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Historical Events 1903 - Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia 1908 - Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux 1957 - USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space 1986 - Joe Raposa's musical "Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure", starring Ivy Austin, opens at Nederlander Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances 1995 - Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka 2013 - 21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1888 - Paul Popenoe, American activist (d. 1979) 1945 - Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 2021) 1949 - André Leon Talley, American fashion expert, former Vogue editor, born in Washington, D.C. 1956 - James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut (STS 51, 69) 1960 - Val Skinner, American golfer (6 LPGA Tour wins), born in Hamilton, Montana 1991 - Joshua Crumbly, American jazz bassist, born in Westlake Village, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1822 - Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98 1946 - Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor, hanged at 51 1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi politician (Austrian Chancellor, 1938), and war criminal responsible for deportation of Dutch Jews, hanged at 54 1946 - Hans Frank, German Nazi Governor General of Occupied Poland, hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg war trials at 46 1973 - Gene Krupa, American jazz and swing drummer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"), dies of heart failure while battling leukemia and emphysema at 64 2004 - Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1582 - Gregorian calendar introduced in Spain, Portugal and pontifical states, after skipping 10 days after Oct 4 to sync the calendar 1756 - Saxon army surrenders to Prussia 1954 - Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in the US in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in US and Canada 1955 - Buddy Holley opens for Bill Haley and His Comets in Lubbock, Texas, and impresses Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, leading to a recording contract with a misspelling that creates "Buddy Holly" 1972 - 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2) 1983 - Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games 1984 - Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1988 - Amnesty International's "Human Rights Now!" Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina 2005 - Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested 2007 - Fox Business Network (FBN), American financial cable network is launched More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1917 - Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris 1939 - Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years 1963 - Ludwig Erhard succeeds Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of West Germany 1980 - Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Lawrence Klein 1984 - Central Intelligence Agency Information Act passes 1986 - MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 2 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1858 - John L. Sullivan, American boxer (first heavyweight gloved champion, de facto 1882-92; last heavyweight bare-knuckle champion), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1918) 1911 - James H. Schmitz, American sci-fi author (Lion Game), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1981) 1943 - Penny Marshall, American actress (The Odd Couple; Laverne and Shirley), and director (Big; Awakenings; A League of Their Own), and producer (Cinderella Man), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2018) 1957 - Mira Nair, Indian-American filmmaker (Monsoon Wedding), born in Rourkela, Odisha, India 1966 - Bill Charlap, American jazz pianist (Phil Woods; Tony Bennett; Sandy Stewart), and educator, born in New York City 1970 - Lonnie Palelei, American football offensive lineman (NY Jets), born in Nu'uuli, American Samoa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 961 - Abd al-Rahman III, Umayyad Emir (912-29) and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (929-961), dies at 70 1268 - Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies 2001 - Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria, dies at 100 2005 - Matti Wuori, Finnish politician, dies of cancer at 60 2008 - Tom Tresh, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1962, 63; AL Rookie of Year and World Series 1962 NY Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 70 2022 - Joyce Sims, American RandB singer-songwriter ("All and All"; "Come into My Life"), dies at 63 More Famous Deaths »

530 - Discorus ends his reign as Catholic anti-Pope 1912 - Cretan representatives are admitted to the Greek assembly; in doing so the Greek Government challenges the Turkish Government 1925 - Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee) 1952 - "Buttrio Square" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 7 performances 1957 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from the Throne 1966 - Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer 1968 - American sprinter Jim Hines runs a world record 9.95s to beat Lennox Miller of Jamaica and Charles Greene of the US, and win the 100m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 1981 - Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner 2018 - Flash floods in Aude region, France kill at least 10 people 2018 - Afghan batsman Hazratullah Zazai becomes only the 6th player in cricket history (3rd in T20) to hit 6-sixes in an over; scores 62 in 17 balls in Kabul Zwanan loss v Balkh Legends in Afghanistan Premier League More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1805 - Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria 1934 - "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres 1958 - Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong" premieres in NYC 1964 - US 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman and Don Schollander swim world record 3:33.2 to beat Germany by 4.0s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2018 - Afghan batsman Hazratullah Zazai becomes only the 6th player in cricket history (3rd in T20) to hit 6-sixes in an over; scores 62 in 17 balls in Kabul Zwanan loss v Balkh Legends in Afghanistan Premier League 2020 - French president Emmanuel Macron announces a public health emergency and a curfew of 9 pm for nine cities due to surge in COVID-19 cases More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1687 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (Simson line), born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1768) 1891 - Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist and folklorist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966) 1892 - Sumner Welles, American diplomat (Good neighbor policy), born in New York (d. 1961) 1906 - Hannah Arendt, German-American political theorist and historian (Origins of Totalitarianism), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1975) 1970 - Pär Zetterberg, Swedish football player 1976 - Henry Mateo, Dominican baseball player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1660 - Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606) 1909 - Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, dies at 76 1923 - Marcellus Emants, Dutch writer and poet (Refrained from Confession), dies at 75 1967 - Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright, dies at 65 1980 - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies 2020 - Herbert Kretzmer, South African-British lyricist of Lithuanian heritage (Les Misérables), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1282 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies, his ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple 1890 - The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. 1921 - Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 1-0 at the Polo Grounds for a 5-3 series win; final WS played in best-of-nine format; Yankees first ever WS appearance 1949 - "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances 1964 - Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Games; Olympic record 59.05s 1975 - Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery 1975 - 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins 1982 - IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics 1993 - Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew. 2019 - Kurdish forces make a deal with Syrian army for them to patrol border areas in north east Syria to combat Turkish offensive after US President Donald Trump pulls out US forces More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1792 - Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington 1944 - Riga, capital of Latvia, freed 1975 - Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery 1978 - "52nd Street" 6th studio album by Billy Joel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1979) 1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected President of Egypt 1996 - "Big" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1896) 1917 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985) 1931 - Janice Elliott, English novelist, born in Derby, England (d. 1995) 1935 - Louis LaRusso II, American playwright (Knockout; Lampost Reunion), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 2003) 1938 - Enzo Dara, Italian operatic basso buffo (The Barber of Seville - "Don Bartolo"), and author, born in Mantua, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2017) 1955 - Frans van Oostrom, Dutch jazz and blues guitarist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1708 - Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk and fieldmarshal, dies at 67 1774 - William Bentinck, British-born Dutch politician and prominent Orangist, dies at 69 2000 - Jean Peters, American actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters), dies at 73 2005 - Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942) 2012 - Helmut Haller, German soccer forward (33 caps West Germany; FC Augsburg, Bologna FC, Juventus), dies from Parkinson's disease and dementia at 73 2021 - Ray Fosse, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star, Gold Glove Award 1970, 71 Cleveland Indians; World Series Oakland A's 1973, 74) and broadcaster (Oakland A's NBC), dies of cancer at 74 More Famous Deaths »

642 - John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1576 - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor 1925 - German-Russian trade agreement signed 1929 - Chicago Cubs blow 8-0 Game 4s lead; Philadelphia A's score World Series record 10 runs in 1 inning in 10-8 win 1967 - Baseball World Series: Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson 1986 - California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox 1989 - Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. 2008 - Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund 2018 - US air strike in central Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab militants More Historical Events »

642 - John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1576 - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor 1925 - German-Russian trade agreement signed 1929 - Chicago Cubs blow 8-0 Game 4s lead; Philadelphia A's score World Series record 10 runs in 1 inning in 10-8 win 1967 - Baseball World Series: Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson 1986 - California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox 1989 - Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. 2008 - Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund 2018 - US air strike in central Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab militants More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1730 - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark 1862 - Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart completes his "second ride around McClellan" 1899 - South Africa Boer Republic declares war on Britain 1907 - Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park for 4-0-1 series victory; Cubs' first Championship 1931 - 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform 1992 - 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, born in Groß-Enzersdorf, Austria (d. 1936) 1907 - Wolfgang Fortner, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1987) 1924 - Doris Grau, American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (Point Blank, King Kong), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995) 1946 - Ashok Mankad, Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 6 x 50; Bombay), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2008) 1955 - Pat DiNizio, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Smithereens - "Only A Memory"; "Blue Period"), born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey (d. 2017) 1979 - Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory), born in Englewood, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1797 - Pierre Jélyotte, French composer, dies at 84 1974 - Joseph Frederick Wagner, American composer, conductor (Boston Civic Symphony, 1925 to 44), and teacher, dies at 74 1996 - Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov, aero-engine designer, dies at 79 2003 - Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American philanthropist and 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald's and the San Diego Padres, dies of a brain tumor at 75 2006 - Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (b. 1919) 2019 - George Chambers, American rock bassist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1142 - Treaty of Shaoxing ratified with Chinese southern Song Dynasty agreeing to pay tribute to northern Jin dynasty 1906 - San Francisco Board of Education orders segregation in separate schools of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children sparking diplomatic crisis 1922 - Turkey and Greece sign cease fire 1929 - JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states. 1931 - 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front" 1945 - JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere) 1946 - New York Yankees trade infielder Joe Gordon to Cleveland Indians for pitcher Allie Reynolds 1954 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam 1960 - Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers 1976 - 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1698 - France, England and Netherlands ratified the First Partition Treaty, which eventually led to the War of the Spanish Succession 1881 - David Houston patents roll film for cameras 1944 - Tuvinian People's Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva was annexed by the U.S.S.R 1960 - Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die) 1967 - World Series record 3 consecutive HRs hit by Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli as Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park 1973 - MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 2 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1782 - Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish poet and short-story writer (E Binddstouw), born in Vium, Denmark (d. 1848) 1876 - Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer (The Eternal Woman), born in Minden, Westphalia (d. 1971) 1926 - Thích Nhất Hạnh [Nguyen Xuan Bao], Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, peace activist, and writer (Love Letter to the Earth; The Art of Communicating), born in Huế, Annam, French Indochina (now Vietnam) (d. 2022) 1936 - Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001) 1943 - Gene Watson, American country singer ("Love in the Hot Afternoon"; "Fourteen Carat Mind"), born in Palestine, Texas 1967 - Dennis Vaske, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Rockford, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1347 - Ludwig IV, Duke of Bavaria (1301-47), King of the Romans (1314-47) and Holy Roman Emperor (1328-47), dies at 65 1989 - Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53 1990 - Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), dies of cancer at 73 1990 - Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56 1995 - Isolde Ahlgrimm, Austrian harpsichordist, fortepianist, early music and original instrument proponent, and teacher, dies at 81 2005 - Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915) More Famous Deaths »

1471 - Battle of Brunkeberg: Swedish regent Sten Sture defeats forces led by Danish King Christian I 1760 - Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves) 1892 - Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan 1957 - A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident 1963 - American chemist and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Peace Prize the same day the first nuclear test treaty comes into effect 1964 - 18th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto, 3-2; MVP: Jean Béliveau, Montreal, C 1965 - The Supremes appear on the "The Ed Sullivan Show" 1979 - Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone) 1990 - Mexican singer and actress Thalia releases her debut album "Thalía" 2019 - 3,500 women are the first to be allowed to attend a football match in Iran for a World Cup qualifier in Tehran, since the Islamic revolution More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1920 - Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige) 1928 - Chiang Kai-shek becomes Director of the State Council of China 1941 - RAF bombs Piraeus to prevent German heavy armor advancing 1949 - 3rd NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1 1956 - Baseball World Series: Behind Yogi Berra's 2 HRs, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-0 in Game 7 at Ebbets Field; MVP: Yankees pitcher Don Larsen 1965 - "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1486 - Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1504-53), born in Chazey-sur-Ain, France (d. 1553) 1898 - Conrad Leonard, British composer and pianist, born in South Norwood, England (d. 2003) 1927 - John Eric Tieman, production manager (The Guardian) (d. 1995) 1935 - Khalil al-Wazir [Abu Jihad], Founder of Palestinian group Fatah and PLO leader, born in Ramla, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1988) 1959 - Victoria Clark, American actress (Kimberly Akimbo - Tony for Best Musical Actress 2023), born in Dallas, Texas 1976 - Pat Burrell, American baseball player, born in Eureka Springs, Arkansas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1630 - John Heminges, English actor and member of The Kings Men, editor of Shakespeare's First Folio, dies at 63 1659 - Abel Tasman, Dutch seafarer and explorer (1st European to sight Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji), dies around the age of 55 1871 - Octavius Catto, American educator (Institute for Colored Youth, 1859-71), civil rights activist, and baseball player (Philadelphia Pythians, 1865-71), killed in election day race riot in Philadelphia at 32 1913 - Adolphus Busch, German-born American brewer (Anheuser-Busch), dies at 74 1940 - Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor (I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now), dies at 63 2007 - Mehmed Uzun, Contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist. (b. 1953) More Famous Deaths »

1831 - Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Head of State of modern Greece, assassinated in Nafplion 1899 - South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum 1941 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program that would become the Manhattan Project 1963 - Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000 1965 - Beatles' "Yesterday" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 1974 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to NY Rangers at Madison Square Garden; start of a 37 game road losing streak for Washington 1976 - Test Cricket debut of Javed Miandad (Pakistan), scores 163 on 1st day 1986 - Stage musical "Phantom of the Opera" premieres in London, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman; runs for 13,629 performances 1987 - Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000 1989 - 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 768 - Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks 1740 - Dutch governor general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8,000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia 1924 - Municipal Grant Park Stadium, in Chicago Illinois (now known as Soldier Field) is officially dedicated 1981 - United States Auto Club appeals panel restores disputed Indianapolis 500 victory to disqualified first-across-the-line Bobby Unser 1990 - Saddam Hussein threatens to hit Israel with a new missile 2015 - Selena Gomez releases her studio album "Revival", goes to #1 on Billboard 200 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1766 - Bedrich Divis Weber, Bohemian composer and musicologist, born in Velichov, Czech Republic (d. 1842) 1933 - Peter Mansfield, British Physician whose discoveries led to MRI (2003 Nobel Prize), born in London (d. 2017) 1935 - Paul Barton, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 100; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand 1944 - Nona Hendryx, American RandB singer-songwriter (Patti LaBelle and Blue Belles; LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade"), born in Trenton, New Jersey 1950 - Mick Malone, Australian cricketer (WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14), born in Scarborough, Australia 1955 - Linwood Boomer, Canadian-American actor (Adam-Little House on the Prairie), born in Vancouver, British Columbia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1709 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 68 1967 - Andre Maurois [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies at 82 1973 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe [Nubin], American gospel and RandB singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist ("This Train"; "Down By The Riverside"), dies of a stroke at 58 2001 - Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (Footloose, Steel Magnolias, dies at 74 2011 - Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989) 2013 - Mark "Chopper" Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), dies from liver cancer at 58 More Famous Deaths »

1779 - English engraver and poet William Blake begins study at the Royal Academy, Old Somerset House, London 1903 - J M Synge's play "In the Shadow of the Glen" premieres in Dublin 1939 - Germany annexes Western Poland 1942 - Comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show 1944 - Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto" premieres at The Town Hall, NYC, in a performance by Daniel Saidenberg and his Little Symphony 1956 - Yankees pitcher Don Larsen throws a perfect game as New York beats Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium 1968 - Dutch aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (formerly British HMS Venerable) sold to Argentina 1974 - Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States. 2001 - US President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security 2012 - 35 people are killed by a Nigerian military bomb struck a convoy in Maiduguri More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1625 - English Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz, Spain 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's son 1972 - International music revue "From Israel with Love" closes limited run at Palace Theater, NYC, after 8 performances 1980 - USSR and Syria sign peace treaty 1986 - Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0 2016 - 140 people are killed in an air strike during a wake in Sanaa, Yemen More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1834 - Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, born in Merrimack, New Hampshire (d. 1905) 1959 - Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American astronaut (STS 84, sk 97), born in Lima, Peru 1961 - Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist (Hubub!; Standard Orbit Quartet; Clowns Will Be Arriving), born in San Jose, California 1965 - Martin Mayhew, American NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Daytona Beach, California 1970 - Anne-Marie Duff, English actress (Shameless), born in London, England 1977 - Erna Siikavirta, Finnish heavy metal keyboardist (Deathlike Silence, 2006-08; Lordi, 1997-2005), born in Espoo, Finland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1772 - Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, French composer and violinist, dies at 60 1925 - Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27), dies at 89 1987 - Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek politician and 2nd President of Greece (1975-1980), dies at 88 1990 - B.J. Wilson, British session and touring rock drummer (Procol Harum, 1967-77; Joe Cocker), dies of a drug overdose complications and pneumonia at 43 1995 - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator, dies at 45 2008 - Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children; The Angel with the Trumpet), dies of complications from pneumonia at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1806 - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood 1826 - Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations 1864 - -Oct 13th) Battle of Darbytown Road, Virginia 1950 - US forces invade North Korea by crossing 38th parallel 1952 - First "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host) 1955 - Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga launched at Brooklyn 1975 - MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0 2001 - Crude oil resumes flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline after workers welded shut a bullet hole that caused 260,000 US gallons of oil to spill out 2012 - ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Colombo: West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs for first title; Player of the Series: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson (249 runs • 11 wickets) 2016 - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Peace Prize for attempts to end armed conflict with FARC More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1763 - George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1919 - KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, established (oldest existing airline) 1943 - Weill, Perelman and Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus" premieres in NYC 2010 - Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat" 2018 - Romanian referendum to ban same sex marriage fails with only 20.4% voting 2019 - Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology awarded to Peter Ratcliffe, William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza for discovering how cells sense oxygen More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1881 - Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918) 1916 - Walt Rostow, American economist and political theorist (The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto), born in NYC, New York (d. 2003) 1951 - John Mellencamp, American rock singer-songwriter ("Jack and Diane"; "Small Town"; "Pink Houses"), co-founder of Farm Aid, and actor (Falling From Grace), born in Seymour, Indiana 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, Chinese-American cellist (2001 National Medal of Arts, 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom), born in Paris, France 1973 - Dida, Brazilian footballer, born in Bahia, Brazil 1982 - Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer, born in Longvic, France More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1555 - Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) 1925 - Hubert Main, American hymn composer, dies at 86 1999 - Deryck Guyler, British actor (Please Sir!; Sykes), dies at 85 2005 - Doug Young, American national and world powerlifting champion, dies of a heart attack at 61 2008 - Leslie Hardman, Jewish Orthodox rabbi (b. 1913) 2016 - Johnny Gleeson, Australian cricket spin bowler (29 Tests, 93 wickets, BB 5/61; NSW CA), dies at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1683 - 13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown, Philadelphia 1917 - Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides 1925 - Greek premier Papanastasiou orders gen Pangulos arrested 1948 - Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya 1958 - US nuclear sub USS Seawolf remains a record 60 days under the north pole 1978 - Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven" film premieres starring Richard Gere 1988 - Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant 1996 - Lois and Clark (fictional characters) wed 2002 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá as a Catholic saint 2015 - Nobel prize for Physics awarded to Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur McDonald (Canada) for work on neutrinos More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1866 - 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000) 1908 - Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1966 - LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is first declared illegal in state of California, other states follow 1995 - BPAA US Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels 2018 - Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed and sworn onto the US Supreme Court amid protests and after an FBI investigation More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1820 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano known as the 'Swedish Nightingale', born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1887) 1927 - Alice Bauer, American golfer (co-founder LPGA), born in Eureka, South Dakota (d. 2002) 1946 - Tony Greig, English cricket captain, all-rounder (1972-77) and commentator, born in Queenstown, South Africa (d. 2012) 1962 - Rich Yett, baseball player 1970 - Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer 1982 - MC Lars [Andrew Nielsen], American hip-hop artist (iGeneration) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1017 - Wang Dan, Chinese politician in the Song dynasty and grand councilor (1006-17), dies at 59 or 60 1874 - Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, dies at 50 1893 - Ford Madox Brown, British painter, dies at 72 1973 - Dennis Price, English actor (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Separate Tables), dies at 58 (b. 1915) 2001 - Arne Harris, American television sports director, dies at 67 2022 - Judy Tenuta, American stand-up comedienne and accordion player, dies of ovarian cancer at 72 More Famous Deaths »

1632 - Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Groningen 1864 - Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone, approx 60,000 die 1915 - Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers. 1945 - Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam 1954 - 10th General Conference on Weights and Measures opens, will define the Kelvin as the primary unit of temperature (after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin) 1963 - 17th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs tie All Stars, 3-3; MVP: Frank Mahovlich, Toronto, LW 1964 - San Francisco Fire Department Museum dedicated 1991 - Fresno State ties NCAA football record with 49 points in a quarter (2nd), as they route New Mexico, 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno 1991 - Military transport plane crashes at Jakarta, 133 dies 2018 - Banksy work "Girl With Balloon" automatically shreds moments after being sold for 1 million pounds in London, renamed "Love is in the Bin" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1946 - Newcastle United equals English Football League record for biggest winning margin in a 13-0 thrashing of Newport in a Division 2 match at St. James' Park; Len Shackleton scores 6, Charlie Wayman 4 for the Toon 1950 - "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 performances 1960 - KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1976 - MLB expansion draft: Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays pick 30 unprotected AL players; Ruppert Jones OF (Seattle) and Bob Bailor OF (Toronto) are first picks 1990 - Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Kevin Stevens has 2 goals and 4 assists in 7-4 opening-night win against the Washington Capitals at Capital Centre to set NHL record for most points in a season opener (6) 2017 - "The New York Times" publishes investigation into sexual harassment behaviour by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1795 - Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian politician (4th Mayor of Halifax) and brewer (founder of the Alexander Keith's Nova Scotia Brewery), born in Halkirk, Caithness, Highland, Scotland (d. 1873) 1875 - Cyril Rootham, English organist, composer, and educator born in Redland, Bristol (d. 1938) 1930 - George "Skip" Homeier, American actor (Boys Ranch, Beachhead, Dan Raven, Interns), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017) 1958 - Brent W. Jett Jr, American naval officer and NASA astronaut (STS 72, sk:81), born in Pontiac, Michigan 1970 - Audie Pitre, American bass guitarist (Acid Bath), born in Lousiana (d. 1997) 1972 - Thomas Roberts, American news anchor, born in Towson, Maryland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1934 - Jean Vigo, French actor and director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante), dies of complications from tuberculosis at 29 1972 - Ivan Yefremov, Russian paleontologist (originator of the concept of taphonomy) and author (Andromeda Nebula), dies at 64 2003 - Denis Quilley, British actor (Anything Goes, The Lady's Not For Burning, Masada), dies from liver cancer at 75 2011 - Charles Napier, American actor (Night Stalker, Rambo), dies at 75 2015 - Grace Lee Boggs (née Grace Chin Lee), American philosopher, author (The Next American Revolution), civil rights activist and feminist, dies at 100 2019 - Marcello Giordani, Italian tenor (Metropolitan Opera, 1993-2008), dies of a heart attack at 56 More Famous Deaths »

1209 - Pope Innocent II crowns German king Otto of Wittelsbach 1809 - Spencer Perceval becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland retires due to ill health 1906 - Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburg Pirates, 4-0 to end MLB season at 116-36 with .763 winning percentage; unmatched since 1911 - 1st escalator installed on the London Underground at Earl's Court Station 1959 - Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad 1965 - Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Catholic Pope to leave Italy since 1809, and 1st to visit Western Hemisphere, spending 14 hours in NYC to address the UN, meet with US President Lyndon Johnson, visit the World's Fair and St. Patrick's Cathedral, and celebrate mass at Yankee Stadium 1986 - NY Yankees closer Dave Righetti saves both doubleheader games at Fenway Park for 5-3 and 3-1 wins v Boston; Righetti's MLB record 46th save 1997 - Farm Aid 10 concert in Texas cancelled due to weak ticket sales and moved to Illinois 1999 - "Breathe" single released by Faith Hill (Billboard Song of the Year 2000) 2012 - Turkey’s parliament approves cross-border military operations in Syria More Historical Events »