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1720 - South Sea bubble reaches a frenzy in London as the stock price of the South Sea Company peaks at £1,000, collapses soon after and falls to £124 by December 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins in western Pennsylvania 1852 - San Francisco Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist 1870 - Irish Land Act gives rights to tenants of landlords in Ireland 1907 - First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour, Dorset 1933 - NY's future Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell sets MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3 as Giants lose 3-1 v Boston Braves 1970 - Future Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Stargell smacks 3 doubles and 2 homers in a 20-10 Pirates win v Braves at Atlanta Stadium 1971 - "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" debuts on CBS-TV, with comic actor and singer Jimmy Durante as guest 1977 - San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th MLB career grand slam 1985 - Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1863 - Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign 1932 - George Washington quarter goes into circulation 1976 - XXI Summer Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada: Officially close 1992 - British athlete Linford Christie (32) becomes the oldest man to win an Olympic 100m gold medal edging Frankie Fredericks in Barcelona 1997 - 6th Athletics World Championships open at Athens, Greece 2021 - 394 migrants rescued from a stricken vessel by humanitarian NGO ships in Tunisian waters More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1819 - Herman Melville, American author (Moby-Dick, Billy Budd), born in NYC, New York (d. 1891) 1903 - Thomas D'Alesandro Jr, American politician (US Representative for Maryland (D), 1939-47; Mayor of Baltimore, 1947-59), and father of Nancy Pelosi, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1987) 1932 - Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (Parineeta), born in Dadar, Mumbai, India (d. 1972) 1933 - Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist and Minister of Housing (D66), born in Bloemendaal, North Holland 1955 - Pierre Robert, American rock and roll radio DJ (same station in Philadelphia since 1981), and Deadhead, born in Truckee, California 1964 - Adam Duritz, American rock singer-songwriter, and keyboardist (Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones"; "Accidentally in Love"), born in Baltimore, Maryland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1883 - Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies 1896 - William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell, dies at 85 1973 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer, pedagogue (Venice Liceo Musicale, 1932-52), and musicologist (Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi). s at 91 1990 - Norbert Elias, German-British sociologist and philosopher (Process of Civilization), dies at 93 2000 - Hugh Hood, Canadian author (White Figure, White Ground), dies at 72 2012 - Joan Bernard, English educator (Principal Trevelyan College, Durham) and army officer (WWII Auxiliary Territorial Service), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1794 - All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem 1901 - Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands 1922 - 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minnesota) 1932 - 26th Tour de France: French cyclist André Leducq wins after tallying 6 stage victories; his second Tour triumph (1930) 1954 - Milwaukee first baseman Joe Adcock becomes only the 3rd player in 20th century to hit 4 HRs in 9-inning game (Lou Gehrig and Gil Hodges) in 15-7 Braves' win over Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field; MLB record 18 total bases 1964 - US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon 1964 - American glider pilot Al Parker glides 644 miles without a motor 1965 - Cigarette advertising banned on British TV 1988 - Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-21 in the American Bowl at London's Wembley Stadium 1989 - MLB Minnesota Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to New York Mets More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1905 - Matumbi rebellion at Samanga, German East Africa 1922 - 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minnesota) 1934 - International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Fred Perry beats American Frank Shields 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 15-13 to give Great Britain unassailable 3-1 lead to retain title; ends 4-1 1966 - Two Alabama radio hosts, Tommy Charles and Doug Layton of WAQY in Birmingham ask listeners to send in Beatles albums and merchandise to burn in response to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark that "Christianity will go" 1988 - Pittsburgh Pirates 1st baseman/left fielder and 7-time All Star Willie Stargell becomes 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame 1994 - Netherlands' warmest July since 1783 - average 21.4°C More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1843 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate, born in Krieglach, Austria (d. 1918) 1911 - George Liberace, American violinist (Liberace Show), born in Menasha, Wisconsin (d. 1983) 1920 - Rudolf Halaczinsky, German composer, born in Emma-Grube, Upper Silesia (d. 1999) 1950 - Lane Davies, American actor (Mason-Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts), born in Dalton, Georgia 1967 - Tony Massenburg, American NBA forward who played for 12 different teams, born in Sussex, Virginia 1975 - Randy Flores, American baseball pitcher (World Series 2006, St. Louis Cardinals), executive (American director scouting SL Cardinals) and broadcaster (Pac-12 Network), born in Bellflower, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1914 - A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered= 1953 - Robert A. Taft, American politician (U.S. Senator from Ohio), dies at 63 1968 - Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 1978 - Enoch Light, American orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 1995 - Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 2002 - Jerome Beatty Jr., American author of children's literature (Matthew and Maria Looney books), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1809 - British armed force of 39,000 lands in Walcheren 1870 - The Republic of Klipdrift is proclaimed by Transvaal President Andries Pretorius after the discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters; ownership of the diamond fields was contested by the Boer republics 1932 - X Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, USA 1954 - 5th British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games open in Vancouver, Canada 1966 - FIFA World Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Striker Geoff Hurst scores a hat trick as England beats West Germany, 4-2 after extra time 1975 - Simon Gray's "Otherwise Engaged" premieres in London 2012 - Indian power grid failure leaves over 300 million without electricity 2017 - Hackers reveal they have stolen data from HBO, including episodes and scripts of Games of Thrones 2017 - Venezuelan voting for a new assembly disrupted by violent protests, at least 3 people killed 2017 - Russian President Vladimir Putin announces American diplomats in Russia cut by 755 in response to American sanctions More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1870 - The Republic of Klipdrift is proclaimed by Transvaal President Andries Pretorius after the discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters; ownership of the diamond fields was contested by the Boer republics 1908 - Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris 1985 - Valerie Lowrance, of Texas, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss 1988 - Harry Drake shoots arrow record 1873m 2012 - General Motors (Chevrolet) sign a record breaking 7 year $559 million sponsorship deal with EPL club Manchester United 2022 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for mandatory evacuation of civilians from eastern Donetsk region amid fierce fighting More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1747 - Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1832) 1868 - Alfred Weber, German economist and sociologist, born in Erfurt, Prussian Saxony (d. 1958) 1936 - Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, born in Cannes, French Third Republic 1963 - Chris Mullin, American NBA forward (Warriors, Pacers, Olympic gold 1992), born in Brooklyn, New York 1974 - Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria 1975 - Tifini Hale, American pop singer (Party - "Rodeo"; "That's Why"), born in Palm Springs, California (d. 2021) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1771 - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard), dies at 54 1957 - Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76 1978 - Umberto Nobile, Italian aviator and polar explorer (designed and flew 1st airship across the polar air cap), dies at 93 1978 - Aasan Ferit Alnar, Turkish classical composer, dies at 72 2004 - Jan Hanus, Czech composer, dies at 89 2004 - Andre Noble, Canadian actor (b. 1979) More Famous Deaths »

1773 - 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mountains completed, Schoenbrunn, Ohio 1923 - Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin 1944 - Frank McCormick (Reds) HR off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH 1953 - US bomber shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces in the Sea of Japan, north of Vladivostok 1954 - Publication of "Fellowship of the Ring" 1st volume of "Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London 1955 - Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRs to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5 1965 - Beatles movie "Help" has Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London; of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon attend 1986 - Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed 1992 - American Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.16) at the World Championships in Perth, Australia, breaking his own record set in August 1991 2015 - Over 3,500 immigrants over 2 days attempt to enter the Channel Tunnel at Calais, to cross into Britain More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1902 - Union of Orthodox Rabbis of US and Canada forms 1914 - Austrian-Hungary bombs Belgrade 1930 - 115°F (46°C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) 1935 - International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 3rd straight GB title as Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey beat Americans Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn 6-2, 1-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0 1948 - King George VI opens the XIV Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London 1993 - Walter Koenig (Chekov in Star Trek) suffers a mild heart attack More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1887 - Komako Kimura, Japanese suffragette, actress and editor (d. 1980) 1906 - Thelma Todd [Alison Loyd], American actress (Dangerous Female), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1935) 1911 - Stephen McNally, American attorney and actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994) 1937 - Charles Schwab, American investor and entrepreneur (Charles Schwab Corporation), born in Sacramento, California 1945 - Mike Garson, American session and touring rock and jazz pianist (David Bowie, 1972-2006; Mick Ronson; Smashing Pumpkins), born in New York City 1956 - Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter ("As Long As I Can Be (With You)"), wife of Bruce Springsteen, born in Deal, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1808 - Selim III, Turkish sultan (1789-1808) poet and composer, assassinated at 46 1838 - Jonathan Huntington, American composer, dies at 66 1918 - Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863) 1958 - Charles O'Malley, American actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61 1963 - Dorian Le Gallienne, Australian composer, dies at 48 1996 - Jason Thirsk, American punk rock bassist (Pennywise), dies of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot at 28 More Famous Deaths »

1696 - De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance 1893 - Vizcaya Bridge - largest transporter bridge in the world opens over the River Ibaizabal, designed by Basque architect Alberto de Palacio 1898 - Spanish American War: U.S. Army occupies Ponce and declares victory in Puerto Rico over Spanish forces 1900 - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut 1917 - Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching 1929 - 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium 1945 - Physicist Raemer Schreiber and Lieutenant Colonel Peer de Silva arrive on the Pacific island of Tinian with the plutonium core used to assemble the Fat Man bomb used in the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9 1959 - United Kingdom starts using postal codes 1977 - Roy Wilkins turns over NAACP leadership to Benjamin Hooks 2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1911 - 96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands 1920 - Sigmund Romberg and Alex Gerber's musical "Poor Little Ritz Girl", with additional songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (marking their Broadway debut), opens at the Central Theatre, NYC; runs for 93 performances 1928 - IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1972 - 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162) 1997 - NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs 2021 - Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi wins women's individual medley double with victory in 200m at the Tokyo Olympics; 3 days earlier she won the 400m IM gold medal More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1824 - Jacopo Foroni, Italian opera composer (I gladiatori; Advokathen Panthelin), and conductor, born in Verona, Italy (d. 1858) 1863 - Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919) 1933 - Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender (Montreal Canadiens), born in Lachine, Quebec (d. 2016) 1934 - Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2021) 1938 - Luis Aragonés, Spanish soccer forward (11 caps; Atlético Madrid) and manager (Spain 2004-08; Atlético Madrid, Barcelona), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2014) 1979 - Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer, born in Húsavík, Iceland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1741 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63 1971 - Myril Hoag, American baseball player, dies at 63 1972 - Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader, dies in custody at 53 1973 - Royal Butler [Edwin Richey], American actor (Zenobia), dies at 80 2004 - George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), dies at 68 2007 - Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924) More Famous Deaths »

1214 - Battle of Bouvines: King Philip II of France vs Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and King John of England; as a result John lost Normandy and his other possessions in France (hence his nickname John "Lackland") 1586 - Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia 1655 - Netherlands and Brandenburg sign military treaty 1954 - Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries 1976 - Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair) 1992 - Nelson Mandela says a general strike will go ahead to protest for the removal of South African President F. W. de Klerk from power and for free elections 1993 - Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome, Milan and Vatican City, 5 killed 1997 - "Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances 2019 - At least 65 mourners killed in a gun attack at a funeral near Maiduguri, by suspected Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria 2021 - American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles withdraws from the women's team final at the Tokyo Games citing need to focus on her mental health; also misses individual finals More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1927 - Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park) 1987 - John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible", testifies in Israel 1997 - 84th Tour de France won by Jan Ullrich of Germany 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 2015 - Fiat Chrysler fined record $105 million by Us regulators over their number of car recalls More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1849 - John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (Hopkinson's Law), born in Manchester (d. 1898) 1922 - Bob Thiele, American record producer (Impulse! Records), born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996) 1957 - Hansi Muller, German footballer, born in Stuttgart 1960 - Jo Durie, English tennis player, born in Bristol 1963 - Karrin Allyson, American jazz singer (Wild for You), born in Great Bend, Kansas 1986 - Courtney Kupets, American gymnast (World Championships champion 2002, 2003), born in Bedford, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 916 - Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies 1675 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France, dies at 63 1934 - Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79 1968 - Babe Adams, baseball player (b. 1882) 1990 - Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies 2011 - Richard Rutt, English bishop of Leicester, dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1822 - Secret meeting of Simón Bolívar and Jose de San Martin 1897 - 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) 1944 - Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam 1944 - Soviet troops arrive in Weichsel 1950 - Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game 1957 - USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile 1962 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher 1963 - Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 1977 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test 2018 - Sir Paul McCartney performs a "secret" gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1755 - Giacomo Casanova is arrested in Venice for affront to religion and common decency and imprisoned in the Doge's Palace 1931 - 25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France 1945 - After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes British Prime Minister 2009 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk 2018 - Sir Paul McCartney performs a "secret" gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began 2021 - Dominant British breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty successfully defends his 100m title at the Tokyo Olympics beating Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands and Italian Nicolò Martinenghi More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1801 - John Drake Sloat, 1st Military Governor of California (Union Navy), born in Sloatsburg, New York (d. 1867) 1863 - Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer, born in Valmiera, Russian Empire (d. 1948) 1928 - Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Alberta), born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (d. 2012) 1931 - Patti Bown, American jazz pianist and composer (Gene Ammons, Quincy Jones), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2008) 1957 - Nana Visitor, American actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in NYC, New York 1974 - Dean Sturridge, English football striker, born in Birmingham, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1471 - Pope Paul II [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 1926 - Robert Todd Lincoln, American politician, lawyer, Captain (Union Army), diplomat, businessman, and son of President Abraham Lincoln, dies in his sleep at 82 1941 - Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist (the relation of language to thinking and cognition), dies at 44 1992 - Mary Wells, American pop and soul singer ("My Guy"), dies of laryngeal cancer at 49 2005 - Betty Astell, British actress (b. 1912) 2012 - Franz West, Austrian artist, dies at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1901 - Emily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps during the South African War 1907 - Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan 1942 - German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja 1943 - 1st warship named after an African American launched - USS Leonard Roy Harmon, a Buckley class destroyer 1964 - Race riot in Rochester, NY 1966 - Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame 1970 - Burt Bacharach and Hal David's song "(They Long to Be) Close to You" as sung by the Carpenters reaches #1 1993 - US Open Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Lauri Merten fires a final round 68 (−4) to win her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson 1997 - Carroll O'Connor found not guilty of slandering Harry Perzigian 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 1940 - American John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours, 46 minutes from St. Louis to Caruthersville, Missouri in the Mississippi River; 292 miles, longest solo swim of all time 1943 - 1st warship named after an African American launched - USS Leonard Roy Harmon, a Buckley class destroyer 1961 - Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 off of 4 Chicago White Sox pitchers in a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, NYC 1990 - Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) 1997 - Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas 2014 - Both Israel and Hamas review US Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal for an immediate ceasefire and meetings in Cairo More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1865 - Jac[obus] P. Thijsse, Dutch biologist and educator (Contact with Plants), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1945) 1930 - Maureen Forrester, Canadian operatic contralto (Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2010) 1944 - Molly Bennett Aiken, American foundation administrator (riding for the handicapped), born in Hollywood, California 1954 - Walter Payton, American Pro Football HOF running back (NFL MVP 1977; 9 x Pro Bowl; 5 x First Team All Pro; Chicago Bears), born in Columbia, Mississippi (d. 1999) 1957 - Daniel W. Bursch, NASA astronaut (STS 51, 68, 77), born in Bristol, Pennsylvania 1971 - Billy Wagner, American MLB pitcher (Houston Astros), born in Tannersville, Virginia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1580 - Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish Jesuit and writer, dies at 47 1759 - Johann Christoph Altnikol, German organist, bass singer, composer, and J.S. Bach's son-in-law and copyist, dies at 39 1870 - Pierre Dupont, French songwriter ("Les Bœufs"; "Le Chant du pain"), dies at 49 2013 - Mike Shipley, Australian audio engineer, and record producer of rock and country music (Paper Airplane), dies of an apparent suicide at 56 2014 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, dies at 90 2016 - Benito Wogatzki, German radio and TV writer (My Best Friends), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1701 - French trade rand soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, later becomes the city of Detroit 1905 - International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty and Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward and Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0) 1927 - The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres 1929 - NY to San Francisco foot race ends (2½ months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde 1946 - 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash 1949 - 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy 1974 - American newscaster Christine Chubbuck is the first person to commit suicide during a live TV broadcast at WXLT-TV 1979 - US President Jimmy Carter names Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve 1994 - Bodo kills 37 Muslims in Bashbari NE India 2013 - 80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1911 - Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3 1923 - Allied Powers and Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne 1960 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: Jay Hebert wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Australian Jim Ferrier 1982 - "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 performances 1989 - Paula Gwynn, 22, crowned 21st Miss Black America 2005 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Ireland's Des Smyth More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1924 - Edward Digby, 12th Baron Digby, British Army (Coldstream Guards) officer (d. 2018) 1934 - Jimmy Holiday, American soul singer ("How Can I Forget"; Baby I Love You"), and songwriter ("Put A Little Love In Your Heart"), born in Sallis, Mississippi (d. 1987) 1935 - Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist (7 Pres: The Art of Oliphant) 1947 - Michael Coveney, English drama critic (The Observer, The Daily Mail), born in London, England 1954 - Philippe Alliot, French Formula One race driver, born in Voves, France 1961 - Paul Geary, American heavy metal drummer (Extreme), born in Medofrd, Massachusetts More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1712 - Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies 1756 - George Vertue, engraver, dies 1826 - Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer and musician, dies at 65 1842 - John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies 1996 - Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), dies at 82 1997 - Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (Gianni Versace), commits suicide at 27 More Famous Deaths »

636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire 1558 - Battle of Grevelingen: Lamoraal, Count of Egmont beat France 1902 - Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (Eerste Divisie winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06) 1960 - US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske 1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed 1967 - -27] 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) 1974 - Greek military dictatorship collapses 1994 - American dancer, actor, and director Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke 2018 - Japan records its highest ever temperature at 41.1 degrees (105.98F) in Kumagaya 2019 - At least 36 people killed by a mud landslide in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, China More Historical Events »

1484 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair - a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured 1515 - First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence 1835 - Smolny Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia is consecrated, originally commissioned by Elizabeth of Russia 1933 - Wiley Post completes the 1st solo flight round the world, takes 7 days and 19 hours 1942 - 4th Soviet army forms with 80 tanks 1954 - WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1984 - 71st Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France 2018 - Lone gunman shooting kills 3 including gunman and injures 13 in Toronto, Canada 2019 - US President Donald Trump says US could win war in Afghanistan in a week "I just don't want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth" 2022 - Droupadi Murmu is the first tribal politician to be elected President of India (head of state, without executive powers) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1923 - 17th Tour de France won by Henri Pelissier of France 1933 - Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida" at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US 1965 - Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Home as leader of the British Conservative party 1983 - MLB California Angels outfielder Brian Downing's error ends his record streak at 244 games 2013 - 89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China 2019 - Air strikes have killed at least 31 people in Maarat al-Numan, north-western Syria, with Russian planes supporting Syrian government being blamed More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1848 - Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914) 1878 - Janusz Korczak [Henryk Goldszmit], Polish-Jewish educator and pedagogue (ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto) [or born in 1879], born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1942) 1890 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American matriarch, mother of JFK, RFK and Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995) 1928 - Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (To Tell the Truth), born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 2020) 1952 - Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979) 1953 - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1863 - Karl Schuberth, German cellist, and composer, dies at 52 1996 - Peter Ludwig, German businessman and art collector, dies at 71 1996 - Tamara Danz, German singer (Silly), dies of cancer at 43 2007 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953) 2013 - Dennis Farina, American actor, dies from a pulmonary embolism at 69 2021 - Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1978, 80), dies from a heart attack at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1545 - The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion 1853 - Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts aside more than 750 acres of land on Manhattan Island 1865 - In market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown 1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1952 - 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed 1954 - Geneva Accords for Indochina signed, dividing French colonial territories into the countries of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos 1969 - Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT) 1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific 1975 - Soyuz 19 returns to Earth 1997 - NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1919 - Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 in Chicago, Illinois 1964 - Last Dutch whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1975 - NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1975 - Soyuz 19 returns to Earth 1991 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood 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 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1856 - Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st American woman architect, born in Waterloo, New York (d. 1915) 1928 - Sky Low Low [Marcel Gauthier], Canadian professional wrestler, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1998) 1931 - Plas Johnson, American be-bop jazz and session saxophonist (sax solo on "The Pink Panther Theme"), born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana 1956 - Michael Connelly, American crime writer (Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch novels), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1961 - Amar Singh Chamkila [Dhanni Ram], Punjabi folk singer "The Elvis of Punjab", born in Dugri, Punjab, India (d. 1988) 1963 - Paulo Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional wrestler More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1544 - René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle 1993 - Robert Glass, American film sound engineer (ET), is murdered at 53 1998 - Robert Young, American actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.), dies at 91 2003 - Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921) 2004 - Jerry Goldsmith, American pianist and composer (The Twilight Zone; Planet Of The Apes), dies of colon cancer at 75 2004 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1918) More Famous Deaths »

1858 - Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18) 1878 - 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii 1944 - US 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen 1975 - India expels three reporters from "The Times", "The Daily Telegraph", and "Newsweek" because they refuse to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship 1982 - Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London 2002 - Bartenders doing tricks with fire start a major fire in a night club in Lima, Peru that kills 25 and injures 100 2005 - Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent 2008 - 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win 2014 - The Israeli Defence Force enter Shuja'iyya, a populous neighbourhood of Gaza City, as part of their ground offensive focused on destroying tunnels crossing the Israel border 2020 - Announcement that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) is able to trigger immune response and antibodies More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1712 - The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain. 1940 - Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart - "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey, with vocal by Frank Sinatra is #1 1942 - Time magazine puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover 1944 - Flying Fortresses of US 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1948 - Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champion 1977 - Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causes $350 million damage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1744 - Henri Hamal, Belgian organist and composer, born in Liège (d. 1820) 1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946) 1908 - [Vincent] Mad Dog Coll, Irish-American mob hitman, born in Gweedore, Ireland (d. 1932) 1918 - Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, born in Mart, Texas (d. 2006) 1924 - Hans Lodeizen [Johannes A. Frederik], Dutch poet (Inner Self), born in Naarden, Netherlands (d. 1950) 1945 - Paul Valéry [Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry], French author, philosopher and poet (La Jeune Parque), born in Sète, Hérault (d. 1945) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1160 - Peter Lombard, French theologian 1636 - John Oldham, English-born Puritan settler in Massachusetts, murdered by Indians at 44 1908 - Federico Chueca, Spanish composer, dies at 62 1940 - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide 1944 - Claus von Stauffenberg, German antifascist colonel (attempted to assassinate Hitler), dies by firing squad at 36 1968 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies at 60 More Famous Deaths »