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Historical Events 1881 - Leon Gambetta forms French government 1920 - The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia 1931 - Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain 1960 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo 2018 - Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years 2018 - Large impact crater, 31 km wide, from iron meteorite identified under Hiawatha Glacier in Greenland More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1906 - Louise Brooks, American silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1985) 1929 - Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1995) 1929 - Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, "Fear Strikes Out"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2017) 1930 - Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2019) 1932 - Ramon Zupko, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (Fluxus), and educator (Western Michigan University, 1971-96), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019) 1948 - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1794 - Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as "Dutch Isaac Newton"), dies at 30 1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848) 1965 - Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68 1982 - Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 91 2002 - Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), dies at 89 2014 - Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1565 - Pope Pius IV publishes decree Professi fidei 1789 - Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1922 - Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's revue "'49ers" premieres in NYC 1942 - Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 in the US 1948 - "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 performances 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas 1952 - KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1990 - Saudis ask US for rights to bid on SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) crude 1993 - 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka 2019 - 53rd Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Maren Morris and Luke Combs win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription 1926 - Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam, West Java 1952 - False fingernails 1st sold 1966 - American comedian Flip Wilson makes his debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; he returns 10 times 1991 - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award 2014 - Indian cricket batsman Rohit Sharma sets new world ODI record of 264 runs off 173 balls against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (1979-87), born in Easton, Maryland 1943 - Roberto Boninsegna, Italian soccer striker (22 caps; Cagliari, FC Inter Milan, Juventus FC), born in Mantua, Italy 1947 - Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 1993) 1971 - Noah Hathaway, actor (Troll, Neverending Story) 1976 - Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete 1993 - Julia Michaels [Cavazos], American pop singer and songwriter, born in Davenport, Iowa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530) 1958 - Bart van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81 1974 - Karen Silkwood, American nuclear lab technician and labor union activist killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances at 28 1999 - Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; 5/109 in Test debut 1958), dies at 67 2010 - Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921) 2013 - Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), dies of kidney failure at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1873 - Bay District Race Track in San Francisco opens 1919 - Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia 1926 - The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers 1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape 1953 - David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel 1965 - Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1982 - KGB Chief Yuri Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union 1987 - "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances 1995 - 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 2022 - New Zealand's Black Ferns win Women's World Rugby Championship defeating England 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a capacity crowd More Historical Events »

Historical Events 954 - Lotharius becomes King of France 1885 - Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game 1948 - The first mobile betatron (particle accelerator) begins operation at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland 1984 - NBC premiere of "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story", fact based telepic of actress Saldana's near fatal attack and its aftermath 2015 - Out Magazine names Barack Obama 'Ally of the Year', Obama becomes 1st sitting US President to pose for cover of a gay magazine 2021 - Taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1547 - Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575). 2nd daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici 1915 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer) (d. 1980) 1927 - Pavel Kharin, Russian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 10,000m, silver C-2 1,000m 1956), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 2023) 1931 - Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer ("Big Girls Don't Cry"; "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014) 1936 - Ruth Jessen, American golfer (11 LPGA Tour wins, 3-time major runner-up), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2007) 1991 - Kathleen Herles, American child voice actress (Dora the Explorer, and Go, Diego, Go! - "Dora"), born in Queens, New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1671 - Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general (Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army during English Civil War), dies at 59 1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773) 1940 - Alejandro Garcia Caturla, Cuban composer, dies at 34 1996 - Gwen Catley, English soprano, dies at 90 2013 - John Tavener, British composer (The Protecting Veil), dies from complications from Marfan syndrome at 69 2020 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist (2002 Nobel Prize for Physics for neutrinos), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1215 - 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1400 - Battle of Aleppo: Timur and his army defeat the forces of Sultan Faraj, Mameluke ruler of Egypt, 20,000 people reportedly massacred and a pyramid of their skulls built 1865 - Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1920 - Great Britain's monument to her war dead, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled 1966 - Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA) 1971 - Neil Simon's black comedy film "Prisoner of Second Avenue" premieres in NYC starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft 1987 - Boston Red Sox starter Roger Clemens wins back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards; Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Bedrosian takes NL Award 1997 - NHL’s new Columbus franchise (scheduled to begin play in 2000) announce team’s name would be “Blue Jackets” after soldiers in the Union army during the American Civil War 2014 - The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison 2020 - UK becomes the first European country to record over 50,000 COVID-19 related 50,000; 5fth country, after the US, Brazil, India, and Mexico More Historical Events »

1215 - 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1400 - Battle of Aleppo: Timur and his army defeat the forces of Sultan Faraj, Mameluke ruler of Egypt, 20,000 people reportedly massacred and a pyramid of their skulls built 1865 - Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1920 - Great Britain's monument to her war dead, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled 1966 - Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA) 1971 - Neil Simon's black comedy film "Prisoner of Second Avenue" premieres in NYC starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft 1987 - Boston Red Sox starter Roger Clemens wins back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards; Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Bedrosian takes NL Award 1997 - NHL’s new Columbus franchise (scheduled to begin play in 2000) announce team’s name would be “Blue Jackets” after soldiers in the Union army during the American Civil War 2014 - The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison 2020 - UK becomes the first European country to record over 50,000 COVID-19 related 50,000; 5fth country, after the US, Brazil, India, and Mexico More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1933 - "Great Black Blizzard" 1st of the great dust storms that created the dust bowl rips through South Dakota 1934 - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM 1961 - Stalinists Anti-Party Group Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj expelled from USSR's communist party for opposing liberalization 1997 - WNBA announces franchises in Detroit (Shock) and Washington D.C. (Mystics) would join the League as expansion teams for the 1998 season 2000 - 12th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College, 28-16 in South Bend 2014 - Samsung Lions beat Nexen Heroes, 11-1 in Game 6 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul to win the Korean Series More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1852 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, born in Penzing, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1925) 1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer, born in Kaufbeuren, Germany 1939 - Denise Alexander, American actress (Mary McKinnon-Another World, Lesley Webber-General Hospital), born in NYC, New York 1959 - Lee Haney, American bodybuilder (8x Mr. Olympia), born in Fairburn, Georgia 1982 - Brittny Gastineau, American socialite (Brüno), born in New York City 1983 - Philipp Lahm, German footballer (Bayern Munich,), born in Munich, West Germany More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1944 - Gerrit Grijns, Dutch researcher and co-discoverer of vitamin B1 (thiamine), dies at 79 1955 - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87 1973 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish Chemist and Nobel laureate, dies at 78 1979 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian-American film score composer and conductor (Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty), dies at 85 1994 - Ernest Clark, British actor (Ghandi, The Dam Busters, Doctor in the House), dies at 82 2004 - Dayton Allen, American comedian (Steve Allen Show, The Cotton Club), dies from a stroke at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1908 - 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1938 - Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1950 - Clifford Odet's "Country Girl" premieres in NYC 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon 1978 - Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1982 - IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankruptcy 2012 - 17 people are killed in a helicopter crash as a result of bad weather in Turkey 2015 - Portugal's minority government is toppled by left-wing opposition 2 weeks after coming to power 2019 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces the discovery of a new oil field with an estimated 53 million barrels of oil in Khuzestan province 2020 - Ceasefire announced signed between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia ending military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh region after over a month of fighting More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1911 - Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corporation for scholarly and charitable works 1978 - Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1984 - Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 1988 - China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 1989 - Bulgarian Communist party president Todor Zhikov (78) resigns 1997 - "Jackie - An American Life" opens at Belasco Theater NYC More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1668 - François Couperin, French composer and organist (Les Concerts Royaux), born in Paris, France (d. 1733) 1916 - Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2010) 1943 - George Sauer, Jr., American football wide receiver (AFL All Star 1996-99; Super Bowl 1969; New York Jets), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 2013) 1972 - Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis star (1993 Futures-Freeport), born in Siófok, Hungary 1985 - Ricki-Lee Coulter, Australian singer (Hell No!), born in Auckland, New Zealand 1999 - (Armand) "Mondo" Duplantis, American-Swedish athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 2020; World C'ship gold 2019; WR 6.18m), born in Lafayette, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 627 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury 1617 - Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer 1843 - John Trumbull, American painter (Declaration of Independence), dies at 87 1909 - Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator, dies at 61 1917 - Harry Trott, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 143, 29 wickets; Victoria CA), dies for cancer at 51 2006 - Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962) More Famous Deaths »

1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings destroyed 1907 - Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds 1950 - White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930 1966 - "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 107 performances 1983 - Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center 2003 - A suicide-terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people. 2015 - San Diego's SeaWorld announces it will overhaul its killer whale show after controversy over the whales treatment 2018 - Three car bombs explode in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing 52 people and injuring 100 2019 - YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul's second boxing match; KSI wins by split decision 2020 - 2020 becomes busiest Atlantic hurricane season ever as tropical storm Theta named record 29th storm More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf 1905 - Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1936 - American fashion designer Ruth Harkness captures a panda cub (Su Lin) in China - becomes 1st live panda cub to enter the US 1971 - David Storey's "Changing Room" premieres in London 2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 2015 - "Reclining Nude" by Italian artist Modigliani fetches 2nd highest auction price at $170.4m More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1802 - Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, born in Albion, Maine (d. 1837) 1880 - Rudolf Karel, Czech composer (Three Hairs of the Wise Old Man), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1945) 1922 - Raymond Devos, Belgian-French humorist, born in Mouscron, Belgium (d. 2006) 1941 - Tom Fogerty, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1990) 1955 - Don Schiff, American guitarist, born in Wilmington, Delaware 1956 - Eve de Castro-Robinson, New Zealand classical composer (Other Echoes; A Chaos Of Delight), music director (Karlheinz Company), and educator (University of Auckland), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1208 - Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155) 1924 - Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. 1850) 1976 - Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), dies of a heart attack at 56 2003 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b.1937) 2006 - Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), dies of complications from lymphocytic leukemia at 65 2018 - Ken Howell, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 57 More Famous Deaths »

392 - Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion 1861 - Battle of Mount Ivy, Kentucky: Union Commander General William "Bull" Nelson breaks up Confederate recruiting camp 1904 - Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first U.S. patent for a separable electric attachment plug 1917 - Telephone Co runs 1st advertisement for Army operators, receives 7,000 applicants 1935 - "Mutiny on the Bounty" directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936) 1956 - NYT critic Brooks Atkinson writes of Eugene O'Neill's latest play 'With the production of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' at the Helen Hayes last evening, the American theater acquires size and stature." 1961 - Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8, a Lockheed Constellation aircraft, crashes near Richmond, Virginia, 77 die 1981 - Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election 2009 - Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy: Flavia Pennetta beats American Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2 to give the home team an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-0) and their 2nd title 2014 - US President Obama authorises deployment of 1,500 additional troops to help train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1701 - William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania 1923 - Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party stage "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich, Germany 1932 - Amidst the Great Depression, Democrat candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover 1964 - KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1978 - Tom Stoppard's play "Night and Day" premieres in London 2022 - Kathy Hochul becomes the first elected female Governor of New York, continuing in the role she held since replacing Andrew Cuomo mid-term More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 30 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (96-98), born in Narni, Italy (d. 98) 1927 - Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., American magazine publisher (Parade, Vogue, Vanity Fair), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017) 1941 - Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress (The Liver Birds; The District Nurse), born in Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales 1958 - Terry Lee Miall, British rock drummer (Adam and The Ants), born in London, England 1978 - Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer, born in Leiden, Netherlands 1982 - Sam Sparro [Falson], Australian producer, singer, songwriter (Boombox Eternal), and former child actor, born in Sydney More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1111 - Otto II, Count of Habsburg, one of the founders of the Habsburg family, murdered 1600 - Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562) 1638 - Johann H. Alsted, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 50 1920 - Salomon Anski, Russian-Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57 1933 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1929-33), assassinated at 50 by Abdul Khaliq during a graduation ceremony at a high school in Kabul 1969 - Kam Tong, Chinese American actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song), dies at 62 More Famous Deaths »

1775 - Lord Dunmore promises freedom to male slaves who join British army 1900 - In Canada, the Liberal Government led by Wilfrid Laurier retains its majority 1967 - LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1972 - Attorney Joe Biden is elected to the US Senate, representing the state of Delaware after defeating longtime incumbent J. Caleb Boggs by just over 3,000 votes; Biden would win re-election 6 times 1983 - Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries 1990 - New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" closes at New York State, NYC, after 11 performances 2000 - Margaret Atwood wins the Booker Prize for her novel "The Blind Assassin" 2001 - 35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack and Toby Keith win 2018 - Actress Emma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire by Prince William at Buckingham Palace, London 2019 - Queen Elizabeth II confirms she is no longer buying clothes made with real fur More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1722 - Richard Steele's sentimental comedy play "The Conscious Lovers" premieres in London 1946 - Katherine Dunham's song and dance revue "Bal Nègre" opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 54 performances 1955 - Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas 1960 - KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcasting 1963 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days. 2020 - Rudy Giuliani holds infamous Trump Campaign press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia to contest the US election results More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1810 - Fritz Reuter, German novelist, born in Stavenhagen, Germany (d. 1874) 1879 - Leon Trotsky, Ukrainian-Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and founder of the Red Army [OS 26-10-1879], born in Yanovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1940) 1898 - Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician, born in Saloniki, Ottoman Empire (d. 1963) 1900 - Efrem Kurtz, Russian conductor (Houston Symphony, 1948-54), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1995) 1943 - Stephen Greenblatt, American literary historian and author (The Swerve: How the World Became Modern), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1968 - Russ Springer, American MLB pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Alexandria, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1708 - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter and cartoonist, dies at 76 1880 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, German composer, conductor, and music theorist, dies at 72 1945 - Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies 1974 - Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), dies at 75 1996 - Carmell Jones, American bebop jazz and session trumpet player (Bud Shank; Horace Silver), dies of heart failure at 60 2018 - Oskar Rabin, Russian painter and dissident during Soviet era, dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas 1906 - Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY Governor beating William Randolph Hearst 1908 - Leonid Andreyev's "Dui Nashey Zhizni" premieres in St Petersburg 1915 - Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government 1918 - Republic of Poland proclaimed 1935 - 1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft 1962 - UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa 1962 - Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 2009 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Man of Iron, Tapitsfly, She Be Wild, Midday, Informed Decision, Life Is Sweet 2020 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Golden Pal, Fire at Will, Vequist, Aunt Pearl, Essential Quality More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns 1928 - Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds 1962 - BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote 1974 - Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award 1977 - 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga 1994 - 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1923 - Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener's Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996) 1948 - Rushton Moreve [Morey], American bass player (Steppenwolf - "Magic Carpet Ride"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1981) 1949 - Joseph C. Wilson, Vice Chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American jazz trumpeter and composer, born in Artemisa, Cuba 1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist, born in Bremen, Germany 1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1632 - Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), dies at battle of Lützen at 37 1944 - Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest 1958 - Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, dies at 78 2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player, dies at 61 2007 - Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 87 2016 - Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian pianist and conductor, dies of cancer at 64 More Famous Deaths »

1630 - Spain and England sign peace treaty 1781 - John Hanson elected first "President of US in Congress assembled" 1873 - Due to the fallout from the Pacific Scandal, John A. Macdonald resigns as Prime Minister of Canada 1889 - Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church). 1967 - US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1989 - French McLaren driver Alain Prost withdraws early in wet Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 16 points from teammate Ayrton Senna 1992 - Revival of George Kelly's 1924 play "The Show Off", starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, NYC; runs for 45 performances 1996 - Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year 2015 - Collins Dictionary name "binge-watch" the word of the year, followed by "transgender" 2022 - Alex Ovechkin scores 787th career goal for the Washington Capitals surpassing Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings, for all-time NHL record for most goals scored for a single team, in 3-2 loss to Arizona Coyotes More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1935 - Parker Brothers launches the board game Monopoly 1959 - AFL announced with 8 teams 1972 - Vice-President of Sinn Féin Maire Drumm is arrested in the Republic of Ireland 1976 - New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters 2012 - Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million 2018 - BBC opens its largest news bureau outside the UK in Nairobi, Kenya with 300 journalists More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1615 - Ibrahim I, 18th Ottoman Sultan (1640-48), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1648) 1742 - Richard Cosway, English portrait painter, born in Tiverton, England (d. 1821) 1911 - Roy Rogers, American cowboy actor and singer ("Happy Trails"; Roy Rogers Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1998) 1929 - Lennart Johansson, Swedish soccer administrator (President Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) 1990–2007), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2019) 1957 - David Moyse, Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply - "All Out Of Love"), born in Adelaide, Australia 1983 - Alexa Chung, English TV presenter, model and designer, born in Privett, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1660 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) 1943 - Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 62 1969 - Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1989 - Barry Sadler, American singer ("Ballad Of The Green Berets"), dies from complications of being shot 14 months earlier at 49 2020 - Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Madness of King George, Butterflies), dies at 93 2020 - Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff], American singer, songwriter and producer (The Dovells - "Bristol Stomp"; solo - "1-2-3"), dies of bone marrow cancer at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1874 - Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York 1939 - US allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II 1951 - Ryder Cup Golf, Pinehurst Resort: US wins 9½-2½; Sam Snead playing captain for US; Arthur Lacey non-playing GB skipper 1968 - Battles between Jordanian army and Al Fatah-arm forces 1970 - Genie, a 13 year old feral child found in Los Angeles, California, having been locked in her bedroom by her father for most of her life 1983 - Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed 1989 - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 1994 - San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web. 2002 - Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress 2015 - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announces his resignation after protests over a Bucharest nightclub fire that killed 32 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis 1921 - The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1989 - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 2014 - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive 2016 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Oscar Performance, Tamarkuz, New Money Honey, Beholder More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1909 - Bert Patenaude, American soccer forward (4 caps; scorer of first hat-trick in World Cup history, 1930), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1974) 1917 - Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012) 1943 - Clark Graebner, American tennis player (US Davis Cup 1968; French Open doubles 1966; US Open runner-up 1967), born in Cleveland, Ohio 1957 - Elena Kats-Chernin, Russian-Australian classical pianist and composer (Wild Swans), born in Tashkent, USSR (now Uzbekistan) 1967 - Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman), born in Karachi, Pakistan 1987 - T.O.P. [Choi Seung-hyun], Korean singer-songwriter (Big Bang) and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1921 - Takasji Hara, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-21), assassinated by right wing fanatic at 65 1935 - Miklos Radnai, Hungarian composer, dies at 43 1993 - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62 1994 - Alexander Hardie Williamson, British designer (Kilner jar), dies at 87 2005 - Milt Holland [Milton Olshansky], American drummer, percussionist, ethno-musicologist, and tinkle-ist (film Tinkerbell's tinkle; Bewitched - Samantha's nose tinkle), dies at 88 2022 - Michael Doyle, Irish-American priest (Pastor of Sacred Heart - Camden, 1974-2020), poet. and anti-war activist (Camden 28), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1248 - Earl William II of Holland crowned as King of Germany 1938 - NL batting champion Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds is named National League MVP; first catcher to win award; Boston Red Sox 1st baseman Jimmie Foxx takes AL award 1945 - First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson 1954 - KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1985 - Netherlands decides definitive sites for cruise missiles 1990 - Rhetoric escalates as George Bush likens Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler 1993 - The Maastricht Treaty, the Treaty on European Union comes into effect 1997 - Louisiana State University running back Kevin Faulk rushes for 212 yards and a school record 5 touchdowns in a 63-28 win at Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington 2004 - "That's What I Love About Sunday" single released by American country singer Craig Morgan (Billboard Song of the Year 2005) 2015 - New York City Marathon: Stanley Biwott of Kenya takes men's division in 2:10:34; compatriot and defending women's champion Mary Keitany wins easily in 2:24:25 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1665 - Robert Hooke's landmark work "Micrographia" with drawings using a microscope and coining the word "cell" is published by the Royal Society 1914 - German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile 1951 - Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella wins first of his 3 National League MVP awards 1956 - Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is formed 1956 - Karnataka (then known as Mysore State) is formed from the merge of Kannada-speaking regions in India 1971 - Eisenhower dollar put into circulation More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1946 - Dennis Muren, American special effects artist (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi), born in Glendale, California 1972 - Glen Murray, Canadian ice hockey right wing (1,009 NHL games; All Star 2003-04; Boston Bruins), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia 1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress (The Sixth Sense), born in Sydney, New South Wales 1972 - Paul Dickov, Scottish soccer striker and manager (10 caps; Manchester City, Leicester City), born in Livingston, West Lothian 1974 - V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricket batsman (134 Tests; 8,781 runs @ 45.5; best 281, 2001), born in Hyderabad, Telangana 1992 - Joe Donovan, British pop-indie-rock drummer (Blossoms), born in Stockport, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1986 - Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), dies at 57 1996 - J. R. [Junius Richard] Jayawardene, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (1978-89) and 7th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90 2000 - George Armstrong, English soccer winger and manager (Arsenal 500 games; Kuwait 1988-89), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 56 2008 - Jacques Piccard, Swiss deep sea explorer (one of the first to explore the Mariana Trench), dies at 86 2020 - Billy Tubbs, American college basketball coach (Southwestern Uni, Lamar Uni, Uni of Oklahoma, Texas Christian Uni), dies from leukemia at 85 2022 - Takeoff [Kirsnick Ball], American rapper (Migos), shot and killed at 28 More Famous Deaths »

1552 - Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege of Metz 1941 - Clothing factory fire in Huddersfield, England kills 49 1943 - World War II: F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception. 1957 - Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Harold Arlen's musical "Jamaica", starring Lena Horne, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 558 performances 1959 - Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to USA 1968 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game) 1978 - Iranian oil workers go on strike 1984 - Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeding his mother Indira Gandhi who was assassinated 1987 - American jockey Chris Antley becomes first rider to win 9 races in a day (4 at Aqueduct / 5 at The Meadowlands) 2017 - Judge on Maui, Hawaii orders man to write ex-girlfriend 144 compliments after violating protection order to send 144 nasty text messages More Historical Events »