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1922 - Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as youths aggressively taunt men wearing straw hats, getting an early jump on the unofficial season's end date of September 15; confrontations continue longer than usual, lasting eight days 1958 - Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony christens passenger ship SS Rotterdam, the last 'ship of state' 1963 - Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches New York Yankees' 28th pennant 1969 - Plastic Ono Band's 1st live performance, featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Eric Clapton, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival 1974 - OPEC instructs its Secretary General to "carry out a study of supply and demand in relation to possible production controls" 1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people 2015 - US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4; third man to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in the same year in Open Era after Rod Laver and Federer 2017 - International Olympic Committee announces Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) will host the Olympic games More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1800 - Curacao in British hands (until Jan 1803) 1918 - Train accident at Weesp Netherlands, kills 42 1969 - San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player 1973 - ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics 1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1893 - Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1953) 1903 - Claudette Colbert, French-born American actress (It Happened One Night, Texas Lady), born in Paris (d. 1996) 1980 - Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece 1982 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player (Houston Rockets), born in São Carlos, Brazil 1996 - Playboi Carti [Jordan Carter], American rapper (Whole Lotta Red), born in Riverdale, Georgia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1759 - James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32 1902 - John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73 1906 - Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66 1971 - Paul Blackburn, American poet, and editor (Black Mountain Review), dies of esophageal cancer at 44 2001 - Jaroslav Drobný, Czech ice hockey player (Olympic silver 1948) and tennis player (Wimbledon 1954, French Open 1951-52), dies of a stroke at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1857 - 423 die when steamship SS Central America, the "Ship of Gold," sinks in a hurricane off Cape Romain, South Carolina, carrying tons of gold coins and bricks from the California Gold Rush (rediscovered in 1988) 1901 - Arabs attack Gadara, Palestine 1925 - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's first collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!," featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, closes at the Liberty Theatre, NYC, after 330 performances 1958 - US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 - Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana, killing 75 people 1982 - European Championship marathon won by Gerard Nijboer of the Netherlands (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota of Portugal (2:36:04) 2001 - Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed 2018 - According to a leaked report, more than 3,600 children were abused by Catholic priests in Germany between 1946 and 2014 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 2001 - Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed 2004 - US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer of Switzerland wins his first US title, outclassing Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6, 6-0 2017 - A monster fatberg, 250 meters long, the size of 11 buses, and weighing 130 tons, is found in sewers under East London 2021 - 40th MTV Video Music Awards: Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber, and Olivia Rodrigo win 2024 - Crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission takes the first commercial spacewalk during a five-day journey through Earth's orbit, traveling the farthest in space of any human since NASA’s Apollo program More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1894 - Billy Gilbert, American actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1971) 1934 - Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1961 - Christiane Jolissaint, Swiss tennis star, born in Vevey, Switzerland 1968 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian and actor (BoJack Horseman, Mr. Show with Bob and David), born in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania 1969 - Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; Presidents Cup 1998, 2000), born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1591 - Richard Grenville, English privateer, explorer, politician and vice-admiral (established Roanoke colony), dies fighting a rearguard action as a result of the naval Battle of Flores at 49 1732 - Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian nobleman (Marquis of Westerloo), dies at 58 1806 - Christian Gottfried Thomas, German composer, publisher, and musicologist, dies at 58 1869 - Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (Roget's Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies at 90 1977 - Steven Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist, dies in police custody at 30 More Famous Deaths »

1213 - Chinese general Chih-Chung assassinates Emperor Wei Shao Wang (former Prince of Wei) in Peking and proclaims himself Regent 1814 - Battle of Lake Champlain: The American navy defeats the Royal Navy at Plattsburgh, New York, ending the British invasion of the northern states during the War of 1812 1853 - First electric telegraph used between Merchant's Exchange, San Francisco, and Point Lobos, California 1939 - Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on Nazi Germany 1951 - Florence Chadwick becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from England to France, taking 16 hours and 19 minutes 1953 - KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1995 - Eastern Tennessee begins using 423 as the new area code 2015 - Former Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, becomes the first candidate to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1950 - First typesetting machine to dispense with metal type is exhibited 1956 - Vladimir Kuts runs a world record 10,000 m in 28:42.8 1971 - Egypt adopts its constitution 2005 - US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer retains his title, beating Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1; Agassi's last appearance in a Grand Slam final 2018 - Imprisoned Brazilian Ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva abandons his presidential campaign More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1862 - Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, born in Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1935) 1937 - Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Italian princess and Queen of Belgium (1993-2013), born in Villa Claudia, Forte dei Marmi, Italy 1969 - Eduardo Perez, American baseball player, born in Cincinnati, Ohio 1972 - Kip Simons, American gymnast (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Media, Pennsylvania 1980 - Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver, born in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1987 - Lorne Greene [Lyon Chaim Green], Canadian actor (Bonanza - "Ben Cartwright"; Battlestar Galactica), dies of pneumonia following heart surgery at 72 1987 - Ludovic Feldman, Romanian violinist and composer, dies at 94 2001 - Tom Burnett, American businessman and passenger aboard United 93, dies thwarting terrorist attempts to crash the plane into a Washington monument at 38 2005 - Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (ABC Wide World of Sports), dies of emphysema at 82 2022 - Alain Tanner, Swiss film director (Charles, Dead or Alive), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1960 - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits a 643-foot home run over the right field roof in Detroit 1961 - The USSR performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, USSR 1961 - Mickey Mantle becomes the seventh player to hit home run number 400 1962 - KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 - WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1974 - Controversial TV drama "Born Innocent" premieres on NBC TV, starring Linda Blair as an abused teen in a juvenile detention home 1977 - Susan Perkins (Ohio) is crowned the 50th Miss America 1978 1985 - U.S. 7th Circuit Court rules Soviet defector Walter Polovchak can't be forcibly returned to parents' country if it's deemed "not in the best interests" of underage defectors More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1849 - Famous American actor Edwin Booth makes his stage debut at age 15 in Richard III in Boston 1937 - Second American Football League plays first game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0) 1962 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith beats defending champion Darlene Hard 9-7, 6-4 for her first US singles crown 1980 - Expos' Bill Gullickson sets a rookie record by striking out 18 1995 - 47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Frasier, and Candice Bergen win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1645 - Romeyn de Hooghe, Dutch painter and goldsmith, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1708) 1753 - John Soane, English architect (Bank of England, Soane Museum), born in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1837) 1786 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier, born in Chilpancingo, Mexico (d. 1854) 1919 - Lex van Delden [Alexander Zwaap], Dutch composer (The Bird of Freedom), and writer (Canto della Guerra), born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (d. 1988) 1976 - Greg Henderson, New Zealand track cyclist (World C'ship gold scratch race 2004), born in Dunedin, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1676 - Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609) 1765 - Jacob Gilles, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at about 74 1961 - Wolfgang von Trips, German auto racer (29 x F1 GP, 2 wins), dies in 1961 Italian Grand Prix (with 15 spectators) at 33 1993 - Janice Carroll, American actress (End, April Fools), dies of cancer at 61 2007 - Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and cosmetic manufacturer (Body Shop), dies at 64 More Famous Deaths »

1493 - Battle of Krbava Field: Ottoman Empire decisively defeats an army of the Kingdom of Croatia 1914 - First fully mechanized unit in the British Army is created: the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI) 1932 - Mine strike at Belgian Borinage ends 1944 - The Red Army supports a coup in Bulgaria, instituting a new Communist government (1946-1990) during the "National Uprising" 1964 - German Democratic Republic government allows short visits to West Germany 2006 - US Open Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova of Russia wins her first US title; overpowers Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 2012 - US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her fourth US title, beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 2015 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1683 - Expelled Polish and Lotharingians reach Wienerwald 1939 - Nazi Army reaches Warsaw 1944 - US 113th cavalry passes Belgian-Dutch borders 1981 - Vernon E. Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League in the US 1987 - Gary Hart admits on "Nightline" to cheating on his wife More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - John Heaton, American sledder (Olympic silver skeleton 1928, 48, bronze bobsled 1932; American team's flag bearer 1948), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1976) 1931 - Bill Persky, American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (The Dick Van Dyke Show), producer (That Girl), and television director, born in New York City 1943 - Larry Hosford, American folk singer-songwriter (The King Takes The Queen), born in Salinas, California (d. 2016) 1956 - Avi Wigderson, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist (2023 Turing Prize for randomness), born in Haifa, Israel 1962 - Aleta Rzepecki Sill, American bowler (1983 WIBC single), born in Detroit, Michigan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1974 - Soltan Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer and People's Artist of the USSR, dies at 55 1975 - Ethel Griffies, English actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97 1997 - Burgess Meredith, American stage and screen actor (Mr Novak; Of Mice and Men; Batman (TV) - "The Penguin"; Rocky), dies at 88 2011 - Jean-Paul Jeannotte, Canadian operatic tenor, educator (Lavall, 1964-79), and artistic director (Opéra de Montréal, 1980-89), dies at 95 2024 - Cecília Gáspár, Hungarian soccer midfielder and captain (28 caps; TSV Crailsheim, SGS Essen), dies at 39 More Famous Deaths »

1831 - William IV is crowned King of Great Britain at the age of 64, becoming the oldest person to assume the British throne 1960 - German 4 x 100 m relay team equals world record 39.5 to win the gold medal at Rome Olympics; Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, and Martin Lauer 1963 - Algerian population accepts the constitution 1973 - US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Court wins her 24th and final Grand Slam singles title, beating fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 1980 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely after being arrested in Toronto for possession of drugs 1991 - NFL Buffalo Bills QB Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns against the Pittsburgh Steelers (52-34) 1994 - USAir Boeing 737 crashes at Pittsburgh Airport, killing all 132 on board 1997 - TV series "Ally McBeal," starring Calista Flockhart and created by David E. Kelley, premieres on Fox in the US More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1796 - Battle of Bassano: Napoleon Bonaparte's French army defeats the Austrian forces during the French Revolutionary Wars 1923 - Honda Point Disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast, and seven are lost 1966 - The Severn Bridge between England and Wales is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II 1985 - Alayson Gibbons sets a 24-hour women's swim record of 42.05 miles in a 25-meter pool 2022 - Australian Stephanie Gilmore wins her eighth world surfing title at Lower Trestles, California, making her the most successful women's champion in history More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1857 - Ida Henrietta Hyde, American physiologist who invented the micro-electrode and the first woman allowed to do research at Harvard Medical School and to be elected to the American Physiology Society, born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1945) 1894 - Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and music critic, born in Zeist, Netherlands (d. 1947) 1927 - Charles "Specs" Wright, American jazz drummer (Dizzy Gillespie; Cannonball Adderly; Red Garland), born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia (d. 1963) 1930 - Jeannette Altwegg, English figure skater (Olympic gold 1952), born in Bombay, India (d. 2021) 1991 - Joe Sugg, English Youtuber and actor (Strictly Come Dancing), born in Lacock, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1656 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (Virgidemiarum: Six Books), dies at 82 1935 - Carl Weiss, American physician who murdered US Senator Huey Long, shot and killed by the senator's bodyguards at 28 1995 - Halldis Moren Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (Harp and Dagger), dies at 87 2005 - Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932) 2018 - Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario, dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

70 - Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem 1159 - Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV 1909 - Eugene Lefebvre becomes the first pilot to die in an aircraft while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy 1927 - University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos 1936 - The last surviving member of the marsupial thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his cage at Hobart Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria 1972 - American athletes Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett finish 1-2 in the 400 m at the Munich Olympics, act casually on the medal stand, and do not face the flag during the anthem, resulting in a lifetime ban from the Olympics 1981 - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets a club record with 57 pass attempts More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1941 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 1939 champion Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 1942 - First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator 1945 - Joe Kuhel hits an inside-the-park home run, the only homer hit by a member of the Washington Senators team all season at their home field, Griffith Stadium 1985 - US Open Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlíková beats Martina Navratilova 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 for her first US title 1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito, and Brad Park are inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1923 - Louise Suggs, American golfer and co-founder of LPGA (11 major titles, US Open 1949, 52), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2015) 1941 - Mogoboya Noko Nelson Ramodike, South African politician in Lebowa, born in South Africa (d. 2012) 1959 - Jermaine Stewart, American RandB singer ("We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1997) 1967 - Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), born in Memphis, Tennessee 1980 - Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist (Olympic gold, road race 2004), born in Gunnedah, New South Wales More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1819 - Jean-Louis Duport, French cellist and composer, dies at 69 1892 - Joseph Reid Anderson, American Confederate general and owner of munitions company Tredegar Iron Company, dies at 79 2006 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor (The Sting, Witness, Sleepaway Camp), dies of natural causes at 96 2008 - Don Haskins, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Texas El Paso 1961-99; NCAA Tournament 1966), dies at 78 2017 - Gene Michael, American baseball shortstop, and general manger (NY Yankees), dies of a heart attack at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy, succeeding Rudolf III 1543 - French and Ottoman fleets occupy Nice 1634 - Battle of Nördlingen: Imperial-Spanish forces led by Ferdinand of Hungary and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand heavily defeat a combined Swedish and German Protestant army led by Gustav Horn and Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar 1954 - "La Strada," directed by Federico Fellini and starring Anthony Quinn, premieres at the Venice Film Festival 1982 - Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #8 1986 - US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her third US singles title, beating Czech star Helena Suková 6-3, 6-2 1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924 2010 - "The King's Speech," directed by Tom Hooper and starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2011) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1791 - Wolfgang Mozart's dramatic opera "La Clemenza di Tito" premieres at the Estates Theatre in Prague 1920 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins his first of six consecutive US singles titles, beating Bill Johnston 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 1920 - Jack Dempsey knocks out Billy Miske in the third round for the heavyweight boxing title in the first radio broadcast of a prizefight 1943 - "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankford, Philadelphia, killing 79 1962 - US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1923 - William Kraft, American timpanist, percussionist (Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble), conductor, and composer (The Demise of Suriyodhaya; Avalanche), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022) 1962 - Chris Christie, American Republican politician, Governor of New Jersey (2010-18) and presidential candidate, born in Newark, New Jersey 1968 - Pat Meares, American baseball infielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Salina, Kansas 1978 - Cisco Adler, American singer and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California 1996 - Lil Xan [Nicholas Diego Leanos], American rapper and singer-songwriter (Betrayed), born in Redlands, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1951 - Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), dies at 55 1978 - Adolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Adidas), dies at 78 2016 - Raymond Hide, British geophysicist (geomagnetism, meteorology, geodesy and oceanography), dies at 87 2022 - Guy Morriss, American football coach (Kentucky, Baylor, Texas AandM–Commerce) and guard (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 71 2023 - Richard Davis, American jazz double bassist described as "the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album" (Van Morrison's Astral Weeks), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1836 - Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas 1944 - Five resistance fighters executed in Terneuzen, Netherlands 1946 - Amon Göth, former head of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, is found guilty of imprisonment, torture, and extermination of individuals and groups of people in the first conviction of homicide at a war crimes court 1966 - Jerry Lewis's first Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million 1972 - Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium 1987 - John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at the US Open Tennis 1990 - #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title 2023 - Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, effectively declares itself bankrupt after stopping all nonessential spending More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1942 - American sailor Charles J. French (22) swims for over six hours in waters near Guadalcanal while towing a life raft with fifteen survivors from his US Navy ship, which is sunk by Japanese gunfire 1973 - Limited-run revival of Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Frank Mandel's musical "The Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater, NYC, for 15 performances 1982 - US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, The Country Club: Jay Sigel wins 8 and 7 over David Tolley 1994 - Jingyi Le swims a world record in the 100 m women's freestyle in 54.01 seconds 2018 - UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirms in Parliament that two Russian military intelligence officers undertake a Novichok nerve agent attack, prompting international condemnation More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1876 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal, born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany (d. 1956) 1946 - Freddie Mercury [Farrokh Bulsara], British singer-songwriter (Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"), born in Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar (d. 1991) 1946 - Dennis Dugan, American actor and director (Can't Buy Me Love, Howling), born in Wheaton, Illinois 1951 - Paul Breitner, German footballer, born in Kolbermoor, Germany 1971 - Carlester Crumpler, American NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Greenville, North Carolina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1890 - Ludwig Deppe, German composer, dies at 61 1931 - John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909) 1939 - Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, Dutch actor and director (Ghost Hotel, Two Boys), dies at 67 1965 - Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b. 1882) 2016 - Duane Graveline, American doctor and astronaut, dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

422 - Saint Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1636 - The first opera staged in Vilnius and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, "The Abduction of Helen," debuts in the Lower Castle of Vilnius 1805 - The first edition of the Batavian State Courier is published 1906 - New York Highlanders beat Boston Pilgrims 7-0 and 1-0 for their MLB record fifth consecutive doubleheader sweep 1970 - 29.0 cm of rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record) 1984 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti is sentenced to 2 years on politically motivated charges of currency smuggling 2010 - A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am, causing widespread damage and several power outages in the Canterbury region 2022 - Mass stabbing leaves 10 people dead and 19 injured with two suspects on the run in James Smith Cree Nation in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1940 - Nazi collaborator Anton Mussert puts the fate of the Netherlands in Hitler's hands 1950 - NASCAR's first paved superspeedway, Darlington Raceway, hosts the Southern 500, the first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; Johnny Mantz wins in a Plymouth 1983 - Californian skier Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed record at 119.36 mph (191.51 km/h) 1998 - First "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" hosted by Chris Tarrant debuts on ITV in Britain 2012 - A "magic carpet" that can help prevent falls among the elderly by warning them of unusual footsteps is developed by researchers at the University of Manchester More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1622 - Jacob Hintze, German composer, born in Bernau, Electorate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1702) 1905 - Antanas Račiūnas, Lithuanian composer and pedagogue, born in Užliaušiai, Lithuania (d. 1984) 1915 - Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1986) 1944 - Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California 1948 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong Canto-pop singer-songwriter, born in Xiguan, Guangzhou, Republic of China More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1977 - Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher, dies at 82 1989 - Georges Simenon, Belgian born writer and director (Maigret detective novels), dies at 86 1991 - Dottie West [Dorothy Marsh], American country singer ("Here Comes My Baby"; with Kenny Rogers - "What Are We Doin' in Love"), dies from internal injuries sustained in a car crash at 58 2010 - Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), dies at 86 2018 - Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie - "Roger"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Howard"), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1483 - Utrecht surrenders to the Habsburg army 1906 - Philadelphia Giants win the Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans, Black baseball's largest crowd ever 1925 - The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes in a storm near Caldwell, Ohio, killing 14; 29 survive 1932 - A's first baseman Jimmie Foxx smashes his 50th and 51st home runs to become only the third player to reach 50 in an MLB season, joining Babe Ruth and Hack Wilson 1935 - British racer Malcolm Campbell powers Bluebird to 301.129 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, becoming the first automobile to exceed 300 mph 1966 - 24th World Science Fiction Convention honors "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry 2022 - American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold a tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, England; performers include Stewart Copeland, Rush, The Pretenders, Paul McCartney, and Queen 2024 - MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits three home runs, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so twice in a season, in a 10-8 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1900 - With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa 1904 - For the first time in Olympic Games history, there is a throw-off in the discus final after Americans Martin Sheridan and Ralph Rose tie with a best throw of 128 ft 10½ in (39.28 m) in St. Louis; Sheridan wins with 127 ft 10¼ in (38.97 m) 1944 - French troops liberate Lyon, France 1966 - 24th World Science Fiction Convention honors "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry 2024 - American pop singer Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth studio album “Short n’ Sweet" becomes her first to top the Billboard album chart More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1840 - Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1919) 1889 - Cecil Weston, South African actress (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), born in Capetown (d. 1976) 1897 - Sally Benson, American writer (Meet Me In St. Louis), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972) 1925 - Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist, born in Berg Municipality, Sweden (d. 2008) 1938 - Caryl Churchill, English playwright, born in London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1669 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet, dies at 80 1820 - Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American architect (completed U.S. Capitol), dies at 56 1857 - John McLoughlin, Canadian Hudson's Bay Co pioneer and fur trader in Oregon Country, dies at 72 2003 - Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, dies at 88 2010 - Cyril Smith, British Liberal Member of Parliament and alleged serial sex offender, dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1894 - -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens 1930 - First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the US (37 hours) 1936 - First transatlantic "ping-pong" round-trip air flight from New York to England and back begins, piloted by Dick Merrill with Harry Richman 1940 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Hershey CC: Byron Nelson wins his first PGA C'ship, beating Sam Snead 1 up in the Monday 36-hole final 1949 - "The Third Man", directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles, is released in the United Kingdom (Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1950) 1990 - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, San Francisco, California 1996 - Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000 1996 - Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (MAC) designed by Oscar Niemeyer inaugurated in Niterói, Brazil More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1919 - Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago 1945 - Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independent from France (National Day) 1972 - American breaststroker Cathy Carr swims a world record 1:13.58 to win the 100m gold medal at the Munich Olympics 1973 - Netherlands win their first men’s hockey World Cup, 4-2 on penalties over India in Amstelveen, Netherlands 2020 - Australia officially enters recession for the first time in almost 3 decades with GDP falling 7% (April-June) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1912 - Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), born in Fremantle, Western Australia (d. 1967) 1917 - Cleveland Amory, American animal rights activist and TV reviewer (TV Guide), born in Nahant, Massachusetts (d. 1998) 1943 - Rosalind Ashford, American rock vocalist (Martha Reeve and Vandellas - "Heat Wave"; "Dancing In The Street"), born in Detroit, Michigan 1943 - Đorđe Novković, Croatian pop singer-songwriter (Pro Arte), and television personality (Hrvatski Idol), born in Vladimirci, German-occupied Serbia (d. 2007) 1971 - Rich Aurilia, infielder (SF Giants), born in Brooklyn, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1645 - Alice Lisle, Last woman to be executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England, beheaded for harboring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at around 68 1872 - N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher, dies at 88 1955 - Rudolf Kattnigg, Austrian composer, dies at 60 1994 - Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 2024 - James Darren [Ercolani], American actor (TJ Hooker; Gidget movies -"Moondoggie"; Diamond Head; Venus in Furs), singer ("Goodbye Cruel World"), and director, dies of heart failure at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1482 - Tatars plunder Kyiv, Ukraine 1547 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V demands creation of an Imperial League (German state) 1948 - Australian Test batsmen Don Bradman (143), Lindsay Hassett (151) and Neil Harvey (110) score centuries in Australia's 1st innings of drawn cricket tour match v South of England at Hastings 1968 - Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlands) begins transmitting 1975 - 5 Protestant civilians are killed and 7 were wounded in a Provisional Irish Republican Army gun attack on Tullyvallen Orange Hall near Newtownhamilton, County Armagh 1981 - Northern Ireland’s first religiously integrated secondary school opens 2007 - Tyson Gay helps US win the men's 4 x 100m relay at the world track and field championships in Osaka, Japan to join Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene as the only men to win 3 gold medals at one world meet 2021 - Cristiano Ronaldo breaks world record for goals scored in men's international football; hits his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over Republic of Ireland in Faro More Historical Events »