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1098 - Crusaders seize Antioch after a five-month siege during the First Crusade 1539 - Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain 1944 - Generals Giraud and de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution 1949 - Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles) 1956 - KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 - "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances 1965 - Gemini 4 launches; second US two-man flight (McDivitt and White); mission includes first US spacewalk 1972 - French Open Women's Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3 2007 - USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engages with pirates after they board Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia 2018 - Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with 9 in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over Cleveland Cavaliers More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - Belgian King Leopold II claims Congo as his private possession 1932 - John McGraw, who came to NY in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants 1968 - Poor Peoples March on Washington, D.C. 2010 - Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia 2019 - US President Donald Trump begins a three-day visit to the UK by calling London Mayor Sadiq Khan "a stone cold loser" after Khan called Trump's language that of a 20th century fascist More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1540 - Charles II Archduke of Austria, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1590) 1910 - Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy], American actress (Great Dictator), born in Whitestone Landing, Long Island (d. 1990) 1931 - Raúl Castro, Cuban revolutionary, politician (First Secretary 2011-21) and brother of Fidel Castro, born in Biran, Holguin, Cuba 1958 - Ibrahim Hussein, Kenyan marathon runner (Boston Marathon-1988, 91, 92), born in Kapsabet, Kenya 1968 - Saffron [Samantha Sprackling], Nigerian-British singer (Republica), born in Lagos, Nigeria More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1898 - Samuel Plimsoll, English politician and social reformer (invented Plimsoll line for ships), dies at 74 1992 - William Gaines, American publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70 2004 - Quorthon [Thomas Forsberg], Swedish heavy and Viking metal musician, and record producer (Bathory), dies of a congenital heart issue at 38 2011 - Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist and right-to-die activist, dies of a thrombosis at 83 2018 - Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan clergyman (Archbishop of Managua, 1970-2005; 1st Central American cardinal, 1985), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1855 - The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine 1875 - Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission 1901 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY) 1934 - French Championship Women's Tennis: England's defending champion Margaret Scriven beats American Helen Jacobs 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 1947 - Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns 1952 - 650,000 metalworkers go on strike in US 1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England 1985 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 8 shots from fellow American Alice Miller 2018 - Ringo Starr's thirteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay, Graham Gouldman, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham 2020 - UK death toll from COVID-19 passes 50,000 (50,032) according to its Office of National Statistics More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1625 - Prince Frederick Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1881 - Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens 1901 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY) 1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England 2018 - Ringo Starr's thirteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay, Graham Gouldman, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1940 - John O'Shea, Welsh rugby union prop (5 Tests Wales, 1 British and Irish Lions; Cardiff RFC 213 games), born in Weston-Super-Mare, England (d. 2024) 1940 - Christopher Bernau, actor (Guiding Light), born in Santa Barbara, California 1948 - Jerry Mathers, American actor (Leave It To Beaver - "Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver"; The Trouble with Harry), born in Sioux City, Iowa 1967 - Kenny Atkinson, American basketball head coach (Brooklyn Nets 2016-19; Director Player Development, Houston Rockets 2007–08), born in Huntington, New York 1970 - Karen Mok, Hong Kong actress and singer (Around the World in 80 Days), born in Hong Kong More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1968 - R. Norris Williams, American tennis player (US National C'ship 1914, 16; survived sinking of RMS Titanic), dies of emphysema at 77 1996 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937) 2003 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918) 2004 - Loyd Sigmon, American radio broadcaster, sound engineer, and inventor ("Sig Alert" for traffic and emergency notices), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 95 2023 - Kaija Saariaho, Finnish electro-acoustic and contemporary classical composer (L'Amour de loin (Love from Afar); Circle Map), dies of brain cancer at 70 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1625 - Prince Frederick Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1881 - Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens 1901 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY) 1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England 2018 - Ringo Starr's thirteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay, Graham Gouldman, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1940 - John O'Shea, Welsh rugby union prop (5 Tests Wales, 1 British and Irish Lions; Cardiff RFC 213 games), born in Weston-Super-Mare, England (d. 2024) 1940 - Christopher Bernau, actor (Guiding Light), born in Santa Barbara, California 1948 - Jerry Mathers, American actor (Leave It To Beaver - "Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver"; The Trouble with Harry), born in Sioux City, Iowa 1967 - Kenny Atkinson, American basketball head coach (Brooklyn Nets 2016-19; Director Player Development, Houston Rockets 2007–08), born in Huntington, New York 1970 - Karen Mok, Hong Kong actress and singer (Around the World in 80 Days), born in Hong Kong More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1968 - R. Norris Williams, American tennis player (US National C'ship 1914, 16; survived sinking of RMS Titanic), dies of emphysema at 77 1996 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937) 2003 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918) 2004 - Loyd Sigmon, American radio broadcaster, sound engineer, and inventor ("Sig Alert" for traffic and emergency notices), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 95 2023 - Kaija Saariaho, Finnish electro-acoustic and contemporary classical composer (L'Amour de loin (Love from Afar); Circle Map), dies of brain cancer at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1935 - Compulsory driving tests and license plates introduced in the United Kingdom 1940 - Major General Bernard Montgomery returns to London 1951 - International Cheese treaty signed 1957 - French Championships Men's Tennis: Sven Davidson becomes first Swede to win a Grand Slam title; beats American Herbert Flam 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 1965 - Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson at Bell Labs detect 3°K primordial background radiation - helping confirm The Big Bang theory (1978 Nobel Prize) 1970 - Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days 1984 - KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD 1990 - Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a record high of 2,900.97 1995 - Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers' scoreless inning streak ends at 39 in a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins 2019 - Price of a movie ticket rises in Japan for the first time in 26 years from ¥1,800 to ¥1,900, while some cinemas keep the price the same More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm) 1967 - Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C. 1980 - First transmission of the Cable News Network or CNN 1982 - Oakland A's left fielder Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases in 3-2 win over Boston Red Sox to become fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a MLB season 1985 - West Indian cricket batsman Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 in a tour match against Warwickshire at Taunton; 42 fours and 8 sixes of 258 balls More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1858 - William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream, Ian of the Orcades), born in Newmarket, Ontario (d. 1918) 1903 - Percy Whitlock, English composer and organist, born in Chatham, England (d. 1946) 1917 - William Standish Knowles, American chemist and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, born in Taunton, Massachusetts (d. 2012) 1942 - Tom Mankiewicz, screenwriter (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California 1969 - Ari Sulander, Finnish ice hockey goaltender (World C'ship gold 1995; Olympic bronze 1998), born in Helsinki, Finland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1340 - Jan van Diest, Bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies 1713 - Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34 1951 - Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer and historian, dies at 85 1991 - David Ruffin, American soul musician and early lead singer for The Temptations (My Girl; Ain't Too Proud to Beg), dies of a drug overdose at 50 2018 - Eddy Clearwater [Edward Harrington], American blues musician (West Side Strut), dies of heart failure at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1665 - Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah 1790 - Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca (now the international border between Canada and the US) 1847 - Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens 1916 - HMS Invincible explodes after taking fire during the Battle of Jutland, killing 1026 officers including Rear-Admiral Hood - only 6 crew members survive 1919 - NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic 1921 - Boston Red Sox 1st baseman John "Stuffy" McInnis begins an errorless string of 1,700 chances 1937 - German warships bombard Almeria, Spain 1970 - Cathedral of Brasília, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer is dedicated in the Brazilian capital Brasília 1990 - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie 2021 - Tulsa, Oklahoma, marks 100 year anniversary of the massacre of hundreds of black residents by a white mob in the Greenwood neighborhood More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1923 - The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) forms in Durban, South Africa, with Omar Hajee Amod Jhaveri as President 1928 - First aerial crossing of the Pacific takes off from Oakland 1937 - 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University) 1958 - Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin" 1970 - KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1838 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Wife at University), born in Skipton, Yorkshire, England (d. 1900) 1892 - Willem Ravelli, Dutch baritone singer (St Matthew Passion), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1980) 1893 - Janet Sobel [Jennie Olechovsky], Ukrainian-American abstract expressionist and drip-paint pioneering artist (Milky Way), born in Katerynoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine) (d. 1968) 1904 - Stan Brenders, Belgian jazz pianist and bandleader, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1969) 1929 - Neil Shaw, Canadian-British businessman and CEO of sugar company Tate and Lyle, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2023) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1198 - Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies 1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish Modernist poet , dies at 78 1960 - Walther Funk, German economist and Nazi politician, dies at 69 2000 - Johnnie Taylor, American RandB and multi-genre singer ("Disco Lady"; "I Believe In You"), dies at 66 2021 - Phil Johnstone, British songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer (Robert Plant), dies at 63 More Famous Deaths »

1642 - All honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament 1907 - 41st Belmont Stakes: George Mountain aboard 3-year-old stallion Peter Pan wins 1917 - Jazz standard "Dark Town Strutters Ball" by Shelton Brooks recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1927 - Walter Johnson records 110th and final shutout of his Baseball HOF career, the most in MLB history; Washington Senators score 3-0 win over Boston Red Sox 1956 - Mickey Mantle misses by 18 inches hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators 1957 - Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston 1959 - The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened in Auckland, New Zealand. 1966 - Indianapolis 500: English 1962 F1 World Champion Graham Hill wins after leading for a total of only 10 laps; first rookie winner since 1927 1972 - 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airport 1986 - Indianapolis 500: Bobby Rahal becomes first driver in race history to complete the 500 miles (800 km) in less than 3 hours; average speed 170.722 mph (274.750 km/h) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1908 - US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized 1908 - 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved 1933 - Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins accompanied by riding mechanic Lawson Harris; Mark Billman killed in a crash on lap 79; Lester Spangler and riding mechanic "Monk" Jordan die in a crash on lap 132 1962 - 69 killed in bus crash in Ahmedabad, India 2022 - Frontier becomes the world's fastest supercomputer and first exascale computer, able to perform a quintillion calculations per second, at US's Oak Ridge National Laboratory More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1757 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1801-04), born in London (d. 1844) 1830 - Edward Winslow Hinks, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bucksport, Maine (d. 1894) 1844 - Louis Varney, French composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1908) 1871 - Amos Rusie, American Baseball HOF pitcher (Triple Crown and NL wins leader 1894; 5 × NL strikeout leader; pitched no-hitter 1891; NY Giants), born in Mooresville, Indiana (d. 1942) 1926 - Edouard Van Remoortel, Belgian conductor (St Louis Symphony, 1958-62), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1977) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1469 - Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop 1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, 13th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and US Secretary of Agriculture, dies at 94 2008 - Lorenzo Odone, American medical figure (b. 1978) 2019 - Frank Lucas, American drug kingpin (fictionalised in 2007 film "American Gangster"), dies at 88 2021 - Frank Navarro, American college football coach (Williams College, Columbia University, Princeton University), dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »

1138 - Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) submits himself to Pope Innocentius II 1900 - Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co. 1916 - NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game 1924 - AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks 1928 - Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car 1973 - Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records 1973 - Thomas Bradley elected 1st African American mayor of Los Angeles, California 1983 - Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m 2015 - Heat wave in India centered in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states is reported to have killed 1800 people in a week 2019 - World's smallest surviving baby, a girl, discharged from Sharp March Birch Hospital in San Diego after being born at 23 weeks weighing 8.6 ounces (245 grams) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1954 - French Championships Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly retains her title; beats Ginette Bucaille of France 6-4, 6-1 1972 - LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Southern Pines CC: Sandra Palmer wins first of 2 majors by a massive 10 strokes from Judy Rankin and Mickey Wright 2006 - Singer David Bowie joins guitarist David Gilmour as special guest during encore at Royal Albert Hall, London concert; they perform "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb" in what becomes Bowie's final UK appearance 2018 - ABC TV network cancels TV comedy "Roseanne" after its star Roseanne Barr posts a racist tweet 2023 - Canadian hiker Delaney Irving (19) wins perilous Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, Glocestershire, England, despite being knocked unconscious More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1906 - T. H. White, English novelist (England Have My Bones) and author of the King Arthur novels, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1964) 1927 - Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist and writer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1987) 1933 - William Yorzyk Jr., American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly, WR 2:19.3, 1956), born in Northampton, Massachusetts (d. 2020) 1937 - Charles W. Pickering, American judge (Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi), born in Laurel, Mississippi 1960 - Adrian Paul, English actor (Dance to Win, Highlander), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1924 - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (negotiated Entente Cordiale), dies at 81 1924 - Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, music teacher, editor and publisher of liturgical music, dies at 76 1939 - Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint and foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, dies of a carcinoma at 74 1992 - Ruby Middleton Forsythe, African-American teacher who taught for 50 years in one-room schoolhouse in South Carolina, dies at 86 2012 - Mark Minkov, Russian Soviet theater and film score composer, dies at 67 More Famous Deaths »

1521 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V 1941 - 1st night game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (NY Yankees pip the Senators 6-5) 1955 - Indianapolis 500: Bob Sweikert wins; defending champion Bill Vukovich killed in a crash while seemingly on his way to an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500 1956 - Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus 1972 - Four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and four civilians killed when a bomb they were preparing exploded prematurely at a house in Belfast 1984 - George Soros founds the Soros Foundation Budapest to help countries free themselves from communism 1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa 1995 - White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium 2011 - UEFA Champions League Final, London: FC Barcelona beats Manchester United, 3-1; 4th title for Barça 2022 - At least 31 people, mostly children, die in a stampede during a church giveaway event in Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1937 - Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1963 - Estimated 22,000 die in a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal (India) 1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Delhi 1983 - Rock guitarist Slash first hears Axl Rose singing with the band Rapidfire at Gazzarri’s On The Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles, California 2008 - The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1858 - Carl Richard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (blowtorch), born in Arboga, Sweden (d. 1939) 1863 - Georg Adler, Polish state economist, born in Poznań, Poland (d. 1908) 1892 - Minna Gombell, American actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1973) 1944 - Gary Stewart, American country singer ("She's Actin' Single"), born in Jenkins, Kentucky (d. 2003) 1971 - Isabelle Carré, French actress (Angélique Delange in "Romantics Anonymous", Anna M. in "Anna M."), born in Paris, France More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1805 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (Minuet), dies at 62 1878 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1846-52 and 1865-66), dies at 85 1990 - Giorgio Manganelli, Italian writer and journalist (Gruppo 63 movement), dies at 67 2010 - Jacob Kistemaker, Dutch nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge), dies at 93 2024 - Butch Johnson, American archer (Olympic gold team 1996, bronze 2000), dies at 68 More Famous Deaths »

1660 - Denmark and Sweden sign the Treaty of Copenhagen, ending the Second Northern War 1864 - Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia 1910 - Reform of Prussian three-class voting system fails 1916 - Groundbreaking begins on Hugh J. Grant Circle, a park in the Bronx, named for the youngest mayor of New York City (1899-92) 1933 - Austrian communist party banned 1942 - Dorie Miller awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor 1966 - Six French fighter jets crash over Spain 1975 - Stanley Cup Final, The Aud, Buffalo, NY: Philadelphia Flyers win back-to-back titles; shutting out Buffalo Sabres, 2-0 for a 4-2 series win; goaltender Bernie Parent wins 2nd consecutive Conn Smyth trophy as playoff MVP 2005 - DreamWorks releases computer-animated film "Madagascar" with voices by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett-Smith 2019 - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz removed from office after a no-confidence vote in parliament, Vice Chancellor Hartwig Löger appointed interim chancellor More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death 1529 - 30 Jews of Posing, Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake 1878 - 6th Preakness: C. Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75 1895 - British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector 1958 - Ernest Green becomes the 1st African-American to graduate from Little Rock's Central High School More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1332 - Ibn Khaldūn, North African Islamic scholar, philosopher and historian (Muqaddimah), born in Tunis (d. 1406) 1823 - John Gray Foster, American Major General (Union Army), born in Whitefield, New Hampshire (d. 1874) 1887 - Kazimierz Fajans, Polish-American physical chemist (Fajans' rules), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1975) 1975 - André 3000 [Benjamin], American rapper (Outkast), and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia 1981 - Miloy [Marcos Henriques], Angolan footballer, born in Luanda, Angola More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1596 - Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies 1708 - Jacques Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 51 1797 - Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist and revolutionary, guillotined for planning an insurrection at 36 1994 - Norman Cook, British museum curator at the Guildhall, dies at 87 2010 - John William Finn, American US Navy sailor, awarded the 1st Medal of Honor of WWII for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

1596 - England, France and Netherlands sign Drievoudig Covenant against Spain 1864 - Battle of Dallas, begins near Paulding County, Georgia (Atlanta Campaign), Union victory (US Civil War) 1955 - Conservatives led by Anthony Eden win British parliamentary election 1959 - MLB Pittsburgh Pirates Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th to Braves at Milwaukee County Stadium 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 - British composer Michael Tippett's 3rd Piano Sonata premieres 1973 - Bahrain adopts its constitution 2014 - Narendra Modi becomes the 15th Prime Minister of India 2019 - Ken Wyatt becomes Australia's first Aboriginal minister in government as the minister for indigenous Australians 2019 - Indianapolis 500: 2016 IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud of France finishes just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi for Team Penske's record-extending 18th victory in the event More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1796 - French garrison of Fort Charlotte on island of St Lucia surrenders to British forces, 2780 mostly black prisoners of war board ships to England 1930 - Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution 1948 - South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy 2012 - Pope Benedict XVI's butler is arrested for allegedly leaking confidential documents 2014 - Protests across Thailand in response to military coup; General Prayuth warns of a crackdown in demonstrations continue More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1914 - Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1979) 1925 - Alec McCowen, English actor (Never Say Never Again), born in Tunbridge Wells (d. 2017) 1926 - Miles Davis, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (Kinda Blue; Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet; Sketches of Spain), born in Alton, Illinois (d. 1991) 1938 - Jaki Liebesit, German drummer (Can), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2017) 1943 - John "Poli" Palmer, British Progressive rock keyboardist, and vibraphone player (Family -"In My Own Time"), born in Worcester, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1946 - Friedrich German prince, last ruler of Waldeck and Pyrmont, dies at 81 1969 - Kathryn Minner (née White), American character actress (Little Old Lady from Pasadena), dies of a heart attack at 77 1978 - Cybele, Greek actress (b. 1887) 1993 - Carleton Morse, American radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 2010 - Jean Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 1928) More Famous Deaths »

1900 - Retired London fire master Eyre Massey Shaw aged 70 reputedly becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics for sailing (disputed) 1915 - A British Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on the failure of the Dardanelles offensive sacks Lord Kitchener as head of munitions and Winston Churchill as Lord of the Admiralty 1943 - Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance 1964 - Frank Gilroy's dramatic play "The Subject Was Roses", starring Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 832 performances; wins Pulitzer Prize, and 2 Tony Awards 1966 - Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die 1966 - "Au Hasard Balthazar", French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Anne Wiazemsky and François Lafarge, is released 1970 - 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2 1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander 1982 - Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar 2011 - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1868 - Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen 1878 - W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" premieres in London, their first international success 1959 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visits Angola 1967 - John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelically painted Rolls Royce 1992 - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1886 - Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India, born in Bengal, India (d. 1945) 1936 - Tom T. Hall, American country singer, songwriter ("Harper Valley PTA"), and author, born in Olive Hill, Kentucky (d. 2021) 1946 - David A. Hargrave, American game designer and writer known as The Dream Weaver (Arduin), born in United States (d. 1988) 1969 - Matt Borlenghi, Italian-American actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children), born in Los Angeles, California 1973 - Daz Dillinger [Delmar Drew Arnaud], American hip-hop performer, born in Long Beach, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1789 - Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) 1916 - Jack Marsh, Australian cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies in a pub brawl at 41 or 42 1948 - Witold Pilecki, Polish WWII resistance fighter (volunteered to go to Auschwitz, Witold's Report), executed by communist secret police after a show trial at age 47 1965 - Sonny Boy Williamson II [Aleck Miller], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, dies at 65 1996 - Bernard Sendall, British deputy director general of British Independent Television Authority and author (Independent Television in Britain), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1928 - Italian aviator Umberto Nobile flies airship Italia over North Pole again (crashes onto ice pack a day later) 1928 - Record 12 future Baseball Hall of Famers take the field as NY Yankees beat Philadelphia A's, 9-7 at Shibe Park; managers Miller Huggins and Connie Mack, umpire Tom Connolly also HOF'ers 1943 - Final entry in the Stroop Report, detailing the destruction of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto, compiled by Nazi officers, later used as evidence in the Nuremberg trials 1957 - Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan 1960 - 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed 1961 - NASA Explorer Ionosphere research mission fails to reach Earth orbit 1968 - Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession in England 1978 - Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect 1987 - Golden Gate Bridge 50th anniversary: Over 800K people show up, 300K walk on bridge at same time, span temporarily flattens from weight (San Francisco, California) 1989 - Weird Al Yankovic records three tracks for his UHF movie soundtrack More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1902 - Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918 1908 - Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election 1909 - Bristol University granted Royal Charter 1929 - Chicago WS pitcher Ted Lyons and Detroit's George Uhle go 21 innings before Tigers get a run to win, 6-5; longest game (3 hours, 31 mins) ever at Comiskey Park, Chicago 1957 - Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1863 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (d. 1938) 1905 - Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965), born in Veshenskaya, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (d. 1984) 1910 - Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (US Masters 1940, 47, 50), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1983) 1922 - Sadao Bekku, Japanese classical and film composer (Matango), born in Tokyo (d. 2012) 1976 - Bob Maesen, Belgian flatwater canoer, born in Neerpelt, Pelt, Belgium More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer who theorized that planets revolve around the sun (Heliocentric theory), dies at 70 1908 - Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (British Open 1861-62, 64, 67), dies as result of a fall at 86 1972 - Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 1986 - Gunnar Bjornstrand, Swedish actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76 2023 - Bill Lee, American session double-bassist, and film score composer (Do The Right Thing; She's Gotta Have It), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1611 - Matthias von Habsburg chosen as King of Bohemia 1644 - Johan Mauritius van Nassau resigns as head of Civil rights activists 1873 - 1st Preakness Stakes: G. Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43 at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland 1907 - The single chamber Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session. 1943 - -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund 1974 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 - Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage 1990 - Cost of rescuing savings and loan failures is put at up to $130 billion 1994 - 47th Cannes Film Festival: "Pulp Fiction" directed by Quentin Tarantino wins the Palme d'Or 2010 - 63rd Cannes Film Festival: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1932 - Australian cyclist Hubert Opperman sets paced world records 1,384km in 24 hours, and 1,609km (1,000 miles) in 28 hours, 55 minutes, 39 seconds at Melbourne Motordrome 1969 - 22nd Cannes Film Festival: "If..." directed by Lindsay Anderson wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film 1983 - Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1990 - Cost of rescuing savings and loan failures is put at up to $130 billion 2001 - 9th UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich beats Valencia (1-1, 5-4 on penalties) at Milan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1820 - James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis), born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana (d. 1887) 1923 - Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2009) 1942 - Zalman King, American actor and director (Wild Orchid), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2012) 1965 - Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer 1970 - Bryan Herta, American race car driver More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1691 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer who improved measuring instruments (moon crater "Auzout"), dies at 69 1838 - Jan Willem Janssens, Dutch nobleman, military officer, and Governor-General of Cape colony and Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 1841 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologist, dies at 76 1934 - Clyde Barrow, American bank robber and outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde), killed in police ambush in Louisiana at 25 2021 - Max Mosley, British auto racer and lawyer (President Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile [FIA] 1993-2009), dies from cancer at 81 More Famous Deaths »