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Historical Events 1817 - Alexander Twilight, probably first African American to graduate from a US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College 1922 - St Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0 1982 - Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight 2002 - MLB Arizona Diamondbacks' lefthanded pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record 2012 - 100 people are killed and 350 injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq 2016 - North Korea conducts its fifth nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, at the time its largest ever test at 10 kilotons but superseded by the 2017 test More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1731 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican Jesuit teacher and writer, born in Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1787) 1875 - Jack O'Connor, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 13 wickets, BB 5/40; NSW CA, SA CA), born in Boorowa, Australia (d. 1941) 1896 - Fritz Reutter, German composer and pedagogue, born in Löbtau, Saxony, German Empire (d. 1963) 1926 - Robert Reese, American actor, born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1992) 1929 - Stan Parris, American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81-91), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 2010) 1974 - Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin), born in Örebro, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1612 - Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570) 1963 - Ernst Kantorowicz, German-American historian (Laudes regiae), dies at 68 1966 - Leon de Smet, Belgian painter (Luminist school), dies at 85 1981 - Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist, dies at 80 2014 - Antonín Tučapský, Czech composer, teacher, and choral conductor, dies at 86 2019 - Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer (The Americans), and filmmaker (Pull My Daisy; Candy Mountain), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1914 - HMS (formerly RMS) Oceanic, two weeks into its service with the Royal Navy, runs aground off, Foula, Shetland, Scotland in good weather and eventually sinks 1960 - American sprinter Wilma Rudolph wins her third gold medal of the Rome Olympics anchoring the US 4 x 100m relay team; earlier won 100/200m double 1966 - The Severn Bridge between England and Wales is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II 1967 - The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways. 1973 - Billy Martin named manager of the Texas Rangers 1974 - American motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel attempts to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho but fails, escaping with minor injuries 1979 - Cheryl Prewitt (Miss), 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980 1984 - US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 1985 - "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers 2018 - Egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1899 - British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal, South Africa 1943 - NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game 1958 - Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo 1963 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins second of 4 US singles crowns; beats defending champion Margaret Smith of Australia 7-5, 6-4 1985 - 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California 1995 - Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1515 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar, born in Toledo, Spain (d. 1585) 1907 - Sid Tomack, American actor (The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962) 1923 - Artie Anton, American jazz drummer, conguero, and timbalero (Stan Kenton, Jimmy Guiffre), born in New York City (d. 2003) 1933 - Eric Salzman, American composer (New Musical Theater), born in New York City (d. 2017) 1943 - Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1988 - Chantal Jones, American fashion model, born in Austin, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1984 - Frank Lowson, England cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 59 1984 - Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, dies at 79 1995 - Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83 1995 - Halldis Moren Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (Harp and Dagger), dies at 87 2009 - Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 82 2012 - Bill Moggridge [William], British designer (IDEO), dies from cancer at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1652 - Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English 1800 - Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC) 1897 - George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH 1916 - Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak 1923 - Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0 1987 - Netherlands sends 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1990 - New York City Opera's production of Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes' "Street Scene" opens at NY State Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances 1993 - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs and 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds 2015 - British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under 3ft of earth at Durrington Walls 2019 - US Open Women's Tennis: Bianca Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title; stuns Serena Williams 6-2, 7-5 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1191 - Third Crusade: Richard I of England defeats Saladin in the Battle of Arsuf 1942 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Ted Schroeder wins his first of 2 Grand Slam events; beats countryman Frank Parker 8-6, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 1950 - Monasteries shut down in Hungary 1952 - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn) 1970 - Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon 1974 - Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1860 - Grandma Moses [Anna Mary Robertson], American primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), born in Greenwich, New York (d. 1961) 1864 - Ernest Halliwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests), born in Ealing, England (d. 1919) 1925 - Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, businesswoman and co-founder of Laura Ashley, born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 1985) 1927 - John Milford, American actor (Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Homefront), born in Johnstown, New York (d. 2000) 1975 - Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer, born in Heredia, Costa Rica 1980 - Mark Prior, American baseball player, coach (Chicago Cubs), born in San Diego, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1984 - Joe Cronin, American Baseball HOF shortstop (7 x MLB All Star), manger (Boston RS, Washington Senators) and executive (AL President 1959-73), dies at 77 1986 - Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, Russian-Soviet conductor and composer, dies at 83 1998 - John Hayes, British Naval Officer and Naval Secretary, dies at 85 2008 - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, American RandB and soul pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and record producer, dies of congestive heart failure at 69 2011 - Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey center (World C'ship gold 2005; Carolina Hurricanes), dies in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster at 30 2022 - Bernard Shaw, American television news journalist (CBS, ABC), and 1st anchor of CNN, dies of pneumonia at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1869 - Mine fire kills 110 at Avondale, Pennsylvania 1912 - NY Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0 1939 - South Africa declares war on Nazi-Germany 1941 - All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1953 - Konrad Adenauer's CDU wins elections in German Federal Republic 1953 - Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38 1954 - Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 - Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #8 1995 - Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1958 - Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959 1970 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1988 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1993 - Jerry Lewis' 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $46,014,922 1994 - Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78) 2017 - Mother Teresa declared co-patron saint of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta alongside St. Francis Xavier More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1876 - John Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), born in Clunie, Dunkeld, Scotland (d. 1935) 1911 - Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary, born in Vancouver (d. 1996) 1938 - Joan Tower, American composer (Breakfast Rhythms), born in New Rochelle, New York 1940 - Jackie Trent, English singer-songwriter ("Neighbours" theme) and actress, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme (d. 2015) 1959 - David Tickle, British audio engineer and record producer (Split Enz; Four Non-Blondes), born in Guildford, Surrey, England 1974 - Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Örebro, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1783 - Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (commedia dell'arte), dies at 72 1938 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907) 1981 - Christy Brown, Irish author (biography Down All the Days), dies after choking at 49 2007 - Percy Rodriguez [Rodrigues], Canadian actor (Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Brainwaves), dies of kidney failure at 89 2020 - Lou Brock, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1964, 67; 8 × NL stolen base leader; St Louis Cardinals), dies from multiple myeloma at 81 2021 - Jean-Pierre Adams, French soccer centre-back (22 caps; Nîmes, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain), dies after 39 years in a coma at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead 1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, better known as Minor League Baseball is formed at the Leland Hotel in Chicago 1949 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Margaret Osborne duPont beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-4, 6-1 1962 - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th 1979 - Earl of Mountbatten's Ceremonial Funeral held in Westminster Abbey, London 1986 - NASA launches DoD-1 (classified Department of Defense satellite) 1986 - 3rd MTV Video Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins 1997 - Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game 2012 - 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu 2019 - South African women march on parliament to protest violence against women after a month when 30 were killed by their spouses More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead 1915 - Tsar Nicholas II, distressed by increasing Russian losses, assumes personal command of his nation's military forces; clearly a symbolic act and devastating for his leadership 1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously 1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception 1989 - Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show 2017 - Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, becomes the first woman President of the UK Supreme Court More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1638 - Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715), known as "The Sun King", had longest reign in country, born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1715) 1666 - Gottfried Arnold, German theologist, historian and songwriter, born in Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany (d. 1714) 1874 - Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, American Baseball HOF second baseman (Triple Crown 1901; AL batting champion 1901–04, 10; Philadelphia A's, Cleveland Naps), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (d. 1959) 1905 - Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, born in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines (d. 2005) 1949 - David "Clem" Clempson, British rock guitarist (Colosseum; Humble Pie), born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England 1971 - Adam Hollioake, England cricketer, born in Melbourne, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1165 - Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143) 1910 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70 1917 - Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker's union leader, dies at 70 2010 - Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer, dies as the result of a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix at 19 2015 - Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director (Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), dies of lung cancer at 67 2016 - Duane Graveline, American doctor and astronaut, dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1950 - "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts in twelve newspapers 1957 - Ford Motor Co. introduces Edsel automobile range 1964 - Eduardo Frei Montalva elected President of Chile 1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) 1972 - Kenyan legend Kipchoge Keino follows his 1,500m gold in Mexico City with an Olympic record 8:23.64 to win the 3,000m steeplechase at the Munich Olympics 1988 - The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati 2002 - Kelly Clarkson is crowned the winner of the first series of "American Idol" TV singing competition series 2006 - Tiger Woods matches the lowest final round of his career (8-under 63) in the Deutsche Bank C'ship at Norton, MA to win for the 5th straight time and 7th time this PGA Tour season 2010 - Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages. 2019 - YouTube fined $170 million for illegally collecting data on children's viewing habits by US Federal Trade Commission More Historical Events »

Historical Events 476 - Romulus Augustulus, last Western Roman Emperor, abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome. Traditional end of the Western Roman Empire. 1479 - King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castile 1923 - A Charlot and N Coward's revue "London Calling" premieres in London 1968 - Nigerian troops conquer the city of Aba, Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War 1989 - 46th Venice Film Festival: "A City of Sadness" directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou debuts and wins the Golden Lion 1992 - In his record 115th and final US Open singles match, Jimmy Connors is beaten by Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in a 2nd-round night match More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1816 - François Bazin, French composer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1878) 1824 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), Wagner disciple and "monumental bore", born in Ansfelden, Austria (d. 1896) 1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat and Roman Catholic cardinal, born in Cologno al Serio, Italy (d. 1915) 1913 - Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982) 1926 - Robert J. Lagomarsino, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Ventura, California 1941 - Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher, born in São Paulo, Brazil More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1063 - Tughril, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad and founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037-63), dies at about 73 1821 - José Miguel Carrera, 1st President of Chile (1811-14), shot and killed after a show trial at 35 1993 - Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (Fantasy Island - Ze plane! Ze plane!), shoots self to death at 50 1997 - Natko Devčić, Croatian composer, dies at 83 2002 - Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist, dies at 98 2018 - Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie - "Roger"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Howard"), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1919 - President Woodrow Wilson set out on a tour of the USA to rouse public opinion behind the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations 1940 - US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1941 - KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1941 - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war) 1943 - British 8th Army lands in Southern Italy (Messina) 1943 - General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily 1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy and Amoy 1973 - Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon 2001 - In just his 11th start, St. Louis Cardinals' rookie pitcher Bud Smith no-hits the San Diego Padres, 4-0 2019 - Walmart says it will stop selling handguns and some ammunition and ask customers not to openly carry firearms in response to El Paso shootings More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1923 - Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy" premieres in NYC 1924 - L Stallings and M Anderson's "What Price Glory?" premieres in NYC 1973 - Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon 1975 - Chartered Boeing 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die 1995 - Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit 2020 - MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, becomes world's richest woman worth $68 billion More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1913 - Alan Ladd, American actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers), born in Hot Springs, Arkansas (d. 1964) 1925 - Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2007) 1956 - Hans-Georg Beyer, East German team handball player (Olympic gold 1980), born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 1964 - Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer (Vital Signs 1), born in Karachi, West Pakistan (d. 2016) 1977 - Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer (Astob Villa), born in Gullspång, Sweden 1988 - Carla Suárez Navarro, Spanish tennis player (2 WTA, 6 ITF titles), born in Las Palmas, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1964 - Joseph Marx, Austrian composer and music critic, dies at 82 1980 - Duncan Renaldo, Spanish actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies from lung cancer at 76 1993 - Leon Liebgold, Polish American actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83 1994 - Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85 2007 - Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964) 2017 - Sugar Ramos [Ultiminio Ramos], Cuban-Mexican boxer (World Featherweight champion 1963-64), dies at 75 More Famous Deaths »

1519 - 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico 1882 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Richard Sears beats Clarence M. Clark 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 1930 - 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs) 1944 - US leaders meet in Belgium 1957 - Milwaukee 1st baseman Frank Torre scores 6 runs to tie the MLB record; Braves rout Chicago Cubs 23-10 1960 - New Zealand middle distance runner Peter Snell claims first of 3 career Olympic gold medals when he wins the 800m in Rome 1963 - CBS expands "CBS Evening News" program, anchored by Walter Conkrite, from 15 to 30 minutes 1968 - Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon 2018 - Major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts 2019 - Diving boat catches fire at night killing 34 asleep on board off Santa Cruz Island, California More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1924 - Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart'soperetta "Rose-Marie" opens to rave reviews at the Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 577 performances 1931 - American crooner Bing Crosby makes his solo radio debut on his "15 Minutes with Bing Crosby" program broadcast on the CBS network 1967 - The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates. 1990 - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, San Francisco 1996 - Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (MAC) designed by Oscar Niemeyer inaugurated in Niterói, Brazil 2020 - Press conference with body camera evidence brings to light death of African American Daniel Prude after being retrained by police back in March More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1911 - Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988) 1918 - Allen Drury, American author (Advise and Consent - 1960 Pulitzer Prize), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1998) 1941 - John Thompson, American Basketball Hall of Fame center, coach and broadcaster (NBA C'ship 1965, 66, Boston Celtics; coach NCAA C'ship 1984, Georgetown), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2020) 1952 - Earl Pomeroy, American politician (Rep-D-North Dakota 1993-2011), born in Valley City, North Dakota 1967 - Andreas Möller, German footballer 1979 - Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1944 - Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist (pioneer in criminology and forensic pathology), dies at 78 1993 - John [Eoin] Higgins, Northern Ireland supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 1996 - Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West, dies at 71 2008 - Denis Rooke, British engineer and CEO (British Gas), dies at 84 2011 - Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (b. 1979) 2020 - William Yorzyk Jr., American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly, WR 2:19.3, 1956), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1255 - Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) founded by Teutonic Knights and named in honor of the Bohemian King Ottokar II 1906 - New York Highlanders win their 6th consecutive MLB game in 3 days from Washington Senators; sweep AL record 3 straight double headers 1911 - Anthony Fokker famously flies his aircraft "Spin" around the tower of the Grote Kerk in Haarlem 1971 - Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein 1972 - Welshman Richard Meade representing Great Britain and riding Laurieston grabs the equestrian individual and team 3-day event gold medals at the Munich Olympics 1979 - LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask 1986 - Henri Debehogne discovers asteroid #8265 La Silla 1989 - Chris Evert becomes the first player ever to win 100 matches in the US National/Open Tennis Championship by beating Patricia Tarabinia 6-2, 6-4 2007 - In one of the biggest upsets in college football history, 109,218 fans see Appalachian State's Corey Lynch block a Jason Gingell 37-yard field goal attempt with 6 seconds remaining to inspire an epic 34-32 win v Michigan at Ann Arbor 2021 - South America's second-longest river, the Paraná, at its lowest levels for 77 years due to drought More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1939 - General George Marshall sworn in as the United States Army Chief of Staff 1974 - Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed 1978 - Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 - Middlesex beats Kent off the last ball of the Nat West Trophy cricket final in London; John Emburey hits Kent seamer Richard Ellison to square leg for 4 for the winning runs 1999 - 56th Venice Film Festival: "Yi ge dou bu neng shao" directed by Zhang Yimou wins Golden Lion More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1529 - Taddeo Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter (Villa dei Farnese at Caprarola), born in Sant'Angelo in Vado (d. 1566) 1549 - Charles Philip of Croÿ, Marquis of Havre, military general for the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1613) 1892 - Leverett Saltonstall, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979) 1923 - Theo Joekes, Dutch journalist, writer, and politician (VVD), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1999) 1951 - David Bairstow, English cricket wicket keeper, broadcaster (4 Tests, 13 dismissals; father of England Test 'keeper Jonny; Yorkshire CCC), born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1998) 1954 - Riccardo "Ric" Formosa, Italian-Australian guitarist (Little River Band, 1975-76), session musician, arranger and classical composer, born in Rome, Italy More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1615 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters, dies at 86 1818 - Robert Calder, British naval officer, dies at 73 1969 - William Flanagan, American composer, and music critic, takes his own life at 46 1970 - Francois Mauriac, French novelist, poet and playwright (Nobel 1952), dies at 84 1983 - Lennox Brown, South African cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies at 72 2013 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer (WBO heavyweight title, 1993) and actor (Rocky V), dies from AIDS at 44 More Famous Deaths »

1903 - New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month, beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1 and 9-2 at the Polo Grounds 1920 - Detroit radio station 8MK (now WWJ, 950AM) is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air 1923 - Italian troops occupy Corfu 1954 - Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's) 1979 - Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as US UN ambassador 1983 - 40th Venice Film Festival: "First Name: Carmen" directed by Jean-Luc Godard wins Golden Lion 1983 - Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz 1985 - "Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Illinois 1990 - East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems 2015 - Violent protests in Kiev after Ukraine parliament vote leave 1 national guard dead, 100 injured More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1919 - John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago 1950 - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs and a single in a game vs Braves 1980 - 80th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton 1990 - Baseball outfielders Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. become the 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored 2012 - "Argo" directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2013) 2020 - Singer Akon lays first stone for Akon city, futuristic solar-powered city to be built in Senegal, saying will be real-life version of Wakanda in "Black Panther" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - Fitz John Porter, American Major General (Union Army), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 1901) 1855 - Stefan Surzynski, Polish conductor and composer, born in Srem, Poland (d. 1919) 1908 - William Saroyan, American novelist and playwright (Time of Your Life), born in Fresno, California (d. 1981) 1963 - Richard "Reb" Beach, American heavy metal guitarist (Winger; Whitesnake), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1978 - Philippe Christanval, French footballer 1984 - Rajkummar Rao, Indian film actor (Shahid), born in Gurgaon, India More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1057 - Leofric, count of Mercia, husband of Lady Godiva, dies 1631 - Nicolaus Erich, German composer, dies at 43 1638 - John Ward, British madrigal and religious music composer, dies at 67 1974 - William Pershing Benedict, American World War II fighter pilot in both the RCAF and U.S. Army Air Forces, killed in a plane crash while firefighting in California at 56 1996 - Harald Penrose, British test pilot, dies at 92 2020 - Tom Seaver, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1969, 73, 75; 12 x MLB All Star; NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago WS), dies of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19 at 75 More Famous Deaths »

1757 - Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19] 1800 - Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia 1862 - Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee 1932 - Hermann Goering elected President of the German Reichstag 1939 - General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army 1961 - Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game 1982 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut 1984 - 12th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (41D): Discovery 1 launches for a 6-day excursion 1991 - Dan O'Brien sets US decathlon record with 8,812 points 1993 - "Late Show with David Letterman" debuts on CBS, from the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC; Bill Murray is his first guest, Billy Joel performs More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1843 - 1st time African-Americans participate in a national political convention (Liberty Party) 1918 - Czechoslovakia forms independent republic 1954 - Hurricane Carol kills 68 on the US East Coast 1983 - 8th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 3 launches for a 6-day excursion 1986 - Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) 1987 - Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1809 - Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1863) 1913 - Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologist, born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China (d. 2007) 1918 - Ted Williams, American Baseball HOF outfielder (last player to bat over .400 in single season; 19 x MLB All Star; AL MVP 1946, 49; Triple Crown 1942, 47 Boston Red Sox), born in San Diego, California (d. 2002) 1921 - Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer and cornerman (Muhammad Ali 1960–81 and 15 other world boxing champions), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012) 1963 - Paul Oakenfold, British record producer and DJ, born in Mile End, London 1966 - Michael Michele, American actress (Nikki-Central Park West), born in Evansville, Indiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1580 - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1553-80, regained lands of Savoy), dies at 52 1981 - Vera-Ellen [Westmeier Rohe], American actress and dancer (White Christmas; Big Leaguer; On the Town), dies of cancer at 60 1984 - Wesley Lau, American actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 63 1989 - Joe Collins, American baseball first baseman (World Series 1949–53, 56; New York Yankees), dies at 66 2007 - Charles Vanik, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio 1955-81), dies at 94 2008 - Tommy Bolt, American golfer (US Open 1958), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1854 - Self-governing windmill patented by American inventor Daniel Halladay 1920 - An American sweep of the medals in the women's 3m springboard diving event at the Antwerp Olympics; Aileen Riggin wins gold ahead of teammates Helen Wainwright and Thelma Payne 1937 - MLB Philadelphia A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) 1944 - 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1958 - Cliff Richard and the Drifters release single "Move It", Richards debut single. Credited as 1st British Rock n Roll song. 1972 - SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row 1992 - Largest wrestling crowd outside US - 75,000 at Wembley Stadium, London 1997 - Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hasting in Scotts Valley, California as an online DVD rental business 2004 - Athens Olympic marathon is run on same route as 1896 Games, start at site of the Battle of Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens: Stefano Baldini of Italy wins men's gold in 2:10:55 2014 - Riots break out in Guinea following rumours that health workers are deliberately transmitting the Ebola virus to locals More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1930 - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. 1967 - Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes 1987 - Houston Astro MLB player Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time 1992 - Irish rock band U2 plays the 1st of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NYC 2011 - "Tha Carter IV" 9th studio album by Lil Wayne is released 2012 - Banana Spider venom is found to be effective in relieving erectile dysfunction More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1843 - David B. Hill, American politician and Governor of New York (1885-91), born in Montour Falls, New York (d. 1910) 1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure), born in Hove, Sussex, England (d. 1929) 1905 - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist, executed without a trial for his beliefs, born in Juva, Finland (d. 1941) 1954 - Julio Fernandez, Cuban-American jazz guitarist (Spyro Gyra, 1984-present), born in Havana, Cuba 1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins - "Heaven OR Las Vegas"), born in Grangemouth, Scotland 1974 - Jay Onrait, Canadian sports broadcaster (TSN, Fox Sports 1), born in Athabasca, Alberta More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1893 - Aleksey Apukhtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17] 1931 - David Abercrombie, Abercrombie and Fitch founder, dies at 64 1980 - Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, French politician and Nazi collaborator (anti-Semite minister in WWII Vichy government), dies at 92 1987 - Lee Marvin, American actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), dies of a heart attack at 63 2002 - Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (To Serve Them All My Days), dies at 82 2007 - Pierre Messmer, French politician (Prime Minister of France 1972-74 under Georges Pompidou), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola". 1918 - Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on umpire Tom Connolly 1939 - Netherland mobilizes 1966 - 27th Venice Film Festival: "The Battle of Algiers" directed by Gillo Pontecorvo wins Golden Lion 1988 - 70 killed in crash of three Italian air force fighters at air show at Ramstein, Germany 1990 - Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov 1994 - 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods 2011 - Canadian Open Women's Golf, Hillsdale CC: Brittany Lincicome wins by 1 stroke from Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis 2017 - Kenya brings in world's toughest ban on plastic bags with possible US$38,000 fine and four years in jail 2018 - Aretha Franklin lies in state at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit in a 24 carat coffin More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C. 1921 - Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games 1967 - Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus 1987 - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs 1990 - Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov 1994 - 1st Japanese gay pride parade More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1842 - Willem Linnig The Younger, Flemish painter and graphic artist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1890) 1881 - Arne Eggen, Norwegian organist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1955) 1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, British operatic bass-baritone (Death in Venice), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2014) 1938 - Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist (Maurizio Costanzo Show), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2023) 1947 - Alice Playton, American actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name), born in NYC, New York 1970 - Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores), born in Compton, California (d. 1999) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1539 - Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75 1654 - Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (Lord High Chancellor and regent of Sweden), dies at 71 1678 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) 1757 - David Hartley, English philosopher and Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology, dies at 51 1839 - William Smith, British geologist who is credited with creating the first nationwide geological map (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils), dies at 70 1953 - Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), dies at 61 More Famous Deaths »