CoM Moderators

1678 - English troops land in Flanders 1939 - Tour de France: Sylvère Maes of Belgium wins his 3rd title from Frenchman René Vietto 1942 - German occupiers set a night curfew on Jews in the Netherlands 1968 - Washington shortstop Ron Hansen makes the eighth unassisted triple play in MLB history and the first in 41 years as the Senators lose 10-1 to the Cleveland Indians 1969 - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1982 - Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seating 1982 - USSR performs an underground nuclear test 2003 - Toronto Rocks - SARSStock benefit with performers including The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, The Flaming Lips, and The Isley Brothers, at Downsview Park; largest concert in Canadian history attracts 450,000 spectators More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1653 - Johan de Witt is sworn in as the Grand Pensionary of Holland 1864 - Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Confederate forces under McCausland burn the town of Chambersburg 1870 - Staten Island Ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100 1907 - Filipinos elect their first legislature, which will meet on 16 October 1984 - Hollie Roffey, aged 10 days, is the youngest person to ever receive a heart transplant and survives 28 days More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1824 - Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1889) 1837 - Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Green Oak, Michigan (d. 1863) 1906 - Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, born in Pezinok, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 2000) 1927 - Victor Wong, American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2001) 1974 - Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player, born in Leeds, United Kingdom More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1566 - Guillaume Rondelet, French naturalist famous for his study of marine animals, dies at 58 1966 - Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), dies at 94 1976 - Emil Solomon "Solly" Sachs, South African socialist, dies in London 1983 - Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95 1993 - Frank L. Howley, American general (Commander of American sector of Berlin after WWII), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

238 - The Roman Senate and Praetorian Guard proclaim 13-year-old Gordian III as Emperor - the youngest-ever emperor of a united Rome 1566 - Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England 1773 - First schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is completed in Schoenbrunn, Ohio 1924 - Paul Runyan wins PGA the golf championship 1942 - Transport #12 departs Drancy, France, with 1001 French Jews sent to Auschwitz concentration camp; five survive until the war's end 1996 - MLB Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda retires, with a record of 1599-1439, four National League Pennants, and two World Series championships. 2015 - "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage premieres at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2017) 2019 - Prison riot kills 58, with 16 decapitated in a battle between rival factions at Altamira prison, Pará state, Brazil More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1560 - Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba from Spaniards 1751 - First international world title prizefight: Jack Stack of England defeats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 minutes in England 1983 - MLB San Diego Padres first baseman Steve Garvey ends his National League record of 1,207 consecutive games streak 2013 - 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq 2022 - Rebekah Vardy loses her UK libel trial against Coleen Rooney in the so-called Wagatha Christie trial over Rooney accusing Vardy of leaking stories to The Sun newspaper More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1933 - Cammie Smith, West Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados), born in Saint Michael, Barbados 1937 - Marian Robinson (née Shields), American 'First Grandma" of the Obama White House, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024) 1973 - Wanyá Morris, American RandB and soul singer (Boyz II Men - "I'll Make Love to You"; "End Of The Road"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1977 - Danger Mouse [Brian Burton], American alternative rock and electronic hip-hop musician, songwriter and Grammy Award-winning record producer (The Grey Album; Gnarls Barkley; Black Keys), born in White Plains, New York 1984 - Chad Billingsley, American MLB baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Defiance, Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1573 - John Caius, English physician, dies at 62 1984 - Woodrow Parfey, American actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1994 - James Herman Barrett Jr, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel killed by anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill at 74 2001 - Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), dies of natural causes at 85 2005 - Pat McCormick, American comedy writer (Red Skeleton; Get Smart; The Tonight Show; Don Rickles Show), and actor (Smokey and the Bandit), dies at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1330 - Battle of Velbuzd: Serbian forces defeat Bulgarian army 1563 - French army recaptures Le Havre after the English garrison surrenders after a siege 1794 - French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" are guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris 1794 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, future Empress of the French and first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, is released from prison five days after the execution of her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais 1967 - Pirate radio station 390 (Radio Invicta) in England closes down 2013 - 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy 2018 - Carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with the death toll at 5, having burned 80,000 acres 2019 - Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is revealed as the first guest editor for UK Vogue in 103 years for its September 2019 issue More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1635 - Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquers Schenkenschans 1939 - Fifth Dutch government of Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn falls 1943 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the end of coffee rationing in the US 1983 - NASA launches Telstar-3A 1988 - Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1456 - Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1530) 1745 - Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Baltic German courtier, general and military governor of St Petersburg, born in Palmse, Estonia (d. 1826) 1900 - Maurice Johnstone, British brass band composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1976) 1942 - Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster, born in Portsmouth, Virginia 1954 - Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (1998-2013), born in Sabaneta, Barinas State, Venezuela (d. 2013) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1960 - Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola), dies at 60 1990 - Jill Esmond, English actress (13 Women, My Pal Wolfe, FP 1), dies at 82 1994 - Bernard Delfont, Russian-British impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84 2007 - Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924) 2013 - William Scranton, American Republican Party politician and diplomat, dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 96 More Famous Deaths »

1377 - First example of quarantine in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik); city council passes a law stating newcomers from plague areas must isolate for 30 days (later 40 days, quaranta in Italian) 1816 - US troops destroy Fort Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves 1897 - Dutch government of Pierson and Goeman Borgesius resigns 1927 - Mel Ott, 18, hits his first league home run (inside the park) 1988 - Baseball star Tommy John commits a record three errors on one play as the Yankees rout the Brewers 16-3 1992 - Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Republican National Convention 2003 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Tom Watson wins in a playoff against Carl Mason of England 2021 - Triathlete Flora Duffy wins first Olympic gold medal for Bermuda in the women's event at the Tokyo Games More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1924 - VIII Summer Olympic Games close at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Paris, France 1929 - Construction of the Dike of Wieringermeerpolder, Netherlands, is finished 1997 - Revival of Leonard Bernstein's operetta "Candide" closes at the Gershwin Theatre in NYC after 103 performances 1997 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on second playoff hole against countryman John Bland 2003 - 90th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1849 - John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (Hopkinson's Law), born in Manchester (d. 1898) 1886 - Ernst May, German architect and city planner (New Frankfurt), born in Frankfurt am Main (d. 1970) 1936 - J. Robert Hooper, American politician, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008) 1971 - Lehlo Ledwaba, South African boxer (IBF super bantamweight title 1999-2001), born in Soweto, South Africa (d. 2021) 1977 - Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor (Mission: Impossible III; The Tudors: Elvis), born in Cork, Ireland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1863 - William Lowndes Yancey, American politician who defended slavery, diplomat for the Confederacy, dies at 48 1883 - Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, dies at 61 1963 - George "Hooks" Dauss, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1912-26 (Detroit Tigers), dies at 73 1965 - Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901) 2025 - Don Elbaum, American boxing promoter (matchmaker for over 10,000 fights, promoted over 1,000 cards), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1760 - Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz during Third Silesian War 1858 - Baron Lionel de Rothschild becomes the first Jewish person to be elected to the British Parliament 1882 - Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal" premieres in Bayreuth, Germany 1917 - J. Edgar Hoover gets job in US Department of Justice 1941 - US embargo on oil export to Japan 1946 - Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport 1954 - WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 2019 - Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records a T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in a 93-run win against England at Chelmsford; Southern Stars clinch Women's Ashes More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1936 - International communist conference members in Prague arrange create International Brigades to help the Republican Government in the Spanish Civil War 1953 - Cuban pirate radio station's first transmission in Santiago de Cuba 1963 - US Syncom 2, the first geosynchronous communications satellite, launches 1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1978 - 11th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1829 - Auguste Beernaert, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium (1884-94) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1909, born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 1912) 1909 - Vivian Vance [Jones], American stage and screen actress (I Love Lucy - "Ethel Mertz"; The Lucy Show - "Viv"), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1979) 1917 - Bertil Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder and manager (15 caps; Atalanta; Olympic gold 1948), born in Hörnefors, Sweden (d. 1998) 1944 - Rimantas Stankevičius, Lithuanian cosmonaut, born in Marijampolė, Lithuania (d. 1990) 1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1728 - John Friend, physician/politician, dies 1925 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (Begriffsschrift), dies at 76 1960 - Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist known for the Michaelis–Menten equation for enzyme kinetics, dies at 81 1996 - Arthur McDonald, Royal Air Force officer and radar pioneer, dies at 93 2012 - Franz West, Austrian artist, dies at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1901 - Emily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain about the concentration camps during the South African War 1913 - Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Max Carey scores five runs without a hit, reaching first base on an error and four walks as the Bucs defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-2 1941 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt bans sale of benzine and gasoline to Japan 1956 - 46 die in a collision between the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket 1985 - Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirms he has AIDS 1993 - Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it three straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is points winner 1993 - Romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle," starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and co-written and directed by Nora Ephron, is released 2017 - Ram Nath Kovind becomes 14th President of India More Historical Events »

Historical Events 306 - Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops 1987 - USSR launches Kosmos 1870, a 15-ton Earth observation satellite 1988 - Mindy Duncan, 16, of Oregon, crowned 6th Miss Teen USA 2000 - Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and four on the ground 2012 - Ivica Dačić is sworn in as Prime Minister of Serbia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1639 - Thomas Tompion, English clockmaker (cylinder tunnel), born in Northill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1713) 1943 - Jim McCarty, English rock drummer, and songwriter (Yardbirds - "For Your Love"; Renaissance, 1969-70), born in Liverpool, England 1948 - Ray Wheatley, Australian boxer (NSW featherweight champion), official (IBF supervisor, referee and judge; VP IBF 2000-12) and broadcaster (Sky Channel, ESPN, 9 Network), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2023) 1948 - Claude Noel, Tobagonian boxer (WBA Lightweight title 1981), born in Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2023) 1962 - David Korevaar, American concert pianist and educator (University of Colorado), born in Madison, Wisconsin More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1471 - John Soreth, French Carmelite friar, dies at about 77 1988 - David Tobey, American Basketball Hall of Fame referee (1918-45; first game with a 3-man officiating crew), dies at 90 2017 - Hywel Bennett, Welsh, actor (Family Way, Shelley), dies at 73 2021 - Robert Parris "Bob" Moses, American civil rights activist (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)), and educator (The Algebra Project), dies at 86 2023 - Julian Barry [Mendelsohn], American playwright and screenwriter (Lenny; Rhinoceros), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1902 - In Turkey, the Sultan Abdul-Hamid, under pressure from within the Ottoman Empire, appoints a commission to consider reforms that might pacify Macedonian revolutionaries 1908 - American Johnny Hayes wins the London Olympic marathon in a Games record time of 2:55:18.4 after Dorando Pietri of Italy is disqualified for receiving assistance before the finish line 1946 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Atoll 1952 - US President Harry Truman settles 53-day steel strike 1959 - 500,000th Dutch TV set registered 1967 - Race riots in Cambridge, Maryland 2017 - Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes two laws to put Polish courts under political control 2023 - Wildfires across Algeria kill at least 34 people amid temperatures of 48°C (118°F) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1863 - Battle of Battle Mountain, Virginia 1927 - The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres 1966 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: American Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong 1973 - 44th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, Kansas City; MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants) 2018 - First bison born in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in 140 years after being reintroduced More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1903 - Robert Mills Delaney, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1956) 1919 - Peter Zinner, Austrian-American film editor (The Godfather; The Deer Hunter), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2007) 1961 - Paul Geary, American heavy metal drummer (Extreme - "Nore Than Words"), born in Medford, Massachusetts 1965 - Kadeem Hardison, American actor (A Different World, The Sixth Man), born in Brooklyn, New York 1981 - Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran politician (President of El Salvador 2019-), born in San Salvador, El Salvador More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1819 - Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43 1846 - Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, French King of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67 1936 - Georg Michaelis, German lawyer and politician (Chancellor of German Empire and Prime Minister of Prussia, July-November 1917), dies at 78 2007 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies at 93 2011 - Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60 More Famous Deaths »

1794 - Alexandre de Beauharnais, the first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, is executed for treason during the Reign of Terror 1877 - First telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii is completed 1925 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his first of 23 career grand slams 1934 - Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 in drawn 4th Test vs England at Leeds; 430 minutes, 43 x fours, 2 x sixes 1948 - Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for US President 1958 - First four women named to peerage in House of Lords (UK) 1969 - 40th MLB All-Star Game, RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.: NL defeats AL, 9-3; MVP: Willie McCovey, SF Giants, 1B 1975 - LA Dodgers W. Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1955 - NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are first to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1968 - PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane 1994 - Don Mattingly becomes the sixth New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits 1995 - Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins fifth consecutive Tour, 4 minutes and 35 seconds ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner 1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1886 - Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1948) 1898 - Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist (econometrics), born in Kiev, Russia (d. 1977) 1925 - Pierre Baugniet, Belgian pairs ice skater (Olympic gold 1948), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1981) 1958 - Ken Green, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), born in Danburry, Connecticut 1961 - André Ducharme, Canadian (Québécois) humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author, born in Montreal, Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1859 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (Bouquets et prières), dies at 73 1980 - Keith Godchaux, American pianist, and singer (Grateful Dead, 1971-79 - "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"), dies in a car accident at 32 1995 - Bob Rundick, American poet and DJ, dies at 52 1998 - Vladimir Dudintsev, Ukrainian Soviet writer (Not by Bread Alone), dies at 79 2006 - Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and journalist, dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1901 - Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro 1944 - Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island 1962 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Aronimink GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins by 1 stroke from Bob Goalby 1969 - Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's choice of Prince Juan Carlos as his successor is ratified by the Spanish Parliament 1992 - Soyuz TM-15 launches 1997 - "One Piece," world's best-selling manga and comic series, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, first appears serialized in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" in Japan 2003 - Members of US 101st Airborne, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Mosul, Iraq, killing Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1443 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl: Army of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeats an allied force of Zurich and Habsburg troops at the gates of Zurich; without means to lay siege to the city, they withdraw 1951 - General Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed President of Portugal 1955 - Richard Nixon becomes the first US Vice President to preside over a cabinet meeting 1972 - 2 Catholics are abducted, beaten, and shot dead in a Loyalist area of Belfast 2024 - Mudslides from heavy rains kills at least 229 people in Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, southern Ethiopia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1535 - Katarina Stenbock, Swedish third wife of Gustav I of Sweden, born in Torpa Castle, Sweden (d. 1621) 1831 - Kōmei [Osahito], 121st Emperor of Japan (1846-67) during the final years of the Edo period, born in Kyōto, Japan (d. 1867) 1848 - Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born in Neustrelitz, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz(d. 1914) 1977 - Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer, 1995-2012 (Santos, São Paulo, Corinthians) , born in Nova Friburgo, Brazil 1992 - Selena Gomez, American actress (Wizards of Waverly Place; Hotel Transylvania), and singer ("Wolves"; "Lose You To Love Me"), born in Grand Prairie, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1387 - French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 1869 - John Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), dies of tetanus as the result of an accident at 63 1996 - Robert Collins, keyboard player, dies at 33 2003 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi politician, administrator, murderer, and eldest son of Saddam Hussein, killed by US military during Iraq War at 39 2004 - (Jean-Baptiste) Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist ("Flying Home"), dies of a heart attack at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1930 - US Veterans Administration forms 1948 - WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1972 - In New York 57 murders occur in 24 hours 1980 - Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins 1983 - World's lowest-ever natural temperature is recorded: -89.2°C (-128.6°F; 184.0 K) at the Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica, surpassing record at same location set in 1960 1995 - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent 1995 - KC Royals set club record of 22 singles in 15 innings 2024 - Copa America: Argentina defeats Columba 1-0 to win record 16th title in a delayed match in Miami More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1960 - Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes the world's first female elected head of government, as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) 1972 - Bloody Friday: within the space of 75 minutes, the Provisional Irish Republican Army explode twenty-two bombs in Belfast; six civilians, two British Army soldiers and one UDA volunteer were killed, 130 injured 1976 - 9th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel 1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, and his secretary Judith Cook are assassinated by a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA in his car in Dublin 1977 - Sanjiva Reddy is elected sixth President of India unopposed More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1895 - H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket batsman (17 Tests [12 as captain], 3 x 50; Natal, Transvaal), born in Eshowe, South Africa (d. 1939) 1926 - Queenie Watts [Mary Spenton], British singer and actress (Up the Junction, Holiday on the Buses), born in London, England (d. 1980) 1935 - Julian Pettifer, English TV journalist, born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire 1947 - Jimmy Duncan, American politician (Rep-R-Tennessee 1988-2019), born in Lebanon, Tennessee 1963 - Giant Silva [Paulo Silva], Brazilian mixed martial artist and 7ft 2in professional wrestler, born in São Paulo, Brazil More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1880 - Hiram Walden, American politician, dies at 79 1979 - Ludwig Renn, German writer, dies at 90 1986 - Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60 1995 - Edwin "Russell" House, American saxophonist, dies at 65 2010 - Luis Corvalán, Chilean communist leader (b. 1916) More Famous Deaths »

1773 - Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) 1864 - Battle at Stephenson's Depot, Virginia: 200 killed or injured 1890 - Snow and hail in Calais, Maine 1944 - British and Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy 1953 - USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations 1973 - MLB Chicago White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, 12-2 and 7-0 1975 - Murray Schisgal's stage comedy "All Over Town", directed by Dustin Hoffman, closes at the Boothe Theatre, NYC, after 233 performances 1975 - India expels three correspondents for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek after they refuse to sign a pledge to comply with government censorship More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war 1925 - Treaty of Nettuno between Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) is signed but is only ratified in 1928 1942 - Legion of Merit Medal authorized by US congress 1948 - Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champion 2015 - Hacker group Impact Team announces they have hacked the married dating site Ashley Madison More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1803 - Jakob Zeugheer, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1865) 1933 - José Vicente Asuar, Chilean electronic music composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2017) 1934 - M. Stanton Evans, American cultural commentator, chairman of the American Conservative Union (1971-77) and writer (The Sharon Statement), born in Kingsville, Texas (d. 2015) 1945 - Jake Scott, American College Football Hall of Fame safety (Uni of Georgia; 5×Pro Bowl; 2×First-team All-Pro; Super Bowl 1972 [MVP], 73; Miami Dolphins), born in Greenwood, South Carolina (d. 2020) 1973 - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway, born in Oslo, Norway More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1156 - Toba, 74th Emperor of Japan (1107-23), dies at 53 1927 - Ferdinand I [Meinrad], King of Romania (1914-27), dies of cancer at 61 2005 - James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), dies from Pulmonary fibrosis at 85 2007 - Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports), dies at 80 2019 - Sheila Dikshit (née Kapoor), Punjabi politician (Chief Minister of Delhi, 1998-2013), dies of multiple cardiac arrests at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1870 - France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 1884 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maud Watson becomes inaugural female champion by beating her sister Lillian Watson 6–8, 6–3, 6–3 1908 - Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978 1951 - "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 performances 1967 - First air-conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line) 1977 - 48th MLB All-Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P 1979 - Patricia Harris becomes sect of HEW 1992 - "Price" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1914 - Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds 1942 - Transport #7 departs Drancy, France with 999 French Jews sent to Auschwitz Concentration camp; 17 survive until the war's end 1980 - XXII Summer Olympic Games open in Moscow, Russia; led by United States, 66 nations boycott event because of Soviet-Afghan war 1998 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Mark O'Meara wins his 2nd major championship of the year (Masters) and first Open title by 2 in a 4-hole aggregate playoff with fellow American Brian Watts 2001 - Michael Brunet discovers the skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis in the Djurab Desert, Chad, one of the oldest known species in the human family tree and 6-7 million years old More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1742 - Jean-Baptiste Davaux, French classical composer, born in La Côte-Saint-André, France (d. 1822) 1877 - Arthur Fielder, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), born in Plaxtol, Tonbridge, Kent (d. 1949) 1894 - Joris van Severen, Flemish politician and founder of the Alliance of Dietsche National Solidarists, born in Wakken, Belgium (d. 1940) 1929 - Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, French historian (Carnival in Romans; Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error), born in Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais, France (d. 2023) 1961 - Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast (Olympic 1976, 80 Gold), born in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1545 - George Carew, English admiral, drowns 1625 - Samuel Besler, German-Polish composer, dies at 50 1939 - Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (Curfew Must Not Ring) and writer, dies at 89 1989 - Kazimierz Sabbat, President of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1986-89), dies at 76 2013 - Poncie Ponce, American actor (Hawaiian Eye), dies of heart failure at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1743 - First half-page newspaper ad is published, in the NY Weekly Journal 1915 - WWI: Second Battle of Isonzo begins with Kingdom of Italy offensive against Austria-Hungary, ends 2-1/2 weeks later with over 91,000 combined casualties 1935 - Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 1965 - Zond 3 launches to fly by the Moon and enters solar orbit 1970 - WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1995 - "Dreams from My Father," a memoir by Barack Obama, is published by Times Books 2014 - The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) call 18,000 additional reserves soldiers in campaign against Gaza 2018 - Lava from Kilauea volcano eruption has now destroyed 700 homes and added 700 acres to Big Island confirms Hawaii National Guard More Historical Events »