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1858 - 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and NYC streets 1934 - 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it 1941 - Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia 1961 - The Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club 1964 - Race riot in Jersey City, New Jersey 1966 - Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting 1990 - 23rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Holiday Inn 1990 - Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas hits his 10th MLB homer in 6-5 loss v Detroit, fastest to reach that mark, just 77 at bats 2012 - American swimmer Rebecca Soni becomes first woman to win the 200m breaststroke twice with a world record 2:19.59 at the London Olympics 2019 - Seven-year-old boy operated on after 526 teeth found inside his mouth in Chennai, India More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1581 - Leiden University names Rudolph Snellius as math professor 1959 - Milwaukee Braves outfielder Bill Bruton hits 3 triples in 11-5 win v St. Louis Cardinals; 2 of them bases loaded, first time in 20th Century 1987 - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan 1991 - Pan Am games open in Havana 2017 - New crypto-currency Bitcoin Cash is created via a hard-fork of Bitcoin's blockchain technology and brand 2018 - Pope Frances declares the death penalty unacceptable in all cases, reversing church teachings and adding to Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1788 - Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (Gmelin's test), born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1853) 1886 - John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian aviator, born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia (d. 1961) 1910 - Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), born in Glasgow (d. 1993) 1923 - Shimon Peres [Szymon Perski], Polish-Israeli Labor Party politician (President. 2007-14; Prime Minister, 1984-86 and 1995-96; Foreign Minister, 1986-88, 1992-95, and 2001-02), and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1994), born in Wiszniewo, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus) (d. 2016) 1944 - Juvenal "Naná' Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz and world music percussionist, and berimbau player (Pat Metheny; Björk; Milton Nascimento), born in Recife, Brazil (d. 2016) 1970 - Elijah Alexander, American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2010) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1075 - John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian and patriarch of Constantinople, dies 1100 - William II [Rufus], king of England, shot hunting in the New Forest at 44 1788 - Thomas Gainsborough, English leading portrait painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 1994 - Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38 2007 - Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 78 2022 - Hans Bangerter, Swiss football administrator (General Secretary UEFA 1960-89), dies at 98 More Famous Deaths »

1485 - Henry Tudor's army sails to England (future Henry VII) 1639 - French Ursuline nun Marie de l’Incarnation arrives in Quebec on board the Saint-Joseph - goes on to open first school for girls and play a large part in establishing Catholicism in New France 1842 - Rotherhithe Tunnel under the Thames opens 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonists reach Lundi 1900 - The 1st Michelin Guide is published by the brothers Édouard and André Michelin as a hotel and restaurant reference guide to encourage more road travel and thus boost tire sales (exact date beyond Aug 1900 unknown) 1917 - Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, Montana 1961 - German DR limits traffic to West Berlin 1987 - Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America 1992 - USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica 2002 - In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a 5-year contract extension the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19m signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1914 - British Grand Fleet reaches Scapa Flow 1958 - US 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years) 1985 - Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time 1988 - Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon 2010 - British Open Women's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: 21-year-old Yani Tseng of Taiwan becomes youngest-ever winner of 3 major championships, 1 stroke ahead of Katherine Hull of Australia 2021 - Australian swimmer Emma McKeon claims gold in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay for total 7 medals at Tokyo Olympics; equals record set by Russian gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1847 - Guido Papini, Italian violinist and composer, born in Camaiore, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1912) 1906 - Nathan Perelman, Soviet Russian pianist and pedagogue, born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 2002) 1940 - Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire, born in Nailsea, Somerset 1957 - Glen Gorbous, Canadian MLB outfielder (record for longest throw of a regulation baseball [445' 10"]), born in Drumheller, Alberta (d. 1990) 1962 - Joetta Clark, American 800m runner (Olympic-1992), born in East Orange, New Jersey 2001 - Scottie Barnes, American basketball forward (NBA Rookie of the Year 2022; Toronto Raptors), born in West Palm Beach, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1630 - Federico Cesi, Italian naturalist and founder of the first modern scientific society, the Accademia dei Lincei, dies at 45 1743 - Richard Savage, English poet and playwright, dies at about 46 1996 - Mohamed Farrah Aidid, President (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies 2001 - Korey Stringer, American NFL football tackle, 1995-2000 (Minnesota Vikings), dies of complications from heat stroke at 27 2010 - Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director, dies at 100 2020 - Vitold Kreyer, Russian athlete (Olympic bronze, triple jump 1956, 60) and coach (Soviet athletics team 1967–80; head Russian team 2000 Olympics), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

432 - St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1910 - Pioneering Dutch aviator Clement van Maasdijk gives a flying demonstration 1925 - Unemployment Insurance Act passed in Britain 1943 - Transport #58 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany 1981 - Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Mieczyslaw Jagielski is fired 1983 - Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell and Walter Alston are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 1987 - Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed 1991 - US Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft 1992 - Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, killing all 113 passengers and crew members on board the Airbus A310 2020 - Eurozone economic activity falls 11.9% for April-June with Spain the worst at -18.5%, its deepest in modern times More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1741 - Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia. 1809 - First practical US railroad track is laid in Philadelphia. It is made of wood and designed for horse-drawn cars. 1852 - Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4°F (20.2°C) avg) 1978 - Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris 1988 - Oakland DH Jose Canseco smacks 2 home runs off Scott Bankhead in A's 6-2 win over Seattle Mariners; becomes first MLB player to hit 30 HRs in first 3 years 1992 - Three world record swims on final night session at the Barcelona Olympics; Australian Kieren Perkins 1,500m (14:43.4); Tamás Darnyi of Hungary 200m backstroke (1:59.36); China's Yang Wenyi women's 50m freestyle (24.79) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1916 - Billy Hitchcock, American baseball infielder, manager, official (Detroit Tigers; president Double-A Southern League 1971–80), born in Inverness, Alabama (d. 2006) 1919 - Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricket batsman (21 Tests; HS 114 1st Test v WI 1948), born in Pune, Maharashtra (d. 2003) 1922 - Lucy Killea, American Californian politician who supported pro-choice, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017) 1944 - Sherry Lansing, American actress (China Syndrome, Black Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois 1967 - Tony Massenburg, American NBA forward who played for 12 different teams, born in Sussex, Virginia 1976 - Marty Booker, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 2002, Chicago Bears), born in Jonesboro, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1508 - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) 1566 - Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 1940 - Whitey Krakow [or Krakower], American gangster and hitman (Murder Inc), murdered by "Bugsy" Siegel 1994 - G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies 1998 - Barbara Giuranna, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 98 2003 - John Aston Sr., English soccer striker (17 caps; Manchester United 253 games), dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1601 - Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius 1878 - German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election 1902 - Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (NYC) 1928 - George Eastman shows first amateur color motion pictures to guests at his New York house including Thomas Edison 1932 - X Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, California 1945 - After delivering the atomic bomb across the Pacific, cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-58. 880 of the crew die, many after being attacked by sharks, inspiring the movie Jaws 1954 - 5th British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games open in Vancouver, Canada 1966 - Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1983 - Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California 1984 - Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1946 - 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico 1955 - 42nd Tour de France: French cyclist Louison Bobet claims last of his 3 straight general classification victories 1971 - US Apollo 15 (Scott and Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon 1984 - Alvenus tanker at Cameron Louisiana, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil 1988 - Harry Drake shoots arrow record 1873m 2017 - Russian President Vladimir Putin announces American diplomats in Russia cut by 755 in response to American sanctions More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1875 - James W. Tate, English composer, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England (d. 1922) 1931 - Joan Vohs, American model and actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina), born in St Albans, New York (d. 2001) 1964 - Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-American film director (Madonna: Truth or Dare), born in Beirut, Lebanon 1970 - Joe Montford, American CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats), born in Beaufort, North Carolina 1973 - Sonu Nigam, Indian playback singer, born in Haryana, India 1981 - Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (MotoGP Champion 2006), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 2017) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1889 - Charles Absolom, English cricketer (Test for England), dies in a port accident at 43 1957 - Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76 1979 - Beppie Nooij, Dutch actress and director (Red Sien, Zeemansvrouwen), dies at 60 1995 - Harry Shorto, British philologist and linguist (A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions), dies at 75 2005 - (Eli) "Lucky" Thompson, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist (Stan Kenton - Cuban Fire!; Milt Jackson; Miles Davis - Walkin'), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81 2007 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director (Cries and Whispers), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1629 - French colonist Samuel de Champlain surrenders Montreal to British privateers led by David Kirke after a blockade of the colony 1910 - JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 1923 - Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin 1951 - 38th Tour de France won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland 1968 - Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1 1974 - Episcopal Church ordains female priests 1988 - South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" 1994 - American minister and anti-abortionist Paul Jennings Hill murders Dr. John Britton and Britton's bodyguard, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Barrett, outside of an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida 2013 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: American Mark Wiebe wins in a playoff with Bernhard Langer of Germany 2021 - Australian swimmer Emma McKeon wins the blue riband 100m freestyle gold medal in OR 51.96 at the Tokyo Olympics; her 8th career Olympic medal More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1967 - The Doors' single "Light My Fire" hits #1 in the US 1969 - Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars 1990 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by 1 stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones 1990 - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis after she was stabbed in an on-court attack in 1993 2021 - Russian backstroke swimmer Evgeny Rylov wraps up the 100/200m double with OR 1:53.27 in the longer event at the Tokyo Olympic Games More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1907 - Melvin Belli, American lawyer known as "The King of Torts" and "Melvin Bellicose", born in Sonora, California (d. 1996) 1933 - Robert Fuller, American actor (Laramie, Wagon Train), born in Troy, New York 1943 - Roz Kelly, American actress (Owl and Pussycat, Happy Days), born in Mt Vernon, New York 1957 - Fumio Kishida, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 2021-), born in Tokyo, Japan 1969 - Alison Dunlap, American cyclist (UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country World C'ship gold 2001), born in Denver, Colorado 1970 - John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer (pace bowler 1993) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1886 - Adolf Muller Sr., Austrian composer of operettas, dies at 84 1958 - Charles O'Malley, American actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61 1982 - Vladimir Zworykin, Russian-American inventor who developed the cathode ray tube for television, dies at 94 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish surrealist film director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83 2000 - Edgar Beck, English civil engineer (led firm Mowlem that reconstructed Downing St, built new London Bridge and NatWest Tower), dies at 89 2013 - Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian soccer striker (58 caps; El Nacional, Santos Laguna, América), dies from heart failure at 27 More Famous Deaths »

1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe on return to England 1914 - Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of Word War I 1937 - Richard Moore scores 316 for Hampshire against Warwickshire 1944 - Adolf Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll, in the South Pacific 1977 - Roy Wilkins turns over NAACP leadership to Benjamin Hooks 1989 - Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50 1992 - Groundbreaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium 2013 - 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy 2018 - Carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with death toll at 5 having burnt 80,000 acres More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1828 - First theatrical performance of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" as "Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein" by Richard Brinsley Peake, starring Thomas Potter Cooke at Covent Garden 1957 - Rock and roll piano player-singer Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance with a raucous rendition of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on the "Steve Allen Show" 1978 - Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time 1991 - Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley 1994 - Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels 2022 - Final episodes of TV soap "Neighbours", after 37 years, screens in Australia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1165 - Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic and philosopher (The Meccan Revelations), born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1240) 1925 - Bruce Matthews, Australian newspaper executive who worked for Rupert Murdoch, born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1996) 1937 - Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1947 - Barbara Ferrell, American runnerr (Olympic gold 1968), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1949 - Vida Blue, American baseball pitcher (6 x MLB All-Star; Cy Young Award and AL MVP 1971; World Series 1972, 73, 74 Oakland A's; SF Giants, KC Royals), born in Mansfield, Louisiana (d. 2023) 1995 - Anna Lapwood, British classical organist, music director (Pembroke College, Cambridge), and radio presenter (BBC), born in England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1101 - Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet, essayist, painter and calligrapher, dies at 64 1128 - William Clito, Count of Flanders (1127-28), dies at 25 1230 - Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176) 1983 - Alec Marks, Australian cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies at 72 2009 - Peter Richard Tahourdin, English-Australian composer, dies at 80 2021 - Ron Popeil, American inventor and TV personality who popularized the phrase "But wait, there's more!", dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1918 - Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY 1927 - Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park) 1947 - New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra starts a record 148 game errorless streak 1992 - Dimitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychenko, Veniamin Taianovitch and Evgueni Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95) 1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed. 1997 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on 2nd playoff hole against countryman John Bland 2003 - A group of 321 Filipino armed soldiers called "Magdalo" take over Oakwood Premier Ayala Center in Makati City to show Filipino people the alleged corruption of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration 2005 - NASA postpones all Shuttle flights, pending an investigation into the foam-shedding problem on Discovery's external tanks 2014 - Obama reaffirms Israel's "right to defend itself", but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza 2022 - 170-carat pink diamond the "Lulo Rose," thought to be largest discovered in 300 years, announced found in Angola More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY 1932 - Paul Gorgoulov, assassin of French president Doumer, sentenced to death 1976 - Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair) 1983 - 104°F (40.3°C) in Garmersdorf (German record) 1997 - "Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances 2006 - The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1612 - Murad IV, Sultan of Turkey (1623-40) who conquered Baghdad, born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1640) 1881 - Hans Fischer, German organic chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1930), born in Hoechst, Germany (d. 1945) 1906 - Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist, born in La Grande, Oregon (d. 1999) 1906 - Leo Durocher, American Baseball HOF shortstop (MLB All Star 1936, 38, 40; World Series 1928, 34; NY Yankees, St.Louis Cardinals), manager (World Series 1954 NY Giants) and coach (World Series 1963 LA Dodgers), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1991) 1933 - Nick Reynolds, American folk singer, tenor guitarist, and bongo player (The Kingston Trio, 1957-67 - "Tom Dooley"; "M.T.A."), born in San Diego, California (d. 2008) 1968 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress (Postman), born in Messina, Italy More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1227 - Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies 1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian piano prodigy, composer (Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Arlecchino), conductor, and pedagogue, dies of heart failure at 58 1961 - Theodore Chanler, American composer, dies at 59 1998 - William McChesney Martin, American Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank (1951-70), dies at 91 2000 - Val Dufour, American actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World), dies at 73 2003 - Bob Hope [Leslie Townes Hope], English-born American actor, comedian and entertainer, dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

1656 - Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn declares he is insolvent after living beyond his means and spending too much on artwork and rare items. Leads to the most experimental and exuberantly creative period of his career. 1805 - Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1896 - Vitascope Hall, 1st permanent for-profit movie theatre, opens in New Orleans 1958 - Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV 1962 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher 1963 - US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1983 - Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 2017 - 3 live king cobras reported found inside potato chip cans by customs officials in Los Angeles 2023 - Actor Kevin Spacey is cleared of sex assault charges at a court in London More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1803 - The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London 1926 - Philippines government asks USA for a plebiscite on independence 1928 - In only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC 1959 - Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game; retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan 1967 - Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18 1990 - US President George H. W. Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian and honorary secretary of King Leopold III of Belgium, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1972) 1934 - Mauri, Spanish soccer midfielder (5 caps; Athletic Bilbao 246 games), born in Gernika, Spain (d. 2022) 1949 - Roger Taylor, English rock drummer (Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"), born in Norfolk, England 1950 - Nelinho, Brazilian soccer right back (21 caps; Cruzeiro EC 410 games; Atlético Mineiro), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1953 - Robert Phillips, American classical guitarist, born in New York City 1980 - Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor, born in Gangnam District, Seoul More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1667 - Michael Franck, German composer, poet and baker, dies at 58 1723 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman 1863 - Sam Houston, 1st President of Republic of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) who helped bring Texas into the United States as a constituent state, dies at 70 1964 - Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and auto racer (1931 Le Mans), dies at 80 1977 - Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, dies at 75 2021 - Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), dies at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1759 - British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) 1900 - Gloucestershire captain Gilbert Jessop hits his second century (139 in 95 minutes) before lunch in same County Cricket match (104 previous day); Yorkshire wins by 40 runs 1908 - Ajinomoto Co. is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers a key ingredient in Konbu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), patents a process for manufacturing it. 1914 - Serbia meets the deadlines of Austria-Hungary's ultimatum and gives a conciliatory reply, though Serbia is mobilizing 1973 - George Harrison pays £1,000,000 tax on his Bangladesh concert and album 1978 - John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image 1985 - USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1990 - Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) 2014 - Both Israel and Hamas review US Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal for an immediate ceasefire and meetings in Cairo 2018 - Liquid lake found on Mars under its South Pole by European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter reported in "Science" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 864 - The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings 1360 - Jews are expelled from Breslau, Silesia 1853 - Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californian bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed by California Rangers 1866 - David Faragut appointed as 1st admiral in US Navy 1914 - Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park 1993 - Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - Bill Bowes, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 6/33; Bodyline series; Yorkshire CCC), born in Elland, England (d. 1987) 1917 - Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian professional wrestler, born in East York, Ontario, Canada (d. 1990) 1918 - Jane Frank, American artist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1986) 1920 - Rosalind Franklin, English chemist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, born in London (d. 1958) 1930 - Alice Parizeau, Polish-born Quebec writer and essayist, born in Łuniniec, Poland (d. 1990) 1985 - Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian auto racer (Formula E champion 2014-15), born in Heidelberg, West Germany More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1883 - William Beall, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army, relief efforts for prisoners), dies at 58 1911 - Filippo Capocci, Italian organ virtuoso and composer, dies at 71 1981 - Ian Martin, American actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69 1983 - Jerome Moross, American composer (Frankie and Johnny), dies at 69 2014 - Bel Kaufman, American author (Up the Down Staircase), dies at 103 2022 - David Trimble, Northern Irish politician (First Minister of Northern Ireland, 1998 to 2002; Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader, 1995 to 2005; Member of Parliament for Upper Bann, 1990-2005), dies at 77 More Famous Deaths »

1684 - Expedition to establish French colony in Louisiana leaves La Rochelle with four ships led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (expedition is disastrous with only 15 survivors) 1931 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6) 1936 - 121°F (49°C), near Alton, Kansas (state record) 1940 - 1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands 1977 - 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France 1978 - Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games 1979 - Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR 1983 - 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switzerland (2-1) 1994 - Bodo kills 37 Muslims in Bashbari NE India 2015 - US President Barack Obama begins an historic 2 day visit to Kenya More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1701 - French trade rand soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, later becomes the city of Detroit 1952 - US President Harry Truman settles 53-day steel strike 1991 - Universityof Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system 1994 - Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport 2017 - Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner says he did not collude with Russia after meeting with Senate investigators 2019 - Special counsel Robert Mueller reports to the US Senate that President Trump was not exonerated of obstruction of justice and that Russia interfered in US election to benefit Trump More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1803 - Alexander Jackson Davis, American architect (gothic revivalist), born in New York City (d. 1892) 1867 - Edward Frederic Benson, English novelist, born in Wellington College, Berkshire, England (d. 1940) 1888 - Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 100, 12 wickets; South Australia, Western Australia), born in Sevenhill, Clare, Australia (d. 1973) 1930 - Boris Nikolayevich Belousov, Soviet cosmonaut, born in Khotimsk, Mogilyov Oblast (d. 1998) 1934 - Sante Kimes 'Dragon Lady', American convicted con artist and murderess, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2014) 1943 - Lyudmila Bragina, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR 1500m 1972 WR 4:01.38), born in Yekaterinburg, Russia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1758 - John Dyer, Welsh painter and poet (Grongar Hill), dies at 58 1900 - Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 1992 - Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900) 1995 - Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), dies at 94 2014 - Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), dies of cancer at 57 2023 - Trevor Francis, British soccer forward (52 caps; Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria, Sheffield Wed) and manager (QPR, Sheffield Wed, Birmingham City, Crystal Pal), dies of a heart attack at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1711 - Treaty of Pruth signed ending the Russo-Turkish War (1710-11), Azoz port returned to Ottoman control 1777 - Polish military leader Casimir Pulaski arrives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, to volunteer in the Continental Army cavalry 1834 - HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso (Chile) 1852 - Private John Brown becomes the 1st interment in the National Cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco, California 1862 - President Lincoln names Army of the Potomac Gen. Henry Halleck as US Army General-in-Chief 1930 - Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th) 1966 - Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens 1967 - 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France 2009 - 42nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center 2014 - 44 people are killed after TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashed into buildings in Taiwan More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1848 - Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts 1966 - Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance) 1966 - Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" 1969 - USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1982 - International Whaling Commission votes for total ban on commercial whaling (starting 1985) 1993 - NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1851 - Charles Bannerman, Australian cricket batsman (3 Tests; first centurion in Test history 165* 1877), born in Woolwich, Kent, England (d. 1930) 1937 - Dave Webster, American football player (led his football team to a National Championship in 1958), born in Atlanta, Texas (d. 2006) 1968 - Stephanie Seymour, American model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover-1988), born in San Diego, California 1969 - Fernanda Ribeiro, Portuguese 10k runner (Olympic gold 1996), born in Penafiel, Portugal 1982 - Schottzie Schott, dog mascot of Cincinnati Reds (d. 1991) 1994 - Kelvin Harrison Jr., American actor (Cyrano), born in New Orleans, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1920 - Conrad Kohrs, German-born cattle rancher in Montana, dies at 84 1927 - William Ashley, English economic historian (The Economic Organisation of England), dies at 67 1980 - Mollie Steimer, American political prisoner and anarchist agitator, dies at 82 1983 - Georges Auric, French composer (one of Les Six), dies at 84 1996 - John Corner, scientist, dies at 80 2011 - Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter ("Stronger Than Me"; "Rehab"), dies from alcohol poisoning at 27 More Famous Deaths »

1456 - Hungarian army under John Hunyadi defeats the forces of Ottoman Sultan Murad II in the Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade) 1926 - 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) 1963 - In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title 1972 - 59th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium takes 4th consecutive general classification title as well as points and combination events 1995 - Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina 2012 - At least 77 people are killed by torrential rain in Beijing, China 2012 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham and St. Annes: South African Ernie Els wins his 2nd Claret Jug, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott of Australia 2016 - Japan’s Funai Electric announce they will manufacture world's last videocassette this month 2018 - Lone gunman shooting kills 3 including gunman and injures 13 in Toronto, Canada 2023 - Taylor Swift concert in Seattle shakes the ground so hard it registers equivalent to magnitude 2.3 earthquake (does the same the next night) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada 1940 - Dutch Prime minister Dirk Jan De Geer meets Adolf Hitler seeking peace talks 1950 - Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge 1959 - Ed Wood's cult classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space", called one of the worse films ever, premieres 1973 - 60th Tour de France won by Luis Ocana of Spain 2013 - Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1889 - Frederick Preston Search, American cellist, composer and conductor (Bridge Builders), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1959) 1930 - Ray Pohlman, American session upright and electric bass guitarist and arranger (The Wrecking Crew), and jazz guitarist, born in Baker Township, Iowa (d. 1990) 1956 - Mick Pointer, British rock drummer (Marillion), born in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 1972 - Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor known for "Eureka", born in Montreal, Quebec 1979 - Lucas Luhr, German racing driver, born in Mülheim-Kärlich, West Germany 1997 - Field Cate, American actor (Pushing Daisies), and rock guitarist (Fencer), born in Burlington, Vermont More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1789 - Joseph-François Foulon, French politician, dies at 74 1852 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77 1958 - Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian author and satirist, dies at 62 1992 - Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51 1995 - Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana, dies at 90 2012 - George A. Miller, American psychologist, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

976 - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 1773 - Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits 1949 - US Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) 1966 - USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1975 - NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1980 - Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins 1995 - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent 1996 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham and St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier 2008 - Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžić is arrested in Serbia and indicted by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia tribunal for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre 2013 - British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden More Historical Events »