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Historical Events 1434 - River Thames in London freezes over 1639 - 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System 1951 - CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Ottawa Rough Riders claim their 4th Championship with 21-14 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders 1953 - Los Angeles Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954; signs 23 one year agreements until 1976 1969 - Apollo 12 returns to Earth 1970 - 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1938 - Willy Claes, Belgian politician 1938 - David Newell, American (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - "Mr. McFeely"), born in O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania 1938 - Oscar Robertson [The Big O], American NBA guard (Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Olympic gold 1960), born in Charlotte, Tennessee 1942 - Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor (Blue Money), born in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland 1951 - Graham Price, British rugby player 1970 - Doug Brien, kicker (New Orleans Saints) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1468 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402) 1770 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685) 1957 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (En el Arsenal) and husband of Frida Kahlo, dies at 70 1959 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests; NSW; Eastern Suburbs; ARL 'Immortal'; Dally M Medal) and rugby union utility (2 caps), dies from heart failure at 76 2006 - (Juhani) "Juice" Leskinen, Finnish rock singer-songwrirter ("Musta aurinko nousee - Black Sun Rises"; "Marilyn"), and poet, dies from multiple medical issues at 56 2021 - Guillermo Echevarría, Mexican swimmer (1,500m WR 16:28.1 1968), dies at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1834 - "Harold in Italy", symphonic work for orchestra and viola by Hector Berlioz, premieres and at the Paris Conservatoire; Chrétien Urhan soloist, with Narcisse Girard conducting 1890 - General elections in Italy won by the Left group headed by Francesco Crispi 1913 - Jim Larkin and James Connolly establish the Irish Citizens Army in order to protect strikers 1914 - The US Army withdraws from Mexico 1923 - Germany's Gustav Stresemann's government falls to the SPD 1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1977 - European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1991 - Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season, and 15,031 yards for career 2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections 2014 - Magnus Carlsen defends his World Chess Championship title after defeating Vishy Anand More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1644 - "Areopagitica", a pamphlet by John Milton decrying censorship, is published 1946 - "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 79 performances 1970 - Arthur Young resigns as Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) 1980 - National Black Independent Party forms 1988 - Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract 2014 - A suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) 1931 - Oscar C. Yatco, Filipino violinist and conductor, born in Tanuan, Batangas, Philippines (d. 2014) 1934 - Robert Towne, American producer and screenwriter (Chinatown), born in Los Angeles, California 1955 - Steven Brust [Karl Zoltan], American sci-fi author (Yendi, Jhereg), born in St. Paul, Minnesota 1963 - Gwynne Shotwell, American engineer and businesswoman (SpaceX), born in Evanston, Illinois 1967 - Salli Richardson, American actress (Posse), born in Chicago, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1980 - Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54 1987 - Alton Adams, American composer (1st black bandmaster in the United States Navy), dies at 98 1990 - Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37 1996 - Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35 2005 - (John) "Fritz" Richmond, American folk musician (washtub bass and jug), and recording engineer, dies of lung cancer at 66 2006 - Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948) More Famous Deaths »

1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on way to first voyage from Europe to reach India 1842 - Mount St Helens in Washington erupts 1862 - Opera "La Forza del Destino" by Giuseppe Verdi debuts at Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia [Nov 10 O.S.] 1906 - Peter Stolypin, Prime Minister of Russia, introduces agrarian reforms allowing peasants to withdraw from the communes and take their share of land for private ownership 1922 - British Labour party elects Ramsay MacDonald as leader 1930 - Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit 1930 - 1st US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0) 1944 - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen 1992 - Washington Post reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women 2003 - 68th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-23 in Auburn More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1968 - The Beatles release "The Beatles" (White Album), their only double album 1995 - OPEC states that it will roll over its current oil production quota of 25.42 million barrels per day 1996 - O.J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" 2015 - Serbian tennis star Novak Đoković makes it 4 straight season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles beating Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 in the final in London, England 2020 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins offensive on regional capital of Mekelle 2022 - UK faces a bigger hit to its economy from the global energy crisis than any other advanced economy according to the OECD, projected to shrink by 0.4% More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1870 - Howard Brockway, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1951) 1879 - Ralph Hawtrey, British economist (multiplier, quantity theory of money), born in Slough, England (d. 1975) 1923 - Dika Newlin, American composer, Schoenberg expert and punk rocker, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2006) 1967 - Boris Becker, German tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89), born in Leimen, Germany 1973 - Alexandra Fusai, St Cloud France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Szczecin) 1983 - Tyler Hilton, American singer-songwriter, and actor (One Tree Hill), born in Palm Springs, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1963 - Aldous Huxley, English author (Brave New World), dies at 69 1981 - Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74 2006 - Ria Beckers, Dutch politician and leader of the progressive Christian party PPR, dies at 67 2010 - Jean Cione, American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (b. 1928) 2011 - Lana Peters [Svetlana Stalina], Stalin's daughter, dies at 85 2022 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban Nueva Trova singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yolanda; Yo Me Quedo), dies of cancer at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1849 - Friedrich Hebbel's play "Der Rubin" premieres in Vienna 1916 - HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people 1933 - 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service 1934 - NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) 1946 - Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub 1953 - WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 - "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances 1980 - "Hi Infidelity" 9th studio album by REO Speedwagon is released 1999 - Repeat of previous year's final, but different result; American tennis star Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2 for the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC 2020 - Texas National Guard mobilized to help El Paso County, deal with a morgue crisis as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge More Historical Events »

Historical Events 533 - The Institutes published - an official textbook of Roman law, part of Roman Emperor Justinian's program of legal reforms 1865 - Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC 1914 - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1934 - "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race 1938 - -24] Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands 2004 - The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and jurist, born in Lübeck, GErmany (d. 1949) 1927 - (Carlos) "Charlie" Palmieri, American salsa and charanga music bandleader, musical director, and piano player (Tito Puente; Alegré All-Stars), born in South Bronx, New York City (d. 1988) 1952 - Deborah Shelton, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double), born in Washington, D.C. 1971 - Dahlia Salem, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1975 - Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders) 1978 - Sara Tanaka, American actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1566 - Annibale Caro, Italian writer and poet (Lettere familiare), dies at 59 1830 - Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian pioneering dramatist (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon), dies of tuberculosis at 42 1945 - Jimmy Quinn, Scottish soccer striker (11 caps; Celtic 272 games, 188 goals), dies at 67 1982 - John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894) 2013 - Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L'Oeil écoute - The Eye Listens), dies at 86 2022 - Jürgen Nöldner, German soccer midfielder (30 caps East Germany; ASK Vorwärts Berlin 285 games) and journalist (Neue Fußballwoch, Kicker), dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1805 - Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fidelio", his only opera, premieres at Vienna's Theater an der Wien 1886 - Sherlock Holmes's first story "A Study in Scarlet" is accepted by publisher Ward and Lock with payment of £25 1901 - Dramatic opera "Grisélidis" by Jules Massenet, Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand premieres the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France 1915 - CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Tigers win 2nd title; beat Toronto Rowing Association, 13-7 1917 - 1st successful tank use in battle, at the Battle of Cambrai in World War I as Britain uses the new technology to break through German lines 1929 - Salvador Dali's first one-man show 1993 - Winnie Mandela's driver and bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg 1994 - New Vaudevillian revue "The Flying Karamazov Brothers Do the Impossible" opens at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, for a limited run of 50 performances 2009 - The Mexican government declares its economy technically out of recession after 2.93% GDP growth in the third quarter of 2009; Mexico had been in a severe economic crisis for over a year prior to its economic rebound 2022 - UN COP27 summit agrees to establish fund to help poor and vulnerable countries with climate change, with committee to be made up of representatives from 24 countries More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1789 - New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights 1815 - Russia, Prussia, Austria and England sign an Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe" on the same day as the Treaty of Paris 1983 - NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing 1988 - Boston College beats Army 38-24 in the 'Emerald isle Classic' at Dublin's Lansdowne Road Stadium, the first NCAA American Football game to be played in Europe 1997 - Yohannes Haile-Selassie discovers the partial skull of a 2.5 million year old human ancestor, confirming and establishing the new species Australopithecus garhi, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia 1997 - NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1752 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel), born in Bristol, England (d. 1770) 1913 - Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (Cannonball), born in Starke, Florida (d. 1983) 1916 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008) 1941 - Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright, born in Kanpur, India 1970 - Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1972 - Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet, born in Tehran, Iran More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1591 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540) 1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 1917 - Alfredo Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, and composer, dies at 65 1952 - Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (La Critica), dies at 86 1995 - Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (with Ekaterina Gordeeva - Pairs World Championship, 1986-87, 1989-90; Olympic gold, 1988 and 94), dies at 28 of a heart attack on the practice rink in Lake Placid, New York, 2009 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator, dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1523 - Florentine Giulio de' Medici chosen as Pope Clement VII - rules until 1534 1794 - Jakobin Club forms in Paris 1794 - Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain 1881 - A meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine 1940 - Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler 1983 - Robert Whitney (79) conducts his final concert, leading the Louisville Orchestra at the opening of the Whitney Concert Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, Kentucky 1995 - "Sacrilege" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 21 performances 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space 2000 - Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis wins WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC; beats Monica Seles, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 2010 - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" the 7th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released worldwide More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1644 - First protestant ministry society in New England 1911 - NY receives first Marconi wireless transmission from Italy 1969 - WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 1973 - New York stock market takes sharpest drop in 19 years 2017 - Bulgarian tennis star Gregor Dimitrov breaks through for a first season-ending ATP World Tour Finals title with a 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 win in London over David Goffin of Belgium 2020 - Inquiry find "credible evidence" elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan civilians More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1886 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Le Cocu Magnificent), born in Paris (d. 1970) 1887 - James B. Sumner, American chemist (Nobel 1946 - discovered that enzymes can be crystallized), born in Canton, Massachusetts (d. 1955) 1924 - William Russell, British actor (Doctor Who, The Great Escape, Superman), born in Sunderland, England 1936 - Michel Decoust, French contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer and conductor (Symétrie; Interphone), born in Paris, France 1971 - Michelle Andrews, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympic gold 1996; World Cup gold 1994; Champions Trophy gold 1993, 95, 97, 99), born in Newcastle, Australia 1973 - Ryukishi07 [real name unknown), Japanese mystery writer (When They Cry series), born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1692 - Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Dutch-German prince and Field Marshall (commanded Dutch States Army and German forces), dies at 72 1692 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (2nd Poet Laureate 1689-92), dies at about 50 1942 - Édouard Combe, Swiss composer, dies at 76 1950 - Thomas Wood, English composer, dies at 57 1961 - Dorothy Heyward (née Kuhns), American playwright (Porgy), and novelist, dies at 71 2012 - Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1105 - Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I 1307 - William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head 1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope 1667 - Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC 1755 - Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported 1912 - Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire 1943 - 444 British bombers attack Berlin 1959 - Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year 1976 - Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship 1989 - Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1833 - Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven 1904 - General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup 1960 - Charlie Finley makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels 1990 - Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win her first of 3 straight WTA Tour Championships in NYC; first 5-set women's final since 1901 2005 - 20th Century Fox releases "Walk the Line", starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, and directed by James Mangold; Witherspoon wins an Academy Award 2012 - 40th American Music Awards: Katy Perry and Justin Bieber win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer and mineralogist (Vega Expedition), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1901) 1845 - John Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) (d. 1925) 1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1963) 1903 - Lillian Fuchs, American violist and composer, born in New York (d. 1995) 1918 - Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero, born in Nelson, Wales (d. 2007) 1951 - Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist and conductor, born in Gmunden, Austria (d. 2016) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1678 - Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 1887 - Gustav Fechner, German psychologist and physicist (Weber–Fechner law), dies at 86 1917 - Henry Spiekman, Dutch journalist and politician (co-founder Social Democratic Workers' Party), dies of leukemia at 43 1968 - Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger], American film producer (Cleopatra), dies at 74 2009 - Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), dies at 74 2014 - Dave Appell, American musician, arranger, musical director (Ernie Kovacs), record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn), and songwriter, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1774 - First City Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry formed at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, one of the oldest US military units still in service 1929 - Nikolai Bukharin is expelled from the Soviet Politburo amidst a power struggle with Joseph Stalin 1959 - William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof 1973 - Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed 1980 - WHHM Television in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American public-broadcasting television station 1993 - General Sani Abacha leads a military coup against Ernest Shonekan's transitional administration and returns the Nigerian government to military control 1996 - Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia 1997 - In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants). 2008 - "Twilight", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres in Los Angeles 2018 - Protests across France against rising fuel prices leave 400 injured More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1858 - Origin of Modified Julian Period 1876 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March makes its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception 1965 - William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 2002 - Australian Leyton Hewitt scores back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a classic 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4 victory over Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in Shanghai, China 2006 - Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg). 2021 - British Columbia declares a state of emergency after an "atmospheric river" storm causes widespread rain and flooding More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1729 - Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785) 1911 - William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976) 1936 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005) 1945 - Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields) 1953 - Jilly Johnson, British model and pop vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in England 1965 - Paul Sorrento, Somerville MA, infielder (Seattle Mariners) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1600 - Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after defeat at Battle of Sekigahara (b. 1542) 1940 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879) 1940 - Eric Gill, British sculptor, engraver and typographer (Perpetua, Gill Sans), dies of cancer at 58 1942 - Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879) 1995 - Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87 2019 - Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi and Emirati politician and diplomat (Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs during Six-Day War), dies at 96 More Famous Deaths »

1856 - Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens 1907 - Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state 1920 - 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn 1950 - UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps 1984 - Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record 1989 - Six Jesuit priests including Ignacio Ellacuría and two others are assassinated killed by Salvadoran army - one of the most notorious acts of the Salvadoran civil war 1996 - "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances 2020 - Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a category four storm, just 15 km south of Hurricane Eta 13 days ago 2021 - Guanyu Zhou confirmed as China's first F1 driver, racing for Alfa Romeo in 2022 2022 - U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives first safety approval on lab-grown meat, chicken grown from animal cells made by Upside Foods More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1632 - Battle of Lützen: Significant battle of Thirty Years' War - Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus 1840 - New Zealand officially becomes a British colony 1917 - British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1973 - US President Richard Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline 2003 - CFL Grey Cup, Taylor Field, Regina: Edmonton Eskimos reverse previous year result; beat Montreal Alouettes, 34-22 for 12th title 2022 - NASA's Artemis I mission carrying the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test mission around the Moon and back launches from Florida More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1609 - Henrietta Maria, French-born daughter of Henry IV of France and Queen Consort of England (d. 1669) 1730 - Gualtherus van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician, born in Philippine, Zealand, Netherlands (d. 1783) 1874 - Johanna Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August) and wife of Henri Dons, born (d. 1946) 1931 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist, born in Rapallo, Italy (d. 2006) 1973 - Howard Smothers, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles) 1981 - Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, born in Washington, D.C., United States More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1667 - Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, dies at 34 1766 - Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), dies at 81 1835 - Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48 1958 - J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67 1980 - O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41 2005 - Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1715 - Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands 1777 - Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, is approved by the Continental Congress 1898 - British naval officer David Beatty promoted to commander after Sudan Campaign 1899 - Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal 1921 - KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions 1922 - British General Election: Conservative party wins a majority under Andrew Bonar Law 1939 - The first unemployment compensation law, under the Social Security Act, that of the District of Columbia, was approved for grants by the Social Security Board 1961 - Roger Maris is voted AL MVP 1967 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP 2019 - Pakistan becomes the 1st country to introduce a vaccine against typhoid, targeting 10 million children More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1988 - 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses 1995 - "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances 2000 - New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India 2003 - First day of the Istanbul Bombings takes place, followed by additional bombings on November 20th 2004 - Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the tennis season-ending WTA Tour Championship; beats American Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1708 - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68) known as the `Great Commoner', born in London (d. 1778) 1898 - Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer and poet (Fish-Trap) (d. 1976) 1928 - C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], American country singer (Convoy), born in Audubon, Iowa (d. 2022) 1968 - James Brady, columnist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York 1974 - Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Nickelback "How You Remind Me"; "Photograph"), born in Hanna, Alberta 1981 - Drew Hodgdon, American NFL football player, 2005-07 (Houston Texans), born in Palo Alto, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1988 - Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84 1990 - Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54 1997 - Saul Chaplin [Kaplan], American Oscar Award-winning stage, and screen composer, arranger, and orchestrator (An American in Paris; "The Anniversary Song"), dies at 85 2009 - Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914) 2010 - Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78 2010 - Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944) More Famous Deaths »

1675 - Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine 1888 - USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game 1922 - German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth's term ends 1954 - Egyptian President Naguib resigns, state of emergency declared 1957 - Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion 1964 - Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!", based on Charles Dickens' 1838 novel "Oliver Twist", and featuring Clive Revill, Danny Sewell, and Davy Jones, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 774 performances and 3 Tony Award wins 1993 - Don Shula becomes the coach with the most wins in NFL history 2008 - Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy 2018 - Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years 2022 - Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack reveals she is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and is no longer able to sing More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1881 - Leon Gambetta forms French government 1920 - The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia 1931 - Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain 1960 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo 2018 - Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years 2018 - Large impact crater, 31 km wide, from iron meteorite identified under Hiawatha Glacier in Greenland More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1906 - Louise Brooks, American silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1985) 1929 - Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1995) 1929 - Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, "Fear Strikes Out"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2017) 1930 - Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2019) 1932 - Ramon Zupko, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (Fluxus), and educator (Western Michigan University, 1971-96), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019) 1948 - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1794 - Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as "Dutch Isaac Newton"), dies at 30 1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848) 1965 - Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68 1982 - Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 91 2002 - Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), dies at 89 2014 - Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1565 - Pope Pius IV publishes decree Professi fidei 1789 - Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1922 - Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's revue "'49ers" premieres in NYC 1942 - Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 in the US 1948 - "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 performances 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas 1952 - KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1990 - Saudis ask US for rights to bid on SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) crude 1993 - 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka 2019 - 53rd Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Maren Morris and Luke Combs win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription 1926 - Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam, West Java 1952 - False fingernails 1st sold 1966 - American comedian Flip Wilson makes his debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; he returns 10 times 1991 - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award 2014 - Indian cricket batsman Rohit Sharma sets new world ODI record of 264 runs off 173 balls against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (1979-87), born in Easton, Maryland 1943 - Roberto Boninsegna, Italian soccer striker (22 caps; Cagliari, FC Inter Milan, Juventus FC), born in Mantua, Italy 1947 - Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 1993) 1971 - Noah Hathaway, actor (Troll, Neverending Story) 1976 - Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete 1993 - Julia Michaels [Cavazos], American pop singer and songwriter, born in Davenport, Iowa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530) 1958 - Bart van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81 1974 - Karen Silkwood, American nuclear lab technician and labor union activist killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances at 28 1999 - Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; 5/109 in Test debut 1958), dies at 67 2010 - Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921) 2013 - Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), dies of kidney failure at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1873 - Bay District Race Track in San Francisco opens 1919 - Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia 1926 - The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers 1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape 1953 - David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel 1965 - Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1982 - KGB Chief Yuri Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union 1987 - "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances 1995 - 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 2022 - New Zealand's Black Ferns win Women's World Rugby Championship defeating England 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a capacity crowd More Historical Events »

Historical Events 954 - Lotharius becomes King of France 1885 - Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game 1948 - The first mobile betatron (particle accelerator) begins operation at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland 1984 - NBC premiere of "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story", fact based telepic of actress Saldana's near fatal attack and its aftermath 2015 - Out Magazine names Barack Obama 'Ally of the Year', Obama becomes 1st sitting US President to pose for cover of a gay magazine 2021 - Taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1547 - Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575). 2nd daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici 1915 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer) (d. 1980) 1927 - Pavel Kharin, Russian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 10,000m, silver C-2 1,000m 1956), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 2023) 1931 - Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer ("Big Girls Don't Cry"; "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014) 1936 - Ruth Jessen, American golfer (11 LPGA Tour wins, 3-time major runner-up), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2007) 1991 - Kathleen Herles, American child voice actress (Dora the Explorer, and Go, Diego, Go! - "Dora"), born in Queens, New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1671 - Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general (Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army during English Civil War), dies at 59 1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773) 1940 - Alejandro Garcia Caturla, Cuban composer, dies at 34 1996 - Gwen Catley, English soprano, dies at 90 2013 - John Tavener, British composer (The Protecting Veil), dies from complications from Marfan syndrome at 69 2020 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist (2002 Nobel Prize for Physics for neutrinos), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »