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Historical Events 1644 - First protestant ministry society in New England 1911 - NY receives first Marconi wireless transmission from Italy 1969 - WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 1973 - New York stock market takes sharpest drop in 19 years 2017 - Bulgarian tennis star Gregor Dimitrov breaks through for a first season-ending ATP World Tour Finals title with a 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 win in London over David Goffin of Belgium 2020 - Inquiry find "credible evidence" elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan civilians More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1886 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Le Cocu Magnificent), born in Paris (d. 1970) 1887 - James B. Sumner, American chemist (Nobel 1946 - discovered that enzymes can be crystallized), born in Canton, Massachusetts (d. 1955) 1924 - William Russell, British actor (Doctor Who, The Great Escape, Superman), born in Sunderland, England 1936 - Michel Decoust, French contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer and conductor (Symétrie; Interphone), born in Paris, France 1971 - Michelle Andrews, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympic gold 1996; World Cup gold 1994; Champions Trophy gold 1993, 95, 97, 99), born in Newcastle, Australia 1973 - Ryukishi07 [real name unknown), Japanese mystery writer (When They Cry series), born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1692 - Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Dutch-German prince and Field Marshall (commanded Dutch States Army and German forces), dies at 72 1692 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (2nd Poet Laureate 1689-92), dies at about 50 1942 - Édouard Combe, Swiss composer, dies at 76 1950 - Thomas Wood, English composer, dies at 57 1961 - Dorothy Heyward (née Kuhns), American playwright (Porgy), and novelist, dies at 71 2012 - Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1105 - Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I 1307 - William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head 1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope 1667 - Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC 1755 - Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported 1912 - Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire 1943 - 444 British bombers attack Berlin 1959 - Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year 1976 - Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship 1989 - Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1833 - Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven 1904 - General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup 1960 - Charlie Finley makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels 1990 - Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win her first of 3 straight WTA Tour Championships in NYC; first 5-set women's final since 1901 2005 - 20th Century Fox releases "Walk the Line", starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, and directed by James Mangold; Witherspoon wins an Academy Award 2012 - 40th American Music Awards: Katy Perry and Justin Bieber win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer and mineralogist (Vega Expedition), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1901) 1845 - John Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) (d. 1925) 1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1963) 1903 - Lillian Fuchs, American violist and composer, born in New York (d. 1995) 1918 - Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero, born in Nelson, Wales (d. 2007) 1951 - Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist and conductor, born in Gmunden, Austria (d. 2016) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1678 - Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 1887 - Gustav Fechner, German psychologist and physicist (Weber–Fechner law), dies at 86 1917 - Henry Spiekman, Dutch journalist and politician (co-founder Social Democratic Workers' Party), dies of leukemia at 43 1968 - Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger], American film producer (Cleopatra), dies at 74 2009 - Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), dies at 74 2014 - Dave Appell, American musician, arranger, musical director (Ernie Kovacs), record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn), and songwriter, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1774 - First City Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry formed at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, one of the oldest US military units still in service 1929 - Nikolai Bukharin is expelled from the Soviet Politburo amidst a power struggle with Joseph Stalin 1959 - William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof 1973 - Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed 1980 - WHHM Television in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American public-broadcasting television station 1993 - General Sani Abacha leads a military coup against Ernest Shonekan's transitional administration and returns the Nigerian government to military control 1996 - Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia 1997 - In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants). 2008 - "Twilight", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres in Los Angeles 2018 - Protests across France against rising fuel prices leave 400 injured More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1858 - Origin of Modified Julian Period 1876 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March makes its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception 1965 - William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 2002 - Australian Leyton Hewitt scores back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a classic 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4 victory over Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in Shanghai, China 2006 - Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg). 2021 - British Columbia declares a state of emergency after an "atmospheric river" storm causes widespread rain and flooding More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1729 - Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785) 1911 - William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976) 1936 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005) 1945 - Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields) 1953 - Jilly Johnson, British model and pop vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in England 1965 - Paul Sorrento, Somerville MA, infielder (Seattle Mariners) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1600 - Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after defeat at Battle of Sekigahara (b. 1542) 1940 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879) 1940 - Eric Gill, British sculptor, engraver and typographer (Perpetua, Gill Sans), dies of cancer at 58 1942 - Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879) 1995 - Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87 2019 - Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi and Emirati politician and diplomat (Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs during Six-Day War), dies at 96 More Famous Deaths »

1856 - Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens 1907 - Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state 1920 - 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn 1950 - UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps 1984 - Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record 1989 - Six Jesuit priests including Ignacio Ellacuría and two others are assassinated killed by Salvadoran army - one of the most notorious acts of the Salvadoran civil war 1996 - "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances 2020 - Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a category four storm, just 15 km south of Hurricane Eta 13 days ago 2021 - Guanyu Zhou confirmed as China's first F1 driver, racing for Alfa Romeo in 2022 2022 - U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives first safety approval on lab-grown meat, chicken grown from animal cells made by Upside Foods More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1632 - Battle of Lützen: Significant battle of Thirty Years' War - Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus 1840 - New Zealand officially becomes a British colony 1917 - British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1973 - US President Richard Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline 2003 - CFL Grey Cup, Taylor Field, Regina: Edmonton Eskimos reverse previous year result; beat Montreal Alouettes, 34-22 for 12th title 2022 - NASA's Artemis I mission carrying the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test mission around the Moon and back launches from Florida More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1609 - Henrietta Maria, French-born daughter of Henry IV of France and Queen Consort of England (d. 1669) 1730 - Gualtherus van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician, born in Philippine, Zealand, Netherlands (d. 1783) 1874 - Johanna Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August) and wife of Henri Dons, born (d. 1946) 1931 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist, born in Rapallo, Italy (d. 2006) 1973 - Howard Smothers, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles) 1981 - Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, born in Washington, D.C., United States More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1667 - Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, dies at 34 1766 - Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), dies at 81 1835 - Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48 1958 - J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67 1980 - O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41 2005 - Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1715 - Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands 1777 - Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, is approved by the Continental Congress 1898 - British naval officer David Beatty promoted to commander after Sudan Campaign 1899 - Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal 1921 - KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions 1922 - British General Election: Conservative party wins a majority under Andrew Bonar Law 1939 - The first unemployment compensation law, under the Social Security Act, that of the District of Columbia, was approved for grants by the Social Security Board 1961 - Roger Maris is voted AL MVP 1967 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP 2019 - Pakistan becomes the 1st country to introduce a vaccine against typhoid, targeting 10 million children More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1988 - 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses 1995 - "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances 2000 - New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India 2003 - First day of the Istanbul Bombings takes place, followed by additional bombings on November 20th 2004 - Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the tennis season-ending WTA Tour Championship; beats American Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1708 - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68) known as the `Great Commoner', born in London (d. 1778) 1898 - Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer and poet (Fish-Trap) (d. 1976) 1928 - C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], American country singer (Convoy), born in Audubon, Iowa (d. 2022) 1968 - James Brady, columnist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York 1974 - Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Nickelback "How You Remind Me"; "Photograph"), born in Hanna, Alberta 1981 - Drew Hodgdon, American NFL football player, 2005-07 (Houston Texans), born in Palo Alto, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1988 - Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84 1990 - Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54 1997 - Saul Chaplin [Kaplan], American Oscar Award-winning stage, and screen composer, arranger, and orchestrator (An American in Paris; "The Anniversary Song"), dies at 85 2009 - Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914) 2010 - Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78 2010 - Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944) More Famous Deaths »

1675 - Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine 1888 - USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game 1922 - German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth's term ends 1954 - Egyptian President Naguib resigns, state of emergency declared 1957 - Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion 1964 - Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!", based on Charles Dickens' 1838 novel "Oliver Twist", and featuring Clive Revill, Danny Sewell, and Davy Jones, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 774 performances and 3 Tony Award wins 1993 - Don Shula becomes the coach with the most wins in NFL history 2008 - Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy 2018 - Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years 2022 - Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack reveals she is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and is no longer able to sing More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1881 - Leon Gambetta forms French government 1920 - The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia 1931 - Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain 1960 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo 2018 - Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years 2018 - Large impact crater, 31 km wide, from iron meteorite identified under Hiawatha Glacier in Greenland More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1906 - Louise Brooks, American silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1985) 1929 - Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1995) 1929 - Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, "Fear Strikes Out"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2017) 1930 - Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2019) 1932 - Ramon Zupko, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (Fluxus), and educator (Western Michigan University, 1971-96), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019) 1948 - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1794 - Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as "Dutch Isaac Newton"), dies at 30 1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848) 1965 - Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68 1982 - Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 91 2002 - Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), dies at 89 2014 - Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1565 - Pope Pius IV publishes decree Professi fidei 1789 - Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1922 - Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's revue "'49ers" premieres in NYC 1942 - Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 in the US 1948 - "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 performances 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas 1952 - KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1990 - Saudis ask US for rights to bid on SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) crude 1993 - 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka 2019 - 53rd Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Maren Morris and Luke Combs win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription 1926 - Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam, West Java 1952 - False fingernails 1st sold 1966 - American comedian Flip Wilson makes his debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; he returns 10 times 1991 - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award 2014 - Indian cricket batsman Rohit Sharma sets new world ODI record of 264 runs off 173 balls against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (1979-87), born in Easton, Maryland 1943 - Roberto Boninsegna, Italian soccer striker (22 caps; Cagliari, FC Inter Milan, Juventus FC), born in Mantua, Italy 1947 - Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 1993) 1971 - Noah Hathaway, actor (Troll, Neverending Story) 1976 - Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete 1993 - Julia Michaels [Cavazos], American pop singer and songwriter, born in Davenport, Iowa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530) 1958 - Bart van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81 1974 - Karen Silkwood, American nuclear lab technician and labor union activist killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances at 28 1999 - Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; 5/109 in Test debut 1958), dies at 67 2010 - Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921) 2013 - Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), dies of kidney failure at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1873 - Bay District Race Track in San Francisco opens 1919 - Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia 1926 - The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers 1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape 1953 - David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel 1965 - Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1982 - KGB Chief Yuri Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union 1987 - "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances 1995 - 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 2022 - New Zealand's Black Ferns win Women's World Rugby Championship defeating England 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a capacity crowd More Historical Events »

Historical Events 954 - Lotharius becomes King of France 1885 - Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game 1948 - The first mobile betatron (particle accelerator) begins operation at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland 1984 - NBC premiere of "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story", fact based telepic of actress Saldana's near fatal attack and its aftermath 2015 - Out Magazine names Barack Obama 'Ally of the Year', Obama becomes 1st sitting US President to pose for cover of a gay magazine 2021 - Taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1547 - Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575). 2nd daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici 1915 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer) (d. 1980) 1927 - Pavel Kharin, Russian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 10,000m, silver C-2 1,000m 1956), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 2023) 1931 - Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer ("Big Girls Don't Cry"; "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014) 1936 - Ruth Jessen, American golfer (11 LPGA Tour wins, 3-time major runner-up), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2007) 1991 - Kathleen Herles, American child voice actress (Dora the Explorer, and Go, Diego, Go! - "Dora"), born in Queens, New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1671 - Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general (Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army during English Civil War), dies at 59 1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773) 1940 - Alejandro Garcia Caturla, Cuban composer, dies at 34 1996 - Gwen Catley, English soprano, dies at 90 2013 - John Tavener, British composer (The Protecting Veil), dies from complications from Marfan syndrome at 69 2020 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist (2002 Nobel Prize for Physics for neutrinos), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1215 - 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1400 - Battle of Aleppo: Timur and his army defeat the forces of Sultan Faraj, Mameluke ruler of Egypt, 20,000 people reportedly massacred and a pyramid of their skulls built 1865 - Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1920 - Great Britain's monument to her war dead, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled 1966 - Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA) 1971 - Neil Simon's black comedy film "Prisoner of Second Avenue" premieres in NYC starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft 1987 - Boston Red Sox starter Roger Clemens wins back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards; Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Bedrosian takes NL Award 1997 - NHL’s new Columbus franchise (scheduled to begin play in 2000) announce team’s name would be “Blue Jackets” after soldiers in the Union army during the American Civil War 2014 - The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison 2020 - UK becomes the first European country to record over 50,000 COVID-19 related 50,000; 5fth country, after the US, Brazil, India, and Mexico More Historical Events »

1215 - 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1400 - Battle of Aleppo: Timur and his army defeat the forces of Sultan Faraj, Mameluke ruler of Egypt, 20,000 people reportedly massacred and a pyramid of their skulls built 1865 - Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1920 - Great Britain's monument to her war dead, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled 1966 - Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA) 1971 - Neil Simon's black comedy film "Prisoner of Second Avenue" premieres in NYC starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft 1987 - Boston Red Sox starter Roger Clemens wins back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards; Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Bedrosian takes NL Award 1997 - NHL’s new Columbus franchise (scheduled to begin play in 2000) announce team’s name would be “Blue Jackets” after soldiers in the Union army during the American Civil War 2014 - The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison 2020 - UK becomes the first European country to record over 50,000 COVID-19 related 50,000; 5fth country, after the US, Brazil, India, and Mexico More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1933 - "Great Black Blizzard" 1st of the great dust storms that created the dust bowl rips through South Dakota 1934 - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM 1961 - Stalinists Anti-Party Group Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj expelled from USSR's communist party for opposing liberalization 1997 - WNBA announces franchises in Detroit (Shock) and Washington D.C. (Mystics) would join the League as expansion teams for the 1998 season 2000 - 12th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College, 28-16 in South Bend 2014 - Samsung Lions beat Nexen Heroes, 11-1 in Game 6 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul to win the Korean Series More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1852 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, born in Penzing, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1925) 1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer, born in Kaufbeuren, Germany 1939 - Denise Alexander, American actress (Mary McKinnon-Another World, Lesley Webber-General Hospital), born in NYC, New York 1959 - Lee Haney, American bodybuilder (8x Mr. Olympia), born in Fairburn, Georgia 1982 - Brittny Gastineau, American socialite (Brüno), born in New York City 1983 - Philipp Lahm, German footballer (Bayern Munich,), born in Munich, West Germany More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1944 - Gerrit Grijns, Dutch researcher and co-discoverer of vitamin B1 (thiamine), dies at 79 1955 - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87 1973 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish Chemist and Nobel laureate, dies at 78 1979 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian-American film score composer and conductor (Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty), dies at 85 1994 - Ernest Clark, British actor (Ghandi, The Dam Busters, Doctor in the House), dies at 82 2004 - Dayton Allen, American comedian (Steve Allen Show, The Cotton Club), dies from a stroke at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1908 - 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1938 - Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1950 - Clifford Odet's "Country Girl" premieres in NYC 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon 1978 - Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1982 - IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankruptcy 2012 - 17 people are killed in a helicopter crash as a result of bad weather in Turkey 2015 - Portugal's minority government is toppled by left-wing opposition 2 weeks after coming to power 2019 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces the discovery of a new oil field with an estimated 53 million barrels of oil in Khuzestan province 2020 - Ceasefire announced signed between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia ending military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh region after over a month of fighting More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1911 - Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corporation for scholarly and charitable works 1978 - Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1984 - Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 1988 - China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 1989 - Bulgarian Communist party president Todor Zhikov (78) resigns 1997 - "Jackie - An American Life" opens at Belasco Theater NYC More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1668 - François Couperin, French composer and organist (Les Concerts Royaux), born in Paris, France (d. 1733) 1916 - Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2010) 1943 - George Sauer, Jr., American football wide receiver (AFL All Star 1996-99; Super Bowl 1969; New York Jets), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 2013) 1972 - Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis star (1993 Futures-Freeport), born in Siófok, Hungary 1985 - Ricki-Lee Coulter, Australian singer (Hell No!), born in Auckland, New Zealand 1999 - (Armand) "Mondo" Duplantis, American-Swedish athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 2020; World C'ship gold 2019; WR 6.18m), born in Lafayette, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 627 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury 1617 - Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer 1843 - John Trumbull, American painter (Declaration of Independence), dies at 87 1909 - Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator, dies at 61 1917 - Harry Trott, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 143, 29 wickets; Victoria CA), dies for cancer at 51 2006 - Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962) More Famous Deaths »

1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings destroyed 1907 - Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds 1950 - White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930 1966 - "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 107 performances 1983 - Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center 2003 - A suicide-terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people. 2015 - San Diego's SeaWorld announces it will overhaul its killer whale show after controversy over the whales treatment 2018 - Three car bombs explode in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing 52 people and injuring 100 2019 - YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul's second boxing match; KSI wins by split decision 2020 - 2020 becomes busiest Atlantic hurricane season ever as tropical storm Theta named record 29th storm More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf 1905 - Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1936 - American fashion designer Ruth Harkness captures a panda cub (Su Lin) in China - becomes 1st live panda cub to enter the US 1971 - David Storey's "Changing Room" premieres in London 2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 2015 - "Reclining Nude" by Italian artist Modigliani fetches 2nd highest auction price at $170.4m More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1802 - Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, born in Albion, Maine (d. 1837) 1880 - Rudolf Karel, Czech composer (Three Hairs of the Wise Old Man), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1945) 1922 - Raymond Devos, Belgian-French humorist, born in Mouscron, Belgium (d. 2006) 1941 - Tom Fogerty, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1990) 1955 - Don Schiff, American guitarist, born in Wilmington, Delaware 1956 - Eve de Castro-Robinson, New Zealand classical composer (Other Echoes; A Chaos Of Delight), music director (Karlheinz Company), and educator (University of Auckland), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1208 - Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155) 1924 - Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. 1850) 1976 - Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), dies of a heart attack at 56 2003 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b.1937) 2006 - Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), dies of complications from lymphocytic leukemia at 65 2018 - Ken Howell, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 57 More Famous Deaths »

392 - Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion 1861 - Battle of Mount Ivy, Kentucky: Union Commander General William "Bull" Nelson breaks up Confederate recruiting camp 1904 - Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first U.S. patent for a separable electric attachment plug 1917 - Telephone Co runs 1st advertisement for Army operators, receives 7,000 applicants 1935 - "Mutiny on the Bounty" directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936) 1956 - NYT critic Brooks Atkinson writes of Eugene O'Neill's latest play 'With the production of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' at the Helen Hayes last evening, the American theater acquires size and stature." 1961 - Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8, a Lockheed Constellation aircraft, crashes near Richmond, Virginia, 77 die 1981 - Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election 2009 - Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy: Flavia Pennetta beats American Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2 to give the home team an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-0) and their 2nd title 2014 - US President Obama authorises deployment of 1,500 additional troops to help train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1701 - William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania 1923 - Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party stage "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich, Germany 1932 - Amidst the Great Depression, Democrat candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover 1964 - KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1978 - Tom Stoppard's play "Night and Day" premieres in London 2022 - Kathy Hochul becomes the first elected female Governor of New York, continuing in the role she held since replacing Andrew Cuomo mid-term More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 30 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (96-98), born in Narni, Italy (d. 98) 1927 - Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., American magazine publisher (Parade, Vogue, Vanity Fair), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017) 1941 - Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress (The Liver Birds; The District Nurse), born in Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales 1958 - Terry Lee Miall, British rock drummer (Adam and The Ants), born in London, England 1978 - Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer, born in Leiden, Netherlands 1982 - Sam Sparro [Falson], Australian producer, singer, songwriter (Boombox Eternal), and former child actor, born in Sydney More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1111 - Otto II, Count of Habsburg, one of the founders of the Habsburg family, murdered 1600 - Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562) 1638 - Johann H. Alsted, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 50 1920 - Salomon Anski, Russian-Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57 1933 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1929-33), assassinated at 50 by Abdul Khaliq during a graduation ceremony at a high school in Kabul 1969 - Kam Tong, Chinese American actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song), dies at 62 More Famous Deaths »

1775 - Lord Dunmore promises freedom to male slaves who join British army 1900 - In Canada, the Liberal Government led by Wilfrid Laurier retains its majority 1967 - LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1972 - Attorney Joe Biden is elected to the US Senate, representing the state of Delaware after defeating longtime incumbent J. Caleb Boggs by just over 3,000 votes; Biden would win re-election 6 times 1983 - Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries 1990 - New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" closes at New York State, NYC, after 11 performances 2000 - Margaret Atwood wins the Booker Prize for her novel "The Blind Assassin" 2001 - 35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack and Toby Keith win 2018 - Actress Emma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire by Prince William at Buckingham Palace, London 2019 - Queen Elizabeth II confirms she is no longer buying clothes made with real fur More Historical Events »