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657 - St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I
1905 - Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms
1942 - FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1953 - Rikidōzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
1960 - 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)
1997 - Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo Landslide in New South Wales, AustraliaFamous Birthdays
1875 - James W. Tate, English composer, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (d. 1922)
1880 - Robert R. McCormick, American editor and publisher (Chicago Tribune), born in Chicago (d. 1955)
1940 - Clive Sinclair, British consumer electronics inventor (Executive pocket calculator; ZX Spectrum computer), born in Richmond, Surrey, England (d. 2021)
1959 - Petra Felke, German javelin thrower (world record 1988), born in Saalfeld, East Germany
1981 - Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (MotoGP Champion 2006), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 2017)
1982 - Jimmy Anderson, English cricket fast bowler (most wickets for England in both Test and ODI cricket), born in Burnley, LancashireFamous Deaths
1965 - Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79
1982 - Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
1994 - Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
2008 - Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain and first female counsel to the President, dies at 80
2009 - Peter Zadek, German theatre director (b. 1926)
2012 - Maeve Binchy [Snell], Irish novelist (Light a Penny Candle), dies at 72 -
362 - Emperor Julianus of Constantinople's "School Edict" prohibited Christian teachers from using pagan literature which were standard texts for classical education at the time
1014 - Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies
1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States
1934 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins first of his 2 PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes
1968 - Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
1983 - Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1993 - Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible
1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis
2018 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 1 shot from defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany
2021 - Following Simone Biles' withdrawal, teammate Sunisa Lee becomes first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport when she wins women's artistic individual all-around gymnastics gold in Tokyo -
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1928 - Test footage first created for Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" with Mickey Mouse
1942 - Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Boulevard, in honor of former Bronx Borough President and US Congressman, Henry Bruckner
1956 - WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
1978 - American Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7 hrs, 40 min; record holds until 1995
1994 - 200,000 Muslims demand the death of feminist writer Taslima Nasrin in Bangladesh
1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennisFamous Birthdays
1866 - George Morrison, American entrepreneur (owner of Mammoth Caves), born border of Ohio and Pennsylvania (d. 1937)
1914 - Dovie Hudson, American community activist in rural Mississippi (filed lawsuit to desegregate the public schools)
1935 - Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor (Dresden State Opera, 1962-2000), born in Meissen, Saxony, Germany (d. 2019)
1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist and Nobel Prize Laureate who developed theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1981 - Troy Perkins, American professional soccer goalkeeper, born in Springfield, Ohio
1990 - Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress (Deep Rooted Tree), born in Yangcheon, South KoreaFamous Deaths
1108 - King Philip I, King of the Franks 1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56
1887 - Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman, Prime Minister of Italy (1876-78, 1778-79, 1881-87), dies at 74
1954 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (World Alllround Speed Skating champion 1905), dies at 75
1984 - Fred Waring, American bandleader, conductor, and Waring Blender namesake, dies at 84
2007 - Michel Serrault, French actor (Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud, La Cage aux Folles), dies at 79
2016 - Marta Marzotto, Italian countess and designer, dies at 85 -
1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe on return to England
1864 - US Civil War: Battle at Ezra Chapel - Union forces under Major Gen. William Sherman defeat Confederate Lt. General John Hood near Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia
1866 - Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US
1898 - Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender
1932 - "White Zombie" - 1st feature length zombie film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Bela Lugosi is released in the US
1959 - Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress
1971 - Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie"
2005 - A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2014 - Israel criticizes John Kerry's proposed ceasefire, stating that no ceasefire deal will be accepted without the destruction of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip
2020 - Iter, the world's largest nuclear fusion project, begins assembly in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France -
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1790 - Henry James Pye appointed as British Poet Laureate by King George III
1919 - Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam
1979 - France performs nuclear Test
1985 - Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Pat Bradley wins by 1 from Jane Geddes
1986 - Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
1992 - RandB singer Mary J. Blige releases her debut album "What's the 411?", with production by Puff DaddyFamous Birthdays
1863 - Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
1901 - Sándor Vándor, Hungarian Jewish composer, born in Miskolc, Hungary (d. 1945)
1928 - Adrian Ratiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)
1934 - Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer, and choreographer (NYC Ballet Company, 1949-84), actor (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers), and educator (founded National Dance Institute, 1976), born in Dedham Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1951 - Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect (Milwaukee Art Museum), born in Valencia, Spain
1972 - Ed Templeton, American skateboarder (Toy Machine), born in Garden Grove, CaliforniaFamous Deaths
1641 - John Amner, English composer, dies at 61
1864 - Samuel Benton, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at about 44
1895 - Edward Beecher, American theologian, dies at 91
1904 - Vyacheslav von Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior, killed by Jewish revolutionaries after a bomb is thrown at his carriage, dies at 58
1991 - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
1996 - Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and writer (How to Know Birds), dies at 87 -
1377 - First example of quarantine in Rugusa (now Dubroknik); city council passes law saying newcomers from plague areas must isolation for 30 days (later 40 days, quaranta in Italian)
1880 - Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson is wounded, breaks out
1891 - Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as governor of Suriname
1931 - Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota destroyed thousands of acres of crops
1944 - US troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy
1956 - England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings in 4th Test at Manchester; best return ever in Test cricket; bettered in 2nd innings 10-53
1962 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1990 - Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills
1997 - Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
2019 - American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 3 gold medals in one day at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea; 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly and mixed 4×100m freestyle relay (WR 3:19.40) -
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1816 - US troops destroy Fort Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves
1914 - Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government.
1941 - German army enters Ukraine
1974 - House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
1991 - TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition
1996 - Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injuredFamous Birthdays
1886 - Ernst May, German architect and city planner (New Frankfurt), born in Frankfurt am Main (d. 1970)
1896 - Henri Longchambon, French politician, born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 1969)
1904 - Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes), born in Cooperstown, New York (d. 1996)
1917 - Isabelle Kelley, American social worker credited with instigating the US Federal Food Stamp Program, born in Ellington, Connecticut (d. 1997)
1942 - John Pleshette, American actor (Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue), born in NYC, New York
1979 - Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler, born in Cameron, North CarolinaFamous Deaths
1689 - John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, fatally wounded at the Battle of Killiecrankie at 41
1844 - John Dalton, English physicist and chemist who developed the atomic theory of matter and researched colour blindness, dies at 77
1978 - Willem Van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (Residentie Orkest, 1949-73; Melbourne Symphony, 1967-70; Sydney Symphony, 1971-77), dies in a car crash at 70
1979 - Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79
1986 - Leroy Holmes, American orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
2021 - Mike Hendrick, English cricket fast bowler (30 Tests, 87 wickets; 22 ODIs; Derbyshire CCC), dies from bowel cancer at 72 -
1309 - Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V
1908 - United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
1948 - President Harry Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 to desegregate the US armed forces, directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in the military
1953 - Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
1963 - US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
1966 - WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1971 - Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
1992 - US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Patty Sheehan wins an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74
1999 - Fighting ceases between India and Pakistan in the Kargil War, Kashmir, after two months of fighting
2012 - North Korea is hit by Tropical Storm Khanun, killing 88 people and leaving 60,000 people homeless -
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1878 - In California, poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box found later with a taunting poem inside.
1944 - Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
1963 - US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
1990 - General Hospital records its 7,000th episode
2012 - Insurgent attack kills 19 people and destroys a helicopter at Baqubah, Iraq
2021 - Ship carrying migrants wrecks off coast of Al-Khums, Libya, killing at least 57, takes death toll in central Mediterranean to 987 for 2021Famous Birthdays
1899 - Carel C. van Essen, Dutch archaeologist (Italian and Roman art), born in Amsterdam (d. 1963)
1921 - Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (A Christmas Story), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
1926 - James Best [Jewel Franklin Guy], American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Sounder), born in Powderly, Kentucky (d. 2015)
1940 - Dobie Gray [Lawrence Brown], American musician and singer ("Drift Away"), born in Simonton, Texas (d. 2011)
1952 - Jan Randall, American-Canadian film, stage and broadcast composer (The Irrelevant Show; Poetry In Motion), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980 - Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41), born in Ajax, OntarioFamous Deaths
1592 - Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
1925 - William Jennings Bryan, American orator and statesman known as "The Great Commoner", dies at 65
1971 - Diane Arbus [Nemerov], American photographer (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar), commits suicide at 48
1994 - Owen "Terry" Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), dies of cancer at 67
2005 - Alexander Golitzen, American art director (b. 1908)
2005 - Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945) -
1261 - Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing Byzantine Empire
1567 - Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela
1900 - Gloucestershire captain Gilbert Jessop hits his second century (139 in 95 minutes) before lunch in same County Cricket match (104 previous day); Yorkshire wins by 40 runs
1913 - Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Max Carey scores 5 runs without a hit, reaching first base on an error and 4 walks, as the Bucs beat Philadelphia Phillies, 12-2
1913 - A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African National Congress, is attended by a large number of people from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
1923 - German mark devalued to 600,000 Mark=$1
1993 - The St James' Church massacre in Kenilworth, Cape Town by Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army
2010 - 97th Tour de France won by Andy Schleck of Luxembourg
2012 - The UK economy returns to recession with a fall of 0.2% in GDP in the first quarter of 2012 following a fall of 0.3% in the last quarter of 2011
2017 - Wildfires on France's Mediterranean coast near Bormes-les-Mimosas prompts evacuation of 12,000 people -
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1652 - Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church
1917 - Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
1985 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 - US Ambassador tells Iraq, US won't take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute
1993 - The St James' Church massacre in Kenilworth, Cape Town by Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army
1993 - 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)Famous Birthdays
1421 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician, born in Leconfield, United Kingdom (d. 1461)
1897 - Hermann Ambrosius, German composer, born in Hamburg (d. 1983)
1927 - Stanley Dancer, American harness racer (4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown), born in West Windsor Township, New Jersey (d. 2005)
1930 - Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Twisted") and actress, born in London (d. 2020)
1956 - Frances Arnold, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Edgewood, Pennsylvania
1971 - Billy Wagner, American MLB pitcher (Houston Astros), born in Tannersville, VirginiaFamous Deaths
1643 - Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman (b. 1584)
1814 - Charles Dibdin, British composer, author (Sea Songs), and actor, dies at 69
1997 - Margaret Farrer, midwife, dies at 83
2003 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, dies at 91
2005 - Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz trombonist, dies at 76
2011 - Mihalis Kakogiannis, Cypriot filmmaker (b. 1922) -
1673 - Edmund Halley enters The Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate
1683 - 1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord
1833 - HMS Beagle departs Maldonado, Uruguay
1911 - Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3
1935 - The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR
1963 - Dutch government of Marijnen forms
1979 - Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR
1985 - Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signs a peace accord with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai to settle the three-year Punjab crisis
2012 - John Dramani becomes President of Ghana after the death of President John Atta Mills
2019 - 10th million Mini car produced during its 60th anniversary year in Oxford, England -
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1651 - Anthony Johnson, a free African American, receives grant of 250 acres in Virginia
1971 - WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1976 - John Naber is 1st to swim 200m backstroke under 2 minutes
2014 - 47th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
2019 - 10th million Mini car produced during its 60th anniversary year in Oxford, England
2019 - Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals "Nature" and "Nature Geoscience"Famous Birthdays
1935 - Trevor Chinn, CEO (Lex)
1941 - Barbara Love, American soul singer (Friends of Distinction), born in Los Angeles, California
1953 - Claire McCaskill, American politician, junior senator from Missouri
1965 - Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player (Olympics 1984, 88, 92, 96)
1968 - Mark Gunn, NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1986 - Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skaterFamous Deaths
1831 - Maria Szymanowska, Polish pianist and composer, dies of cholera at 41
1842 - John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies
1936 - Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of German Empire, dies at 78
1954 - Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90
2008 - Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), dies at 75
2018 - Tony Cloninger, American MLB pitcher and coach (2 Grand Slams in one game), dies at 77 -
1764 - James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation
1851 - Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians and US
1964 - Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
1968 - Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt
1978 - MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200
1978 - Franklin Bradshaw is murdered in Salt Lake City by his grandson Marc Schreuder at the instigation of his mother Frances Schreuder
1981 - 14th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1989 - FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted)
2019 - BHP becomes the first mining company to tackle pollution, says it will invest $400 million to reduce emissions
2020 - China launches its first mission to Mars, Tianwen-1, a combined orbiter, lander and rover, from Wenchang Launch Site, Hainan Island -
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1594 - Dutch city Groningen held by Spain surrenders to Dutch and England army led by Maurice of Orange
1877 - 1st telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii completed
1959 - US Vice President Richard Nixon begins visit to the USSR
1966 - Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
2005 - Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people
2010 - One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join togetherFamous Birthdays
1902 - Walter Burle Marx, Brazilian pianist and composer, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1990)
1906 - Clancy Cooper, American actor (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains), born in Boise, Idaho (d. 1975)
1917 - John Stokes, British MP (C), born in Sandy, Bedfordshire (d. 2003)
1950 - Blair Thornton, Canadian rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, 1974-79), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1957 - Larry Stefanki, American tennis star, born in Elmhurst, Illinois
1968 - Chris Kerber, American lightweight rower (Olympics 1996), born in Collingswood, New JerseyFamous Deaths
1403 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (b. 1343)
1878 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)
1944 - Max Nettlau, German anarchist and historian, dies at 79
1955 - Cordell Hull, American Secretary of State (1933-44) who established United Nations (Nobel Peace Prize 1945), dies at 83
1996 - Hamilton Fish IV, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1969-95), dies at 70
2011 - Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician and producer (Wished I'd Stayed With My Mom), dies at 94 -
1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
1912 - In the face of ever-increasing German naval power, the British Admiralty decides to recall British warships from the Mediterranean and base them in the North Sea
1916 - A bomb explodes during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10
1922 - Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top
1942 - Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
1946 - Militant Zionist organization Irgun bombs the British administrative headquarters for Palestine in southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 people of various nationalities injuring 46
1960 - Cuba nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories
1972 - 59th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium takes 4th consecutive general classification title as well as points and combination events
1973 - 60th Tour de France won by Luis Ocana of Spain
1984 - 22nd Federation Cup Women's Tennis, São Paulo, Brazil: Czech pair Hana Mandlíková and Helena Suková beat Australians Elizabeth Sayers and Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-2 for a 2-1 victory -
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1731 - Spain signs Treaty of Vienna
1923 - Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson becomes 1st to reach 3,000 career strikeout milestone (en route to 3,508) with 5 K's in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians
1925 - NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League)
1940 - Dutch Prime minister Dirk Jan De Geer meets Adolf Hitler seeking peace talks
1959 - Natural gas found at Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
1967 - 1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)Famous Birthdays
1830 - Herbert Stanley Oakeley, English composer, born in Ealing (d. 1903)
1863 - Alec Hearne, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1894; Kent), born in Ealing, England (d. 1952))
1889 - Frederick Preston Search, American cellist, composer and conductor (Bridge Builders), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1959)
1926 - Bryan Forbes, director and producer (Endless Games, King Rat), (d. 2013)
1957 - Dave Stieb, American MLB pitcher (7-time All Star, Blue Jays), born in Santa Ana, California
1967 - Pat Badger, American heavy metal bassist (Extreme - "More Than Words"), born in Boston, MassachusettsFamous Deaths
1929 - Édouard Empain, Belgian railway builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76
1934 - John Dillinger, Notorious American bank robber, shot dead at 31 by federal agents at the Biograph Theater in Chicago
1992 - Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51
2003 - Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2018 - Tony Sparano, American football coach (Miami Dolphins 2008-11; Oakland Raiders 2014), dies of a heart attack at 56
2018 - Rene Portland, American college basketball coach (Penn State 1980-2007), dies of cancer at 65 -
1588 - First engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Eddystone Rocks
1825 - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
1888 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3
1913 - The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law
1918 - U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts
1933 - Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens
1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
1964 - Last Dutch whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific
2018 - Re-boot of TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" announced with creator Joss Whedon as executive producer -
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285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler
1915 - Woodrow Wilson sends the third Lusitania note, warning Germany that future infringement of American rights will be deemed 'deliberately unfriendly'
1952 - Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns
1952 - "The Quiet Man" film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara is released in the UK
1975 - NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
1991 - Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NYFamous Birthdays
1664 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, born in London (d. 1721)
1826 - James Gillpatrick Blunt, American physician, abolitionist, and Major General (Union Army), born in Trenton, Maine (d. 1881)
1856 - Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania)
1892 - Lenore Ulric, American actress (Notorious, Better Woman), born in New Ulm, Minnesota [or 1894]
1942 - Alun Davies, Welsh touring and session guitarist (Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam), born in Wales
1978 - Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992), born in Numazu, JapanFamous Deaths
1889 - Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
1932 - Bill Gleason, American late 19th century baseball player, dies at 73
1986 - Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
1994 - Hugh Scott, American lawyer and politician (Senate Minority Leader 1969-77), dies at 93
1996 - Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85
2015 - Paul Freeman, American conductor and composer (Chicago Sinfonietta, 1987 -2011; Czech National Symphony, 1996-2007), dies at 79 -
514 - St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus
1894 - 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike
1920 - Dutch soccer club Sportclub Heerenveen is formed; initially known as Athleta; KNVB Cup Champions 2008–09
1928 - The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians
1932 - Franz von Papen launches a coup against the Prussian government
1933 - Germany: Two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets
1933 - Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Adolf Hitler
1948 - Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champion
1985 - Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha
2020 - Announcement that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) is able to trigger immune response and antibodies -
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1914 - Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster
1925 - Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie
1953 - USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations
1963 - Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1963 - US Open Women's Golf, Kenwood CC: Mary Mills wins her first of 3 major titles by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Louise Suggs and Sandra Haynie
1964 - 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan and Dean's "Surf City"Famous Birthdays
1726 - William Jones, British composer and clergyman, born in Lowick, England (d. 1800)
1951 - Larry Black, 4x100 runner (Olympic gold 1972), born in Miami, Florida
1952 - Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
1965 - Jovy Marcelo, Filipino racing driver, born in Quezon City, Philippines (d. 1992)
1966 - Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
1999 - Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Princess Caroline of MonacoFamous Deaths
833 - Ansegis [Ansegius], French abbot of Fontenelle and writer, dies at about 63
1398 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England, dies at 24
1912 - Andrew Lang, Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and anthropologist (Andrew Lang's Fairy Books), dies at 68
1944 - Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
1962 - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
1976 - Samuel Mutendi, founder of the Zimbabwean Zion Christian Church, dies -
1674 - Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes, Spinoza and Meyer
1914 - Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds
1940 - Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid anti-nazi films
1940 - Adolf Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender - they decline
1941 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC)
1953 - WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1975 - New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single and RBI are nullified because tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit; Minnesota Twins win, 2-1
1977 - Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kill 76
1992 - British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Englishman Nick Faldo wins his 3rd Open title, by 1 stroke from American John Cook
2019 - UK oil tanker Stena Impero seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz -
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1937 - Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich
1950 - French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
1951 - "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 performances
1971 - Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
1977 - Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kill 76
1990 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasionFamous Birthdays
1873 - Louis Zimmermann, Dutch violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1954)
1883 - Max Fleischer, Polish-American animator and film producer (Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor Man), born in Kraków, Austrian Poland (d. 1972)
1909 - Jeno Vecsey, Hungarian composer, born in Cece (d. 1966)
1958 - Robert Gibson, American professional wrestler, born in Pensacola, Florida
1969 - David Goldsmith, actor (Eric-Models Inc), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
1990 - Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actorFamous Deaths
1740 - Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname, Algeria), dies at 71
1964 - Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69
1992 - Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies
1996 - (Emmanual Tettey) "E.T." Mensah, Ghanaian saxophonist, known as the "King of Highlife" music (Accra Rhythmic Orchestra; The Tempos), dies at 77
2003 - Pierre Graber, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978), dies at 94
2010 - Cécile Aubry, French actress (The Black Rose), author (Belle et Sébastien), television screenwriter and director, dies at 81 -
1290 - King Edward I orders expulsion of Jews from England, this edict will remain in place for 350 years
1896 - US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills: American-based Scot James Foulis wins by 3 strokes ahead of Englishman Horace Rawlins
1923 - British House of Lords accepts new divorce law
1943 - Giants and Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
1954 - Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1972 - The 100th British soldier to die in the Northern Ireland "troubles" is shot by a sniper in Belfast
1979 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly, France
1988 - Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on cruise ship City of Poros
2019 - Arson attack on animated studio Kyoto Animation Co in Kyoto, Japan, kills at least 33
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1618 - Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht
1811 - Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed after being found guilty of treason by the Spanish military in Chihuahua, Mexico
1907 - The Filipinos elect their first legislature; it will meet on 16 October
1944 - US 30th division reaches the suburbs of Saint-Lô, Normandy with heavy battles also occurring at Tessy-sur-Vire and Villebaudon
1968 - Washington shortstop Ron Hansen makes 8th unassisted triple-play in MLB history and first in 41 years as Senators lose, 10-1 to Cleveland Indians
1970 - -Aug 5] Hurricane Celia, kills 31 in Cuba, Florida and Texas
1981 - Simon Gray's "Quartermaine's Terms" premieres in London
1990 - Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die
2002 - Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 12th studio album "The Rising", his first new record with the E Street Band since 1985 tops the charts in 7 countries
2020 - Federal law enforcement officers begin a phased withdrawal from Portland amid criticism of their actions to shut down Black Lives Matter protests
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