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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 »

1830 - Joseph Smith and 5 others officially organize the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon church ) in Fayette, New York 1966 - Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India 1986 - Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs 1992 - George Harrison performs his final full concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, in a benefit for the transcendental mediation based Natural Law political party 2014 - ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Dhaka: captain Meg Lanning's 44 from 30 balls leads Australia to 106/4; beat England 105/8 to win by 6 wickets (with 29 balls remaining); 3rd consecutive T20 WC 2014 - 49th Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Jason Aldean, and Miranda Lambert win 2016 - France passes legislation making it illegal to pay for sex 2019 - First ever "Marsquake" seismic event on planet Mars detected by NASA's InSight lander 2020 - Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo (New York City), tests positive for COVID-19, 1st known case of human-to-cat transmission 2020 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces state of emergency in seven prefectures and a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package as COVID-19 cases climb More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1886 - Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga 1903 - In Holland, railroad and dock workers go out on strike, but the government passes anti-strike bills, calls out troops, and promptly ends the strike on the 13th April 1945 - World War II: Dutch city of Coevorden freed from German occupation by Canadian forces 1945 - Battle of Okinawa: Giant Japanese battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa with orders to beach herself and be destroyed defending the island 1986 - CBS' fact based "Nobody's Child", story of Marie Balter 2013 - Bayern Munich win their 23rd German Bundesliga title with 6 games to spare More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1935 - James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, Southern Rhodesia-born hereditary peer of the Peerage of Scotland 1943 - Harry Conroy, trade unionist 1944 - John Stax [Fullagar], British rock bassist, and harmonica player (Pretty Things, 1963-67 - "Don't Bring Me Down"; "Cry To Me"), born in Crayford, Kent, England 1959 - Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night) 1961 - Rory Bremner, impressionist 1979 - Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1817 - Bonaventura Furlanetto, Italian composer, dies at 78 1983 - Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 1990 - Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dressed woman), dies at 73 2001 - Charles Pettigrew, American soul singer (Charles and Eddie - "Would I Lie To You?"), dies of cancer at 37 2011 - Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani Sindhi scholar (compiled first Sindhi-English dictionary), dies at 93 2018 - Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1895 - Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices 1927 - Johnny Weissmuller sets world records in both the 100m and 200m free style swimming events 1946 - 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday 1956 - Ceylon's Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP), led by S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike wins the general elections in a landslide 1965 - 37th Academy Awards: "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady) and Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) win 1990 - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary 1994 - Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak 2012 - A three-run homer by J.P. Arencibia off Jairo Asencio gives the Toronto Blue Jays a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians; 16 inning game duration a MLB Opening Day record 2012 - International internet group Anonymous hack several Chinese bureaus in opposition to censorship 2021 - India records over 100,000 new daily COVID cases for the first time, more than half in the state of Maharashtra, which begins a new lockdown More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1609 - Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa 1847 - Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, opens in Birkenhead, England, designed by Joseph Paxton 1908 - British Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns 1941 - San Francisco Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses 1976 - Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1991 - Detroit Pistons Joe Dumaars ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1472 - Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, born in Pavia, Italy (d. 1510) 1698 - Georg Gottfried Wagner, German composer, born in Mühlberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1756) 1899 - William Hornby Steer, Conservative Party politician and barrister (d. 1993) 1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian independence activist and politician, born in Chandwa, Bhojpur, Bihar, British India (d. 1986) 1937 - Stuart May, senior partner (Theodore Goddard) 1944 - Peter T. King, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New York, born in Manhattan, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1717 - Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647) 1943 - Aleš Hrdlička, Austro-Hungarian anthropologist and curator (US National Museum), dies at 74 1973 - John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928) 1994 - Kurt Cobain, American grunge rocker (Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), commits suicide at 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun 2005 - Dale Messick [Dalia Messick], American comic strip artist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), dies at 98 2012 - Ferdinand A. Porsche, German car designer (Porsche 911), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1081 - Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne 1905 - Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 1912 - Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields in Siberia 1949 - WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 - The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London 1960 - Senegal declares independence from France 1973 - World Trade Center, then the world's tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories). Later destroyed in 9/11 terrorist attacks. 1986 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season 1994 - American actor Tony Curtis (68) undergoes heart-bypass surgery 2012 - Somalia's National Theater is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1828 - Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder in Amsterdam 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, fought in York County and Newport News, Virginia begins (Yorktown campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War) 1913 - 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland wins aboard 100/9 chance Covertcoat; owner Sir Charles Assheton-Smith's 2nd straight GN victory and 3rd overall 1939 - Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq 1971 - Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 524 performances, then most expensive Broadway musical at the time 2013 - 9 people have been killed on an axe-murdering rampage in Chhattisgarh state, India More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1716 - Johann Evangelist Schreiber, Swiss Baroque composer, born in Arth, Switzerland (d. 1800) 1772 - Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut, born in Międzybóż, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1810) 1870 - George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of Latter-day Saints, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1951) 1919 - Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957), born in London (d. 1987) 1957 - Paul Downton, English cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 80's), born in Farnborough, London 1988 - Frank Fielding, English football goalkeeper, born in Blackburn, Lancashire More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1643 - Simon Episcopius [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60 1661 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580) 1662 - Davis Mell, British violinist, composer, and clockmaker, dies at 57 1693 - Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, scholar and religious writer prominent in Amsterdam and in Dutch Brazil, dies at 88 1905 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 73 1988 - Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1559 - Spain and France sign 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1856 - Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes 1868 - A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever - a 50-foot tidal wave 1925 - Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde 1948 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of "Vietnamization", reducing American involvement 1986 - Maureen O'Boyle (future host of "A Current Affair") is raped 2016 - ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins by 1 from Charley Hull and Chun In-gee for her second major title 2019 - Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak goes on trial for the 1MDB corruption scandal in Kuala Lumpur, pleads not guilty 2022 - Return engagement of David Byrne's musical revue "American Utopia" closes at St. James Theatre, NYC, after 134 performances More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1312 - 2nd council of Vienna, Knights Templars suppressed 1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of "Vietnamization", reducing American involvement 1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's 1st meeting with US President Jimmy Carter 2006 - 68th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Florida beats UCLA, 73-57; Gators first title; center Joakim Noah named tournament Most Outstanding Player 2013 - 50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina 2017 - Bomb on St Petersburg metro kills 11, 2nd bomb defused More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1904 - Sally Rand, American burlesque dancer, vedette, and actress known for her ostrich feather fan and balloon bubble dances, born in Elkton, Missouri (d. 1979) 1914 - Katherine Stammers Menzies, English doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935), born in St Albans, England (d. 2005) 1930 - Max Frankel, American journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds), born in Gera, Germany 1934 - Jane Goodall, British primatologist, anthropologist, and writer (Through a Window: My Thirty Years With the Chimpanzees of Gombe), born in Hampstead, London, England 1964 - Nigel Farage, British politician and leader of the UKIP who campaigned for Brexit, born in Downe, Kent 1980 - Trevor Moore, American actor and comedian (The Whitest Kids U' Know), born in Montclair, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 628 - Khosrow II, Sāsānian King of Persia (579-628), murdered by his son Kavad at about 57 1822 - Friedrich Justin Bertuch, German publisher and patron, dies at 74 1983 - Danny Rapp, American pop singer (Danny and The Juniors - "At The Hop"), takes his own life at 41 2003 - Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter ("Be What You Are"), dies at 61 2003 - Michael Kelly, American journalist (b. 1957) 2010 - Dusan Radic, Serbian composer, dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »