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Historical Events 1612 - Last public burning at the stake in England - Edward Wrightman for heresy in Lichfield 1895 - Anaheim completes its new electric light system 1936 - First Butlins holiday camp opens in the UK at Ingoldmells, near Skegness 1968 - W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration 1992 - BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence 2015 - Amy Schumer hosts the 2015 MTV Movie Awards More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1854 - Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), born in Port Fairy, Australia (d. 1938) 1913 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d. 2006) 1933 - Tony Brown, American journalist (Tony Brown's Journal), born in Charleston, West Virginia 1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, English motoring journalist, broadcaster and TV presenter (Top Gear, The Grand Tour), born in Doncaster, England 1969 - Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer, born in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan 1979 - Josh Server, American actor (All That), born in Highland Park, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1902 - General Jacobus Potgieter, South African Boer commander, dies in Second Boer War Battle of Rooiwal, South African Republic 1921 - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia, wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 62 1934 - John Collier, English painter (Lady Godiva) and writer, dies at 84 1980 - Charlotte Henry, American actress (Alice in Wonderland; Babes In Toyland; Jungle Menace), dies of cancer at 66 2006 - Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32 2019 - Frances Swem Anderson, American technologist (nuclear medicine), dies at 105 More Famous Deaths »

1877 - Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, SC 1896 - High jumper Ellery Clark leads an American sweep of the placings with a leap of 1.81m at the Athens Olympics; his 2nd victory of the Games after taking out the long jump 1940 - Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government" 1945 - German troops attack Ijsselbrug 1974 - American Boccaccio Association forms 1981 - France performs nuclear test 1991 - LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal 1994 - "Les Miserables" opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka 2021 - China orders Alibaba pay a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) after anti-trust regulations say it has been acting as a monopoly 2022 - 86th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: World #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler wins first career major title; beats Irishman Rory McIlroy by 3 strokes for record $2.7m payout More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1589 - Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City 1945 - General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland" 1956 - Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs 1976 - Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7 1993 - BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1928 - Rosco Gordon, American RandB pianist, singer, and songwriter ("Booted"; "No More Doggin'"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2002) 1939 - Alan Rothenberg, American lawyer and sports executive, born in Detroit, Michigan 1957 - Aliko Dangote, Nigerian Chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group, born in Kano, Kano State 1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer and Chief Technical Officer of the Renault Formula One team, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland 1963 - Warren DeMartini, American heavy metal guitarist (Ratt), born in Chicago, Illinois 1972 - Richard Wearne, Australian rower (Olympics 1996) and photographer, born in Sydney, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish rocker who was the original bassist for the Beatles, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 21 1968 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899) 2007 - Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76 2020 - Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), dies of brain cancer at 71 2022 - John Drew, American basketball small forward (NBA All-Star 1976, 80; Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz), dies from bone cancer at 67 More Famous Deaths »

1691 - French troops occupy Mons 1768 - John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies 1838 - UK National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square, London 1931 - Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Montreal Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period 1945 - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1988 - US imposes economic sanctions on Panama 1988 - 142nd Grand National: Irish jockey Brendan Powell wins aboard 10/1 shot Rhyme 'n' Reason by 4 lengths from Durham Edition 1995 - 59th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ben Crenshaw wins his 2nd Masters title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Davis Love III 1999 - Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, is assassinated at the airport in Niamey, Niger 2011 - 164th Grand National: Jason Maguire wins aboard Irish 14/1 shot Ballabriggs; first GN win for trainer Donald McCain Jr., son of 4-time winning trainer Ginger McCain More Historical Events »

Historical Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position 1682 - Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1935 - Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup 1947 - Atomic Energy Commission confirmed 1967 - 1st Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight 1982 - LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1917 - Vincent O'Brien, Irish racehorse trainer (6 x Epsom Derby; 2 x British champion trainer; only British Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky 1970), born in Churchtown, Ireland (d. 2009) 1933 - Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1994) 1963 - Joe Scarborough, American television personality, born in Atlanta, Georgia 1964 - Charles Jenkins Jr., American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1992), born in NYC, New York 1972 - Karen Clark, Canadian synchronized swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Calgary, Alberta 1982 - Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman), born in Ottawa, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1980 - Kathleen Burke, American actress (Island of Lost Souls), dies at 66 1991 - Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948) 1991 - Maurice Binder, American photographer and film title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73 1994 - Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered 2002 - Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891) 2010 - Bob Franks, American politician (Rep-R-NJ 1993-2001), dies of cancer at 58 More Famous Deaths »

1232 - Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng - 1st occasion gunpowder used in a major engagement 1500 - Battle of Novara: King Louis XII of France defeats Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan 1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary. 1879 - Milk sold in glass bottles for 1st time 1886 - William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. 1935 - Béla Bartók's 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C. 1969 - Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games 1979 - People's Republic of China joins IOC 1985 - Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix 1990 - "Twin Peaks" created by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan premieres on ABC-TV More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1940 - German battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious 1968 - 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King 1971 - 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) 1975 - 47th Academy Awards: "The Godfather Part II", Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1976 - 1976 NFL Draft: Lee Roy Selmon from University of Oklahoma first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1990 - King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1942 - Eduard Visser, Dutch writer (Fyffes are now called Chiquita) 1946 - Stuart Pankin, American comedian (Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor (Trancers), born in Coronado, California 1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985-2006), born in Laredo, Texas 1954 - Gary Carter, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1986; Gold Glove Award 1980–82; Montreal Expos, NY Mets), born in Culver City, California (d. 2012) 1969 - Steve Jackson, American NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers), born in Houston, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1937 - Arthur Foote, American classical organist, composer, and member of the "Boston Six" (Suite for Strings in E), dies at 84 1992 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist (1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, discovered chemotherapeutic agents including antihistamines0, dies at 85 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), dies of congestive heart failure at 96 2004 - Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 49 2008 - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928) 2010 - Dorothea "Teddy" Scholten, Dutch pop singer ("Een beetje" - "A Little Bit"), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1862 - Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls 1968 - Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 1969 - Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4 1971 - WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals 1973 - Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 v WI Georgetown 1973 - Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420 1974 - Herb Gardner's "Thieves" premieres in NYC 1985 - Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Alice Miller shoots a final round 67 (−5) to win her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of Jan Stephenson of Australia 1987 - Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline" 1992 - Republika Srpska (aka the Bosnian Serb Republic) announces its independence. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1863 - Battle of Charleston, South Carolina failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1959 - Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years 1968 - Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 1994 - 1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2 1996 - Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pakistan, Singapore 2018 - Vegas Golden Knights suffer a 7-1 end of regular season defeat at Calgary but finish with an NHL expansion team record 51 victories; previous record 33 by Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers 1993-94 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1930 - Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), born in Berlin (d. 2016) 1952 - Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack - "My Sharona"), born in Burbank, California (d. 2006) 1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial arts actor (Rumble in the Bronx), born in Hong Kong 1957 - Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor 1958 - Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures - "Sea of Love") 1977 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1925 - Saint Tikhon of Moscow [Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin], 11th Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, dies at 60 1994 - Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), dies at 85 1997 - Georgy Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6), dies of a heart attack at 61 2002 - John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81 2013 - Andy Johns, British sound engineer and record producer (Humble Pie; Free; Joe Satriani), dies at 62 2020 - Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1757 - British King George II dismisses minister William Pitt the Elder, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1920 - To force German evacuation of the Ruhr area, the French occupy Frankfurt, Darmstadt, and Hanau 1924 - 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 1931 - 1st Scottsboro (Alabama) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape 1934 - 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany 1938 - Teflon invented by Roy J. Plunkett 1957 - NYC ends trolley car service 1975 - Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) 1994 - Liberal Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns 2019 - Tampa Bay Lightning beats Boston Bruins, 6-3 in the season finale for their 62nd regular season win, tying the NHL record held by Detroit Red Wings (1995-96); 128 points, 4th in NHL history More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1905 - Germany receives invitation from Sultan of Morocco to an international conference to discuss matters relating to Morocco 1955 - Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam 1976 - 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" 1978 - Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy 2017 - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Florida for talks with US President Donald Trump 2020 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces state of emergency in seven prefectures and a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package as COVID-19 cases climb More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1903 - Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer and photographer who created high-speed photography techniques, born in Fremont, Nebraska (d. 1990) 1931 - Joan Carlyle, British soprano 1934 - Reijo Jyrkiainen, Finnish composer, born in Suistamo, Finland 1955 - Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian-born serial killer 1978 - Tim Hasselbeck, American football player 1987 - Jerrod Carmichael, American comedian and filmmaker (Rothaniel), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1605 - John Stow, English historian (Survey of London), dies 1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman, dies at 71 1976 - Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903) 1990 - Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dressed woman), dies at 73 1998 - Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949) 2014 - Jacques Castérède, French composer and pianist (Pandora's Box), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1804 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil 1905 - James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire" premieres in London 1946 - 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday 1967 - ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit 1969 - Massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities 1982 - 43 year old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1994 - Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak 1998 - The Arizona Diamondbacks record their first win in team history with a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix, AZ; ends second-worst start ever (0-5) by an expansion team 2022 - Shanghai lockdown extended to cover the whole city as COVID-19 cases increase, as China remains one of the last to employ a "zero-Covid" system More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1946 - 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday 1950 - Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins 1981 - Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes 1983 - France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats 2005 - The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation's capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season 2012 - Severe storms in Argentina kill 14 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1825 - David Rumph Jones, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 1863) 1939 - Ronald "Ronnie" White, American singer (The Miracles - "Shop Around"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1995) 1944 - Ann Maxwell, American sci-fi author (Jaws of Menx), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1951 - Rennie Stennett, Panamanian baseball infielder (World Series 1979; SF Giants; one of 3 players to collect 7 hits in a MLB game), born in Colón, Panama (d. 2021) 1953 - John Buchanan, Australian cricketer (Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995), born in Ipswich, Queensland 1979 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1419 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint, dies at 69 1673 - Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 1884 - John Wisden, English cricket all-rounder (launched Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1864; Sussex CCC, Kent CCC, Middlesex CCC), dies at 57 1981 - Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 2015 - Richard Dysart, American actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law, The Last Days of Patton), dies at 86 2022 - Paul Siebel, American folk singer and songwriter (Louise; Spanish Johnny), dies from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show 1870 - Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 1912 - Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields in Siberia 1932 - George Bernard Shaw's comedy play "Too True To Be Good" premieres in NYC; runs for 59 performances 1968 - US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee 1994 - 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn 1994 - 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Arkansas beats Duke, 76-72; Razorbacks' first title in first title game 1999 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Graham Marsh of Australia wins his second Champions Tour major by 3 strokes from Larry Nelson 2013 - 9 people have been killed on an axe-murdering rampage in Chhattisgarh state, India 2019 - US Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pledges to roll back anti-LGBT policies, including not baptizing children of gay parents More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1905 - Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 1917 - US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI 1918 - Food riot in Amsterdam 1960 - Senegal declares independence from France 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 - Winston Smith in Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" begins his secret diary in defiance of the totalitarian government of Oceania More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1731 - Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, born in Sant Mateu (d. 1793) 1872 - Nikolai Amani, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1904) 1945 - Walter Charles, American actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds), born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 1950 - Christine Lahti, American actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift), born in Detroit, Michigan 1969 - Anthony Tucker, American basketball forward (NY Knicks), born in Washington, D.C. 1970 - Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis star, born in Narrabri, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826) 1905 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 73 1951 - Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881) 1986 - Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87 1996 - Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, and educator (College of Bagpipes), dies at 79 2012 - Claude Miller, French director and screenwriter, dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1856 - Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes 1882 - Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks 1948 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1948 - 1st US figure skating championships held 1980 - France performs nuclear test 1987 - MLB Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland A's for 3 minor league players 1987 - Duchess of Windsor's jewels auctioned for £31,380,197 1992 - 1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets 1994 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Ray Floyd wins first of 4 Champions Tour majors with birdie on first playoff hole against Dale Douglass 2013 - 50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1922 - Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by an ailing Vladimir Lenin 1923 - 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary 1954 - Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 1964 - US and Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations 1976 - 130th Grand National: John Burke wins aboard Rag Trade; equal record 4th winner trained by Fred Rimell and 2nd winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone 1992 - 1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1769 - Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1835) 1822 - Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1909) 1940 - Roger Burman, English head of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, born in Birmingham, England 1959 - David Hyde Pierce, American actor (Niles Crane-Fraiser), born in Saratoga Springs, New York 1962 - Simon Raymonde, British bassist, songwriter, and record producer (Cocteau Twins), born in Lewisham, London, England 1986 - Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer (Espanyol), born in Mataró, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1942 - Paul Gilson, Belgian composer, dies at 76 1951 - John C. Kielstra, Dutch economist and governor (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72 1981 - Leo Kanner, Austrian-American psychiatrist and social activist known for his work related to autism, dies at 86 2007 - Nina Wang, Chinese widow of businessman Teddy Wang (Asia's richest woman), dies at 69 2021 - Jill Corey [Norma Jean Speranza], American pop singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 85 2022 - June Brown, British actress (EastEnders, 1985–93 and 1997–2020 - "Dot"; Sitting Target), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1453 - Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which falls May 29 1865 - Battle of Fort Blakely Alabama, last major battle of the US Civil War 1902 - Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands 1932 - "Tarzan the Ape Man" released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films 1977 - Montreal Canadiens rout the Washington Capitals, 11-0 at the Montreal Forum to set an NHL record of 34 straight home games without a loss 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1993 - Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws 1993 - Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10 2019 - 70 villages evacuated in Khuzesta province, Iran, after at least 45 killed in flooding after unprecedented rainfall 2020 - Spain's death toll passes 10,000 (10003), as it posts a record single-day rise of 950 deaths More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1645 - Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander 1827 - US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils 1960 - Cuba buys oil from USSR 1989 - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn, 76-60; Lady Vols forward Bridgette Gordon MOP 2000 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Tom Kite wins his lone Champions Tour major with birdie on 6th playoff hole with Tom Watson and Larry Nelson 2006 - Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Australian Karrie Webb beats Lorena Ochoa of Mexico with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole; earlier eagles same hole to force the playoff More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, born in Fallersleben, Electorate of Brunswick -Lüneburg (d. 1874) 1901 - Anis Fuleihan, American composer, born in Kyrenia, Cyprus (d. 1970) 1952 - Will Hoy, English auto racer (British Touring Car C'ship 1991), born in Melbourn, England (d. 2002) 1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor (Law and Order; Runaway Bride), born in Washington, D.C. 1975 - Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia 1976 - Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer (US Masters 2007 runner-up, 6 PGA Tour titles, born in Durban, RSA More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1787 - Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719) 1791 - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), dies of natural causes at 42 1924 - Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming, Danish botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), dies at 82 1969 - Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish actor and opera singer (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74 2000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928) 2003 - Michael Wayne, American film producer (Green Berets, McLintock), son of John Wayne, dies at 68 More Famous Deaths »

1792 - Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce 1868 - Hampton Institute opens 1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1933 - Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany 1942 - Allied air raid on Japanese occupied harbor city Kupang, Timor, Indonesia 1972 - 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 1972 - MLB players stage first ever collective strike; play resumes (13/4/72) when owners and players agree to $500,000 increase in pension fund payments 1993 - Alan Bennett's play "The Madness of George III" premieres in London 2000 - Michelle Kwan pushes through all 7 triple jumps at the Palais des Exposition in Nice, France to become the first American since Peggy Flemming to win 3 world figure skating titles 2016 - The Golden State Warriors NBA record winning home run ends at 54 games with a 109-106 defeat to the Boston Celtics; the loss at Oracle Arena was the Warriors’ first since January 2015 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 374 - Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth 1930 - Chicago Cubs catcher Leo Hartnett breaks the altitude record for a catch by gloving a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, California 1931 - Jackie Mitchell becomes the second female (after Lizzie Arlington 1898) in organised baseball when she signs with the Chattanooga Lookouts Baseball Club 1978 - 132nd Grand National: Bob Davies aboard 14/1 chance Lucius wins by half a length from Sebastian V 2012 - Plane crash in Western Siberia kills at least 31 people (UTair Aviation ATR-72) 2019 - China announces new laws against fentanyl-related substances to come into effect 1 May More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1909 - Abner Biberman, American director and actor (His Girl Friday, The Leopard Man), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1977) 1924 - Čkalja [Miodrag Petrović], Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia, born in Kruševac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 2003) 1946 - Arrigo Sacchi, Italian soccer coach (Italy 1991-96 FIFA World Cup silver 1994; Serie A 1987-88, European Cup 1989, 90 AC Milan; Atlético Madrid, Parma), born in Fusignano, Italy 1955 - Gregg Jarrett, American television anchor 1961 - Sergio Scariolo, Italian basketball coach (NBA: assistant Toronto Raptors; head coach Spain; World Cup gold 2019), born in Brescia, Italy 1973 - Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (111 Tests; 9 x 100, HS 274no; 280 ODIs; Canterbury, Yorkshire CCC, Chennai Super Kings) and coach (Chennai Super Kings), born in Christchurch, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of King Louis VII of France and King Henry II of England, mother to Richard the Lionheart, Henry the Young King and King John, dies at around 81 1548 - Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-48), dies at 81 1814 - Jozef de Ferraris, French-Austrian general and cartographer, dies at 87 1991 - Frankie Gustine, American Major baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 47, 48; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 71 1998 - Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death), dies at 34 2004 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), dies at 58 More Famous Deaths »

1683 - Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and King John III Sobieski of Poland sign a covenant against Turkey, beginning of the Holy League 1808 - French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names 1906 - GB Shaw's German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra" premieres in Berlin 1922 - KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions 1946 - First election is held in Greece after World War II 1968 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces in an address to the nation that he will not seek re-election 1973 - Philadelphia Flyers score an NHL record tying 8 goals from an astounding 60 shots in the 2nd period of a 10-2 win over New York Islanders 1979 - 24th Eurovision Song Contest: Gali Atari and Milk and Honey for Israel wins singing "Hallelujah" in Jerusalem 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands 2021 - Paul Simon sells his entire songwriting catalog of over 400 songs to Sony Music Publishing for an undisclosed sum More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - GB Shaw's German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra" premieres in Berlin 1909 - Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time 1972 - Official Beatles Fan Club closes down 1983 - Popayán Earthquake (5.5 Mw Depth) in Colombia kills 267 people, injuring some 7,500 1995 - Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of US District Court in NYC issues an injunction against Major League Baseball owners in move that effectively ends 232-day strike 2004 - Australian swimmer Lisbeth Lenton breaks Inge de Bruijn's 4-year old 100m freestyle women's world record in 53.66s at the Australian Olympic trials in Sydney More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1723 - Frederick V, King of Denmark-Norway (1746-66), born in Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen (d. 1766) 1747 - Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (The Moon Has Risen), born in Lüneburg, Germany (d. 1800) 1809 - Edward FitzGerald, British poet, writer, and translator (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), born in Bredfield, Sussex, England (d. 1883) 1884 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (d. 1946) 1916 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012) 1982 - Chloé Zhao, Chinese filmmaker and director (The Rider, Nomadland), born in Beijing, China More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1389 - Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered 1547 - King Francis I of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52 1881 - Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 2002 - Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928) 2003 - H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907) 2010 - Shirley Mills, American actress (b. 1926) More Famous Deaths »

1856 - The Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Paris ending the Crimean War 1923 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority formed at Howard U in 1920 incorporates 1944 - 781 British bombers attack Nuremberg 1979 - Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility. 1986 - 5th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas beats USC, 97-81; Longhorns' Clarissa Davis MOP award; complete first undefeated season (34-0) 1988 - Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns and 144 to win Ranji Trophy 1990 - Jack Nicklaus makes his debut on the Senior PGA Tour with a 71 (-1) in the first round of The Tradition at Desert Mountain; wins the event by 4 strokes from Gary Player 1991 - "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 performances 1992 - CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" 2022 - Rock band Foo Fighters cancel their world tour after the unexpected death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins in Bogota, Colombia More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1282 - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers 1945 - 289 anti-fascists murdered by Nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund 1963 - 117th Grand National: 19-year old jockey Pat Buckley aboard 66/1 outsider Ayala wins by 3/4 of a length from Carrickbeg 1975 - James Rupert kills 11 members of his family on Easter Sunday in Hamilton, Ohio 1991 - "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 performances 2022 - Computer's Turing Award won by American programmer Jack Dongarra, whose work paved the way for supercomputers More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1830 - Julius Bahnsen, German philosopher (characterology), born in Tønder, Schleswig (d. 1881) 1932 - Ted Morgan, French-American reporter and biographer, born in Geneva, Switzerland 1961 - Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999) 1971 - Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C'ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1973 - Rodney Thomas, American running back (Tennessee Oilers), born in Trinity, Texas 1973 - Jan Koller, Czech footballer, born in Prague, Czechoslavakia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1832 - Stephen Groombridge, English Astronomer, dies at 77 1911 - Ellen Henrietta Richards, American chemist (Amer Home Economics Association-1st Pres), dies at 68 1970 - Heinrich Brüning, German politician and Chancellor of Germany (1930-32), dies at 84 1992 - Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 1994 - Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, dies at 79 2018 - Bill Maynard [Walter Williams], English actor (Greengrass-Heartbeat) and comedian, dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »