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1588 - Remnants of Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander, Spain 1934 - Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain record balloon height of 10.9 miles (17.5 km) over Lake Erie 1944 - Soviet army invades Hungary 1974 - Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 1978 - Punk rock singer Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in NYC 1997 - At 6:11 AM San Francisco experiences a power blackout due to sabotage 2008 - Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers 2009 - The UK markets had contracted by 0.4% in the third quarter against what was expected to be a period of growth, as a result of unexpectedly poor performance by the service sector 2010 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2 2012 - 12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1813 - The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom). 1819 - 1st ship sails through the Erie Canal from Rome, New York to Utica, New York 1886 - "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis: St.L Browns edge Chicago White Stockings, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 6 to take series, 4-2 1973 - Yankee GM and President Lee MacPhail named AL president 1989 - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass 1996 - New York Yankees set record recovering from 0-6 in Baseball World Series game to beat Braves, 8-6 in Game 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium; record 7th straight post-season road win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1805 - Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author and painter (Nachsommer), born in Oberplan, Bohemia (d. 1868) 1869 - Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch cabaret singer, born in Kralingen, Holland (d. 1945) 1876 - Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970) 1936 - Barry Sinclair, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (21 Tests, 3 x 100s; Wellington CA), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2022) 1965 - Al Leiter, American pitcher (Florida Marlins, NY Mets), born in Toms River, New Jersey 1987 - Seo In-Guk, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (The Master's Sun), born in Ulsan, South Korea More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1890 - Charles Verlat, Flemish painter, dies at 65 1899 - Penn Symons, British Major General during Second Boer War, dies in battle during the Battle Of Talana Hill at 56 1978 - Maybelle Carter, American country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British artist, dies at 72 2003 - Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician. dies of an aneurysm at 59 2009 - Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor and comedian (Irma la Douce, The Dean Martin Show), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1721 - Tsar Peter the Great titles himself "Emperor of All Russia" 1906 - Henry Ford becomes President of Ford Motor Company 1922 - Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, NY, named after a knight in Wagner's opera 1929 - 8th French government of Aristide Briand falls 1929 - James H Scullin forms Australia government 1930 - 1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra, at Queen's Hall, under Adrian Boult 1942 - Operation Flagpole: US Major General Mark Clark and Brigadier General Lyman Lemnitzer meet Vichy French Général Charles Mast secretly in small fishing village of Cherchell, Algeria to finalize plans for Allied Invasion of North Africa 1987 - American composer John Adams's first opera, "Nixon in China", premieres at the Houston Grand Opera, in Houston, Texas 2004 - Discovery and isolation of new wonder material Graphene announced in paper by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (Nobel Prize 2010). Incredibly they used scotch tape to peal layers off Graphite. 2005 - Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1926 - Boxer J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal. The attack started, contributed, or covered-up the appendicitis that would take Houdini's life 9 days later. 1930 - Blake and Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930" premieres in NYC 1935 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 and 4 2012 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 2018 - Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins seventh term in office, extending his 36 years in office, in election marred by intimidation and low turnout 2020 - Goldman Sachs agrees to pay record $3 billion to end probe into its role in 1MDB corruption scandal to regulators in the US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1809 - Federico Ricci, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1877) 1935 - Judy Devlin Hashman, Canadian badminton player (World Team C'ship gold US 1957, 60, 63, 66), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Taxi - "Reverend Jim"; Back to the Future films), born in Stamford, Connecticut 1959 - Todd Graff, American actor (Five Corners, Dominic and Eugene), born in NYC, New York 1960 - Cris Kirkwood, American cow-punk bassist, singer, and songwriter (Meat Puppets - "Backwater"), born in Phoenix, Arizona 1975 - Míchel Salgado, Spanish soccer defender (53 caps; Celta Vigo, Real Madrid 251 games, Blackburn Rovers), born in As Neves, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1725 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian baroque composer (Tigrane), dies at 65 1989 - Ewan MacColl [James Miller], Scottish folk singer-songwriter ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), dies at 74 1990 - Frank Sinkwich, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1942, U of Georgia; NFL Draft #1 pick Detroit Lions 1943; NFL MVP 1944), dies at 70 1995 - Mary Wickes [Wickenhauser], American character actress (Father Dowling Mysteries; Sister Act; Dennis The Menace), dies of surgery complications at 79 2004 - Alastair Down, CEO (Burmah Oil), dies at 90 2021 - Jay Black [David Blatt], American pop singer (Jay and the Americans - “Come A Little Bit Closer”; “This Magic Moment”), dies of pneumonia and complications from dementia at 82 More Famous Deaths »

310 - St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1708 - Dutch and English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel) 1917 - Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee 1948 - UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons 1959 - Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana 1975 - Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS 1977 - The European Patent Institute is founded. 1984 - Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda becomes a 3-time Formula 1 World Drivers champion when he finishes 2nd in the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; wins title by just 0.5 from Alain Prost 1991 - 24 die in a fire in Oakland Calif 2020 - Parents of 545 children cannot be found that were separated at the US-Mexico border according to American Civil Liberties Union More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1096 - Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea defeats The People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot, only about 3,000 out of 20,000 Crusaders survive 1854 - Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War 1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR 1975 - Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 2004 - MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 3 2020 - Parents of 545 children cannot be found that were separated at the US-Mexico border according to American Civil Liberties Union More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1803 - George Wright, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Vermont (d. 1865) 1847 - Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"), born in Colleretto Parella, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1906) 1928 - Ardico Magnini, Italian soccer defender (20 caps; Fiorentina 225 games), born in Pistoia, Italy (d. 2020) 1940 - Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz], British, rocker ("Mighty Quinn"; "Blinded By The Light"), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa 1945 - Everett McGill, actor (Jezebel's Kiss, Silver Bullet), born in Miami, Florida 1949 - Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1973) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1500 - Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd Emperor of Japan, dies at 58 1777 - Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), dies at 57 1977 - Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (Esintiler - Inspirations; The Ears of Midas), and conductor (Turkish State Opera and Ballet Orchestra, 1959-77), dies at 48 1995 - Linda Goodman, American astrologer and poet, dies from complications of diabetes at 70 2003 - Fred Berry, African-American actor (Rerun-What's Happening), dies at 52 2007 - Ronald B. Kitaj, American-British painter and graphic artist (pop art), dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »

1813 - German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished 1856 - Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens 1910 - The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, launched from Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland 1920 - "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in NYC 1922 - Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place 1935 - Communist forces end their Long March at Yan'an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence 1962 - Peter, Paul and Mary's debut folk album "Peter, Paul and Mary" reaches No. 1 on US album charts 1968 - US women's 4 x 100m relay team sets world record 42.88s to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter and Wyomia Tyus 1977 - Plane chartered by rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd runs out of fuel and crashes in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi. Six people are killed, including band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gains, and Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick 1979 - Bob Dylan make his only appearance on "Saturday Night Live" performing three songs from his album Slow Train Coming: ‘When You Gonna Wake Up’, ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ and ‘I Believe in You’' More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - Dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1940 - Cheese rationed in the Netherlands 1968 - Margitta Gummel of East Germany throws world record 19.61m to beat teammate Marita Lange by 0.83m and win the women's shot put gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 2013 - 37 people are killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq 2013 - 78 people are killed by cattle raiders in Jonglei, Sudan 2018 - 12,000 year old fossil called "Luzia", oldest known fossil in South America announced found mostly intact after devastating fire at Brazil's National Museum More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) 1884 - Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1966) 1923 - Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986) 1961 - Ian Rush, Welsh footballer (Liverpool), born in St Asaph, Wales 1966 - Fred Coury, American glam rock drummer (Cinderella -"Heartbreak Station"; "Nobody's Fool"), born in Johnston, New York 1967 - Harvey Pulliam, American MLB outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in San Francisco, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1906 - William "Buck" Ewing, American Baseball HOF catcher (NL home run leader 1883 NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds), dies of diabetes at 67 1994 - Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet director and actor (Destiny of a Man, War and Peace), dies of a heart attack at 74 1997 - Henry Vestine, American guitarist (Canned Heat), dies of heart and respiratory failure at 52 2003 - Jack Elam, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo), dies at 82 2006 - Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), dies at 75 2010 - Bob Guccione, American publisher (Penthouse, Omni), dies of lung cancer at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1739 - England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30] 1932 - Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP 1944 - US Navy says Black women can join WAVES 1960 - KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 - Derry Citizen's Action Committee, formed Oct 9, stages illegal sit-down at Guildhall Square as part of large civil disobedience campaign 1970 - Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale, California 1970 - John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun 1989 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1994 - 160 killed in fighting in Tsjetsjenie (Chechnya) 2014 - A working human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United States More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1863 - Battle of Buckland Mills, Virginia 1870 - 1st African Americans (4) elected to US House of Representatives 1919 - 1st US Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a living female recipient, Anna Howard Shaw 1952 - Alain Bombard departs from the Canary Islands on his solitary journey across the Atlantic ocean with almost no provisions and only a sextant for navigation to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive 2013 - 16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia 2019 - Sunnyside, Queens, New York City: Intersection of 46th Street and Skillman Avenue named "Ethel Plimack Way", in honor of a longtime resident More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1688 - William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752) 1866 - Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, librettist, conductor, and music professor, born in Six Nations Reserve, Ontario (d. 1947) 1954 - Deborah Blum, American writer 1962 - Tracy Chevalier, American author 1964 - Webster Slaughter, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs) 1969 - Pedro Castillo, Peruvian teacher, union leader and politician (President of Peru 2021-22), born in Puña,, Peru More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1609 - Jacobus Arminius [Jacob Hermans], theologist, dies at about 49 1918 - Harold Lockwood, American actor (Tess of the Storm Country), dies from the flu at 31 1988 - Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), dies of larynx cancer at 86 1996 - Neville Robinson, English physicist, dies at 71 1997 - Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and director (Wether, Beltenebros), dies at 57 2003 - Hawk [Michael Hegstrand], American professional wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom), dies at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1889 - First all-NYC "World Championship" Baseball Series; New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA); Giants go on to win series, 6-3 1921 - Charles Strite granted US patent #1,394,450 for his invention, the automatic pop-up toaster 1932 - Belgium government of Renkin falls 1968 - Polish sprinter Irena Szewińska runs a world record 22.58s to beat Australian Raelene Boyle by 0.16s and win the 200m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 1974 - Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks 1974 - Andre van de Louw appointed Mayor of Rotterdam 1979 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop 1989 - East German state/party leader Erich Honecker resigns 1999 - MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 1 2023 - At least 500 Palestinians killed in explosion on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza Strip, with local officials blaming Israeli missile attack and Israelis blaming misfired Palestinian rocket More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1534 - New pursuit of French protestants 1667 - English fleet plunders Suriname plantations 1941 - Soviet spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo 1962 - Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance" 1969 - British singer Rod Stewart joins Small Faces 2012 - Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen are honoured for their work with fashion label The Row at the WSJ Magazine's Innovator Of The Year Awards in New York City More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1405 - Pius II [Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64), (Commentaries - only biography by a reigning Pope), born in Corsignano, Republic of Siena (d. 1464) 1818 - Edward Otho Cresap Ord, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Cumberland, Maryland (d. 1883) 1918 - Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1999) 1919 - Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000) 1933 - Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football HOF tackle (9 x Pro Bowl; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Toronto Argonauts, Cincinnati Bengals, GB Packers), born in Birthright, Texas (d. 2019) 1960 - Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1382 - James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, dies at 51 1982 - Pierre Mendès-France, French Premier (1954-55), dies at 75 1982 - Bess Truman, US First Lady (1945-52), dies of Congestive heart failure at 97 1984 - Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82 1997 - Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62 1997 - Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1855 - Bessemer steelmaking process patented 1918 - Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic 1921 - Belgium's public library law goes into force 1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days", based on the book by Jules Verne, directed by Michael Anderson and starring David Nivon and Cantinflas, premieres in New York 1957 - French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1964 - New York Yankees catcher fire Manager Yogi Berra 1971 - Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Nature Center opens 1972 - Bob Randall's "6 Rooms Riv Vu," premieres in NYC 1978 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 2017 - Islamic State headquarters Raqqa declared under full control of US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello after 4 months of fighting More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1899 - Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 1957 - II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan 1976 - Coldest World Series game; Reds beat NY Yankees, 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati; 39 degrees F (until 1997) 1995 - MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 2 1998 - At Jesse, in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom are scavenging gasoline. 2010 - Brother André is the first Canadian to be canonized post Federation by Pope Benedict XVI More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1704 - William Bentinck, British-born Dutch politician and prominent Orangist (d. 1774) 1734 - Grigori Orlov, Russian military officer and favorite of Catherine the Great (helped her overthrow Peter III), born in Bezhetsky Uyezd, Russia (d. 1783) [NS] 1848 - William "Candy" Cummings, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (credited with creating the curveball), born in Ware, Massachusetts (d. 1924) 1969 - Ernie Els, South African golfer (US Open 1994, 97; British Open 2002, 12), born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1977 - Bryan Bertino, American film director and screenwriter 1989 - Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1660 - Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) 1897 - Isidor Dannström, Swedish composer, dies at 84 1979 - Karel Reiner, Czech pianist, composer, and Theresienstadt concentration camp survivor, dies at 69 1993 - Criss Oliva, American musician (Savatage), dies at 30 1995 - Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 2019 - Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and founder of the National Ballet of Cuba, dies at 98 More Famous Deaths »

1600 - Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines 1775 - Portland, Maine burned by British 1849 - Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1968 - Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans 1976 - Soyuz 23 returns to Earth 1980 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC 1987 - Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35) 1990 - US forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf 1997 - "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 91 performances 2018 - Man Booker Prize is won by Anna Burns' "Milkman", the first winner from Northern Ireland More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1903 - Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia 1908 - Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux 1957 - USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space 1986 - Joe Raposa's musical "Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure", starring Ivy Austin, opens at Nederlander Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances 1995 - Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka 2013 - 21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1888 - Paul Popenoe, American activist (d. 1979) 1945 - Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 2021) 1949 - André Leon Talley, American fashion expert, former Vogue editor, born in Washington, D.C. 1956 - James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut (STS 51, 69) 1960 - Val Skinner, American golfer (6 LPGA Tour wins), born in Hamilton, Montana 1991 - Joshua Crumbly, American jazz bassist, born in Westlake Village, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1822 - Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98 1946 - Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor, hanged at 51 1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi politician (Austrian Chancellor, 1938), and war criminal responsible for deportation of Dutch Jews, hanged at 54 1946 - Hans Frank, German Nazi Governor General of Occupied Poland, hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg war trials at 46 1973 - Gene Krupa, American jazz and swing drummer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"), dies of heart failure while battling leukemia and emphysema at 64 2004 - Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1582 - Gregorian calendar introduced in Spain, Portugal and pontifical states, after skipping 10 days after Oct 4 to sync the calendar 1756 - Saxon army surrenders to Prussia 1954 - Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in the US in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in US and Canada 1955 - Buddy Holley opens for Bill Haley and His Comets in Lubbock, Texas, and impresses Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, leading to a recording contract with a misspelling that creates "Buddy Holly" 1972 - 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2) 1983 - Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games 1984 - Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1988 - Amnesty International's "Human Rights Now!" Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina 2005 - Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested 2007 - Fox Business Network (FBN), American financial cable network is launched More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1917 - Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris 1939 - Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years 1963 - Ludwig Erhard succeeds Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of West Germany 1980 - Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Lawrence Klein 1984 - Central Intelligence Agency Information Act passes 1986 - MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 2 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1858 - John L. Sullivan, American boxer (first heavyweight gloved champion, de facto 1882-92; last heavyweight bare-knuckle champion), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1918) 1911 - James H. Schmitz, American sci-fi author (Lion Game), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1981) 1943 - Penny Marshall, American actress (The Odd Couple; Laverne and Shirley), and director (Big; Awakenings; A League of Their Own), and producer (Cinderella Man), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2018) 1957 - Mira Nair, Indian-American filmmaker (Monsoon Wedding), born in Rourkela, Odisha, India 1966 - Bill Charlap, American jazz pianist (Phil Woods; Tony Bennett; Sandy Stewart), and educator, born in New York City 1970 - Lonnie Palelei, American football offensive lineman (NY Jets), born in Nu'uuli, American Samoa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 961 - Abd al-Rahman III, Umayyad Emir (912-29) and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (929-961), dies at 70 1268 - Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies 2001 - Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria, dies at 100 2005 - Matti Wuori, Finnish politician, dies of cancer at 60 2008 - Tom Tresh, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1962, 63; AL Rookie of Year and World Series 1962 NY Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 70 2022 - Joyce Sims, American RandB singer-songwriter ("All and All"; "Come into My Life"), dies at 63 More Famous Deaths »

530 - Discorus ends his reign as Catholic anti-Pope 1912 - Cretan representatives are admitted to the Greek assembly; in doing so the Greek Government challenges the Turkish Government 1925 - Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee) 1952 - "Buttrio Square" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 7 performances 1957 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from the Throne 1966 - Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer 1968 - American sprinter Jim Hines runs a world record 9.95s to beat Lennox Miller of Jamaica and Charles Greene of the US, and win the 100m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics 1981 - Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner 2018 - Flash floods in Aude region, France kill at least 10 people 2018 - Afghan batsman Hazratullah Zazai becomes only the 6th player in cricket history (3rd in T20) to hit 6-sixes in an over; scores 62 in 17 balls in Kabul Zwanan loss v Balkh Legends in Afghanistan Premier League More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1805 - Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria 1934 - "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres 1958 - Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong" premieres in NYC 1964 - US 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman and Don Schollander swim world record 3:33.2 to beat Germany by 4.0s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2018 - Afghan batsman Hazratullah Zazai becomes only the 6th player in cricket history (3rd in T20) to hit 6-sixes in an over; scores 62 in 17 balls in Kabul Zwanan loss v Balkh Legends in Afghanistan Premier League 2020 - French president Emmanuel Macron announces a public health emergency and a curfew of 9 pm for nine cities due to surge in COVID-19 cases More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1687 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (Simson line), born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1768) 1891 - Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist and folklorist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966) 1892 - Sumner Welles, American diplomat (Good neighbor policy), born in New York (d. 1961) 1906 - Hannah Arendt, German-American political theorist and historian (Origins of Totalitarianism), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1975) 1970 - Pär Zetterberg, Swedish football player 1976 - Henry Mateo, Dominican baseball player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1660 - Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606) 1909 - Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, dies at 76 1923 - Marcellus Emants, Dutch writer and poet (Refrained from Confession), dies at 75 1967 - Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright, dies at 65 1980 - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies 2020 - Herbert Kretzmer, South African-British lyricist of Lithuanian heritage (Les Misérables), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1282 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies, his ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple 1890 - The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. 1921 - Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 1-0 at the Polo Grounds for a 5-3 series win; final WS played in best-of-nine format; Yankees first ever WS appearance 1949 - "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances 1964 - Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Games; Olympic record 59.05s 1975 - Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery 1975 - 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins 1982 - IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics 1993 - Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew. 2019 - Kurdish forces make a deal with Syrian army for them to patrol border areas in north east Syria to combat Turkish offensive after US President Donald Trump pulls out US forces More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1792 - Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington 1944 - Riga, capital of Latvia, freed 1975 - Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery 1978 - "52nd Street" 6th studio album by Billy Joel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1979) 1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected President of Egypt 1996 - "Big" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1896) 1917 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985) 1931 - Janice Elliott, English novelist, born in Derby, England (d. 1995) 1935 - Louis LaRusso II, American playwright (Knockout; Lampost Reunion), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 2003) 1938 - Enzo Dara, Italian operatic basso buffo (The Barber of Seville - "Don Bartolo"), and author, born in Mantua, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2017) 1955 - Frans van Oostrom, Dutch jazz and blues guitarist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1708 - Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk and fieldmarshal, dies at 67 1774 - William Bentinck, British-born Dutch politician and prominent Orangist, dies at 69 2000 - Jean Peters, American actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters), dies at 73 2005 - Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942) 2012 - Helmut Haller, German soccer forward (33 caps West Germany; FC Augsburg, Bologna FC, Juventus), dies from Parkinson's disease and dementia at 73 2021 - Ray Fosse, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star, Gold Glove Award 1970, 71 Cleveland Indians; World Series Oakland A's 1973, 74) and broadcaster (Oakland A's NBC), dies of cancer at 74 More Famous Deaths »

642 - John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1576 - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor 1925 - German-Russian trade agreement signed 1929 - Chicago Cubs blow 8-0 Game 4s lead; Philadelphia A's score World Series record 10 runs in 1 inning in 10-8 win 1967 - Baseball World Series: Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson 1986 - California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox 1989 - Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. 2008 - Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund 2018 - US air strike in central Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab militants More Historical Events »

642 - John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1576 - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor 1925 - German-Russian trade agreement signed 1929 - Chicago Cubs blow 8-0 Game 4s lead; Philadelphia A's score World Series record 10 runs in 1 inning in 10-8 win 1967 - Baseball World Series: Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson 1986 - California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox 1989 - Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. 2008 - Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund 2018 - US air strike in central Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab militants More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1730 - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark 1862 - Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart completes his "second ride around McClellan" 1899 - South Africa Boer Republic declares war on Britain 1907 - Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park for 4-0-1 series victory; Cubs' first Championship 1931 - 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform 1992 - 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, born in Groß-Enzersdorf, Austria (d. 1936) 1907 - Wolfgang Fortner, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1987) 1924 - Doris Grau, American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (Point Blank, King Kong), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995) 1946 - Ashok Mankad, Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 6 x 50; Bombay), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2008) 1955 - Pat DiNizio, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Smithereens - "Only A Memory"; "Blue Period"), born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey (d. 2017) 1979 - Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory), born in Englewood, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1797 - Pierre Jélyotte, French composer, dies at 84 1974 - Joseph Frederick Wagner, American composer, conductor (Boston Civic Symphony, 1925 to 44), and teacher, dies at 74 1996 - Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov, aero-engine designer, dies at 79 2003 - Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American philanthropist and 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald's and the San Diego Padres, dies of a brain tumor at 75 2006 - Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (b. 1919) 2019 - George Chambers, American rock bassist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »