CoM Moderators

Historical Events 1792 - French defeat Prussians at Valmy 1854 - Battle of the Alma: British, French and Ottoman alliance defeat the Russian Empire in the 1st major battle of the Crimean War 1873 - Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1983 - Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented 1986 - Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State 2011 - The United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1832 - Johann Joseph Abert, German composer, born in Gastorf, Bohemia (d. 1915) 1920 - Jay Ward, American cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1989) 1927 - Clarice Taylor, American actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse), born in Buckingham County, Virginia (d. 2011) 1950 - James P[aul] Blaylock, American sci-fi author (Elfin Ship, Homunculus), born in Long Beach, California 1990 - John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), born in Mississauga, Ontario 1995 - Sammi Hanratty, American actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1639 - John Meursius [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60 1773 - Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63 1939 - Paul Bruchési, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal, dies at 83 1973 - Glenn Strange, American actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74 1995 - Walter Haas Jr., American businessman and sports team owner (Levi Strauss and Co, Oakland A's), dies of prostate cancer at 79 2009 - John Hart, American actor (The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain Africa), dies from complications of dementia at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, GA (near Chattanooga) begins; Union forces retreat after a couple days of fighting 1933 - NY Giants clinch the pennant 1940 - Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes 1955 - An army and navy revolt forces Argentine President Juan Perón to resign and flee to Paraguay 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland 1984 - Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997 2004 - 56th Emmy Awards: The Sopranos, Arrested Development, James Spader and Allison Janney win 2006 - Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. 2015 - Farm Aid (30th Anniversary) held in Chicago, Illinois; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mavis Staples 2019 - Tropical Depression Imelda hits southeast Texas and Louisiana prompting widespread evacuations More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1888 - One of first known modern beauty contests held in Spa, Belgium 1939 - Wehrmacht (German regular army) murders 100 Jews in Lukov Poland 1940 - Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance 1960 - "LIFE" magazine celebrates artist Anna Mary "Grandma" Moses' 100th birthday by putting her on their cover 1992 - Demolition begins of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; built in 1926 as Sesquicentennial Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium, it hosted the 1926 Tunney-Dempsey fight, 41 Army-Navy football games, The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; victory rallies for The NHL Flyers and MLB Phillies; and the US portion of Live-Aid 2004 - 56th Emmy Awards: The Sopranos, Arrested Development, James Spader and Allison Janney win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1811 - Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader, born in Hartford, New York (d. 1881) 1946 - Michael Elphick, British stage and screen actor (Gorky Park; Boon), born in Chichester, Sussex, England (d. 2002) 1951 - Richard Dashut, American record producer (Bob Welch; Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham), born in West Hollywood, California 1959 - Marshall Jefferson, American musician 'father of house music' (Move your Body), born in Chicago, Illinois 1962 - Ken Rosenthal, American sportswriter and reporter, born in Oyster Bay, Long Island 1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist (Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien), born in St. James, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1339 - Go-Daigo, 96th Emperor of Japan (1318-39), dies at 50 1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer, dies at 65 1993 - Richard Landau, American screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79 1995 - Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist, dies at 83 1996 - Timothy Nicholson, journalist, dies at 32 2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950) More Famous Deaths »

1850 - US Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 1914 - Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I 1947 - US Department of Defense 1st day of operation 1951 - "The Day the Earth Stood Still", science fiction film directed by Robert Wise, and starring Michael Rennie, opens 1980 - Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station 1981 - Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France. 1983 - Action series "Hardcastle and McCormick" premieres on ABC in the US 1984 - Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place) 1986 - David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras 1997 - Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations, creating the public charity, the United Nations Foundation More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1846 - Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange their last letters before they move to Italy 1962 - Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN 1964 - TV series "The Addams Family", starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC 1975 - Heiress-turned-bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in San Francisco 1997 - Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations, creating the public charity, the United Nations Foundation 2006 - "Watching You" single released by Rodney Atkins (Billboard Song of the Year 2007) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1943 - Michael Vetter, German composer, born in Oberstdorf, Germany (d. 2013) 1966 - Ian "Spike" Spice, English guitarist (IBreathe, Flash Cadillac) (d. 2000) 1968 - Cappadonna [Darryl Hill], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan), born in Staten Island, New York 1970 - Mike Compton, American NFL center and guard (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, Virginia 1975 - Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter (OLympic gold 1992), born in Hrodna, Belarus 1981 - Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and model, born in Neptune, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1684 - Joannes Antonides van der Goes, Dutch poet (Ystroom), dies at 37 1939 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885) 1966 - Fernand Lamy, French composer, dies at 85 1975 - Fairfield Porter, American painter, dies at 68 1991 - Rob Tyner [Robert Derminer], American hard rock singer (MC5 - Kick Out The Jams), dies of a heart attack at 46 2013 - Richard C. Sarafian, American director and actor (Foley Square), dies from complications from pneumonia at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1691 - Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter 1789 - William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn 1861 - First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University). 1946 - "If the Shoe Fits" opens at Century Theater NYC for 20 performances 1979 - Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72") 1986 - Mets clinch NL East Championship 1990 - Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing 2000 - Farm Aid 13 held in Bristow, Virginia; performers include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, CSNandY, Arlo Guthrie, Sawyer Brown, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, North Mississippi Allstars, Barenaked Ladies, and Tipper Gore 2002 - 27th Toronto International Film Festival: "Whale Rider" directed by Niki Caro wins the People's Choice Award 2018 - 50 girls treated in hospital in Kaya, Burkina Faso after illegal botched circumcisions More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1957 - KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 1978 - 30th Emmy Awards: "All in the Family"; Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win 1980 - South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae-jung sentenced to death 1988 - Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL 1989 - Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 2019 - Indonesia raises the female marriage age to 19, in line with males, to curb child marriages More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1834 - Edouard Pailleron, French attorney, poet and stage writer, born in Paris, France (d. 1899) 1859 - Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1942) 1908 - Franz Grothe, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1982) 1922 - Ursula Howells, British actress (Hard Times, Girly, Murder is Announced), born in London, England (d. 2005) 1963 - Amy Roloff, American reality star (Little People, Big World), born in Michigan 1995 - Patrick Mahomes, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl MVP 2020; KC Chiefs), born in Tyler, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1604 - Lucas Osiander, German composer, dies at 69 1621 - Roberto Bellarmino, Italian saint (Doctor of the Church), dies at 78 1986 - Patricia "Pat" Phoenix, British actress (Coronation Street, L Shaped Room), dies of lung cancer at 62 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian/American tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Wimbledon doubles 1975), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 40 1996 - Spiro Agnew, American politician (Vice President, 1969 until resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), dies of leukemia at 77 2019 - Harold Mabern Jr., American post-bop jazz pianist and composer, dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1597 - French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria 1869 - Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one by Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole, Scotland 1901 - French painter Paul Gauguin settles in Atuona in the Marquesas Islands 1940 - Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of US House of Representatives 1947 - Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, killing at least 1,930 1948 - "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" closes at Century NYC after 12 performances 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) 1978 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2; at Yankee Stadium; Blue Bombers 6th win over arch rivals in 2 weeks 2018 - Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: At age 40, American Angela Stanford wins her first major title by 1 stroke from Amy Olson, Austin Ernst, Mo Martin and Kim Sei-young 2021 - Earliest evidence announced for humans making clothes discovered from bone tools 100,000 years old found at Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1920 - The "Wall Street bombing" occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143 1940 - FDR signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft) 1954 - CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting 1960 - Milwaukee Braves' future HOF pitcher Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0 at County Stadium 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1999 - 1st ever season of "Big Brother" reality show begins on the Veronica channel in The Netherlands More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1875 - James Cash Penney, American department store founder (J C Penney), born in Hamilton, Missouri (d. 1971) 1916 - M.S. [Madurai Shanmukhavadivu] Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (1st singer to be awarded the Bharat Ratna), born in Madurai, Madras Presidency (d. 2004) 1968 - Marc Anthony [Marco Antonio Muñiz], American sala singer-songwriter, born in NYC, New York 1969 - Justine Frischmann, English musician (Elastica), born in Kensington, London 1973 - Clint Peay, American soccer defender (Olympic gold 1996), born in Columbia, Maryland 1978 - Nick Cordero, Canadian Broadway actor (Bullets Over Broadway), born in Hamilton, Canada (d. 2020) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1916 - Basil W. Duke, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 78 1925 - Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888) 1926 - Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80 1932 - Ronald Ross, British pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, dies at 75 1996 - Andrew MacElhone, bar owner, dies at 73 2005 - Harry Freedman (Henryk Frydmann), Canadian composer, dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1931 - British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts 1938 - British PM Neville Chamberlain visits Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden 1938 - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day) 1960 - Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time. 1963 - Church bombing in Birmingham Alabama, kills 4 African-American girls 1967 - KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1972 - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes Northern Illinois. 1973 - Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles 1974 - Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens 1985 - Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government More Historical Events »

Historical Events 921 - Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin 1777 - George Washington, on authorization of Congress, appoints Casimir Pulaski as brigadier general in Continental Army cavalry 1830 - First passenger to be killed by a railway train (William Huskisson in England) 1910 - Boers and Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South-Africa 1950 - US troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul 2003 - ISO/Columbia Records releases David Bowie's 23rd studio album, "Reality"; he supports it with what becomes his final concert tour More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - Gerd Gaiser, German writer (Ship in the Mountain) 1926 - Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006) 1951 - Pete Carroll, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2013, Seattle Seahawks 2010-20; New York Jets, New England Patriots; USC), born in San Francisco, California 1960 - Scott Thompson Baker, American actor (Gen Hosp, All My Children), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota 1962 - Dina Lohan, American television personality, mother and manager of actress Lindsay Lohan, born in NYC, New York 1964 - Andrew Landenberger, Australian tornado sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 921 - Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies 928 - Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48 1707 - George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663) 1842 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70 1956 - Henry Clough-Leiter, American composer, dies at 82 2003 - Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920) More Famous Deaths »

1741 - George Frideric Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days 1876 - Leopold II closes Congo-conference 1914 - German troops withdraw from Aisne 1923 - Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play 1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 - Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named 1981 - Judge Wapner and People's Court premiere on TV 2009 - David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London, in what is the Museum's most significant expansion since 1881 2015 - 14 yr old Texan Ahmed Mohamed arrested at school when home-made clock assumed to be a bomb - Mark Zuckerberg and US President Barack Obama send supportive tweets 2017 - Two Islamic State terrorist attacks in Dhiqar province, Southern Iraq, kill at least 60 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1900 - There are now 62,000 foreign troops in Peking and nearby cities, still defeating Boxer Rebels. 1984 - 1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with "You Might Think", and David Bowie wins with "China Girl" 1987 - Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken 1992 - 1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan) 1996 - NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher 1996 - 21st Toronto International Film Festival: "Shine" directed by Scott Hicks wins the People's Choice Award More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1904 - Šrom, Karel, Czech composer, musicologist, and critic, born in Pilsen, Bohemia (d. 1981) 1933 - Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1937 - Renzo Piano, Italian architect (Whitney Museum of American Art, The Shard), born in Genoa, Italy 1942 - Oliver Lake, American jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Marianna, Arkansas 1947 - Joan Thirkettle, British journalist, born in Kent, England (d. 1996) 1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, Russian politician (President and Prime Minister of Russia), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 891 - Stephen V [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies 1435 - John Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years' War) and statesman, dies at 46 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author (Last of Mohicans), dies of dropsy at 61 1886 - Hubert Reis, German composer, dies at 84 1962 - Marcel Delannoy, French composer, dies at 64 1965 - J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »

1625 - 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem 1743 - Great Britain, Austria and Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms 1800 - Curacao in British hands (until Jan 1803) 1933 - Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first New Zealand female Member of Parliament 1936 - 17 year old Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF pitcher Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 Philadelphia A's in 5-2 win at League Park, Cleveland 1942 - Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning 1948 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of US Congress 1966 - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1983 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season 1983 - US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1850 - The main-belt asteroid "12 Victoria" is discovered by J R Hind 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonists hoist the Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury (modern Zimbabwe) 1925 - Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1 1928 - San Felipe Segundo/Okeechobee hurricane makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a category 5 storm, killing over 300, leaving 500,000 homeless, and causing $50M in damages (about $790M in 2020 dollars) 1942 - Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning 1970 - Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1475 - Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, Italian aristocrat, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1507) 1938 - Judith Martin, American author, journalist and columnist (Miss Manners), born in Washington, D.C. 1942 - Vladislav Zolotaryov, Soviet Russian bayanist (button accordion player), and composer (Six Children's Suites), born in De-kastri, Khabarovsk Krai, USSR (d. 1975) 1967 - Tim 'Ripper' Owens, American singer (Iced Earth; Judas Priest), born in Akron, Ohio 1980 - Ben Savage, American actor (Little Monsters, Wild Palms), born in Chicago, Illinois 1999 - Destiny Rogers, American pop and RandB singer ("Tomboy"), born in Lodi, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 81 - Titus [Flavius Vespasianus], Emperor of Rome (69-81) who captured Jerusalem and completed the Colesseum, dies of a fever at about 42 1657 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62 1938 - Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time and deity), dies at 79 1939 - Eugene Foss, American politician (45th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 80 1976 - Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905) 2011 - DJ Mehdi [Favéris-Essadi], French hip hop and electro producer, dies from falling through a skylight at his home at 34 More Famous Deaths »

1792 - Court martial begins for instigators of the mutiny on the Bounty on board HMS Duke in Portsmouth harbour, presided over by Vice-Admiral Samuel Hood 1857 - 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1911 - Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers dual for final time; Boston Rustlers' Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of the Giants; NY wins, 11-2 1912 - Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) 1914 - Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager 1932 - German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved 1981 - "The Smurfs" animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America 1983 - USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 2001 - Article V of the NATO agreement is invoked for the first and only time in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States of America. 2020 - Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland" starring Frances McDormand wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - WWI: US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel 1932 - German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved 1959 - Janos Kádár becomes premier of Hungary 1994 - American country singer-songwriter George Jones undergoes successful triple bypass surgery 2009 - The 9-12 Project organized multiple marches and demonstrations across the USA to protest government spending. 2012 - Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and iOS 6 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1884 - Bob Groom, American baseball pitcher (Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 St. Louis Browns), born in Belleville, Illinois (d. 1948) 1909 - Lawrence Brooks, American US Army soldier, 1940-45 (91st Engineer Battalion - New Guinea, The Philippines), and longest-living American World War II veteran, born in Norwood, Louisiana (d. 2022) 1913 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (4 Olympic gold 1936), born in Oakville, Alabama (d. 1980) 1935 - Allan B. Swift, American politician (Rep-D-Washington, 1979-95), born in Tacoma, Washington 1950 - Cynthia Myers, American Playmate (Dec 1968) and actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls), born in Toledo, Ohio 1977 - James McCartney, British musician son of Paul and Linda McCartney, born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1362 - Innocent VI [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies 1819 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742) 1956 - Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian nobleman and politician, dies at 74 1992 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (Psycho; Friendly Persuasion; Fear Strikes Out; Pretty Poison), and singer, dies from AIDs at 60 1996 - James Gulliver, Scottish businessman (Argyll Foods), dies at 66 2009 - Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910) More Famous Deaths »

1773 - Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1912 - Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins steals MLB record 6 bases in the Athletics' 9-7 win over Detroit Tigers at Navin Field 1942 - Transport #31 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany 1943 - US and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea 1944 - A reconnaissance squadron of the US 5th Armored Division "Victory Division" is 1st allied force to enter Nazi-Germany 1955 - Juan Manuel Fango in a Mercedes wins season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza to take his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Englishman Stirling Moss 1968 - Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew. 1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced. 1970 - 88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. 2001 - Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1909 - German astronomer Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet 1916 - German troops conquer Kavalla, Greece 1940 - 54th US Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office 1950 - 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1956 - Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8) 1971 - "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 343 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1584 - Thomas Erpenius [van Erpe], Dutch orientalist and Arabist (grammar), born in Gorinchem, Netherlands (d. 1624) 1859 - Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian Realist writer (Pavao Šegota), born in Senj, Croatia (d. 1905) 1926 - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player, born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 2005) 1969 - Eduardo Perez, American baseball player, born in Cincinnati, Ohio 1977 - Ludacris [Christopher Bridges], American rapper ("Stand Up"; "Act A Fool"), and actor (The Ride; Fast and Furious franchise), born in Champaign, Illinois 1987 - Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress (Jemma Simmons-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1891 - Antero Tarquínio de Quental, Portuguese poet (Beatrice), dies at 49 1911 - William R. Boggs, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and chief of engineers, dies at 82 1946 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) 1978 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929) 2004 - Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, dies at 55 2011 - Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984) More Famous Deaths »

1510 - Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal 1785 - Prussia signs trade agreement with US 1845 - King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange 1913 - George W. Buckner, named minister to Liberia 1955 - "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV starring James Arness 1960 - Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs WR 2:15:16.2 barefoot to take out the men's marathon at the Rome Olympics; Africa's first ever Olympic gold medal 1962 - WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 - WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (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 2015 - New human-like species - Homo Naledi announced by Scientists and a team of female archaeologists, found deep in caves in South Africa More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1872 - Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam 1880 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo 1943 - German troops occupy Rome and take took over the protection of Vatican City 1990 - 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0 1998 - 15th MTV Video Music Awards: Madonna and Will Smith win 2001 - Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan is awarded Actor of the Century at the Alexandria Film Festival More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1585 - Ercole Porta, Italian church composer, born in Bologna (d. 1630) 1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer, born in Aversa, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1774) 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (discovered flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley), born in Rethel, Ardennes, France (d. 1868) 1939 - Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire 1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born French film director, born in Algiers, French Algeria 1983 - Joey Votto, Canadian baseball first baseman (NL MVP 2010; 6 × MLB All-Star; Cincinnati Reds), born in Toronto, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1749 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (translation of Newton's Principia), dies in childbirth at 42 1922 - Arpad Szendy, Hungarian composer, dies at 59 1966 - Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891) 1991 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles), dies at 83 2015 - Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, Ulysses, Sciuscià), dies at 83 2017 - Harry Landers [Sorokin], American actor (Star Trek, Ben Casey, Drive a Crooked Road), dies at 96 More Famous Deaths »

1850 - Territories of New Mexico and Utah created 1926 - Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die 1958 - Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London 1962 - WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 1965 - Tibet is made an autonomous region of China 1969 - US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam 1983 - Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player 1987 - Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 2018 - Russian police detain over 1000 people amide nationwide protests against pension reform 2020 - San Francisco Bay area blanketed by dark orange skies and smoke due to California wildfires More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1963 - NBC expands "The Huntley–Brinkley Report", their evening television news program, from 15 to 30 minutes 1967 - 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V 1969 - US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam 1971 - John Lennon releases his "Imagine" album 2017 - 74th Venice Film Festival: "The Shape of Water" directed by Guillermo del Toro wins the Golden Lion 2021 - 17 hospital patients die after heavy rainfall and flooding in Tula, central Mexico More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1687 - Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, born in Verdun, France (d. 1745) 1809 - William Radford, U.S. Navy rear admiral, born in Fincastle, Virginia (d. 1890) 1907 - Truman "Pinky" Tomlin, American singer and actor (Sing While You're Able, With Love and Kisses), born in Eros, Arkansas (d. 1987) 1946 - Doug Ingle, American rock vocalist and keyboard player (Iron Butterfly - "In A Gadda Da Vida"), born in Omaha, Nebraska 1976 - Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan actor, born in Caracas, Venezuela 1976 - Emma de Caunes, French film actress, born in Paris, France More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 546 - St. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop 1960 - Jussi Björling, Swedish operatic tenor, dies from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) complications at 49 1975 - John McGiver, American actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show; Fitzwilly), dies from a heart attack at 61 1993 - David Tendlar, animator (Betty Boop), dies 1994 - Patrick O'Neal, American actor (Under Siege, The Stepford Wives, King Rat, Night of the Iguana), dies at 66 1996 - Jack Pepys, immunologist, dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1276 - John XXI [Peter Juliani] elected Pope, only Portuguese Pope 1449 - Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Ming 1915 - Association of Negro Life and History founded in the US (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History) 1948 - British De Havilland DH108-fighter flies faster than sound 1960 - Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh 1960 - German 4 x 100m relay team equal world record 39.5 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf and Martin Lauer 1966 - The Severn Bridge between England and Wales is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II 1975 - Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal 1986 - Westinghouse sells background music company Muzak to the Fields Company of Chicago 1999 - "American Beauty", directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, and Thora Birch, premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 2000) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1847 - US under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey 1907 - Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism) 1946 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Pauline Betz Addie beats Patricia Canning Todd 11-9, 6-3 for her 4th and last US singles title 1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio confirms his F1 World Drivers Championship, finishing 2nd in the season ending Italian GP at Monza; takes record 5th title by 15 points from Stirling Moss 1963 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rafael Osuna of Mexico beats Frank Froehling 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 for his lone major singles title 1978 - Iranian army fires on Khomeini followers in Tehran, 100s killed More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1914 - Dimitrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1991) 1925 - Denise Darcel, French actress (Dangerous When Wet), born in Paris, France (d. 2011) 1942 - Brian Cole, American rock vocalist and bassist (Association), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1972) 1966 - Raymond Atteveld, Dutch soccer player (Waregem, Roda JC), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1969 - Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer (Nottingham Forest), born in Vadsø, Norway 1972 - Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor, born in Kōtō, Tokyo More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1613 - Don Carlo Gesauldo, Italian composer, dies at 47 1947 - Victor Horta, Belgium architect, founder of Art Nouveau movement (Hôtel Tassel), dies at 86 1955 - Johannes de Young, Dutch cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 1983 - Willem C "Wim" Kan, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 72 1991 - Brad Davis, American actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41 2014 - Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (Adriana Lecouvreur; La Voix Humaine), dies at 104 More Famous Deaths »