-17), dies at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1590 - Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) 1799 - Batavian fleet surrenders to British navy during Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland 1890 - President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products 1906 - NY Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs 1932 - Hermann Goering elected President of the German Reichstag 1933 - Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1951 - US and Philippines sign mutual defense pact 1986 - 43rd Venice Film Festival: "Le rayon vert" directed by Eric Rohmer wins Golden Lion 2012 - A blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, China, kills 26 miners with 21 missing 2013 - 15 people are killed by a liquid ammonia leak at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, China More Historical Events »

1830 - 1st American built locomotive, "Tom Thumb" races a horse-drawn car from Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills. Let history record that due to mechanical problems the horse won! 1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company 1964 - Race riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sparked by police reaction to domestic dispute fueled traffic tie-up; riot and looting continues for 3 days, with 2 killed, hundreds injured and $4M of damage in the city's North Philadelphia neighborhood 1970 - "I'll Be There" single by The Jackson 5 is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1970) 1972 - American 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of David Edgar, John Murphy, John Heidenreich and Mark Spitz swim a world record 3:26.42 to beat Soviet Union for the gold medal at the Munich Olympics 1986 - Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege 1991 - Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die 1994 - Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Ottawa Hunt GC: Martha Nause wins by 1 from Michelle Mcgann 1997 - Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes 2004 - Led by San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginóbili Argentina beats Italy 84-69 for the Olympic basketball gold medal in Athens; star-studded US team takes bronze More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1922 - Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical "The Gingham Girl" premieres in NYC 1952 - Yakov Malik succeeds Valerian Zorin as Soviet Foreign Minister 1960 - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as umpire called time 1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1986 - Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium 2017 - Matt Vogel makes his debut as the voice of Kermit the Frog in "Muppet Thought of the Week" video More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1612 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar, born in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands (d. 1653) 1824 - Carel van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician, born in Zevenaar, Netherlands (d. 1884) 1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant, born in Aberlour, Scotland (d. 1900) 1841 - Louis Le Prince, French artist and original inventor of the motion picture camera sometimes called "the father of cinematography", born in Metz, France (d. 1890) 1884 - Peter Fraser, British-born New Zealand statesman and 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940-49), born in Hill of Fearn, Scotland (d. 1950) 1989 - Trixie Mattel [Brian Firkus], American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, and television personality (The Trixie and Katya Show), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1646 - Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53 1680 - Joan Cererols, Catalan musician, composer and monk, dies at 57 1910 - Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist and anthropologist, dies at 78 1916 - Francis Warre-Cornish, English writer and scholar, dies at 77 1990 - Larry Jackson, American baseball pitcher (5 × MLB All-Star; MLB wins leader 1964; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), dies from cancer at 59 2010 - William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida AandM University More Famous Deaths »

1569 - Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici as grand duke of Tuscany 1828 - Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talks 1902 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Defending champion William Larned beats Englishman R.F. Doherty 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 8-6 1932 - 200,000 English textile workers strike 1955 - Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts 1965 - The Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley, at his Los Angeles, California home 1979 - Warrenpoint ambush: 18 British Army soldiers killed when Provisional IRA explode two roadside bombs as a British convoy passes Narrow Water Castle 2004 - German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in K-4 500m and silver in K-2 500m in Athens; first woman in any sport to win gold medals at 6 different Olympics, gold 24 years apart, and 1st person to win 2 or more medals in 5 different Games 2013 - "Gravity", directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney premieres at the Venice Film Festival 2015 - Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos names top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou caretaker Prime Minister - Greece's 1st female Prime Minister More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1942 - Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1972 - Operation Lion's Den: US Navy bombards Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam from the sea, firing over 700 rounds in 33 minutes 1979 - Warrenpoint ambush: 18 British Army soldiers killed when Provisional IRA explode two roadside bombs as a British convoy passes Narrow Water Castle 1988 - Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Philadelphia, 4-2 2004 - Timothy Mack vaults an Olympic record 5.95m to win the pole vault gold medal from fellow American Toby Stevenson (5.90m) at the Athens Olympics 2015 - Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos names top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou caretaker Prime Minister - Greece's 1st female Prime Minister More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (d. 1751) 1871 - Theodore Dreiser, American novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1945) 1911 - Kathleen "Kay" Walsh, British actress (The Horse's Mouth, Oliver Twist), born in Chelsea, London, England (d. 2005) 1941 - Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean Grammy Award-winning morna singer (Voz d'Amor), known as "the Barefoot Diva", born in Mindelo, Cape Verde (d. 2011) 1959 - Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist, born in Cali, Colombia (d. 2024) 1972 - The Great Khali [Dalip Singh], Indian-born American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Dhiraina, Himachal Pradesh, India More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1521 - Josquin Des Prez, French composer, dies between 66 and 71 [birthdate uncertain] 1963 - W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights activist, writer (Souls of Black Folk) and co-founder of the NAACP, dies in Accra, Ghana, at 95 1980 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (co-founded the magazine National Lampoon), dies at 33 1987 - Scott La Rock [Sterling], American hip-hop DJ (Boogie Down Productions), shot to death at 25 1991 - Vince Taylor [Brian Holden], British rock and roll singer (Brand New Cadillac), dies of lung cancer at 52 2023 - Pat Corrales, American baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, SD Padres) and manager (Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians), dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1748 - The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1846 - Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" premieres at the Birmingham Festival in England 1937 - Pumping to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is finished 1961 - Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto 1970 - Minister of Home Affairs Robert Porter resigns from the Stormont government (North Ireland parliament) 1980 - Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of American rock band Cheap Trick 1985 - French government denies knowledge of bombing of the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland New Zealand 1997 - Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed 2014 - Israel and Hamas accept another ceasefire 2019 - Meeting of the G7 agrees on $20 million aid package to fight fires in the Amazon in Biarritz More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1874 - 16 blacks kidnapped from Gibson County Jail and lynched in Trenton, Tennessee 1916 - Philadelphia Athletic's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleveland, 5-0 1966 - Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B.Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs 1971 - MLB Baltimore Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game 1985 - French government denies knowledge of bombing of the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland New Zealand 1986 - Rosa Mota of Portugal wins the women's Stuttgart marathon (2:28:38) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Ferdinand Bruckner [Theodor Tagger], Austrian-German playwright (Races), born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1958) 1901 - Jimmy Rushing, American jump blues singer, known as "Mr. Five By Five" (Count Basie Orchestra, 1935-48), and pianist, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972) 1919 - Ronny Graham [Stringer], American composer, lyricist, screenwriter (M*A*S*H (TV series), and actor (Chico and the Man; Mel Brooks films), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999) 1942 - Keith Alison, American session and touring guitarist (Paul Revere and The Raiders, 1968-75), and songwriter, born in Coleman, Texas (d. 2021) 1953 - David Hurley, Australian politician (Governor General of Australia 2019-, Governor of New South Wales 2014-19), born in Wollongong, Australia 1960 - Ola Ray, American model, Playboy playmate (Jun, 1980) and actress (girlfriend in Thriller music video), born in St Louis, Missouri More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1770 - Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet, dies at 42 1813 - Theodor Körner, German soldier and poet (Zriny, Sword Song), dies fighting in the Napoleonic wars at 21 1813 - Daniel Gottlob Turk, German composer, dies at 63 1921 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer, dies at 54 1981 - Walter "Foots" Thomas, American saxophonist, flutist, and arranger (Cab Calloway Orchestra), dies from cancer at 74 1995 - Olimi III, African king of Toro (Uganda), dies at 49 More Famous Deaths »

1922 - Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game 1940 - First British night bombing of Germany (Berlin) 1944 - US Army XII Corps reaches Troyes, France 1960 - AFL begins placing players names on back of their jerseys 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1979 - Somali adopts constitution 1988 - Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston 1991 - Carl Lewis runs 100m in a world record 9.86 seconds 2014 - 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC 2017 - President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1835 - New York Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel 1960 - XVII Summer Olympic Games open at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy 1971 - Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party Gerry Fitt presents a number of allegations of brutality by the security forces in Northern Ireland to representatives of the United Nations 1986 - A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run 2001 - Singer Aaliyah and 8 others killed in an air crash in the Bahamas 2022 - California votes to ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1919 - George Wallace, American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, born in Clio, Alabama (d. 1998) 1936 - Hugh Hudson, English film director (Chariots of Fire), born in London, England (d. 2023) 1946 - Charlie Sanders, American football player (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, North Carolina (d. 2015) 1955 - Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician, born in Thirumangalam, India 1962 - Mazzi Rawd, [Clifford Lewis], American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale), and physicist, born in the USA 1966 - Michael Cohen, American lawyer to Donald Trump, born on Long Island, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218) 1868 - Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60 1957 - Leo Perutz, Austrian writer and mathematician, dies at 74 1967 - Paul Muni, American actor (Angel on My Shoulder, Juarez), dies after a lengthy illness of heart disease at 71 1972 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71 2016 - Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (Miles Davis, John Coltrane), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid 1217 - Battle of South Foreland: English fleet beats France 1349 - Black Death Massacre: 6,000 Jews, blamed for spreading the Bubonic Plague, are killed in Mainz, Electorate of Mainz; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe 1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for John Lennon's murder 1991 - Silky Stallone, wins the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway 1993 - Padres scores 14 in 1st vs Cardinals 2008 - Dániel Varga and Péter Biros score 3 goals each as Hungary wins the men's water polo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics; third consecutive Olympic gold medal 2014 - Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola virus after attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone 2019 - US adventurer Victor Vescovo is the first person to visit the deepest point of every ocean when he reaches Molloy Hole, in the Arctic 2021 - Beyoncé becomes first black woman and third person to wear the Tiffany Diamond in an advertising campaign for the company alongside her husband Jay-Z More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1511 - Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca 1572 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces 1968 - Northern Ireland's first civil rights march held; many more marches would be held over the following year and Loyalists organized counter-demonstrations to get the marches banned 1975 - Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing 1992 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea. 2023 - BRICS meeting of emerging nations in South Africa agrees to invite six new nations to join, in attempt to balance global power of the US and Europe More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1552 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1614) 1889 - Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congolese religious leader and founder of Kimbanguism, born in Nkamba, Congo (d. 1951) 1943 - Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent, born in Ness Ziona, Israel 1965 - Reggie Miller, American NBA guard, 1987-2005 (Indiana Pacers; Olympic gold, 1996), born in Riverside, California 1972 - Todd Young, American politician (Senator-R-Indiana 2017-), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1979 - (Katherine) "Kaki" King, American guitarist, lap steel guitar player and composer, born in Atlanta, Georgia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1939 - William Moule, Australian lawyer, politician and cricketer (Australia v England 1880), dies at 81 1988 - Max Shulman, American author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69 1992 - André Donner, Dutch jurist (2nd President European Court of Justice), dies at 74 1994 - Jason McRoy, English mountain bike racer, dies in a motorcycle accident at 23 1996 - John Christopherson, English artist and collector, dies at 75 1998 - E. G. Marshall [Everett Eugene Grunz], American actor (12 Angry Men, The Defenders), dies of lung cancer at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1566 - Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam 1919 - "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune 1920 - American swimmer Warren Kealoha wins first of 2 consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100m backstroke, beating teammate Ray Kegeris at the Antwerp Games 1944 - Sammellager Drancy freed 1948 - World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries 1954 - First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. 1970 - Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game 1975 - Philip Kapleau conducts 1st jukai ceremony in Poland 1979 - Iranian army opens offensive against Kurds 2004 - Winning pitcher Lisa Fernadez (4-0) leads the US to the softball gold medal at the Athens Olympics, beating Australia 5-1 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1914 - -24] German troops plunder Belgium 1953 - Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon 1972 - Chicago White Sox Dick Allen is 4th player to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers; previously slugged by only Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson 2007 - Hashtag invented and first used in a tweet by US product designer Chris Messina 2020 - Indianapolis 500: 2017 champion Takuma Sato of Japan wins his 2nd title under yellow caution flag after a crash with 3 laps remaining More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1846 - Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1923) 1913 - Bob Crosby, American jazz singer and bandleader (Bob-Cats), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1993) 1922 - George Kell, American Baseball HOF third baseman (10 x MLB All-Star; AL batting champion 1949; Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox), born in Swifton, Arkansas (d. 2009) 1927 - Martial Solal, French jazz pianist and composer, born in Algiers, French Algeria 1949 - Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana 1968 - Cortez Kennedy, American NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks), born in Osceola, Arkansas (d. 2017) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1989 - Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (b. 1944) 1994 - Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Machina Mondiale), dies at 70 1999 - James White, Northern Irish sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer), dies of a stroke at 71 2007 - Philip Wilkinson, British bank executive (National Westminster Bank), dies at 80 2013 - William Glasser, American psychiatrist, dies from respiratory failure from pneumonia at 88 2021 - Michael Nader, American actor (Dynasty, All My Children), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1572 - Failed assassination on Gaspard de Coligny, a French nobleman and admiral, a Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion (killed 2 days later) 1914 - German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines, Belgium 1939 - Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion 1952 - The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed. 1954 - WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1971 - Approximately 130 non-Unionist councillors announce their withdrawal from participation on district councils across Northern Ireland in protest against Internment (allowing suspected terrorists to be indefinitely detained without trial) 1979 - 200 black leaders meet in NY to support Andrew Young 1980 - Leaders of Port Elizabeth's Black secondary school children in South Africa decided to end a four month boycott of classes 1993 - "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 25 performances 2018 - Forbes say George Clooney made more money in a single year ($239 million) than any actor ever ($239m), due to sale of alcohol company, followed by Dwayne Johnson ($124m) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists 1912 - England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament 1914 - Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent 1932 - BBC begins experimental regular television broadcasts 1950 - Rotterdam dock strike ends 1960 - Gil Hodges set NL right handed HR record with #352 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (Founder of Chicago Daily News), born in Hudson, Illinois (d. 1929) 1920 - Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet (Patria), born in Curacao, Venezuela (d. 1981) 1945 - Ron Dante, American rock vocalist (Archies - "Sugar, Sugar"), and producer (Barry Manilow), born in Staten Island, New York 1956 - Paul Molitor, American Baseball HOF infielder (7 x MLB All-Star Milwaukee Brewers; World Series MVP 1993 Toronto Blue Jays) and manager (Minnesota Twins 2015-18), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota 1966 - GZA [Gary Grice], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan), born in Brooklyn, New York 1975 - Robert Enes, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics 1996) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1914 - Léon Amédée François Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58 1929 - Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey during WWI, dies at 74 1985 - Paul Peter Ewald, German Crystallographer and Physicist who devised the theory of X-ray interference by crystals and pioneered X-ray diffraction methods, dies at 97 2009 - Beryl Sprinkel, American economist (Council of Economic Advisers), dies at 85 2009 - Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (b. 1926) 2011 - Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (Leiber and Stoller - "Hound Dog"; "Jailhouse Rock"; "Is That All There Is?"), dies at 78 More Famous Deaths »

959 - Erachus becomes bishop of Luik 1573 - Spain begin siege of Alkmaar in the Netherlands 1831 - Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery 1932 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Wes Ferrell first to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons 1957 - The Soviet Union successfully tests the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, the R-7, which flies over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) 2004 - South Africa clinch their 2nd Tri Nations Rugby Series on points differential with a 23-19 win over Australia in Durban; Wallabies score 3 tries to 2, but Percy Montgomery lands 5 goals for Springboks 2013 - 37 people are killed and 16 are injured in a bus crash near Chin Swee Temple, Malaysia 2016 - Brazil takes 3rd Olympic men's indoor volleyball gold medal at the Rio Games with 25–22, 28–26, 26–24 win over Italy 2017 - Destroyer USS John S McCain collides with an oil tanker near Singapore leaving 10 missing and 5 injured 2018 - Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls for and wins a leadership vote 43-35 over Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1878 - American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY 1948 - Cleveland Indians 47-inning scoreless streak is broken as future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon yields a home run to Aaron Robinson in a 3-2 loss to Chicago White Sox 1975 - 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway 1986 - Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials 1998 - Marvel superhero film "Blade" starring Wesley Snipes is released 2023 - Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of migrants, shooting them as they tried to cross into the country from Yemen in report by Human Rights Watch More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1905 - Stan Worthington, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128, 8 wickets, BB 2/19; Derbyshire CCC, Northumberland CCC), born in Bolsover, England (d. 1973) 1920 - Christopher R. Milne, son of Alan A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh), born in Chelsea, London (d. 1996) 1930 - Alan Ashcroft, English rugby union number 8 (16 caps England, 2 caps British and Irish Lions; Waterloo FC), born in St. Helens, England (d. 2021) 1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, American College / Basketball HOF center (4 x NBA MVP; 13 x All Star; NBA C'ship 1967, 72 [MVP]; Philadelphia/SF Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999) 1970 - Steve Everitt, American NFL center (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles), born in Miami, Florida 1988 - Robert Lewandowski, Polish football player (Bayern Munich, Polish national team), born in Warsaw, Poland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1689 - William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier 1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86 1957 - Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer, dies at 68 1974 - Buford Pusser, American sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, dies in a single vehicle car crash at 36 1992 - Dai Vernon [David Frederick Wingfield Verner], Canadian magician, dies at 98 2017 - Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director (Ki Je Kori, Chandranath), dies at 75 More Famous Deaths »

1534 - Turkish admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" occupies Tunis 1619 - Slavery begins in America: 1st known African Americans (approx. 20) land at Point Comfort (Fort Monroe), Virginia before being sold or traded into servitude 1648 - Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards 1795 - Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England 1913 - 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud, France) 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1974 - Nelson Rockefeller is selected as US Vice President by President Gerald Ford 1980 - UN Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital 1998 - The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. 2018 - Polish immigrant and former volunteer Nazi guard Jakiw Palij (95) is deported from the US in New York to Germany More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1828 - Gioachino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory" premieres in Paris 1951 - 12th Venice Film Festival: "Rashomon" directed by Akira Kurosawa wins the Golden Lion 1953 - Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1959 - Belgium shortens military conscription to 12 months 1994 - Archbishop Quarracino wants all homosexuals to leave Argentina 2023 - Russia's Luna 25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon according to Roscosmos, the country's space agency More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1926 - Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (The Frank Rosolino Sextet), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1978) 1931 - Don King, American boxing promoter best known for his association with Mike Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles, born in Cleveland, Ohio 1956 - Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country), born in Rochelle, Illinois 1966 - Steven Finn, Canadian NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Laval, Quebec, Canada 1971 - Steve Stone, English footballer, born in Gateshead, England 2003 - Prince Gabriel of Belgium, second child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, born in Erasmus Hospital, Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1914 - Pius X [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Italian Roman Catholic Pope (1903-14 - lowered age of Communion from 12 to 7,) and saint, dies at 79 1932 - Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59 1959 - Alfred Kubin, Austrian writer and illustrator, dies at 82 1978 - Ivan Jirko, Czech composer, music critic and psychiatrist, dies at 51 1996 - Rio Reiser, German rock singer ("Ton Steine Scherben"), dies at 46 2017 - Jerry Lewis [Joseph Levitch], American comedian (Martin and Lewis, MDA Telethon), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1914 - Harris Theater (Candler, Coan and Harris) opens at 226 W 42nd St NYC 1936 - Trial against Ljev Kamenev and Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow 1958 - NAACP Youth Council begin sit-in at "whites-only" lunch counter at Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1970 - The Chinese Community in South Africa is granted 'White' status 1974 - RCA records releases "Pussy Cats", the tenth album by American singer Harry Nilsson in the US; album was produced by John Lennon and Nilsson worked through a serious vocal chord injury which diminished his vaunted range 1986 - Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran, Iran 2001 - Canadian Open Women's Golf, Angus Glen GC: Annika Sörenstam wins by 2 from Kelly Robbins 2012 - Plane crash in mountainous region of Talodi, Sudan kills 32, including several government officials and staff, enroute to Eid al-Fitr festival marking end Muslim holy month of Ramadan; crash blamed on bad weather conditions 2013 - 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah 2013 - 91 people are killed by floods across China More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1796 - Spain and France sign anti-British alliance 1839 - Louis Daguerre's daguerreotype photographic process with complete working instructions is published "free to the world" in Paris as a gift to the world from the French government 1913 - Frenchman Adolphe Célestin Pégoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe 1936 - Trial against Ljev Kamenev and Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow 1965 - The Yardbirds launch their first US tour 1970 - The Chinese Community in South Africa is granted 'White' status More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1875 - Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (Ethiopia, South America), born in Karlovac, Croatia (d. 1936) 1916 - Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), born in Anaheim, California (d. 1972) 1944 - Eddy Raven [Futch], American country singer ("Right Hand Man"), born in Lafayette, Louisiana 1946 - Charles F. Bolden Jr, American astronaut (STS 61C, 31, 45, 60), born in Columbia, South Carolina 1947 - Dave Dutton, English actor (Coronation Street), born in Atherton, England 1967 - Tabitha Soren, American MTV reporter (This Week in Rock), born in San Antonio, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1954 - Alcide de Gasperi, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (1945-53), dies at 73 1975 - Ima Hogg, American society leader, Texas arts patron, and founder of Houston Symphony, dies at 93 1991 - Richard Maltby Sr., American musician and orchestra leader ("(Themes from) The Man with the Golden Arm"; Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 77 1992 - Norvel Lee, American boxer (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 67 1994 - Linus Pauling, American chemist, engineer and peace activist (1954 Nobel prize for Chemistry, 1962 Nobel Peace Prize), dies at 93 1995 - Danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1541 - A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) 1700 - Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark 1917 - The Queen's Hospital opens to provide pioneering plastic surgery for WWI soldiers, led by Harold Gillies in Sidcup, England 1917 - A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. 1937 - 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) 1943 - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia 1981 - Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons 1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1983 - Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas 1984 - Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1943 - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia 1944 - Chartres freed by US 3rd Army forces during WWII led by General George S. Patton 1983 - Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas 1989 - Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. 2016 - Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the gold medal in the men's 200m for the 3rd successive Summer Olympics, recording a time of 19.78 in Rio de Janeiro 2020 - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta resigns amid a military coup condemned by the UN Security Council More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1745 - Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, Bohemian composer, born in Litoměřice (d. 1807) 1805 - Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1845) 1930 - Gene Bartow, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (US National Team 1974; Valparaiso, Memphis State, Illinois, UCLA), born in Browning, Missouri (d. 2012) 1958 - Reginald "Reg" E. Cathey, American actor (The Wire, Oz, House of Cards), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 2018) 1970 - Robert Higginson, American baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1981 - Jon Schneck, American rock guitarist (Relient K, 2005-present), born in Eustis, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1276 - Adrian V [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies 1994 - Judy Ann Scott-Fox, literary agent, dies at 56 2001 - David Peakall, British scientist (b. 1931) 2018 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006), dies at 80 2018 - Peter Tapsell, British Conservative Party politician (Member of Parliament, 1959-64 and 1966-2015), dies at 88 2020 - Glenn Bassett, American tennis coach (UCLA 1967-93; 7 x NCAA C'ships), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1577 - Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots 1836 - British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths 1894 - Phillies get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for the cycle, beating Louisville 29-4 1943 - US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17s during attack on Schweinfurt and Regensburg 1980 - "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances 1988 - NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9-year-old Bronx boy) 2008 - China wins its 33rd gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by beating Singapore in the table tennis women's team event; most successful Olympiad ever for China; wins all 10 singles and all 5 doubles matches 2008 - Jamaica dominates the 100m at the Beijing Olympics with Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold medal in 10.78; her teammates Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart dead-heat for silver in 10.98 2021 - Joel Embiid signs a four-year, $196 million NBA extension with the 76ers 2022 - Suicide explosion in Afghan mosque in Kabul kills 21 worshippers and injures 33 More Historical Events »