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1915 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia adjourns 4th Duma 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 - US President FDR signs Selective Training and Service Act - 1st US peacetime draft 1941 - Jews of Vilna, Poland, confined to the Ghetto 1954 - CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting 1961 - CDU loses West German election 1965 - Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 1965 - Sobibor trial opens in Hagen, West Germany 1974 - US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for US Vietnam War deserters 1997 - Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cardinals for $26M More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1575 - King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to the Huguenots 1901 - Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County 1943 - Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquers Romny, Northern Ukraine 1995 - Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996 2007 - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people. 2012 - 8 police officers are killed by a roadside bombing by Kurdistan Workers' Party militants in Turkey More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1736 - Johann Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher and mathematician, born in Tetenbüll, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1807) 1883 - George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), born in Methlick, Scotland (d. 1964) 1929 - Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021) 1934 - George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio 1942 - Linda G Miller, American actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi), born in NYC, New York 1966 - Kevin Curtis Young, American 400m hurdler, born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1993 - Willie Mosconi, American pool player (World C'ship pocket billiards 1941-57), dies of a heart attack at 80 1994 - Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84 2007 - Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (b. 1948) 2015 - Bob Cleary, American US Hockey HOF center (Olympic gold 1960; Harvard University), dies at 79 2018 - Big Jay [Cecil James] McNeely, American RandB saxophonist, dies of prostate cancer at 91 2019 - Peter Stormonth Darling, Scottish investment banker (Mercury Asset Management Group - largest fund-management in the UK), dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

608 - Saint Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1777 - George Washington, on authorization of Congress, appoints Casimir Pulaski as brigadier general in Continental Army cavalry 1795 - "Lyrical Ballads" published by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth - 1st work of English Romantic movement (probable date) 1921 - WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions 1931 - British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts 1943 - Concentration Camp Kauwen in Lithuania opens 1963 - Ben Bella elected 1st president of Algeria 1968 - Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry 1975 - 1st College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 17-3 in Foxborough 2019 - "Jojo Rabbit" directed by "Taika Waititi and starring Scarlett Johansson wins the top award at the Toronto Film Festival More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1851 - Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1957 - SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game 1963 - Ben Bella elected 1st president of Algeria 1987 - Italy sends a naval contingent to the Persian Gulf 1988 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi 2019 - Hong Kong police use water cannons and tear gas attempting to disperse thousands of protesters outside the British embassy, as protests continue in the city More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1760 - Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg (d. 1824) 1890 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1974) 1899 - Milton S. Eisenhower, American University President (Pennsylvania State) and brother of Dwight, born in Abilene, Kansas (d. 1985) 1907 - Jack Bailey, American TV host (Queen for a Day), born in Hampton, Iowa (d. 1980) 1929 - Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer, 13th General of The Salvation Army, born in Newcastle, Australia (d. 2015) 1962 - Dina Lohan, American television personality, mother and manager of actress Lindsay Lohan, born in NYC, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1525 - Jan de Bakker [Johannes Pistorius], Roman Catholic priest who was the first preacher in Northern Netherlands to be put to death as a direct result of his Protestant beliefs, burned at the stake at 26 1750 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel, one of the first European composers to emigrate to America), dies at 59 1794 - Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68 1859 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway), dies of a stroke at 53 1942 - Jack Singer, American war reporter, dies aboard USS Wasp 2020 - Moussa Traoré, Mali soldier, politician and dictator, President of Mali (1968-91), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1180 - Minamoto no Yoritomo led force of 300 defeated at Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan 1856 - Battle of San Jacinto at Hacienda San Jacinto, Nicaraguan forces defeat American filibusters 1900 - There are now 62,000 foreign troops in Peking and nearby cities, still defeating Boxer Rebels. 1933 - 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire 1942 - US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz presents the 1st Medal of Honor of WWII, for courage and valor beyond the call of duty during the attack on Pearl Harbor, to sailor John William Finn; ceremony took place in Pearl Harbor aboard USS Enterprise 1958 - Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere. 1972 - Jason Miller's "That Championship Season," premieres in NYC 1973 - Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s 1985 - "The Golden Girls", starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC 2021 - California Governor Gavin Newsom defeats a state vote to recall him from office More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - Skirmish at Fox's Gap, American Civil War 1929 - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox 1955 - Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245) 1965 - Western sitcom "F-Troop" premieres in the US on ABC 1991 - San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34 2012 - Ferry sinks amid 10 foot waves off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, killing 21 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist and poet, born in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay (d. 2009) 1929 - Mel Hancock, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri), born in Cape Fair, Missouri (d. 2011) 1934 - Dicky Maegle [Moegle], American College Football Hall of Fame and NFL halfback (All-American 1954, Rice; Pro Bowl 1955, San Francisco 49ers), and broadcaster, born in Taylor, Texas (d. 2021) 1970 - Robert Ben Garant, American screenwriter and actor (Reno 991!), born in Cookeville, Tennessee 1984 - Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor and singer (Vicky Donor), born in Chandigarh, India 1984 - Melissa McGhee, American rock singer (American Idol, season 5), born in Tampa, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1743 - Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, dies at 59 1763 - Johann Philipp Sack, German composer, dies at 40 1940 - Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory), dies at 61 1965 - J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), dies at 74 2013 - Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, dies at 84 2021 - Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show), dies of cancer at 61 More Famous Deaths »

122 - Building begins on Hadrian's Wall, Northern England 1553 - English bishop Hugh Latimer arrested 1845 - English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the 'Faraday effect', the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light 1966 - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1970 - New York City Marathon: inaugural event won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38 1987 - Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro 1989 - Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner 1997 - Elton John releases single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" in the UK 2008 - New Zealand beats Australia, 28-24 in Brisbane to clinch their 4th straight Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter scores a try and lands 4 conversions for the All Blacks 2017 - UN Secretary-General António Guterres says Rohingya refugee crisis now "catastrophic" as 370,000 confirmed to have fled Myanmar More Historical Events »

Historical Events 533 - General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium, near Carthage, North Africa 1924 - 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0) 1971 - WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 - Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow 1985 - John Williams introduces new Today Show theme 1990 - Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1475 - Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, Italian aristocrat, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1507) 1814 - Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura) and theologian, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1903) 1902 - Hermine Heijermans, Dutch actress, politician and author (Grote Klaas en kleine Klaas), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983) 1924 - Norman Alden, American character actor (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2012) 1963 - Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek politician (Minister of State), born in Messinia, Greece 1993 - Niall Horan, Irish Pop singer (One Direction - "What Makes You Beautiful"), born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1881 - Ambrose Burnside, American soldier, industrialist and politician (Governor of Rhode Island, 1866-69) who popularized sideburns, dies of a heart attack at 57 1915 - Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (b. 1835) 1946 - Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist, dies at 71 1994 - John Stevens, British jazz drummer (Spontaneous Music Ensemble), dies of a heart attack at 54 2001 - Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen's Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), dies of cardiac arrest following a short illness at 85 2012 - Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Alberta), dies at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1639 - Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England 1776 - Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission 1940 - 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) 1962 - Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game 1981 - Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone and Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles 1986 - "Blue Velvet" directed by David Lynch, Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan and Dennis Hopper debuts in Toronto 1987 - Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year 1988 - 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card 2007 - Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of the crime of plunder. 2018 - More than 3,600 children reported abused by Catholic priests in Germany (1946-2014) in leaked report More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1908 - Canada appoints a Civil Service Commission, initiating a more equitable system for selecting civil servants 1935 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Wilmer Allison beats Sidney Wood 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 for his lone major singles title 1953 - Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team, defeating Milwaukee Braves 5-2. Brooklyn finishes season with record of 105-49. 1956 - Black students enter and are barred from Clay Ky elementary school 2005 - Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. 2009 - US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Kim Clijsters becomes first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament; beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-5, 6-3 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1855 - Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer and painter (Death of My Cat), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1930) 1901 - Ernst Pepping, German composer, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1981) 1944 - Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada 1946 - Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy, American rock guitarist (Redbone), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2009) 1962 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask), born in Blue Ash, Ohio 1996 - Colin Ford, American actor (Under the Dome; We Bought a Zoo), born in Nashville, Tennessee More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1732 - Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58 1947 - Harry Rowe Shelley, American hymn composer, dies at 89 1953 - Hugo Schmeisser, German inventor and weapons designer, dies at 68 2004 - John Buller, British composer, dies at 77 2008 - David Foster Wallace, American author and essayist (b. 1962) 2017 - Edith Windsor [née Schlain], American LGBT rights activist (lead plaintiff in United States v. Windsor), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1877 - Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen 1883 - American architect James Cutler patents postal mail chute for Elwood Building, Rochester, New York 1893 - Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave 1926 - Spain leaves the League of Nations due to Germany joining 1964 - Gillette's 20 year contract with Madison Square Garden and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleve Auditorium 1983 - Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become the only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards 1994 - US Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins first US title; beats Michael Stich of Germany 6-1, 7-6, 7-5 2009 - Sweden emerges from the recession after witnessing GDP growth of 0.2% in the second quarter 2009 - The Brazilian economy technically leaves the recession when GDP grew 1.9% in the second quarter of 2009 after having fallen in the first quarter of 2009 and last quarter of 2008 2022 - US Open Men's Tennis: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defeats Casper Ruud of Norway 6–4, 2–6, 7–6, 6–3 for his first major title More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1912 - Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins steals MLB record 6 bases in the Athletics' 9-7 win over Detroit Tigers at Navin Field 1922 - The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia 1961 - Founding of the World Wildlife Fund in Morges, Switzerland 1963 - Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage 1987 - Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die 2016 - US Open Men's Tennis: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland wins his 3rd major title; beats defending champion Novak Đoković 6-7, 1-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1741 - Johann Jakob Engel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark), born in Parchim, Germany (d. 1802) 1753 - Friedrich August Baumbach, German composer, born in Gotha, Germany (d. 1813) 1876 - Stan Rowley, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m team, bronze 60m, 100m, 200m 1900), born in Young, Australia (d. 1924) 1953 - Lenise Bent, American audio engineer in music (Blondie, The Knack) and film (L.A. Heat), born in Los Angeles, California 1956 - Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director (Bourne), born in Manhattan, New York 1968 - Kay Hanley, American singer-songwriter (Letters to Cleo), born in Boston, Massachusetts More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1709 - Oxenstiern, Dutch general, dies in the Battle of Malplaquet 1926 - Matsunosuke Onoe [Tsuruzo Nakamura], Japanese actor (Araki Mataemon, Yajîkita: zenpen), Japanese actor, dies at 50 1956 - Billy Bishop, Canadian First World War flying ace with 72 kills, dies at 62 1993 - Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman and advisor to President Aristide, murdered by paramilitaries 2001 - Daniel M. Lewin, American–Israeli mathematician and founder of Akamai Technologies, dies in the terror attacks aboard flight 11 at 31 2020 - (Frederick) "Toots" Hibbert, Jamaican singer-songwriter (The Maytals - "Pressure Drop"), dies with COVID-19 symptoms at 77 More Famous Deaths »

1869 - Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan 1937 - Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0 1954 - Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher, Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls 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 - KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 1978 - 4th game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-4 to tie for AL East 1st place; Yanks out hit arch rivals, 67-21; score 42-9 1994 - Chong Hey swims female record 400m medley (4:01.67)/100m backstroke 2002 - Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations 2016 - US Open Women's Tennis: Angelique Kerber beats Karolína Plíšková 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to become first German player to win the event since Steffi Graf in 1996 2020 - California's August Complex wildfire becomes largest recorded in state history at 471,000 acres (736 square miles) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1872 - Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam 1963 - 20 black students enter public schools in Alabama 1980 - Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick 1988 - Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (Minnesota), 22, crowned 62nd Miss America 1989 2004 - "Crash" directed by Paul Haggis and starring Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock premieres at the Toronto Film Festival (Best Picture 2006) 2016 - US Open Women's Tennis: Angelique Kerber beats Karolína Plíšková 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to become first German player to win the event since Steffi Graf in 1996 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1866 - Tor Aulin, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1914) 1897 - David L. Snell, American pianist and composer for films (MGM Studio), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1967) 1908 - Raymond Scott [Harry Warnow], American composer ('The Toy Trumpet'), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994) 1935 - Mary Oliver, American poet (1984 Pulitzer Prize), born in Maple Heights, Ohio (d. 2019) 1968 - Guy Ritchie, British film director (Sherlock Holmes), born in Hartfield, England 1986 - Hiroki Uchi, Japanese Idol singer, model and actor, born in Habikino, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 918 - Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, dies at about 53 1308 - Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) 1419 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1404-19), assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France at 48 1954 - Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies at 46 1975 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist who demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937), dies at 83 1976 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer and film director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1919 - Boston's police force goes on strike 1932 - Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy 1942 - 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes 1944 - US 113th cavalry passes Belgian-Dutch borders 1950 - 1st use of TV laugh track by "The Hank McCune Show" in the US 1964 - German DR government allows short visits to West Germany 1970 - Feyenoord wins soccer's Club World Cup 1972 - West German equestrian rider Liselott Linsenhoff follows her dressage teams gold in Mexico City with the individual dressage title at her home Olympics in Munich 2013 - US Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal wins his second US title; beats Novak Đoković 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 2016 - North Korea conducts its fifth nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, at the time its largest ever test at 10 kilotons but superseded by the 2017 test More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1817 - Alexander Twilight, probably first African American to graduate from a US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College 1922 - St Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0 1982 - Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight 2002 - MLB Arizona Diamondbacks' lefthanded pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record 2012 - 100 people are killed and 350 injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq 2016 - North Korea conducts its fifth nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, at the time its largest ever test at 10 kilotons but superseded by the 2017 test More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1731 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican Jesuit teacher and writer, born in Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1787) 1875 - Jack O'Connor, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 13 wickets, BB 5/40; NSW CA, SA CA), born in Boorowa, Australia (d. 1941) 1896 - Fritz Reutter, German composer and pedagogue, born in Löbtau, Saxony, German Empire (d. 1963) 1926 - Robert Reese, American actor, born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1992) 1929 - Stan Parris, American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81-91), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 2010) 1974 - Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin), born in Örebro, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1612 - Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570) 1963 - Ernst Kantorowicz, German-American historian (Laudes regiae), dies at 68 1966 - Leon de Smet, Belgian painter (Luminist school), dies at 85 1981 - Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist, dies at 80 2014 - Antonín Tučapský, Czech composer, teacher, and choral conductor, dies at 86 2019 - Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer (The Americans), and filmmaker (Pull My Daisy; Candy Mountain), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1914 - HMS (formerly RMS) Oceanic, two weeks into its service with the Royal Navy, runs aground off, Foula, Shetland, Scotland in good weather and eventually sinks 1960 - American sprinter Wilma Rudolph wins her third gold medal of the Rome Olympics anchoring the US 4 x 100m relay team; earlier won 100/200m double 1966 - The Severn Bridge between England and Wales is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II 1967 - The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways. 1973 - Billy Martin named manager of the Texas Rangers 1974 - American motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel attempts to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho but fails, escaping with minor injuries 1979 - Cheryl Prewitt (Miss), 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980 1984 - US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 1985 - "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers 2018 - Egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1899 - British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal, South Africa 1943 - NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game 1958 - Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo 1963 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins second of 4 US singles crowns; beats defending champion Margaret Smith of Australia 7-5, 6-4 1985 - 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California 1995 - Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1515 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar, born in Toledo, Spain (d. 1585) 1907 - Sid Tomack, American actor (The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962) 1923 - Artie Anton, American jazz drummer, conguero, and timbalero (Stan Kenton, Jimmy Guiffre), born in New York City (d. 2003) 1933 - Eric Salzman, American composer (New Musical Theater), born in New York City (d. 2017) 1943 - Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1988 - Chantal Jones, American fashion model, born in Austin, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1984 - Frank Lowson, England cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 59 1984 - Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, dies at 79 1995 - Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83 1995 - Halldis Moren Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (Harp and Dagger), dies at 87 2009 - Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 82 2012 - Bill Moggridge [William], British designer (IDEO), dies from cancer at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1652 - Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English 1800 - Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC) 1897 - George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH 1916 - Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak 1923 - Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0 1987 - Netherlands sends 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1990 - New York City Opera's production of Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes' "Street Scene" opens at NY State Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances 1993 - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs and 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds 2015 - British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under 3ft of earth at Durrington Walls 2019 - US Open Women's Tennis: Bianca Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title; stuns Serena Williams 6-2, 7-5 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1191 - Third Crusade: Richard I of England defeats Saladin in the Battle of Arsuf 1942 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Ted Schroeder wins his first of 2 Grand Slam events; beats countryman Frank Parker 8-6, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 1950 - Monasteries shut down in Hungary 1952 - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn) 1970 - Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon 1974 - Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1860 - Grandma Moses [Anna Mary Robertson], American primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), born in Greenwich, New York (d. 1961) 1864 - Ernest Halliwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests), born in Ealing, England (d. 1919) 1925 - Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, businesswoman and co-founder of Laura Ashley, born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 1985) 1927 - John Milford, American actor (Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Homefront), born in Johnstown, New York (d. 2000) 1975 - Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer, born in Heredia, Costa Rica 1980 - Mark Prior, American baseball player, coach (Chicago Cubs), born in San Diego, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1984 - Joe Cronin, American Baseball HOF shortstop (7 x MLB All Star), manger (Boston RS, Washington Senators) and executive (AL President 1959-73), dies at 77 1986 - Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, Russian-Soviet conductor and composer, dies at 83 1998 - John Hayes, British Naval Officer and Naval Secretary, dies at 85 2008 - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, American RandB and soul pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and record producer, dies of congestive heart failure at 69 2011 - Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey center (World C'ship gold 2005; Carolina Hurricanes), dies in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster at 30 2022 - Bernard Shaw, American television news journalist (CBS, ABC), and 1st anchor of CNN, dies of pneumonia at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1869 - Mine fire kills 110 at Avondale, Pennsylvania 1912 - NY Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0 1939 - South Africa declares war on Nazi-Germany 1941 - All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1953 - Konrad Adenauer's CDU wins elections in German Federal Republic 1953 - Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38 1954 - Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 - Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #8 1995 - Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1958 - Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959 1970 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1988 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1993 - Jerry Lewis' 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $46,014,922 1994 - Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78) 2017 - Mother Teresa declared co-patron saint of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta alongside St. Francis Xavier More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1876 - John Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), born in Clunie, Dunkeld, Scotland (d. 1935) 1911 - Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary, born in Vancouver (d. 1996) 1938 - Joan Tower, American composer (Breakfast Rhythms), born in New Rochelle, New York 1940 - Jackie Trent, English singer-songwriter ("Neighbours" theme) and actress, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme (d. 2015) 1959 - David Tickle, British audio engineer and record producer (Split Enz; Four Non-Blondes), born in Guildford, Surrey, England 1974 - Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Örebro, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1783 - Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (commedia dell'arte), dies at 72 1938 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907) 1981 - Christy Brown, Irish author (biography Down All the Days), dies after choking at 49 2007 - Percy Rodriguez [Rodrigues], Canadian actor (Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Brainwaves), dies of kidney failure at 89 2020 - Lou Brock, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1964, 67; 8 × NL stolen base leader; St Louis Cardinals), dies from multiple myeloma at 81 2021 - Jean-Pierre Adams, French soccer centre-back (22 caps; Nîmes, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain), dies after 39 years in a coma at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead 1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, better known as Minor League Baseball is formed at the Leland Hotel in Chicago 1949 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Margaret Osborne duPont beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-4, 6-1 1962 - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th 1979 - Earl of Mountbatten's Ceremonial Funeral held in Westminster Abbey, London 1986 - NASA launches DoD-1 (classified Department of Defense satellite) 1986 - 3rd MTV Video Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins 1997 - Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game 2012 - 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu 2019 - South African women march on parliament to protest violence against women after a month when 30 were killed by their spouses More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead 1915 - Tsar Nicholas II, distressed by increasing Russian losses, assumes personal command of his nation's military forces; clearly a symbolic act and devastating for his leadership 1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously 1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception 1989 - Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show 2017 - Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, becomes the first woman President of the UK Supreme Court More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1638 - Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715), known as "The Sun King", had longest reign in country, born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1715) 1666 - Gottfried Arnold, German theologist, historian and songwriter, born in Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany (d. 1714) 1874 - Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, American Baseball HOF second baseman (Triple Crown 1901; AL batting champion 1901–04, 10; Philadelphia A's, Cleveland Naps), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (d. 1959) 1905 - Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, born in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines (d. 2005) 1949 - David "Clem" Clempson, British rock guitarist (Colosseum; Humble Pie), born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England 1971 - Adam Hollioake, England cricketer, born in Melbourne, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1165 - Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143) 1910 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70 1917 - Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker's union leader, dies at 70 2010 - Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer, dies as the result of a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix at 19 2015 - Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director (Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), dies of lung cancer at 67 2016 - Duane Graveline, American doctor and astronaut, dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1950 - "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts in twelve newspapers 1957 - Ford Motor Co. introduces Edsel automobile range 1964 - Eduardo Frei Montalva elected President of Chile 1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) 1972 - Kenyan legend Kipchoge Keino follows his 1,500m gold in Mexico City with an Olympic record 8:23.64 to win the 3,000m steeplechase at the Munich Olympics 1988 - The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati 2002 - Kelly Clarkson is crowned the winner of the first series of "American Idol" TV singing competition series 2006 - Tiger Woods matches the lowest final round of his career (8-under 63) in the Deutsche Bank C'ship at Norton, MA to win for the 5th straight time and 7th time this PGA Tour season 2010 - Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages. 2019 - YouTube fined $170 million for illegally collecting data on children's viewing habits by US Federal Trade Commission More Historical Events »