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1585 - Duke of Parma's troops occupy Antwerp 1883 - Krakatoa volcano, west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 1,300 megatons and kills approximately 40,000 people 1918 - Christy Mathewson resigns as Cincinnati Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of US Army 1956 - Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game 1968 - Protest by the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) at the Guildhall's council chamber; after which Eamon Melaugh phones the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) to organise a march in Derry 1982 - Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth 1991 - Moldavia declares independence from USSR 1996 - Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Detroit Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2004 - China's first ever gold in Olympic Games men's track and field; Liu Xiang wins 110m hurdles in Athens, equalling Colin Jackson's 1993 world record time of 12.91 seconds 2021 - Britain's Prince Andrew served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1601 - Olivier van Noort completes first Dutch exploration of new world 1832 - Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1892 - NYC's Metropolitan Opera House (opened in 1883) catches fire; takes two years to restore 1908 - Calgary City Rugby Football Club re-organizes as the Tigers 1974 - NY Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat 2004 - German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in K-4 500m and silver in K-2 500m in Athens; first woman in any sport to win gold medals at 6 different Olympics, gold 24 years apart, and 1st person to win 2 or more medals in 5 different Games More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1870 - Amado Nervo [Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer and poet, born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico (d. 1919) 1884 - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), born in Revel, France (d. 1966) 1886 - Rebecca Clarke, British-American violist and classical composer (Morpheus), born in Harrow, England (d. 1979) 1935 - Ernie Broglio, American baseball player 1947 - Peter Krieg [Wilhelm Gladitz], German documentary filmmaker, and writer (September Wheat), born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany (d. 2009) 1964 - Frankie Thorn, American actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1977 - George Merritt, English actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 1980 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (co-founded the magazine National Lampoon), dies at 33 1991 - Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies 1996 - Abram Games, British graphic artist ("Blonde Bombshell" ATS poster), dies at 82 2001 - Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (b. 1938) 2022 - Milutin Šoškić, Serbian soccer goalkeeper (50 caps Yugoslavia; FK Partizan, 1. FC Köln), dies at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1545 - Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese as Duke of Parma 1912 - MLB pitcher Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends 1920 - Surrey cricket all-rounder Percy Fender scores 100 in 35 minutes [113no] in a county match vs Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton 1940 - Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor 1942 - 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France 1971 - Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia 1973 - David Eisenhower writes his last sports column 1992 - Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 3 storm after causing deaths and severe damage in Florida 2015 - WDBJ TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward are fatally shot live on TV by an ex-colleague in Moneta, Virginia 2018 - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigns after losing Liberal Party leadership contest More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1652 - Battle of Plymouth: General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the Commonwealth of England attacked a convoy of the Dutch Republic commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter. Dutch victory 1940 - RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk 1942 - Transport #24 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 - Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed 1973 - University of Texas (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing 2018 - Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former US Vatican Ambassador, claims Pope Francis knew of and ignored sex abuse allegations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1931 - Guy Vander Jagt, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1966-93), born in Cadillac, Michigan (d. 2007) 1935 - Cornelis B. Vaandrager [Cor Vaan], Dutch poet (Long Live Joop Massaker) 1936 - Francine York, American actress (Slattery's People), born in Aurora, Minnesota (d. 2017) 1946 - Mark Snow [Martin Fulterman], American television and film composer (The X-Files theme), born in New York City 1969 - Adrian Young, American drummer (No Doubt - "Don't Speak"), born in Long Beach, California 1985 - Brian Kelley, American country musician (Florida Georgia Line), born in Ormond Beach, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1486 - Ernst I, Elector of Saxony (1464-86), dies at 45 1595 - Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531) 1857 - Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (Tarimbekken, executed in Kashgar after being mistaken for a spy at 28 1865 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, US attorney/Union brigadier general, dies at 35 1865 - Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 2009 - Dominick Dunne, American writer and producer (Panic in Needle Park), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1609 - Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers, including to the Doge (ruler) of Venice, Leonardo Donato 1908 - Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race 1910 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: William Larned beats Tom Bundy 6-1, 5-7, 6-0, 6-8, 6-1 for his 4th consecutive US singles title 1921 - Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record 1950 - US President Harry Truman orders army to take control of railroad to avert a strike 1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1985 - STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem 1991 - Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former USSR Baltic republics 2019 - Double Dave, a rare two-headed timber rattlesnake found in Pine Barrens forest, New Jersey 2020 - England's James Anderson becomes first fast bowler to reach 600 wickets in Test cricket; Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali caught at first slip on 5th day of 3rd Test at Southampton More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1886 - 1st international polo meet (US vs England) 1924 - MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn 1948 - Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's 2001 - Singer Aaliyah and 8 others killed in an air crash in the Bahamas 2012 - 85,000 people are displaced by severe floods in Myanmar 2018 - Afghan Islamic State leader Abu Saad Erhabi and 10 others killed in an air strike in province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1893 - H. Trendley Dean, American dental surgeon who introduced fluoridation into water, born in Winstanley Park, Illinois (d. 1962) 1916 - Frederick Robbins, American pediatrician and bacteriologist (Nobel 1954), born in Auburn, Alabama (d. 2003) 1941 - Ludwig Müller, German soccer defender (6 caps; FC Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha BSC), born in Haßfurt, Germany (d. 2021) 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American country singer (Achy Breaky Heart; Old Town Road), born in Flatwoods, Kentucky 1964 - Marti Noxon, American television writer and producer, born in Los Angeles, California 1987 - Blake Lively, American actress (Gossip Girl), born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1791 - Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies 1924 - Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818) 1950 - Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888) 1975 - Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor, dies at 75 1999 - Rob Fisher, British rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes), dies at 42 2018 - John McCain, American war hero and Republican politician (Rep-Arizona, 1983-2018, Presidential candidate, 2008), dies of brain cancer at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1349 - 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz 1516 - Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively beat the Mamluk Sultanate 1853 - 1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum at Moon's Lake House, near Saratoga Springs, New York (popular legend says he invented though earlier recipes exist) 1920 - With British approval, Greece is encouraged to take offensive action against Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor 1954 - US President Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party, at height of McCarthyism 1958 - Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR) 1960 - -127°F (-88°C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 1993 - Padres scores 14 in 1st vs Cardinals 1995 - Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island 1995 - Microsoft debuts Windows 95 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1542 - Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain 1833 - HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina 1978 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1992 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea. 1992 - Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint 2017 - Largest-ever lottery jackpot win in the US - $758.7m won by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts in US Powerball Jackpot More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1872 - Max Beerbohm, English caricaturist, writer and parodist (Saturday Review), born in London (d. 1956) 1947 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian racing cyclist, born in Eeklo, East Flanders, Belgium 1947 - Anne Archer, American actress (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games), born in Los Angeles, California 1953 - John Cowan, American rock, progressive bluegrass session and touring bass player, and vocalist (New Grass Revival, 1974-89; Doobie Bothers, 1993-95), born in Minerva, Ohio 1957 - Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar), born in Los Angeles, California [some sources give year as 1955] 1977 - Per Gade, Danish footballer, born in Nibe, Denmark More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1680 - Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter and etcher, buried 1977 - Soewarsih Djojopoespito, Indonesian writer (Toe the Line), dies at 65 1985 - Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], Italian-American composer (Zanoni), educator, and music theorist (Creative Harmony), dies at 78 1991 - Mike Sokoll, Hungarian-American cowboy actor, dies at 97 1999 - Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian-French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 70 2006 - Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b.1979) More Famous Deaths »

1595 - Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni. 1903 - Sixth Zionist Congres: Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state 1923 - Paavo Nurmi of Finland runs world record for 1 mile of 4:10.4 in Stockholm; record stands until 1931 1931 - Count Gyula Károlyi becomes premier of Hungary 1946 - "The Big Sleep" directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe) and Lauren Bacall, premieres 1948 - World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries 1979 - Iranian army opens offensive against Kurds 1985 - Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin 1990 - East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3 2000 - Nicaragua becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. This essentially deprecated the Buenos Aires Convention treaty, because as of this date, all members of the BA Convention were also signatories to Berne. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1595 - Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni. 1910 - Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh 1975 - Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway 1979 - Iranian army opens offensive against Kurds 2009 - Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Rich Harvest Farms: US wins 3rd consecutive Cup 16-12; win 8 of 12 singles to dominate final day 2022 - In US domestic terrorism case two men found guilty of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Witmer More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1917 - Tex Williams, American country-western singer, born in Ramsey, Illinois (d. 1985) 1922 - Brian Young, Chairman (Christian Aid), born in Sri Lanka (d. 2016) 1927 - Peter Wyngarde [Cyril Goldbert], British actor (Department S and Jason King), born in Marseille, France (d. 2018) 1930 - Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets), born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (d. 2016) 1960 - Rodney Alan Greenblat, American graphic artist, born in San Francisco, California 1986 - Neil Cicierega, American cartoonist and musician, born in Boston, Massachusetts More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1305 - Scottish patriot William Wallace is hanged, disemboweled and beheaded at Smithfield, London 1519 - Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot 1591 - Luis de Leon, Spanish scholar and poet, dies at 64 1965 - Jan Antonín Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer (Bata), dies at 67 2006 - Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning), dies at 84 2019 - Sheila Steafel, South African British actress (The Frost Report), dies at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1642 - English Civil War begins between Royalists and Parliament 1848 - The United States annexes New Mexico 1933 - Chicago Cubs president William Veeck, Sr. urges MLB to incorporate midsummer inter-league games and a split season 1939 - Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion 1946 - Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55) 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1966 - The Beatles arrive in New York City and hold two press conferences, one for the press and one for their fans 1980 - Leaders of Port Elizabeth's Black secondary school children in South Africa decided to end a four month boycott of classes 1992 - Greg Matthews (4/76) and Shane Warne (3/11) spin Australia to a famous 16-run win v Sri Lanka in 1st cricket Test in Colombo 2008 - Maurren Higa Maggi wins the women's long jump with a leap of 7.04m at the Beijing Olympics; Brazil's first ever gold medal in any women's individual event More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists 1914 - WW1: Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg move into East Prussia enroute to Russia 1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the International Olympic Committee for its racist policies. 1985 - Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at Manchester airport, 55 killed 1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. 2019 - Bielefeld in Germany offers €1m prize to anyone in who can prove the town doesn't exit to disprove 25-year-old conspiracy theory More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist, born in Aarau, Switzerland (d. 1939) 1915 - Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne), born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2000) 1937 - Pat Gillick, American Baseball HOF executive (GM Toronto Blue Jays World Series 1992, 93, Philadelphia Phillies 2008), born in Chico, California 1937 - Max Hebditch, British director (Museum of London), born in Yeovil, England 1956 - Paul Molitor, American Baseball HOF infielder (7 x MLB All-Star Milwaukee Brewers; World Series MVP 1993 Toronto Blue Jays) and manager (Minnesota Twins 2015-18), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota 1968 - Henrik Holm, Swedish tennis star, born in Täby, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1572 - Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528) 1920 - Anders Zorn, Swedish painter, etcher and sculptor (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60 1990 - Merlin Marston, American actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 46 2015 - Andy Mapple, English water skier (World Slalom C'ship 1981, 89, 95, 97, 99, 2001), dies at 52 2020 - Peder Holm, Danish composer, dies at 93 2021 - Brian Travers, British rock saxophonist (UB40 - "Red, Red Wine"), dies of cancer at 62 More Famous Deaths »

1689 - Battle of Dunkeld fought in Scotland between supporters of King James VII of Scotland and troops of William of Orange 1949 - Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners 1975 - US lightens trade embargo against Cuba 1977 - American water skier Donna Patterson Brice sets women's high speed record 111.11 mph at Long Beach, California 1991 - Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days 1992 - US Marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho to apprehend him on firearms charges; an 11 day stand-off ensues 1994 - The last French troops pull out of Rwanda, ending their highly controversial mission there 1994 - Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election 2018 - Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls for and wins a leadership vote 43-35 over Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton 2020 - American golfer Scottie Scheffler makes birdie on 4 of final 5 holes to become 12th player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59 in 2nd round of the Northern Trust at TPC Boston More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1821 - Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances 1944 - Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy 1975 - Rick and Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out 1995 - Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 crashes near Carrollton, Georgia, killing 9 crew and passengers 2013 - 21 people are killed in flash floods in Qinghai province, China 2015 - Terrorist attack on train between Amsterdam and Paris thwarted by 4 passengers overpowering gunman More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1670 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader, born in Moulins, France (d. 1734) 1821 - William Barksdale, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Smyrna, Tennessee (d. 1863) 1825 - Kate Loder, British composer and pianist, born in Bathwick Street, Bathwick, England (d. 1904) 1927 - Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 2017) 1941 - Jackie DeShannon [Sharon Lee Myers], American singer-songwriter ("What the World Needs Now Is Love"; "When You Walk In The Room"), born in Hazel, Kentucky 1951 - Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder (Olympic gold x 4 GDR 1976, 80), born in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany (d. 2022) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1905 - Mary Mapes Dodge, American children's author (St. Nicholas Magazine), editor and writer (Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates), dies at 74 1943 - (Abraham) A. Merritt, American magazine editor and sci-fi author (The Moon Pool; Burn, Witch, Burn!), dies from a heart attack at 59 1960 - David Barnard Steinman, American civil engineer and bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough), dies at 74 1977 - Danny Lockin, American actor and dancer (Hello Dolly), dies after being stabbed at 34 2005 - Robert Moog, American engineer (Moog synthesizer, Moog Music), dies of a brain tumor at 71 2005 - Martin Dillon, American opera singer, dies of cardiac arrest at 48 More Famous Deaths »

1391 - Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order. 1856 - Wilberforce University forms in Ohio 1900 - Great Britain beats France by 158 runs in Paris; cricket's only appearance at an Olympic Games 1920 - 1st US commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit begins daily broadcasting 1949 - 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland 1953 - Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1957 - USAF balloon, manned by David Simons, breaks an altitude record at 102,000 ft (3,1089.6 m), over Minnesota and South Dakota 1988 - Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21) 1990 - George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner 1995 - Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1935 - Military coup by General Pons and President Ibarra in Ecuador 1942 - Dim-out regulations implemented in San Francisco 1989 - Said Aouita runs world record 3,000 m (7:29.45) 2016 - Chinese diver Chen Aisen does the Olympic 10m platform double in Rio de Janeiro; having already won the synchronised event, he wins the individual gold by a comfortable margin 2016 - Rio de Janeiro Olympics: team sports - China beats Serbia, 3-1 for the women's indoor volleyball gold; in the men's water polo final, Serbia downs Croatia, 11-7 for first Olympic title 2020 - Kamala Harris accepts her nomination for vice-president, becoming the 1st US woman of color on a major-party ticket saying "there is no vaccine for racism" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1710 - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), born in Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire (d. 1761) 1719 - Charles-François de Broglie, French soldier and diplomat, marquis de Ruffec, born in Paris (d. 1791) 1860 - Raymond Poincaré, French President (1913-20) and three time Prime Minister (1912-13, 1922-24, 1926-29), born in Bar-le-Duc, France (d. 1934) 1937 - El Fary, Spanish singer and actor, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2007) 1947 - David Lasley, American session vocalist and songwriter, born in Branch, Michigan 1954 - Tawn Mastrey, American disc jockey and music video producer, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2007) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1643 - Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher, killed in Native American uprising (b. 1591) 1961 - Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist (Nobel 1946 - physics of high pressure), dies at 79 1996 - Rio Reiser, German rock singer ("Ton Steine Scherben"), dies at 46 2008 - Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser (BBC), dies at 73 2018 - Charles Blackman, Australian figurative artist (Heide circle), dies at 90 2021 - Peter Ind, British jazz double bassist, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio 1941 - Romania annexes the Transnistria territory from the Soviet Union after Operation Barbarossa 1943 - Belgian church excommunicates Nazi collaborator Léon Degrelle 1953 - Democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name 'Operation Boot') and the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project) 1954 - American Ralph Bunche named undersecretary of the UN 1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR 1985 - Following the Rubicon speech four days earlier, Archbishop Desmond Tutu snubs P. W. Botha's invitation to attend a meeting to discuss the role and actions of the police and security forces in South Africa 1985 - Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei 1987 - Hungerford Massacre: in England, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide 2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1939 - 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record) 1957 - NY Giants board of directors vote 8-1 to move their baseball franchise to San Francisco in 1958 1958 - NAACP Youth Council begin sit-in at "whites-only" lunch counter at Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1962 - Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55 1998 - South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairperson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, releases documents revealing an alleged plot by Western countries to assassinate UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden 2015 - US Food and Drug administration approves Female Viagra libido pill Addyi More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1557 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, born in Montbéliard, France (d. 1608) 1558 - Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer and historian (Historia Belgica), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1607) 1686 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (The Spectator, writing 37 numbers signed X), born in Saint Thomas, Exeter, England (d. 1737) 1904 - June Collyer, American actress (Before Midnight, Charley's Aunt), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968) 1967 - Tabitha Soren, American MTV reporter (This Week in Rock), born in San Antonio, Texas 1975 - Chynna Clugston Flores, American comic book creator (Blue Monday), born in Fresno, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1186 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) 1931 - Aristides Agramonte y Simoni, Cuban-American Physician, Pathologist and Bacteriologist (yellow fever), dies at 63 1950 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and electrical engineer (Giorgi system of measurement), dies at 78 1975 - Jim Londos, Greek-American wrestler, dies at 81 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926) 2017 - Bea Wain, American pop singer ("Deep Purple" (the song, not the group); "Heart and Soul"), and radio host, dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

1886 - Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Association doubles 1926 - England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 1941 - German concentration camp Amersfoort opens 1955 - 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) 1960 - Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1977 - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter 1982 - NYSE tops 100m shares traded for the 1st time, sets a new record of 132.69m shares traded 1987 - Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Anke Mohring and Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47) 1987 - Ohio health care worker Donald Harvey sentenced to triple life for poisoning 24 patients 2020 - Joe Biden is formally nominated as the Democratic party's presidential candidate during the second night of their 1st ever virtual convention More Historical Events »

Historical Events 440 - St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1840 - American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) 1891 - Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die 1965 - Dutch soccer team FC Den Bosch (successor to BVV 1906 and Wilhelmina 1890) is established at 's-Hertogenbosch 1983 - Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas 1989 - Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as NY Yankee manager More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1900 - Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1964) 1902 - Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter, born in Tartu, Estonia (d. 1968) 1958 - Madeleine Stowe, American actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls), born in Los Angeles, California 1964 - Craig Bierko, American actor, born in Rye Brook, New York 1966 - Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward), born in Seoul, South Korea (d. 2022) 1969 - Masta Killa [Elgin Turner], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan), born in Brooklyn, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1815 - Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759) 1940 - Walter Chrysler, American automotive pioneer (Chrysler Corporation) and thoroughbred breeder, dies at 65 1945 - Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian revolutionary and nationalist, dies of injuries from a plane crash at 48 1989 - Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered 2010 - Benjamin Kaplan, American copyright scholar, dies at 99 2014 - Jim Jeffords, American politician (Senator-R+I-Vermont 1989-2007, Rep-R-VT, 1975-89), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1891 - Electric self-starter for automobile patented 1918 - Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 1926 - Greek-Serbian, Croatian and Slavs peace treaty signed 1936 - An unemployed worker, Neils B. Ruud, in Madison, Wisconsin, receives the first unemployment benefit check paid under a State law, for $15 1948 - Phillies commit 8 errors in a baseball game for the 2nd time 1948 - Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent 1985 - 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant 1986 - Bronze pig statue unveiled at Pike Place Market, Seattle 2008 - Canadian Open Women's Golf, Ottawa Hunt GC: Australian Katherine Hull wins by 1 from Se Ri Pak 2013 - 15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1796 - British defeat Batavian navy in Saldanha Bay, South Africa 1960 - Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands 1987 - Muhammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame 1991 - Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983 2008 - German swimmer Britta Steffen beats American Dara Torres by 0.01 in the 50m to wrap up the 50/100m double at the Beijing Olympics 2016 - German pair Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst upsets Brazilian hometown favourites Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara Seixas 21–18, 21–14 to win the Olympic women's beach volleyball gold in Rio de Janeiro More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1753 - Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) 1888 - Monty Wooley, American actor (Pied Piper, The Man Who Came to Dinner), born in NYC, New York (d. 1963) 1906 - Marcello Caetano, last Portuguese prime minister of the Estado Novo regime (1968-1974), born in Graça, Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1980) 1952 - (Terry) "Topper" Price, American blues, jazz and rock vocalist and harmonica player (The Upsetters). born in Plateau, Alabama (d. 2007) 1963 - Jackie Walorski, American politician (Rep-R-Indiana 2013-22), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2022) 1986 - Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player, born in Batton, Rouge, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1153 - Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) 1635 - Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 1875 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (Father of Bantu Philology), dies at 48 1972 - Alexander Vampilov, Russian playwright (Elder Son), drowns at 34 1995 - Marjorie Sykes, British educator, peace activist, and Indian independence campaigner, dies at 90 2013 - John Hollander, American poet and literary critic, dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1954 - 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood 1969 - Second day of the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York; performers include Santana, John Sebastian; Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, and Jefferson Airplane 1972 - Philip Potter appointed sect-gen of World council of Churches 1988 - Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers 1991 - John Gutfreund announces his resignation as chief executive of Salomon Brothers amid illegal bidding scandal 2008 - American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 7th of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 100m butterfly in Olympic record 50.58; beats Milorad Čavić of Serbia by 0.01 2012 - South African police open fire on striking mine workers and kill at least 34 people 2012 - 113 people are killed and over 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq 2013 - 61 people are killed after the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas sinks in the Philippines 2019 - Huge fire in Chalantika slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, destroys 1,200 houses and leaves up to 10,000 homeless More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1864 - Federal assault on 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia 1944 - 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise, Normandy, during Operation Intractable 1948 - Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1955 - Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor 1987 - Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) 2012 - 113 people are killed and over 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1915 - Al Hibbler, American singer (Unchained Melody), born in Tyro, Mississippi (d. 2001) 1933 - Reiner Kunze, German writer (The Lovely Years), born in Oelsnitz, Saxony 1937 - David Anderson, Canadian politician 1948 - Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher 1969 - Andy Milder, American voice actor 1974 - Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1864 - Victor Girardey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 27 1920 - Sir Norman Lockyer, English physicist, co-founder of helium gas, founder and editor of "Nature" magazinem dies at 84 1969 - Russ Bender, American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man; Space Monster, It Conquered the World), dies at 59 1973 - Veda Ann Borg, American model and actress (Kid Galahad, Avalanche, Accomplice), dies of cancer at 58 2006 - Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920) 2020 - Georg Volkert, German soccer striker (12 caps, FRG; 1. FC Nürnberg, Hamburger SV, VfB Stuttgart), dies from heart attack complications at 74 More Famous Deaths »

1248 - Construction of the new Cologne Cathedral in the Gothic style begins with the laying of the foundation stone by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden (completed 1880) 1891 - San Sebastian Church in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed 1950 - Sukarno proclaims the unitary Republic of Indonesia and becomes its 1st President 1971 - Despite crashing out on lap 36, Scotsman Jackie Stewart clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship at the Austrian Grand Prix at Österreichring; Swiss driver Jo Siffert of the BRM team wins the race 1973 - David Storey's play "Cromwell" premieres in London 1988 - NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments 1990 - Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990) 1992 - Colombo '92 closes in Genoa, Italy 1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning 2019 - Whistleblower releases damaging report on General Electric titled "General Electric, a Bigger Fraud Than Enron" claiming $38 billion accountancy fraud More Historical Events »