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1628 - Huguenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu 1891 - Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1913 - "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal 1922 - First US coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game 1939 - Anti-German demonstrations and strikes in Czechoslovakia 1943 - German submarine U-220 sunk by US aircraft in the Atlantic 1954 - Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate 2011 - Baseball World Series: St. Louis beats Texas Rangers, 6-2 in Game 7 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 11th title; MVP: Cardinals 3rd baseman David Freese 2015 - Third Republican presidential candidates debate run by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado 2020 - 15th-century medieval manuscript "The Book of Lismore", returns to Ireland after donated by Chatsworth Settlement to University College Cork More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1776 - Battle of White Plains: George Washington retreats to New Jersey 1886 - Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City 1915 - Richard Strauss' tone poem "Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)" premieres in Berlin 1953 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees 1955 - Egypt and Saudi Arabia sign defense treaty 1965 - Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1913 - Peter Glenville, English stage and screen actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), born in London (d. 1996) 1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe), born in Gutu district, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2003) 1936 - Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist ("The Next Hundred Years"), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995) 1959 - Neville Henry, British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways"), born in England 1965 - Jami Gertz, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies), born in Chicago, Illinois 1967 - Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1646 - William Dobson, English portrait painter, dies at about 35 (b. 1610) 1877 - Robert Swinhoe, British naturalist (b. 1835) 1879 - Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (b. 1799) 1997 - Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71 2020 - Miguel Ángel Castellini, Argentine boxer (WBA, lineal light middleweight titles 1976-77), dies from COVID-19 at 73 2020 - Bobby Ball [Harper], British comic, actor, singer and television host (Cannon and Ball; The Last of Summer Wine), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1275 - Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam 1676 - Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw 1864 - Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad) 1935 - SDAP and NVV launches "Plan for Work" in Utrect, Netherlands 1974 - French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:46:24) in Neuf-Brisach, France 1978 - US President Jimmy Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill 1988 - "Les Miserables" opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia 1990 - Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president. 1991 - "Homecoming" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 49 performances 2020 - Organizers of 96th East-West Shrine Bowl college football all-star game, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children, announce cancellation of game scheduled for January 23, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Florida, due to COVID-19 issues. The More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1935 - SDAP and NVV launches "Plan for Work" in Utrect, Netherlands 1985 - Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions 1986 - Paul McCartney releases single "Pretty Little Head" 1992 - Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of JRR Tolkien 2014 - Taylor Swift releases her 5th studio album "1989" (2015 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2016) 2020 - A record 69.5 million Americans have already voted, a week before election day, 50.4% of 2016 total vote More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), born in Pittstown New York (d. 1875) 1865 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1958) 1874 - Owen D. Young, American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), born in Stark, New York (d. 1962) 1942 - Mike Appel, American musician, songwriter and producer (Sir Lord Baltimore; Bruce Springsteen), born in Flushing, Queens, New York 1945 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), born in Barrington, Illinois (d. 2004) 1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter (46th Eurovision Song Contest winner, 2001 - "Everybody"), born in Uhtna, Estonia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1617 - Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563) 1864 - Andreas Randel, Swedish composer, dies at 58 1949 - Ginette Neveu, French child prodigy and concert violinist, dies in a plane crash on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal at 30 1964 - Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63 1977 - Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65 1979 - Father Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster, dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1667 - Arung Palakka's Bugis forces occupy Makassar, southern Sulawesi 1923 - Dutch Government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck resigns 1926 - Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga") 1939 - Polish Jews forced into obligatory work service 1942 - Battle of Santa Cruz: Japanese naval offensive against US forces near Solomon Islands 1955 - British troops occupy Saudi Arabian oil field at Boeraimi 1967 - Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself after 26 years on the Peacock Throne 1984 - "The Terminator" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton is released in the US 1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte 2007 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Monmouth Park; Day 1 winners: Maryfield, Nownownow, Corinthian More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1529 - Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor of England 1951 - Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister at the age of 76 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1968 - Striker Antal Dunai scores twice as Hungary outclasses Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men's football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 2012 - China blocks the New York Times from searches and social media in response to an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao 2015 - World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1891) 1934 - Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster; Harmonia), born in Berlin 1946 - Keith Hopwood, British rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits - "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter"), born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England 1953 - Jennifer Roberson, American sci-fi author (Shapechangers, Sword-Maker), born in Kansas City, Missouri 1962 - Steve Wren, British pop-rock drummer (Then Jericho - "The Motive"), born in Lambeth, London, England 1970 - Bert Emanuel, American NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons), born in Kansas City, Missouri More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1671 - Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) 1678 - John Jenkins, English composer, dies at about 86 1909 - Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), assassinated by a Korean nationalist at 68 1923 - Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), dies at 58 2018 - György Károly, Hungarian poet and author, dies of cancer at 65 2019 - Robert Evans, American producer and actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1147 - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum 1828 - St Katharine Docks opens in London, England 1942 - Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins 1953 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th Symphony 1955 - Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates 1964 - The Rolling Stones make their 1st appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; they perform a cover of Chuck Berry's “Around and Around,” and their own hit "Time Is On My Side" 1968 - Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler 1975 - USSR's Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing 1983 - US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!) 1992 - "Dancing at Lughnasa" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 421 performances More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1953 - Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles 1962 - American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize for Literature 1968 - American swimmer Claudia Kolb wraps up the women's individual medley double in Mexico City, winning the 400m I/M in Olympic record 5:08.5; she also won the 200m I/M in OR 2:24.7 1984 - King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels 1985 - Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract 1987 - Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1877 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born in Oyster Bay, New York (d. 1957) 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (The Three Dancers, Guernica) and sculptor who co-founded the Cubist movement, born in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain (d. 1973) 1898 - Sidney James van den Bergh, Dutch businessman and politician, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977) 1951 - Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1960 - Hong Sang-soo, South Korean filmmaker (Right Now, Wrong Then), born in Seoul 1979 - Milena Roucka, Canadian model and professional wrestler, born in Vancouver, British Columbia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1907 - Edmund Hart Turpin, English composer, dies at 72 1921 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter in the Wild West, dies of a heart attack at 67 1939 - Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73 1954 - Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella), dies at 79 1984 - Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of a heart attack at 24 1988 - Johnnie Richardson, American RandB musician (Johnnie and Joe), dies at 53 More Famous Deaths »

1902 - Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts, killing 6,000 people and becoming one of the three largest eruptions of the 20th century 1924 - Nobel prize for physiology or medicine awarded to Dutchman Willem Einthoven "for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram" 1940 - Adolf Hitler meets the Head of the French State Marshal Philippe Pétain 1944 - US Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1948 - WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 - AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year 1980 - Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity 1997 - Marv Albert sentenced in assault case 1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 on comet and asteroid mission 2017 - Dog doping scandal confirmed by officials of Iditarod, Alaskan dog sled race after dogs test positive for a banned substance More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion 1944 - US aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1963 - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award 1971 - Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yds) 1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 2004 - 10 people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1863 - Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), born in Cartagena, Murcia (d. 1929) 1886 - Delmira Agustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1914) 1887 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), born in Paris, France (d. 1917) 1904 - Moss Hart, American playwright (You Can't Take it With You, Act 1), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1961) 1954 - Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician, Prime Minister (2015-18), born in Sydney, Australia 1988 - Joshua Shalikar, American actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kid), born in East Brunswick, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1949 - Joaquín Nin, Cuban composer and pianist, father of Anaïs Nin, dies at 70 1966 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1896) 1993 - Tonino Nardi, Italian cinematographer (Porte Manifest), dies at 54 1998 - Mary Calderone, American physician and founder (planned parenthood), dies at 94 2003 - Ross Taylor [Robert Murray Taylor], Scottish transplant surgeon who pioneered kidney transplantations in the U.K., dies from cancer of the stomach at 70 2016 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (2000-2005), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1588 - Remnants of Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander, Spain 1934 - Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain record balloon height of 10.9 miles (17.5 km) over Lake Erie 1944 - Soviet army invades Hungary 1974 - Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 1978 - Punk rock singer Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in NYC 1997 - At 6:11 AM San Francisco experiences a power blackout due to sabotage 2008 - Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers 2009 - The UK markets had contracted by 0.4% in the third quarter against what was expected to be a period of growth, as a result of unexpectedly poor performance by the service sector 2010 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2 2012 - 12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1813 - The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom). 1819 - 1st ship sails through the Erie Canal from Rome, New York to Utica, New York 1886 - "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis: St.L Browns edge Chicago White Stockings, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 6 to take series, 4-2 1973 - Yankee GM and President Lee MacPhail named AL president 1989 - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass 1996 - New York Yankees set record recovering from 0-6 in Baseball World Series game to beat Braves, 8-6 in Game 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium; record 7th straight post-season road win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1805 - Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author and painter (Nachsommer), born in Oberplan, Bohemia (d. 1868) 1869 - Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch cabaret singer, born in Kralingen, Holland (d. 1945) 1876 - Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970) 1936 - Barry Sinclair, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (21 Tests, 3 x 100s; Wellington CA), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2022) 1965 - Al Leiter, American pitcher (Florida Marlins, NY Mets), born in Toms River, New Jersey 1987 - Seo In-Guk, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (The Master's Sun), born in Ulsan, South Korea More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1890 - Charles Verlat, Flemish painter, dies at 65 1899 - Penn Symons, British Major General during Second Boer War, dies in battle during the Battle Of Talana Hill at 56 1978 - Maybelle Carter, American country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British artist, dies at 72 2003 - Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician. dies of an aneurysm at 59 2009 - Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor and comedian (Irma la Douce, The Dean Martin Show), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1721 - Tsar Peter the Great titles himself "Emperor of All Russia" 1906 - Henry Ford becomes President of Ford Motor Company 1922 - Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, NY, named after a knight in Wagner's opera 1929 - 8th French government of Aristide Briand falls 1929 - James H Scullin forms Australia government 1930 - 1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra, at Queen's Hall, under Adrian Boult 1942 - Operation Flagpole: US Major General Mark Clark and Brigadier General Lyman Lemnitzer meet Vichy French Général Charles Mast secretly in small fishing village of Cherchell, Algeria to finalize plans for Allied Invasion of North Africa 1987 - American composer John Adams's first opera, "Nixon in China", premieres at the Houston Grand Opera, in Houston, Texas 2004 - Discovery and isolation of new wonder material Graphene announced in paper by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (Nobel Prize 2010). Incredibly they used scotch tape to peal layers off Graphite. 2005 - Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1926 - Boxer J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal. The attack started, contributed, or covered-up the appendicitis that would take Houdini's life 9 days later. 1930 - Blake and Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930" premieres in NYC 1935 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 and 4 2012 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 2018 - Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins seventh term in office, extending his 36 years in office, in election marred by intimidation and low turnout 2020 - Goldman Sachs agrees to pay record $3 billion to end probe into its role in 1MDB corruption scandal to regulators in the US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1809 - Federico Ricci, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1877) 1935 - Judy Devlin Hashman, Canadian badminton player (World Team C'ship gold US 1957, 60, 63, 66), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Taxi - "Reverend Jim"; Back to the Future films), born in Stamford, Connecticut 1959 - Todd Graff, American actor (Five Corners, Dominic and Eugene), born in NYC, New York 1960 - Cris Kirkwood, American cow-punk bassist, singer, and songwriter (Meat Puppets - "Backwater"), born in Phoenix, Arizona 1975 - Míchel Salgado, Spanish soccer defender (53 caps; Celta Vigo, Real Madrid 251 games, Blackburn Rovers), born in As Neves, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1725 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian baroque composer (Tigrane), dies at 65 1989 - Ewan MacColl [James Miller], Scottish folk singer-songwriter ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), dies at 74 1990 - Frank Sinkwich, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1942, U of Georgia; NFL Draft #1 pick Detroit Lions 1943; NFL MVP 1944), dies at 70 1995 - Mary Wickes [Wickenhauser], American character actress (Father Dowling Mysteries; Sister Act; Dennis The Menace), dies of surgery complications at 79 2004 - Alastair Down, CEO (Burmah Oil), dies at 90 2021 - Jay Black [David Blatt], American pop singer (Jay and the Americans - “Come A Little Bit Closer”; “This Magic Moment”), dies of pneumonia and complications from dementia at 82 More Famous Deaths »

310 - St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1708 - Dutch and English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel) 1917 - Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee 1948 - UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons 1959 - Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana 1975 - Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS 1977 - The European Patent Institute is founded. 1984 - Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda becomes a 3-time Formula 1 World Drivers champion when he finishes 2nd in the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; wins title by just 0.5 from Alain Prost 1991 - 24 die in a fire in Oakland Calif 2020 - Parents of 545 children cannot be found that were separated at the US-Mexico border according to American Civil Liberties Union More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1096 - Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea defeats The People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot, only about 3,000 out of 20,000 Crusaders survive 1854 - Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War 1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR 1975 - Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 2004 - MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 3 2020 - Parents of 545 children cannot be found that were separated at the US-Mexico border according to American Civil Liberties Union More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1803 - George Wright, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Vermont (d. 1865) 1847 - Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"), born in Colleretto Parella, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1906) 1928 - Ardico Magnini, Italian soccer defender (20 caps; Fiorentina 225 games), born in Pistoia, Italy (d. 2020) 1940 - Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz], British, rocker ("Mighty Quinn"; "Blinded By The Light"), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa 1945 - Everett McGill, actor (Jezebel's Kiss, Silver Bullet), born in Miami, Florida 1949 - Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1973) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1500 - Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd Emperor of Japan, dies at 58 1777 - Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), dies at 57 1977 - Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (Esintiler - Inspirations; The Ears of Midas), and conductor (Turkish State Opera and Ballet Orchestra, 1959-77), dies at 48 1995 - Linda Goodman, American astrologer and poet, dies from complications of diabetes at 70 2003 - Fred Berry, African-American actor (Rerun-What's Happening), dies at 52 2007 - Ronald B. Kitaj, American-British painter and graphic artist (pop art), dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »

1813 - German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished 1856 - Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens 1910 - The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, launched from Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland 1920 - "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in NYC 1922 - Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place 1935 - Communist forces end their Long March at Yan'an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence 1962 - Peter, Paul and Mary's debut folk album "Peter, Paul and Mary" reaches No. 1 on US album charts 1968 - US women's 4 x 100m relay team sets world record 42.88s to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter and Wyomia Tyus 1977 - Plane chartered by rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd runs out of fuel and crashes in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi. Six people are killed, including band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gains, and Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick 1979 - Bob Dylan make his only appearance on "Saturday Night Live" performing three songs from his album Slow Train Coming: ‘When You Gonna Wake Up’, ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ and ‘I Believe in You’' More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - Dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1940 - Cheese rationed in the Netherlands 1968 - Margitta Gummel of East Germany throws world record 19.61m to beat teammate Marita Lange by 0.83m and win the women's shot put gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 2013 - 37 people are killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq 2013 - 78 people are killed by cattle raiders in Jonglei, Sudan 2018 - 12,000 year old fossil called "Luzia", oldest known fossil in South America announced found mostly intact after devastating fire at Brazil's National Museum More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) 1884 - Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1966) 1923 - Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986) 1961 - Ian Rush, Welsh footballer (Liverpool), born in St Asaph, Wales 1966 - Fred Coury, American glam rock drummer (Cinderella -"Heartbreak Station"; "Nobody's Fool"), born in Johnston, New York 1967 - Harvey Pulliam, American MLB outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in San Francisco, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1906 - William "Buck" Ewing, American Baseball HOF catcher (NL home run leader 1883 NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds), dies of diabetes at 67 1994 - Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet director and actor (Destiny of a Man, War and Peace), dies of a heart attack at 74 1997 - Henry Vestine, American guitarist (Canned Heat), dies of heart and respiratory failure at 52 2003 - Jack Elam, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo), dies at 82 2006 - Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), dies at 75 2010 - Bob Guccione, American publisher (Penthouse, Omni), dies of lung cancer at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1739 - England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30] 1932 - Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP 1944 - US Navy says Black women can join WAVES 1960 - KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 - Derry Citizen's Action Committee, formed Oct 9, stages illegal sit-down at Guildhall Square as part of large civil disobedience campaign 1970 - Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale, California 1970 - John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun 1989 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1994 - 160 killed in fighting in Tsjetsjenie (Chechnya) 2014 - A working human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United States More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1863 - Battle of Buckland Mills, Virginia 1870 - 1st African Americans (4) elected to US House of Representatives 1919 - 1st US Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a living female recipient, Anna Howard Shaw 1952 - Alain Bombard departs from the Canary Islands on his solitary journey across the Atlantic ocean with almost no provisions and only a sextant for navigation to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive 2013 - 16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia 2019 - Sunnyside, Queens, New York City: Intersection of 46th Street and Skillman Avenue named "Ethel Plimack Way", in honor of a longtime resident More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1688 - William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752) 1866 - Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, librettist, conductor, and music professor, born in Six Nations Reserve, Ontario (d. 1947) 1954 - Deborah Blum, American writer 1962 - Tracy Chevalier, American author 1964 - Webster Slaughter, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs) 1969 - Pedro Castillo, Peruvian teacher, union leader and politician (President of Peru 2021-22), born in Puña,, Peru More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1609 - Jacobus Arminius [Jacob Hermans], theologist, dies at about 49 1918 - Harold Lockwood, American actor (Tess of the Storm Country), dies from the flu at 31 1988 - Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), dies of larynx cancer at 86 1996 - Neville Robinson, English physicist, dies at 71 1997 - Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and director (Wether, Beltenebros), dies at 57 2003 - Hawk [Michael Hegstrand], American professional wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom), dies at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1889 - First all-NYC "World Championship" Baseball Series; New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA); Giants go on to win series, 6-3 1921 - Charles Strite granted US patent #1,394,450 for his invention, the automatic pop-up toaster 1932 - Belgium government of Renkin falls 1968 - Polish sprinter Irena Szewińska runs a world record 22.58s to beat Australian Raelene Boyle by 0.16s and win the 200m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 1974 - Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks 1974 - Andre van de Louw appointed Mayor of Rotterdam 1979 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop 1989 - East German state/party leader Erich Honecker resigns 1999 - MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 1 2023 - At least 500 Palestinians killed in explosion on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza Strip, with local officials blaming Israeli missile attack and Israelis blaming misfired Palestinian rocket More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1534 - New pursuit of French protestants 1667 - English fleet plunders Suriname plantations 1941 - Soviet spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo 1962 - Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance" 1969 - British singer Rod Stewart joins Small Faces 2012 - Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen are honoured for their work with fashion label The Row at the WSJ Magazine's Innovator Of The Year Awards in New York City More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1405 - Pius II [Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64), (Commentaries - only biography by a reigning Pope), born in Corsignano, Republic of Siena (d. 1464) 1818 - Edward Otho Cresap Ord, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Cumberland, Maryland (d. 1883) 1918 - Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1999) 1919 - Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000) 1933 - Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football HOF tackle (9 x Pro Bowl; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Toronto Argonauts, Cincinnati Bengals, GB Packers), born in Birthright, Texas (d. 2019) 1960 - Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1382 - James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, dies at 51 1982 - Pierre Mendès-France, French Premier (1954-55), dies at 75 1982 - Bess Truman, US First Lady (1945-52), dies of Congestive heart failure at 97 1984 - Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82 1997 - Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62 1997 - Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1855 - Bessemer steelmaking process patented 1918 - Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic 1921 - Belgium's public library law goes into force 1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days", based on the book by Jules Verne, directed by Michael Anderson and starring David Nivon and Cantinflas, premieres in New York 1957 - French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1964 - New York Yankees catcher fire Manager Yogi Berra 1971 - Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Nature Center opens 1972 - Bob Randall's "6 Rooms Riv Vu," premieres in NYC 1978 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 2017 - Islamic State headquarters Raqqa declared under full control of US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello after 4 months of fighting More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1899 - Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 1957 - II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan 1976 - Coldest World Series game; Reds beat NY Yankees, 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati; 39 degrees F (until 1997) 1995 - MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 2 1998 - At Jesse, in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom are scavenging gasoline. 2010 - Brother André is the first Canadian to be canonized post Federation by Pope Benedict XVI More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1704 - William Bentinck, British-born Dutch politician and prominent Orangist (d. 1774) 1734 - Grigori Orlov, Russian military officer and favorite of Catherine the Great (helped her overthrow Peter III), born in Bezhetsky Uyezd, Russia (d. 1783) [NS] 1848 - William "Candy" Cummings, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (credited with creating the curveball), born in Ware, Massachusetts (d. 1924) 1969 - Ernie Els, South African golfer (US Open 1994, 97; British Open 2002, 12), born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1977 - Bryan Bertino, American film director and screenwriter 1989 - Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1660 - Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) 1897 - Isidor Dannström, Swedish composer, dies at 84 1979 - Karel Reiner, Czech pianist, composer, and Theresienstadt concentration camp survivor, dies at 69 1993 - Criss Oliva, American musician (Savatage), dies at 30 1995 - Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 2019 - Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and founder of the National Ballet of Cuba, dies at 98 More Famous Deaths »

1600 - Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines 1775 - Portland, Maine burned by British 1849 - Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1968 - Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans 1976 - Soyuz 23 returns to Earth 1980 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC 1987 - Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35) 1990 - US forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf 1997 - "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 91 performances 2018 - Man Booker Prize is won by Anna Burns' "Milkman", the first winner from Northern Ireland More Historical Events »