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451 - 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1806 - British under Commodore Popham and Colonel Beresford reach Buenos Aires 1913 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Englishman J H Taylor wins Championship for a 5th and final time, 8 strokes ahead of defending champion Ted Ray 1955 - 5th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Rats" wins Golden Bear (audience vote) 1968 - Joe Frazier stops Mexican challenger Manuel Ramos in 2nd round TKO at NYC's Madison Square Garden in his first heavyweight boxing title defense 1987 - CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold 1988 - Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak 1994 - Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Levellers, Elvis Costello, and Peter Gabriel headline; other performers include Spin Doctors, Johnny Cash, Meshell Ndegeocello, Dwight Yoakam, Lucky Dube, Oasis, and Iris Dement 1995 - 3rd Rugby World Cup, Ellis Park, Johannesburg: Springboks fly-half Joel Stransky lands the winning drop goal in extra time as South Africa beats New Zealand, 15-12 2015 - Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Kanye West, and The Who headline; other performers include Lionel Richie, Motörhead, Burt Bacharach, The Libertines, and Pharrell Williams More Historical Events »

Historical Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces; Mieszko I of Poland decisively defeated Odo I of Lusatia 1945 - Schermerhorn government forms in the Netherlands 1983 - 7th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB 1985 - 18th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (51-G): Discovery 5 returns to Earth 1995 - Wrapped Reichstag art installation completed by artists Christo and Jeanne Claude; German parliament building completely wrapped by polypropylene fabric 2013 - Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2 for 4-2 series victory; Blackhawks' 5th Championship More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1848 - Brooks Adams, American philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1927) 1909 - William Penney, British physicist (developed Britain's 1st atom bomb), born in Gibraltar (d. 1991) 1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine auto racer (World F1 champion 1951, 1954-57), born in Balcarce, Argentina (d. 1995) 1931 - Billy Casper, American golfer (US Open 1959, 66; US Masters 1970), born in San Diego, California (d. 2015) 1965 - Patrick Jeffrey, diver (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Morristown, New Jersey 1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1924 - Willie Fernie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1883), dies at 69 1991 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies at 91 2000 - Vera Atkins, Romanian-born British intelligence officer (b. 1908) 2010 - Deborah Jo Billingsley, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and songwriter, dies of cancer at 58 2011 - Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football manager (b. 1933) 2013 - Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1295 - Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome 1794 - Russian Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev 1860 - US Congress establishes Government Printing Office 1938 - Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established 1972 - 45 countries leave the Sterling Area, allowing their currencies to fluctuate independently of the British Pound 1975 - US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Lou Graham defeats John Mahaffey by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his only major championship 1982 - Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) 1991 - A peace summit, brokered by the clergy and business and attended by all major political parties, but boycotted by the Conservative Party, is held to end the violence in South Africa 2003 - Barry Bonds steals second base against the LA Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career homers and 500 steals 2021 - 1st ICC World Test Championship final, Southampton: New Zealand dismisses India for meagre 170; completes tricky chase of 139 on 6th day to win inaugural cricket title More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1565 - Turgut Reis [Dragut], commander of the Ottoman Navy, dies during the Siege of Malta 1863 - Tullahoma campaign, Tennessee 1962 - Suvanna Phuma forms government in Laos 1982 - US pass the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 2012 - Greece proposes to slow down austerity measures by two years 2019 - Women's PGA Championship, Hazeltine National GC: Australian Hannah Green leads wire-to-wire to win her first LPGA event by 1 stroke ahead of Park Sung-hyun More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1887 - John Finley Williamson, American choral conductor (Westminster Choir College, 1920-58), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1964) 1943 - Vinton (Vint) Cerf, American Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate 1945 - John Garang, Sudanese leader and politician (d. 2005) 1955 - Pierre Corbeil, Canadian politician 1955 - Jean Tigana, French footballer 1966 - Chantal Daucourt, Swiss mountain cyclist (world-bronze-95), born in Bienne, Switzerland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1137 - Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies 1878 - George Back, English sea officer and explorer (Back River), dies at 81 1956 - Reinhold Glière, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 81 1996 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72 1998 - Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters), dies at 87 2013 - Bobby Bland, American blues and soul singer, dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1936 - Virgin Islands receives a constitution from US (Organic Act) 1944 - British 14th Army frees Imphal, Assam from the Japanese 1959 - Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage 1970 - Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional 1973 - George Harrison releases his fourth studio album "Living in the Material World" in the UK 1982 - Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales take their first new-born son Prince William home from hospital 1984 - Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30) 1990 - Florida passes a law which prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit 2012 - Two Baghdad market bombings kill 14 people and injure 106 2022 - 6.1 magnitude earthquake, Afghanistan's deadliest in twenty years, strikes near Khost, in the south-east, killing at least 1000 and injuring 1500 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1904 - Chinese laborers arrive in South Africa following a severe labor shortage 1932 - NL finally approves players wearing numbers 1969 - Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance 1978 - James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced 1979 - Little Richard quits rock and roll a second time for religious pursuits 1980 - UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Horst Hrubesch scores a double as Germany beats Belgium, 2-1 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1900 - Russell Vis, American Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold freestyle lightweight 1924), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1990) 1902 - Arnold J d'Ailly, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), born in Franeker, Netherland (d. 1967) 1908 - George Armin Goyder, businessman and social philosopher (d. 1997) 1911 - Marie Braun, Dutch swimmer (Olympic gold 1928), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1982) 1960 - Tracy Pollan, American actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J. Fox, born in NYC, New York 1971 - Laryssa Biesenthal, Canadian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Walkertown, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1922 - Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London 1954 - Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 1961 - Queen Maria of Yugoslavia [Maria of Romania], Queen consort of Yugoslavia (1922-34), dies at 61 1997 - Don Henderson, British actor (The XYY Man, Strangers), dies at 65 2008 - Jane McGrath, British-Australian cancer support campaigner (wife of Australian Test cricketer Glenn McGrath), dies from cancer at 42 2015 - Joseph de Pasquale, American violist (Boston Symphony, 1949-64: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1964-96), and educator (Curtis Institutu, 1965-2015), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1734 - In Montreal, New France (Quebec), black slave Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony 1813 - Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria results in a victory for a Spanish, Portuguese and British alliance against the French 1938 - Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire 1948 - Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India (formerly the last Viceroy) 1962 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1974 - 24th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" wins the Golden Bear 1977 - Bülent Ecevit forms a minority government in Turkey which lasts only 1 month 1981 - US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: David Graham wins his second major title and becomes the first Australian to win the US Open, 3 strokes ahead of runners-up George Burns and Bill Rogers 2003 - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" the 5th book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published worldwide in English 2020 - Kurt Cobain's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1849 - Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels 1853 - Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes in Worcester, Massachusetts 1879 - Frank Winfield Woolworth opens his 1st successful "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" on North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1919 - The German Navy, feeling betrayed by the terms of the Versailles Treaty, scuttles most of its ships interned at Great Britain's Scapa Flow Naval base in the Orkney Islands 1933 - 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans 1998 - US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club, SF: Lee Janzen recovers from 7 stroke deficit to win his second Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1640 - Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1679) 1944 - Corinna Tsopel, Greek actress (Man Called Horse) and Miss Universe 1964, born in Athens, Greece 1946 - Brenda Holloway, American singer and songwriter ("When I'm Gone"), born in Atascadero, California 1946 - Kate Hoey, Northern Irish MP (Labour), born in Mallusk, Northern Ireland 1947 - Dana Rohrabacher, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Coronado, California 1953 - Michael Bowen, American actor, born in Houston, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1582 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534) 1900 - Polibo Fumagalli, Italian composer, dies at 69 1932 - (Marshall) "Major" Taylor, American track cyclist (first African-American world champion; 1899 World Track C'ships), dies from a heart attack at 53 1972 - Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (Six Pieces for Organ), dies at 90 1981 - Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer, dies on his 81st birthday 2020 - Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi soccer striker (121 caps; 62 goals; Al-Rasheed; Asian Footballer of the Year 1988), dies of COVID-19 at 56 More Famous Deaths »

1582 - Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines 1855 - Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin 1909 - 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring) 1950 - Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2 1968 - Austin Currie, then Nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) at Stormont, and other Irish civil rights activists, protest discrimination in the allocation of housing by 'squatting' (illegally occupying) in a house in Caledon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1973 - Juan Perón returns from exile to Argentina after 18 years 1973 - SF Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs 1981 - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection 1983 - New York Yankees 5-time MLB All Star outfielder Bobby Murcer retires 2020 - Historic dust cloud from the Sahara desert reaches the Caribbean, largest for half a century More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1633 - Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore 1825 - Coronation of Charles X, the last Bourbon King of France 1969 - Georges Pompidou sworn in as President of France 1986 - Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Cure, Psychedelic Furs, and Level 42 headline; other performers include: Simply Red, Madness, Ruby Turner, Amazulu, Lloyd Cole, Black Uhuru, The Wailers Band, Loudon Wainwright III, John Martyn, The Housemartins, The Waterboys, The Pogues, Gil Scott-Heron, Robert Cray Band, and Christy Moore 2004 - US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Retief Goosen of South Africa wins his second Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up and reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson 2017 - Uber founder Travis Kalanick resigns as CEO after a shareholder revolt More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1924 - Rainer Barzel, German politician (CDU-CSU) and minister, born in Braunsberg, East Prussia, Free State of Prussia (d. 2006) 1929 - Edith Windsor [née Schlain], American LGBT rights activist (lead plaintiff in United States v. Windsor), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2017) 1941 - Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut (STS 9, 42, Soyuz TM-19) 1941 - Stephen Frears, film director (Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons), born in Leicester, England 1944 - Terry Funk, pro wrestler (WWF/NWA)/actor (Paradise Alley), born in Hammond, Indiana 1958 - Dickie Thon, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, born in South Bend, Indiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1888 - Johannes Zukertort, German chess player, dies at 45 1925 - Wilhelm Posse, German composer, dies at 72 1953 - Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1994 - Bram Koopmans, cyclist/coach, dies at 78 1995 - Emil Mihai Cioran, Romanina born writer and aphorist, dies at 84 2000 - Karl Mickel, German writer, dies at 64 More Famous Deaths »

936 - Louis IV [Louis of Overseas], crowned King of France 1938 - "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47 1953 - WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast 1963 - 2 Russian space missions return to Earth 1964 - Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden 1972 - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw concedes 'special category' status, or 'political status' for paramilitary prisoners in Northern Ireland 1977 - US Open Golf, Southern Hills CC: Hubert Green shoots 2-under 278 to beat Lou Graham by 1 stroke 1988 - 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins 1989 - Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37) 2022 - US Center for Disease Control recommends Covid-19 vaccines for kids aged 6-months to 5 years More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1913 - Natives Land Act, Act No 27, passed in South Africa: confines Africans to hopelessly overcrowded reserves and deprives them of rights to purchase land outside the native reserves 1944 - Five of the "The Magnificent Eleven" photos taken by Robert Capa during the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach, Normandy first published in "Life Magazine" 1952 - "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host 1967 - Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD 1970 - Jim Bouton's controversial baseball diary "Ball Four" is published 1995 - NY Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1815 - John William Glover, Irish composer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1899) 1912 - Martin Gabel, American stage, radio and screen character actor (The Thief; Marnie; Lady In Cement), and television panelist (What's My Line?), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986) 1924 - Wassil Bykau, Belarusian writer, born in Bytschki, Vitebsk Region (d. 2003) 1945 - Tim Hovey, actor (Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid), born in Los Angeles, California 1960 - Patti Rizzo, American golfer (4 LPGA Tour wins), born in Hollywood, Florida 1966 - Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1652 - Louis de Geer, Neth/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64 1811 - Samuel Chase, American judge (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 70 1947 - Willem H. Fly, Dutch typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84 1995 - Richard Bernard Pape, POW escaper/writer, dies at 79 2006 - Duane Roland, American southern-rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster), dies at 53 2017 - Brian Cant, British stage and screen actor and children's television presenter (Play School, 1964-85), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1779 - French fleet occupies St Vincent, West Indies 1872 - Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1894 - Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate 1961 - KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 - Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California. First major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding 1972 - BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 1979 - Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon 1983 - 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launches Sally Ride as 1st US woman in space 2018 - US President Trump orders US military to set up sixth branch of the military - a space force 2019 - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announces the suspension of the pro-China and highly controversial extradition law, after massive protests in the city More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1887 - The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed 1949 - "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances 1953 - Red Sox rookie Eugene Stephens is 1st player in AL history to register 3 hits in an inning; Boston score 17 runs in 7th Inning in 23-3 rout of Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park 1959 - 1st telecast transmitted from England to US 2006 - The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched 2019 - China has been forcefully harvesting organs from marginalized groups in prison camps on a significant scale according to International Tribunal in London More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1581 - Thomas Overbury, English poet (A Wife) and essayist, born in Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire, England (d. 1613) 1906 - (James) "Kay" Kyser, American bandleader and radio personality (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 1985) 1917 - Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, Azerbaijani composer, born in Nukha, Azerbaijan (d. 2002) 1921 - Wesley Lau, American actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 1984) 1942 - Paul McCartney, British rock singer-songwriter, bassist, piano player (The Beatles - "Yesterday"; "I Will"; Wings -"Silly Love Songs"), born in Liverpool, England 1947 - Linda Thorson [Robinson], Canadian actress (The Avengers - "Tara", One Life To Live - "Julia"), born in Toronto, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1772 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (Austrian Empress Maria Theresa's personal physician), dies at 72 1799 - Johann Andre, German composer, dies at 58 1925 - Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and presidential candidate (Progressive), dies at 70 1945 - Harold C. Roberts, American commandant 22nd regiment marines (3 Navy Crosses), dies in battle during Okinawa campaign at 46 2016 - Paul Cox, Dutch-born Australian director (Lonely Hearts), dies at 76 2017 - Hope Ryden, American wildlife activist and photographer, dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1939 - 44th Women's French Championships: Simonne Mathieu beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (6-3, 8-6) 1947 - Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin 1956 - Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister 1962 - FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile: Brazil go 1-down early but recover to beat Czechoslovakia, 3-1 1968 - Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" goes gold 1973 - Dolly Parton records her song "I Will Always Love You" (later a huge hit for Whitney Houston) for RCA in Nashville 1978 - Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs 1983 - Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren exorcise a "werewolf demon" from Bill Ramsey, although lack of photo or video evidence has called this claim into question 1985 - 18th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (51-G): Discovery 5 launches 2020 - American actor Danny Masterson charged with raping three women. after a 3-year investigation More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1119 - Charles the Good becomes Count of Flanders 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia 1535 - Trial of English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer for treason (declaring King Henry VIII not the Supreme Head of the Church in England) at Westminster Hall - found guilty and later hanged 1961 - US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Gene Littler wins his sole major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Bob Goalby and Doug Sanders 1976 - Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor 2018 - Historic deal signed between Greece and Macedonia to end dispute over Macedonia's name - changing to North Macedonia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1898 - M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist and lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1972) 1915 - Stringbean [David Akeman], American banjoist and comedian (Hee Haw), born in Annville, Kentucky (d. 1973) 1930 - Romuald Twardowski, Polish composer, born in Wilno/ Vilnius, Poland 1945 - Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach (French Open 1966; 15 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Australian Davis Cup captain), born in Wagga Wagga, NSW 1956 - Nick Cook, English cricketer (left arm slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89), born in Leicester 1958 - Bobby Farrelly, American film director (Dumb and Dumber), born in Cumberland, Rhode Island More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1672 - Orazio Benevoli, Franco-Italian composer, dies at 67 1815 - Rais Hamidou [Amidon], Algerian corsair (captured 400 ships during his career), dies in a battle with USS Guerriere (b. c. 1770) 1871 - Clement Vallandigham, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio, convicted of opposing civil war, exiled to Confederate States), dies after accidentally shooting himself at 50 1906 - Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player, dies at 33 1970 - Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand's first-ever Test match 1930), dies at 74 2015 - John David Crow, American College Football Hall of Fame back and tight end (Heisman Trophy 1957, Texas A and M; Pro Bowl 1959, 60, 62, 65; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

632 - Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era 1745 - British fleet occupies Cape Breton on St Lawrence River 1898 - China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei 1904 - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland 1925 - The Union Government rejects a round-table conference with India on the grounds that it will constitute interference in South African affairs 1932 - Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorkshire v Essex 1977 - Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals 1982 - Britain makes request to Argentina to arrange for return of prisoners 1987 - Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens 2010 - Hockey HOF right wing Cam Neely is named President of his former team, the Boston Bruins More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1923 - Sun Yat Sen founds Chinese military academy 1924 - South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7 1945 - Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins 1977 - Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals 2008 - US Open Men's Golf, Torrey Pines GC: Tiger Woods wins his 3rd US Open and 14th major title, beating Rocco Mediate on the 1st hole of sudden-death, following a Monday 18-hole playoff 2017 - US President Donald Trump reinstates Cuban travel and business restrictions after they were loosened by President Obama More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1906 - Alan Fairfax, Australian cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 4 x 50, 21 wickets, BB 4/31; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1955) 1938 - Robert Gutter, American conductor and teacher (founded International Institute for Conductors, 1996), born in New York City (d. 2017) 1946 - Tom Harrell. American jazz musician (Time's Mirror), born in Urbana, Illinois 1965 - J. J. Birden, American NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons), born in Portland, Oregon 1967 - Jürgen Klopp, German football manager (Liverpool), born in Stuttgart, West Germany 1980 - Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1749 - Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672) 1958 - José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer (Huapango), dies at 45 1976 - Victor Lord, American fictional character on TV soap opera "One Life to Live", dies at 59 1979 - Liselotte Welskopf-Heinrich, German writer and historian, dies at 77 2001 - Adam Popovich, Serbian-American musician, director and composer, dies at 91 2022 - Don Neely, New Zealand cricket historian, administrator (President NZ Cricket 2006-09), dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1567 - Republic of Genoa expels Jews from its whole territory 1869 - World's 1st plastic celluloid is patented by John Wesley Hyatt in Albany, NY 1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile 1934 - Great Smokey Mountains National Park on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee is dedicated 1978 - Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days 1984 - "Thicke Of The Night" TV Talk Show last airs in syndication 1986 - Amnesty International "Conspiracy of Hope" tour concludes with mega-concert at Giants Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey; participants include: U2; Sting; Bryan Adams; Peter Gabriel; Lou Reed; Neville Brothers; Joan Baez; Joan Armatrading; Joni Mitchell; The Police; Jackson Browne; Yoko Ono; Miles Davis; Peter, Paul and Mary; and The Hooters 2008 - 62nd Tony Awards: "In the Heights" (musical) and "August: Osage County" (play) win 2019 - Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five" premieres at the Long Beach Opera Company, California (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2020) 2020 - Philippines journalist and 'Time Person of the Year' Maria Ressa found guilty of cyber libel in Manila amid claims charges politically motivated More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1834 - Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews 1918 - 1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania 1940 - German troops occupy Paris as French resistance to the German invasion crumbles 1963 - "Sukiyaki" sung by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, hits #1 1972 - Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 2008 - 62nd Tony Awards: "In the Heights" (musical) and "August: Osage County" (play) win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1888 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), born in Jerez de García Salinas, Mexico (d. 1921) 1910 - Berend Giltay, Dutch composer, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1975) 1920 - Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (Burnt by the Sun), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2008) 1935 - Fernand Schokweiler, British judge 1941 - Harry Nilsson, American pop and rock singer-songwriter ("Everybody's Talkin'"; "One"; "Without You"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994) 1983 - Derek Anderson, American football player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1383 - John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor 1397 - Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity 1666 - Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies 1724 - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674) 1864 - Haller Nutt, American rich Southern Plantation owner (Longwood house - largest octagonal house in the US), dies at 48 2021 - Jim Phelan, American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Mary's University 1954–2003), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1565 - Catharina de Medici and Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism 1807 - Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending War of the Fourth Coalition 1944 - General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles France 1957 - Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz to become NWA wrestling champion 1965 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11 innings, 1-0 1973 - 46th National Spelling Bee: Barrie Trinkle wins spelling vouchsafe 1973 - US President Richard Nixon administration imposes 60-day economy-wide price freeze, superseding Special Rule No. 1 for oil companies 1980 - "Theme From New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra spreads to #32 on the charts 2013 - Hassan Rouhani is elected President of Iran 2019 - Petition to create world's first "time free zone" on Sommaroy island which has complete daylight for 2 months, delivered to the Norwegian parliament More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1841 - 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario 1900 - Having been annexed to the USA on 12 August 1898, Hawaii is constituted as an organised territory 1967 - Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby) 1967 - USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit 1983 - 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx 2022 - First controversial UK flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda cancelled after last-minute legal ruling from European Court of Human Rights of "real risk of irreversible harm" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1691 - Jan Francisci, Slovakorganist and composer born in Neusohl, Kingdom of Hungary (now Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) (d. 1758) 1904 - Benno Ammann, Swiss composer (Missa Defensor Pacis) and conductor, born in Gersau, Sweden (d. 1986) 1917 - Katherine Rawls, American diver (Olympic silver 3m springboard 1932, 36) and swimmer (Olympic bronze 4×100m freestyle 1936), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1982) 1939 - Steny Hoyer, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1981-), born in NYC, New York 1940 - William P. Baker, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Oakland, California 1953 - Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician (Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Coast), born in Auckland, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and military leader (freed the Duchy of Lorraine from the Holy Roman Empire), dies at 55 1750 - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German composer, dies at 47 1800 - Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general, dies at 47 1800 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (b. 1768) 2004 - Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer 2014 - Sam Kelly [Roger Michael Kelly], English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Porridge), dies of cancer at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1777 - Marquis de Lafayette lands in the US 1854 - Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, patents the 1st US accordion, having made improvements to both the keyboard, and to enhance the sound (Patent No. 11,062) 1868 - Oscar Dunn becomes first African American to be elected a Lieutenant Governor, of Louisiana 1927 - Ticker-tape parade welcomes Charles A Lindbergh to NYC 1953 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2) 1990 - "Les Miserables" opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary 1994 - Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 2015 - Philae, 1st spacecraft to land on a comet in European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission re-awakes after 7 months 2018 - Volkswagen fined €1 billion (£880m) by German prosecutors over diesel emissions scandal 2019 - Archaeologists announce Scottish crannogs (fortified settlements on artificial islands in lochs) far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC, older than Stonehenge More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1868 - Oscar Dunn becomes first African American to be elected a Lieutenant Governor, of Louisiana 1969 - Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins The Rolling Stones 1970 - Beatles' "Long and Winding Road" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1974 - Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives 2010 - 64th Tony Awards: "Memphis" and "Red" (play) win 2019 - Kenyan MP Rashid Kassim arrested for slapping female MP Fatuma Gedi, following a walk out of parliament by female MPs after claiming male MPs joked "its slapping day" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1773 - Thomas Young, British physician and physicist (light interference), born in Milverton, Somerset, England (d. 1829) 1824 - Julius Eichberg, German composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1893) 1866 - Lambertus Zijl, Dutch sculptor (Trade scholarship), born in Kralingen, Netherlands (d. 1947) 1951 - Mike Weaver, American heavyweight boxer (WBA World Heavyweight Champion), born in Gatesville, Texas 1962 - Hannah Storm, American sports journalist (CNN, NBC), born in Oak Park, Illinois 1978 - Ethan Embry, American actor More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1231 - Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint, dies at 35 1550 - Johann Spangenberg, German theologist and composer, dies at 66 1784 - Henry Middleton, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1717) 1871 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (né Robert), French watchmaker and illusionist considered the father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65 1982 - Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (Aussie all-rounder 1956-63), dies at 56 1984 - Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1534 - Turkish admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder in Naples 1918 - 1st aerial bombing raid by an American unit, France 1926 - Brazil leaves League of Nations 1939 - Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. 1948 - "Hold It!" closes at National Theater NYC after 46 performances 1963 - American civil rights activist Medgar Evers is assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in Jackson, Mississippi 1973 - Coleraine bombings: six Protestant civilians were killed and 33 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb in Coleraine, County Londonderry 1981 - Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti Presidential election 1982 - 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC 2016 - Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title More Historical Events »