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Historical Events 1620 - After a month of delays off the English coast and about two months at sea, the Mayflower spots land (Cape Cod) 1963 - Tsurumi rail accident on Tōkaidō Main Line, two passenger trains collide with derailed freight train, killing 162 people. in Yokohama, Japan 1964 - Victor Borge's "Comedy in Music - Opus 2" opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 192 performances 1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retires for the first time 2015 - "Reclining Nude" by Italian artist Modigliani fetches 2nd highest auction price at $170.4m 2020 - Peru's Congress votes to impeach and oust President Martín Vizcarra on corruption charges More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1820 - Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1892) 1877 - Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician, 1st President of Italy (1948), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1959) 1888 - Jean Monnet, French political economist and diplomat, born in Cognac, France (d. 1979) 1922 - Raymond Devos, Belgian-French humorist, born in Mouscron, Belgium (d. 2006) 1939 - Paul Cameron, American psychologist and sex researcher, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1948 - Michel Pagliaro, Canadian rock singer, born in Montreal, Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1809 - Paul Sandby, English cartographer and landscape painter, dies at about 78 [exact birthdate uncertain, c. 1731] 1968 - Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist, dies at 37 1985 - Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs 1994 - Ralph Michael, British actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), dies at 87 2000 - Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne), dies at 85 2017 - Hans Vermeulen, Dutch singer and guitarist (Sandy Coast), dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1865 - Maastricht-Venlo railway opens in Netherlands 1919 - 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast 1932 - German election - KPD defeats NSDAP 1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected US President 1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1986 - President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill 1993 - Actor Howard Rollins arrested for drunk driving 1993 - Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 2006 - 40th Country Music Association Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban win 2013 - 15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1869 - 1st US college football game, players used their hands or feet, Rutgers 6 Princeton 4 1919 - 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast 1962 - Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1986 - Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern 2009 - President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1661 - Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1700) 1822 - Gordon Granger, American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), born in Wayne County, New York (d. 1876) 1936 - K. Schippers [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author (Een klok en profil), born in Amsterdam 1937 - Edwin Roxburgh, English composer and conductor, born in Liverpool, England 1946 - Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English soccer midfielder, manager (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers), born in Bolton, Lancashire More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1492 - Antoine Busnois, French composer known for his chansons, dies at about 62 1597 - Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain [Catalina Micaela de Austria], Duchess consort of Savoy (1585-97), dies at 30 1912 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, dies at 70 1986 - Lili Kraus, Czech-Hungarian-British concert pianist and educator, dies at 81 1989 - Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (Detective Story), dies of cancer at 40 2021 - Shawn Rhoden, Jamaican bodybuilder (Mr. Olympia 2018; IFBB British Grand Prix 2012), dies from a heart attack at 46 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1930 - Bank of Italy renamed Bank of America 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson is elected President of the United States in a landslide, with Hubert Humphrey as his vice president, defeating Republican candidate Barry Goldwater 1968 - David Pearson is declared NASCAR Grand National champion as Cale Yarborough wins season ending Peach State 200 at Jefferson, Georgia; Pearson finishes 126 points ahead of Bobby Isaac to secure his 2nd title 1985 - French McLaren driver Alain Prost wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship, finishing 4th in the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins title by 20 points from Italian Michele Alboreto 2012 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: George Vancouver, Groupie Doll, Tapizar, Mizdirection, Shanghai Bobby, Little Mike, Trinniberg, Wise Dan, Fort Larned 2023 - 38th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Kate Bush; Sheryl Crow; Missy Elliott; George Michael; Willie Nelson; Rage Against the Machine; The Spinners; DJ Kool Herc; Link Wray; Chaka Khan; Al Kooper; Bernie Taupin; and Don Cornelius More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1781 - Friedrich Wollank, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1831) 1799 - William Sprague III, American politician (U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1842-44)), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1856) 1931 - Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Turkish freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 57kg 1956, 62kg 1960; World C'ship gold 1954, 57, 59), born in Söğütpınar, Turkey (d. 2022) 1940 - Charlie Gallagher, Scottish soccer inside forward (2 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic, Dumbarton), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2021) 1951 - Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist, New York Daily News, born in Jersey City, New Jersey 1983 - Julie Marie Berman, American actress (General Hospital), born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1708 - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau and daughter of Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, dies at 71 1911 - Salvador Giner y Vidal, Spanish composer, dies at 79 1945 - James Frederick Wagner, father of Priscilla Presley, dies in a plane crash 1983 - Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American Emmy Award-winning conductor (CBS Symphony; Columbia Pan-American Orchestra), and composer (The Great City), dies during heart surgery at 82 1993 - John Lupton, American actor (Tom-Broken Arrow), dies at 65 2022 - Wang Tao, Chinese soccer striker (2 caps; Dalian Wanda FC) and executive (founder BSU FC), dies at 52 More Famous Deaths »

1907 - Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published 1917 - In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay 1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke in Belgium 1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses during a congressional investigation that TV quiz show "Twenty-One" was fixed 1976 - Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford; Walter Mondale elected vice president 1990 - First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan 1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey 1996 - Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history 2017 - On This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India 2021 - Jihadist gunman ambush and kill 69 people, including a local mayor in south-west Niger, adding to the 530 killed in 2021 to date More Historical Events »

1907 - Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published 1917 - In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay 1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke in Belgium 1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses during a congressional investigation that TV quiz show "Twenty-One" was fixed 1976 - Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford; Walter Mondale elected vice president 1990 - First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan 1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey 1996 - Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history 2017 - On This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India 2021 - Jihadist gunman ambush and kill 69 people, including a local mayor in south-west Niger, adding to the 530 killed in 2021 to date More Historical Events »

1572 - Spanish troops attack Maastricht 1805 - 45 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, one of the earliest women's clubs in America 1967 - Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to German-American nuclear physicist Hans Bethe 1978 - NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings 1980 - Bernard Slade's stage comedy "Romantic Comedy", closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after for 396 performances 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1999 - MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 1 2009 - British Mercedes driver Jenson Button finishes 5th in Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship 2017 - 19th Chinese Communist Party congress opens in Beijing with President Xi Jinping delivering 3hr 23min speech heralding “new era” 2019 - The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the World Economic Forum, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-host "Event 201", a table-top panel exercise on dealing with aa fictional high-level pandemic exercise in New York City More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1776 - In a bar decorated with bird tail in Elmsford, New York, a customer requests a glassful of “those cock tails” from bartender Betsy Flanagan 1878 - Anti-socialist laws are ratified in Germany 1919 - Belvin Maynard wins the first transcontinental air race in round trip of nine days, four hours, 25 minutes and 12 seconds, race costs nine lives with 54 crashes or forced landings 1924 - Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) 1968 - Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's apartment, they are fined £150 for marijuana possession 1974 - 1st ABA regular season game at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana - Pacers lose to San Antonio Spurs 129-121 in double overtime before 7,473 fans More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1865 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist who reformed the constructed language Volapük, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1957) 1890 - Agathe Henriette Trip-de Beaufort, Dutch writer (Rembrandt. Olympics 1928), born in Baarn, Netherlands (d. 1982) 1925 - Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels - "Waarom heb jij me laten staan?"), born in the Netherlands (d. 2012) 1939 - Flavio Cotti, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss Federal Council (1991) advocate to join the EU, born in Muralto, Switzerland (d. 2020) 1975 - Alex Cora, Puerto Rican MLB baseball infielder, 1998-2011 (Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and 4 other teams), and manager, 2018-19 and 2021- (Boston Red Sox), born in Caguas, Puerto Rico 1985 - Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2014, 16; Gold Glove Award 2015 Detroit Tigers; Silver Slugger Award 2016; Boston Red Sox, NY Mets), born in Campechuela, Cuba More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1141 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria 1545 - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55 1987 - Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 1995 - Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, American lawyer and civil rights activist (challenged University of Oklahoma segregation laws in Supreme Court and won), dies at 67 2002 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950) 2020 - Sid Hartman, American sports journalist (Minneapolis Star Tribune; WCCO 830 AM), dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

1631 - Saxon army occupies Prague 1854 - US Assay Office in NYC, New York opens 1916 - In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 1947 - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 318 performances 1971 - 5th Country Music Association Awards: Charlie Pride wins 1979 - Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone) 1985 - US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1994 - Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 2021 - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen says country won't bow to Chinese pressure in defiant speech on Taiwanese National Day, day after Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to "fulfil reunification" 2023 - Revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along", based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play, starring Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe, opens at Hudson Theater, NYC; wins 4 Tony Awards More Historical Events »

Historical Events 732 - Battle of Tours: Umayyad army led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi defeated by Frankish Aquitainian force led by Charles Martel during Umayyad invasion of Gaul 1982 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint 1994 - Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 1995 - Robert E Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics 2003 - Shirin Ebadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, making her the 1st Iranian Muslim women to receive the prize 2018 - Hurricane Michael makes landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h), going on to kill 27, having killed 15 in Central America More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1344 - Mary Plantagenet, English princess, daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, born in Waltham, Hampshire (d. 1362) 1847 - Gheorghe Dima, Romanian composer, born in Șcheii Brașovului, Romania (d. 1925) 1870 - Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, born in Hobart, Tasmania (d. 1935) 1887 - Rie Cramer, Dutch writer and illustrator, born in Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977) 1936 - Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here), born in Stockport, Cheshire, England 1965 - Steve Scalise, American politician (Representative-R-Louisiana 2008-), born in New Orleans, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1797 - Carter Braxton, American plantation owner and signer of the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 61 1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (Prince Serebrenni), dies of morphine toxicity at 58 1939 - Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895) 1989 - Joe Techner, American jazz trumpeter (Elliot Lawrence Band - "Elevation"), dies at 63 1993 - Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52 2022 - Sergio Brighenti, Italian soccer forward (9 caps; Modena, Internazionale, Triestina, Padova, Sampdoria), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1636 - Battle at Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III 1824 - Mexico becomes a republic 1921 - League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians 1959 - Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 premieres at the Large Hall of the Leningrad Conservatory with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 1964 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC; Mary Mills shoots final round 69 to win first of her 2 LPGA C'ships, 2 strokes ahead of defending champion Mickey Wright 1971 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 2001 - Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed. 2004 - SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight 2009 - Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: Jay Haas wins his third and final Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Tom Watson 2017 - Chinese pianist Lang Lang plays Carneige Hall one-handed due to injury with 14 year-old Maxim Lando playing his left hand for Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1571 - -13] Synod of Emden, Calvinist leaders establish the Dutch Reformed Church. 1917 - British assault on Broodseinde, France 1918 - Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC 2001 - Brendan Shanahan scores a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career 2015 - American rock band Van Halen's final public performance takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. 2019 - Fuel subsidies end in Ecuador after four decades, prompting nationwide protests and President Lenín Moreno to declare 60-day state of emergency More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1807 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (Prime Minister of the Province of Canada), born in Boucherville, Lower Canada (d. 1864) 1872 - Ernest Blood, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Passaic HS, NJ, 200-1 record, 1915-24), born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1955) 1936 - Charlie Hurley, Irish soccer centre half (40 caps Republic of Ireland; Sunderland 402 games), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 2024) 1942 - Jenny Arean [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress, cabaret and theatre singer ("Vluchten kan niet meer"), born in Lisse, Netherlands 1948 - Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2020) 1949 - Armand Assante, American actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1590 - Cujacius [Jacques Cujas], French lawyer, dies at about 68 1946 - Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (International Motorsports Hall of Fame; first to drive at 60mph on circular track), dies of a heart attack at 67 1948 - Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), dies at 62 1970 - Curtis Turner, American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years, 17 wins), dies in aeroplane crash at 46 1974 - Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45 2013 - Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, dies at 102 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West. 1950 - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions in 55-13 win against Baltimore Colts; Cardinals quarterback Jim Hardy tosses 6 touchdown passes 1975 - Four Ulster Volunteer Force members killed after a bomb they are carrying prematurely explodes in Farrenlester, near Coleraine 1989 - TV true life drama "A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story" premieres on NBC in the US 2005 - The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people 2016 - Ryder Cup Golf, Hazeltine National GC: US regains Cup; beats Europe, 17-11; Americans Brooks Koepka, Brandt Snedeker and Patrick Reed each win 3 matches More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1646 - Guillaume Poitevin, French composer and teacher, born in Boulbon, France (d. 1706) 1930 - Jayasinghrao Ghorpade, Indian cricket batsman (8 Tests @ 15.26; Baroda), born in Panchgani, Maharashtra (d. 1978) 1947 - (Frank) "Skip" Konte, American keyboardist, songwriter (The Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride"; Three Dog Night, 1973-76), and record producer, born in Canon City, Oklahoma 1948 - Yuri Vasenin, Russian soccer midfielder (9 caps USSR; FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad), born in Chernyakhovsk, Russia (d. 2022) 1948 - Chris LeDoux, American country singer ("Ridin' for a Fall"), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 2005) 1950 - Michael Rutherford, British rock bassist and guitar player (Genesis; Mike and the Mechanics - "Living Years"), born in Chertsey, Surrey, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1863 - Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British automotive designer who designed the Mini, dies at 81 1991 - Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies 1994 - Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), dies of heart failure at 85 2006 - Milly Vitale, Italian actress (7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler), dies at 73 2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (Amazons; Cleopatra Jones), dies of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis, at 59 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1688 - Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce leaves Michillimakinac on a mysterious journey of exploration about which he later writes he discovered a 'Long' river 1706 - Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen; Augustus renounces his claims to the Polish throne and his alliance with Russia 1964 - Ringo Starr forms Brikley Building Company Ltd 1964 - Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as Prime Minister of German Democratic Republic 2018 - Pakyong Airport, India's 100th airport, is opened in the Himalayan mountains at 1,400 meters by Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2020 - David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston's record as the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Instagram More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1667 - Jean-Louis Lully, French composer and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1688) 1833 - Henry Alanson Barnum, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Jamesville, New York (d. 1892) 1924 - Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge (d. 2005) 1950 - Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricket batsman (69 Tests, 11 x 100, 24 x 50, HS 138; Punjab, Delhi, Baroda), born in Patiala, India 1966 - Bernard Gilkey, American MLB outfielder (NY Mets), born in St Louis, Missouri 1971 - Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve), born in Chippenham, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1180 - Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1143-80), dies at 61 1517 - Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies 1976 - Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74 2001 - Peter Shore, British politician (Labour), dies at 77 2004 - Joep Straesser, Dutch composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), dies at 70 2019 - Jimmy Nelson, American ventriloquist (Nestles - Farfel the Dog), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1873 - German troops leave France 1915 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia adjourns 4th Duma 1922 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins third straight US singles title; beats fellow American Bill Johnston 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 1950 - Viet Minh offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1964 - "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV 1974 - US General Alexander Haig, Jr. becomes NATO supreme commander in Europe 1977 - 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV 1984 - 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV 1996 - 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto 2012 - Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, seeks a court order to resolve a week long teachers strike More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1922 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins third straight US singles title; beats fellow American Bill Johnston 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 1979 - Louis LaRusso II's stage drama "Knockout", starring Danny Aiello, closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 154 performances 1982 - Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins 1999 - 1st ever season of "Big Brother" reality show begins on the Veronica channel in The Netherlands 2000 - 25th Toronto International Film Festival: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee wins the People's Choice Award 2021 - Idaho Department of Health and Wellness says whole state now in a hospital resource crisis, will ration healthcare, due to COVID-19 surge More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1823 - Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Serbia (1839-42,1860-68), born in Kragujevac, Serbia (d. 1868) 1889 - Claude Albert Barnett, American journalist and founder (Associated Negro Press), born in Sanford, Florida (d. 1967) 1933 - Jim Gilbert, British artist and criminal, born in London (d. 1995) 1943 - David Wilshire, British MP (C) (Section 28, Parliamentary expenses scandal), born in Bristol, England 1962 - Roger Ross Williams, American director (1st African American director to win an Oscar for "Music by Prudence"), born in Easton, Pennsylvania 1963 - Richard Marx, American rock musician ("Hold on to the Night"), born in Chicago, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1936 - Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, dies at 57 1992 - Lee Tully, entertainer, dies 2001 - Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer and co-founder of American International Pictures, dies at 83 2003 - Sheb Wooley, American vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), dies at 82 2004 - Izora Rhodes Armstead, American disco singer (Two Tons O' Fun; The Weather Girls - "It's Raining Men"), dies of heart failure at 62 2023 - Lionel Morgan, Australian rugby league winger (3 Tests; first Indigenous Australian to play in a recognised RL Test), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1583 - Sinking of the English ship Squirrel off the Azores with explorer and founder of Newfoundland, Humphrey Gilbert, on board 1767 - Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas - the oldest continuously operating educational institution in Mexico, opens for the education of girls and women in Mexico City 1914 - First fully mechanized unit in the British Army created - the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI) 1915 - Association for the Study of Negro Life and History formed in Chicago by Carter G. Woodson and others. Now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. 1932 - Steamboat SS Observation explodes in NYC East River with 71 killed 1972 - Connection found between Mammoth Cave Ridge and Flint cave systems in Kentucky, joining 144 miles of passages - making it the world's longest known cave system (later mapped at 420 miles) 1978 - 3rd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-0 1983 - Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas 2000 - US Open Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins her first US title; beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 7-5 2013 - 44 people are killed and 45 are injured after a bus crashes into a ravine in Northern Guatemala More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1713 - Pope Clemens XI publishes decree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism 1863 - -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee 1946 - San Francisco 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7 1985 - 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California 2002 - Rookie quarterback David Carr throws for 2 TDs as the Houston Texans beat Dallas Cowboys 19-10 to become only the 2nd expansion team (1961 Minnesota Vikings) to win their inaugural game 2013 - 11 people are killed after a minibus collides with a train in Lasi, Romania More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1902 - Nico Donkersloot, Dutch literary and writer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1965) 1930 - Mario Adorf, German actor (The Tin Drum, Bachelor, Abyssinia), born in Zurich, Switzerland 1931 - Marion Brown, American jazz alto saxophonist, (Marion Brown Quartet; John Coltrane -"Ascension"; Artie Schepp), avant garde composer, writer, and ethnomusicologist, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2010) 1945 - Kelly Groucutt, English musician (Electric Light Orchestra), born in Coseley, England (d. 2009) 1950 - Will Lee, American session bassist (Late Show with David Letterman; The Fab Faux), born in San Antonio, Texas 1964 - Raven [Scott Levy], American professional wrestler, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1660 - Daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54 1947 - Victor Horta, Belgium architect, founder of Art Nouveau movement (Hôtel Tassel), dies at 86 2016 - The Lady Chablis [Benjamin Knox], American transgender entertainer (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), dies at 59 2020 - Gene A. Budig, American baseball executive (last American League [AL] president 1994-99), dies from liver disease at 81 2021 - Art Metrano, American comedian (Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi), dies at 84 2022 - Gwyneth Powell, British actress (Grange Hill - "Mrs. McClusky", dies of surgical complications at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1869 - Construction begins on the Grand Central Depot for Cornelius Vanderbilt's New York and Harlem Railroad (later replaced by Grand Central Station, and then by Grand Central Terminal) 1874 - Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia 1939 - In the "scoop of the century," Telegraph journalist Clare Hollingworth becomes the first to report the outbreak of World War II 1945 - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Vince DiMaggio smashes his 4th grand slam of season, tying NL record, in an 8-3 win v Boston Braves 1953 - WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (MET) begins 1953 - Fokker begins building F-27 Fokker Friendship 1976 - The Meadowlands Race Track opens in East Rutherford, New Jersey 1997 - Jerry Lewis' 32nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $50,500,000 2012 - Two suicide bombings kill 12 people and wound 50 in a NATO base in Afghanistan's Sayed Abad district 2019 - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks for Polish forgiveness for WWII at 80 year commemoration in Pilsudski Square, Warsaw More Historical Events »

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 »