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Historical Events 1722 - Richard Steele's sentimental comedy play "The Conscious Lovers" premieres in London 1946 - Katherine Dunham's song and dance revue "Bal Nègre" opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 54 performances 1955 - Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas 1960 - KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcasting 1963 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days. 2020 - Rudy Giuliani holds infamous Trump Campaign press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia to contest the US election results More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1810 - Fritz Reuter, German novelist, born in Stavenhagen, Germany (d. 1874) 1879 - Leon Trotsky, Ukrainian-Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and founder of the Red Army [OS 26-10-1879], born in Yanovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1940) 1898 - Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician, born in Saloniki, Ottoman Empire (d. 1963) 1900 - Efrem Kurtz, Russian conductor (Houston Symphony, 1948-54), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1995) 1943 - Stephen Greenblatt, American literary historian and author (The Swerve: How the World Became Modern), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1968 - Russ Springer, American MLB pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Alexandria, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1708 - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter and cartoonist, dies at 76 1880 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, German composer, conductor, and music theorist, dies at 72 1945 - Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies 1974 - Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), dies at 75 1996 - Carmell Jones, American bebop jazz and session trumpet player (Bud Shank; Horace Silver), dies of heart failure at 60 2018 - Oskar Rabin, Russian painter and dissident during Soviet era, dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas 1906 - Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY Governor beating William Randolph Hearst 1908 - Leonid Andreyev's "Dui Nashey Zhizni" premieres in St Petersburg 1915 - Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government 1918 - Republic of Poland proclaimed 1935 - 1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft 1962 - UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa 1962 - Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 2009 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Man of Iron, Tapitsfly, She Be Wild, Midday, Informed Decision, Life Is Sweet 2020 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Golden Pal, Fire at Will, Vequist, Aunt Pearl, Essential Quality More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns 1928 - Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds 1962 - BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote 1974 - Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award 1977 - 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga 1994 - 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1923 - Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener's Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996) 1948 - Rushton Moreve [Morey], American bass player (Steppenwolf - "Magic Carpet Ride"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1981) 1949 - Joseph C. Wilson, Vice Chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American jazz trumpeter and composer, born in Artemisa, Cuba 1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist, born in Bremen, Germany 1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1632 - Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), dies at battle of Lützen at 37 1944 - Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest 1958 - Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, dies at 78 2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player, dies at 61 2007 - Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 87 2016 - Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian pianist and conductor, dies of cancer at 64 More Famous Deaths »

1630 - Spain and England sign peace treaty 1781 - John Hanson elected first "President of US in Congress assembled" 1873 - Due to the fallout from the Pacific Scandal, John A. Macdonald resigns as Prime Minister of Canada 1889 - Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church). 1967 - US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1989 - French McLaren driver Alain Prost withdraws early in wet Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 16 points from teammate Ayrton Senna 1992 - Revival of George Kelly's 1924 play "The Show Off", starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, NYC; runs for 45 performances 1996 - Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year 2015 - Collins Dictionary name "binge-watch" the word of the year, followed by "transgender" 2022 - Alex Ovechkin scores 787th career goal for the Washington Capitals surpassing Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings, for all-time NHL record for most goals scored for a single team, in 3-2 loss to Arizona Coyotes More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1935 - Parker Brothers launches the board game Monopoly 1959 - AFL announced with 8 teams 1972 - Vice-President of Sinn Féin Maire Drumm is arrested in the Republic of Ireland 1976 - New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters 2012 - Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million 2018 - BBC opens its largest news bureau outside the UK in Nairobi, Kenya with 300 journalists More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1615 - Ibrahim I, 18th Ottoman Sultan (1640-48), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1648) 1742 - Richard Cosway, English portrait painter, born in Tiverton, England (d. 1821) 1911 - Roy Rogers, American cowboy actor and singer ("Happy Trails"; Roy Rogers Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1998) 1929 - Lennart Johansson, Swedish soccer administrator (President Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) 1990–2007), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2019) 1957 - David Moyse, Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply - "All Out Of Love"), born in Adelaide, Australia 1983 - Alexa Chung, English TV presenter, model and designer, born in Privett, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1660 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) 1943 - Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 62 1969 - Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1989 - Barry Sadler, American singer ("Ballad Of The Green Berets"), dies from complications of being shot 14 months earlier at 49 2020 - Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Madness of King George, Butterflies), dies at 93 2020 - Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff], American singer, songwriter and producer (The Dovells - "Bristol Stomp"; solo - "1-2-3"), dies of bone marrow cancer at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1874 - Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York 1939 - US allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II 1951 - Ryder Cup Golf, Pinehurst Resort: US wins 9½-2½; Sam Snead playing captain for US; Arthur Lacey non-playing GB skipper 1968 - Battles between Jordanian army and Al Fatah-arm forces 1970 - Genie, a 13 year old feral child found in Los Angeles, California, having been locked in her bedroom by her father for most of her life 1983 - Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed 1989 - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 1994 - San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web. 2002 - Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress 2015 - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announces his resignation after protests over a Bucharest nightclub fire that killed 32 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis 1921 - The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1989 - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 2014 - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive 2016 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Oscar Performance, Tamarkuz, New Money Honey, Beholder More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1909 - Bert Patenaude, American soccer forward (4 caps; scorer of first hat-trick in World Cup history, 1930), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1974) 1917 - Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012) 1943 - Clark Graebner, American tennis player (US Davis Cup 1968; French Open doubles 1966; US Open runner-up 1967), born in Cleveland, Ohio 1957 - Elena Kats-Chernin, Russian-Australian classical pianist and composer (Wild Swans), born in Tashkent, USSR (now Uzbekistan) 1967 - Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman), born in Karachi, Pakistan 1987 - T.O.P. [Choi Seung-hyun], Korean singer-songwriter (Big Bang) and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1921 - Takasji Hara, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-21), assassinated by right wing fanatic at 65 1935 - Miklos Radnai, Hungarian composer, dies at 43 1993 - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62 1994 - Alexander Hardie Williamson, British designer (Kilner jar), dies at 87 2005 - Milt Holland [Milton Olshansky], American drummer, percussionist, ethno-musicologist, and tinkle-ist (film Tinkerbell's tinkle; Bewitched - Samantha's nose tinkle), dies at 88 2022 - Michael Doyle, Irish-American priest (Pastor of Sacred Heart - Camden, 1974-2020), poet. and anti-war activist (Camden 28), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1248 - Earl William II of Holland crowned as King of Germany 1938 - NL batting champion Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds is named National League MVP; first catcher to win award; Boston Red Sox 1st baseman Jimmie Foxx takes AL award 1945 - First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson 1954 - KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1985 - Netherlands decides definitive sites for cruise missiles 1990 - Rhetoric escalates as George Bush likens Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler 1993 - The Maastricht Treaty, the Treaty on European Union comes into effect 1997 - Louisiana State University running back Kevin Faulk rushes for 212 yards and a school record 5 touchdowns in a 63-28 win at Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington 2004 - "That's What I Love About Sunday" single released by American country singer Craig Morgan (Billboard Song of the Year 2005) 2015 - New York City Marathon: Stanley Biwott of Kenya takes men's division in 2:10:34; compatriot and defending women's champion Mary Keitany wins easily in 2:24:25 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1665 - Robert Hooke's landmark work "Micrographia" with drawings using a microscope and coining the word "cell" is published by the Royal Society 1914 - German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile 1951 - Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella wins first of his 3 National League MVP awards 1956 - Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is formed 1956 - Karnataka (then known as Mysore State) is formed from the merge of Kannada-speaking regions in India 1971 - Eisenhower dollar put into circulation More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1946 - Dennis Muren, American special effects artist (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi), born in Glendale, California 1972 - Glen Murray, Canadian ice hockey right wing (1,009 NHL games; All Star 2003-04; Boston Bruins), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia 1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress (The Sixth Sense), born in Sydney, New South Wales 1972 - Paul Dickov, Scottish soccer striker and manager (10 caps; Manchester City, Leicester City), born in Livingston, West Lothian 1974 - V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricket batsman (134 Tests; 8,781 runs @ 45.5; best 281, 2001), born in Hyderabad, Telangana 1992 - Joe Donovan, British pop-indie-rock drummer (Blossoms), born in Stockport, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1986 - Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), dies at 57 1996 - J. R. [Junius Richard] Jayawardene, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (1978-89) and 7th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90 2000 - George Armstrong, English soccer winger and manager (Arsenal 500 games; Kuwait 1988-89), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 56 2008 - Jacques Piccard, Swiss deep sea explorer (one of the first to explore the Mariana Trench), dies at 86 2020 - Billy Tubbs, American college basketball coach (Southwestern Uni, Lamar Uni, Uni of Oklahoma, Texas Christian Uni), dies from leukemia at 85 2022 - Takeoff [Kirsnick Ball], American rapper (Migos), shot and killed at 28 More Famous Deaths »

1552 - Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege of Metz 1941 - Clothing factory fire in Huddersfield, England kills 49 1943 - World War II: F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception. 1957 - Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Harold Arlen's musical "Jamaica", starring Lena Horne, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 558 performances 1959 - Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to USA 1968 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game) 1978 - Iranian oil workers go on strike 1984 - Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeding his mother Indira Gandhi who was assassinated 1987 - American jockey Chris Antley becomes first rider to win 9 races in a day (4 at Aqueduct / 5 at The Meadowlands) 2017 - Judge on Maui, Hawaii orders man to write ex-girlfriend 144 compliments after violating protection order to send 144 nasty text messages More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1968 - Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently 1976 - Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad scores 206 v NZ, aged 19 yrs 141 days (29 fours 1 six) 1984 - Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg's musical "Hired Man" premieres in London 1993 - German unemployment hits national record of 3.5 million 2016 - Lebanon parliament elects Michel Aoun President after 2 1/2 years without a leader 2017 - John Kelly, White House Chief of Staff comments in TV interview that “the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War", draws criticism More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1835 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), born in Berlin (d. 1917) 1922 - Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1941-55 and 1993-2004), Chief of State (1960-70), independence campaigner and film producer, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (d. 2012) 1929 - Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, Italy (d. 2016) 1960 - Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican delegate to Congress, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico 1970 - Rogers Stevens, American rock guitarist (Blind Melon), born in West Point, Mississippi 1970 - Steve Trachsel, American baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Oxnard, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1659 - John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) 1945 - Wincenty Witoz, Polish politician (Prime Minister of Poland 1920-21, 1923, 1926), dies at 71 1971 - Gerhard von Rad, German old testament expert (Deuteronomium), dies at 70 1990 - Graig Russel, Canadian travel expert/transvestite, dies 2001 - Art Wall Jr, American golfer (Masters 1959), dies of respiratory failure at 77 2020 - Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian soccer centre back (25 caps; Hearts, Leeds, Rangers), dies from motor neurone disease at 36 More Famous Deaths »

1270 - The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis. 1502 - Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut, India for the second time. 1886 - Great Britain and Germany agree boundaries in East Africa 1894 - Daniel Cooper patents time clock 1930 - Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship 1972 - The Northern Ireland Office issues a discussion document 'The Future of Northern Ireland'; the paper states Britain's commitment to the union as long as the majority of people wish to remain part of the United Kingdom 1993 - Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0 2015 - Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwańska wins the WTA Finals title at Kallang. Singapore; beats Czech Petra Kvitová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 2016 - Canada and the EU sign free trade deal after opposition by Belgium 2016 - 6.6-magnitude earthquake hits central Italy - strongest in Italy for 36 years More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1270 - The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis. 1864 - Treaty of Vienna signed to end the Second Schleswig War - Denmark loses control of Schleswig to Prussia, and of Holstein to Austria 1943 - Soviet forces under Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin commenced offensive on the 4th Ukrainian Front 1967 - USSR Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch 1975 - NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1978 - Laura Nickel and Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701-1 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1893 - Charles Atlas [Angelo Siciliano], Italian-American bodybuilder, born in Acri, Cosenza, Italy (d. 1972) 1912 - Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), born in West Ham, Essex (d. 1996) 1928 - Michael Andrews, British painter, born in Norwich, England (d. 1995) 1953 - Kathleen Cody, American actress (Charley and the Angel), born in The Bronx, New York 1954 - Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer, born in Lima, Peru 1969 - Masanori Hikichi, Japanese video game music composer, born in Saitama, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1986 - Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, dies at 62 1991 - Johan Mekkink, painter, dies 1992 - Joan Mitchell, American painter and printmaker dies of cancer aged 67 1993 - Paul Grégoire, French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal, dies at 82 1998 - Bulldog Turner, American Pro/College Football HOF center (Hardin–Simmons Uni; 7 × First-team All-Pro; 4 x Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), dies at 79 2020 - Herb Adderley, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (Super Bowl 1967, 68, 71; 5 x Pro Bowl; 4 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys), dies from COVID-19 at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1863 - International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) 1864 - Greek parliament accepts new Constitution 1929 - "Black Tuesday" Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the "Great Depression" 1939 - Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) 1945 - Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, resigns 1955 - Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) 2005 - 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings kill more than 60. 2006 - Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil defeating Geraldo Alckmin in the second round 2012 - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close 2022 - Twin car bombs by a jihadist group in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill 120 people More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1910 - Hamilton running back / kicker Ben Simpson lands CFL record 11 singles in Tigers 14-7 win over Montreal at Montreal AAA Grounds 1950 - British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Finance) Stafford Cripps resigns 1958 - Dr F Mason Sones is first doctor to perform a coronary angiogram 1967 - Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" opens off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, NYC, for a limited 6-week run 1974 - Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application 1997 - Iraq's Revolution Command Council announces that it will no longer allow US citizens and US aircraft to serve with UN arms inspection teams More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1917 - Henry Carlsson, Swedish soccer (Olympic gold 1948), born in Falköping, Västra Götalands län, Sweden (d. 1999) 1923 - Dietrich Manicke, German composer, born in Wurzen, Saxony, Germany (d. 2013) 1951 - Guy Gelso, American rock drummer (Zebra), born in Oakland, California 1973 - Adam Bacher, South African cricket batsman (19 Tests; 13 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1980 - B.J. Sams, American NFL player, born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1990 - Kritidi Kharbanda, Indian actress (Googly), born in New Delhi, India More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1856 - Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director, dies at 68 1968 - Marius Ulfrstad, Norwegian composer, dies at 78 1981 - William O. Walker, American publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85 1994 - Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer (Picture Page; Dressing Up), dies at 84 2010 - George Hickenlooper, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 47 2020 - Slaven Zambata, Croatian soccer forward (31 caps Yugoslavia; Dinamo Zagreb), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1628 - Huguenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu 1891 - Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1913 - "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal 1922 - First US coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game 1939 - Anti-German demonstrations and strikes in Czechoslovakia 1943 - German submarine U-220 sunk by US aircraft in the Atlantic 1954 - Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate 2011 - Baseball World Series: St. Louis beats Texas Rangers, 6-2 in Game 7 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 11th title; MVP: Cardinals 3rd baseman David Freese 2015 - Third Republican presidential candidates debate run by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado 2020 - 15th-century medieval manuscript "The Book of Lismore", returns to Ireland after donated by Chatsworth Settlement to University College Cork More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1776 - Battle of White Plains: George Washington retreats to New Jersey 1886 - Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City 1915 - Richard Strauss' tone poem "Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)" premieres in Berlin 1953 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees 1955 - Egypt and Saudi Arabia sign defense treaty 1965 - Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1913 - Peter Glenville, English stage and screen actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), born in London (d. 1996) 1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe), born in Gutu district, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2003) 1936 - Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist ("The Next Hundred Years"), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995) 1959 - Neville Henry, British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways"), born in England 1965 - Jami Gertz, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies), born in Chicago, Illinois 1967 - Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1646 - William Dobson, English portrait painter, dies at about 35 (b. 1610) 1877 - Robert Swinhoe, British naturalist (b. 1835) 1879 - Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (b. 1799) 1997 - Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71 2020 - Miguel Ángel Castellini, Argentine boxer (WBA, lineal light middleweight titles 1976-77), dies from COVID-19 at 73 2020 - Bobby Ball [Harper], British comic, actor, singer and television host (Cannon and Ball; The Last of Summer Wine), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1275 - Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam 1676 - Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw 1864 - Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad) 1935 - SDAP and NVV launches "Plan for Work" in Utrect, Netherlands 1974 - French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:46:24) in Neuf-Brisach, France 1978 - US President Jimmy Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill 1988 - "Les Miserables" opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia 1990 - Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president. 1991 - "Homecoming" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 49 performances 2020 - Organizers of 96th East-West Shrine Bowl college football all-star game, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children, announce cancellation of game scheduled for January 23, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Florida, due to COVID-19 issues. The More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1935 - SDAP and NVV launches "Plan for Work" in Utrect, Netherlands 1985 - Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions 1986 - Paul McCartney releases single "Pretty Little Head" 1992 - Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of JRR Tolkien 2014 - Taylor Swift releases her 5th studio album "1989" (2015 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2016) 2020 - A record 69.5 million Americans have already voted, a week before election day, 50.4% of 2016 total vote More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), born in Pittstown New York (d. 1875) 1865 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1958) 1874 - Owen D. Young, American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), born in Stark, New York (d. 1962) 1942 - Mike Appel, American musician, songwriter and producer (Sir Lord Baltimore; Bruce Springsteen), born in Flushing, Queens, New York 1945 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), born in Barrington, Illinois (d. 2004) 1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter (46th Eurovision Song Contest winner, 2001 - "Everybody"), born in Uhtna, Estonia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1617 - Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563) 1864 - Andreas Randel, Swedish composer, dies at 58 1949 - Ginette Neveu, French child prodigy and concert violinist, dies in a plane crash on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal at 30 1964 - Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63 1977 - Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65 1979 - Father Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster, dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1667 - Arung Palakka's Bugis forces occupy Makassar, southern Sulawesi 1923 - Dutch Government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck resigns 1926 - Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga") 1939 - Polish Jews forced into obligatory work service 1942 - Battle of Santa Cruz: Japanese naval offensive against US forces near Solomon Islands 1955 - British troops occupy Saudi Arabian oil field at Boeraimi 1967 - Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself after 26 years on the Peacock Throne 1984 - "The Terminator" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton is released in the US 1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte 2007 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Monmouth Park; Day 1 winners: Maryfield, Nownownow, Corinthian More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1529 - Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor of England 1951 - Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister at the age of 76 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1968 - Striker Antal Dunai scores twice as Hungary outclasses Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men's football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 2012 - China blocks the New York Times from searches and social media in response to an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao 2015 - World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1891) 1934 - Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster; Harmonia), born in Berlin 1946 - Keith Hopwood, British rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits - "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter"), born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England 1953 - Jennifer Roberson, American sci-fi author (Shapechangers, Sword-Maker), born in Kansas City, Missouri 1962 - Steve Wren, British pop-rock drummer (Then Jericho - "The Motive"), born in Lambeth, London, England 1970 - Bert Emanuel, American NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons), born in Kansas City, Missouri More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1671 - Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) 1678 - John Jenkins, English composer, dies at about 86 1909 - Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), assassinated by a Korean nationalist at 68 1923 - Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), dies at 58 2018 - György Károly, Hungarian poet and author, dies of cancer at 65 2019 - Robert Evans, American producer and actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1147 - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum 1828 - St Katharine Docks opens in London, England 1942 - Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins 1953 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th Symphony 1955 - Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates 1964 - The Rolling Stones make their 1st appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; they perform a cover of Chuck Berry's “Around and Around,” and their own hit "Time Is On My Side" 1968 - Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler 1975 - USSR's Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing 1983 - US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!) 1992 - "Dancing at Lughnasa" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 421 performances More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1953 - Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles 1962 - American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize for Literature 1968 - American swimmer Claudia Kolb wraps up the women's individual medley double in Mexico City, winning the 400m I/M in Olympic record 5:08.5; she also won the 200m I/M in OR 2:24.7 1984 - King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels 1985 - Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract 1987 - Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1877 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born in Oyster Bay, New York (d. 1957) 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (The Three Dancers, Guernica) and sculptor who co-founded the Cubist movement, born in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain (d. 1973) 1898 - Sidney James van den Bergh, Dutch businessman and politician, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977) 1951 - Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1960 - Hong Sang-soo, South Korean filmmaker (Right Now, Wrong Then), born in Seoul 1979 - Milena Roucka, Canadian model and professional wrestler, born in Vancouver, British Columbia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1907 - Edmund Hart Turpin, English composer, dies at 72 1921 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter in the Wild West, dies of a heart attack at 67 1939 - Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73 1954 - Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella), dies at 79 1984 - Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of a heart attack at 24 1988 - Johnnie Richardson, American RandB musician (Johnnie and Joe), dies at 53 More Famous Deaths »

1902 - Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts, killing 6,000 people and becoming one of the three largest eruptions of the 20th century 1924 - Nobel prize for physiology or medicine awarded to Dutchman Willem Einthoven "for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram" 1940 - Adolf Hitler meets the Head of the French State Marshal Philippe Pétain 1944 - US Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1948 - WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 - AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year 1980 - Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity 1997 - Marv Albert sentenced in assault case 1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 on comet and asteroid mission 2017 - Dog doping scandal confirmed by officials of Iditarod, Alaskan dog sled race after dogs test positive for a banned substance More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion 1944 - US aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1963 - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award 1971 - Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yds) 1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 2004 - 10 people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1863 - Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), born in Cartagena, Murcia (d. 1929) 1886 - Delmira Agustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1914) 1887 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), born in Paris, France (d. 1917) 1904 - Moss Hart, American playwright (You Can't Take it With You, Act 1), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1961) 1954 - Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician, Prime Minister (2015-18), born in Sydney, Australia 1988 - Joshua Shalikar, American actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kid), born in East Brunswick, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1949 - Joaquín Nin, Cuban composer and pianist, father of Anaïs Nin, dies at 70 1966 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1896) 1993 - Tonino Nardi, Italian cinematographer (Porte Manifest), dies at 54 1998 - Mary Calderone, American physician and founder (planned parenthood), dies at 94 2003 - Ross Taylor [Robert Murray Taylor], Scottish transplant surgeon who pioneered kidney transplantations in the U.K., dies from cancer of the stomach at 70 2016 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (2000-2005), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »