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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 »

1799 - Napoleon makes statement in support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews 1894 - American inventor Augustine Sackett is granted a patent for Sackett Board, the prototype for drywall (U.S. Patent No. 520,123) 1915 - Local train collides with troop train killing 226 in Gretna, Scotland 1933 - First modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster by Aldie and John Mackay saw "something resembling a whale" 1947 - "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece 1988 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Sherri Turner birdies final 2 holes to win her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Amy Alcott 1996 - "Tartuffe: Born Again" opens at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 29 performances 2002 - American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church 2006 - Results from the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters vote to become independent from the Serbia and Montenegro Union. 2019 - UN General Assembly votes for a motion condemning UK occupation of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean and for them to reunite with nearby Mauritius More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1840 - The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished 1966 - 18th Emmy Awards: "The Fugitive", Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore win 1967 - Egyptian President Nasser closes the Straits of Tiran to Israel 2001 - Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Tiger Woods; Sportswoman: Cathy Freeman; Team: French Men's National Football team 2018 - Stacey Abrams is the first black woman to be nominated as US state governor - for Georgia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor, baptized in Free Imperial City of Hamburg (d. 1714) 1671 - Abraham Patras, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1735-37), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1737) 1930 - Harvey Milk, American politician, gay activist and first openly gay person elected to public office, born in Woodmere, New York (d. 1978) 1936 - M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (The Road Less Traveled), born in New York City (d. 2005) 2001 - Emma Chamberlain, American influencer (YouTube), born in San Mateo, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1667 - Alexander VII [Fabio Chigi], Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68 1958 - Julien de Valckenaere, Belgian poet, dies at 60 1991 - Catalino "Lino" Brocka, Filipino film director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 2022 - Dervla Murphy, Irish bicyclist and travel author (Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle; In Ethiopia with a Mule), dies at 90 2024 - Petri Sulonen, Finnish soccer defender (10 caps; TPS 319 games), dies from ALS at 60 More Famous Deaths »

1886 - 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45 1918 - US House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote 1945 - Nazi SS-Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler captured 1966 - A "loyalist" group calling itself the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) issued a statement declaring war on the Irish Republican Army (IRA) 1969 - Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, aka Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student. 1988 - "Da'Butt" by EU hits #35 2006 - The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year. 2013 - American singer-songwriter Carole King receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C. 2018 - Former US president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama sign deal with Netflix to produce films and series 2023 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise appearance at G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, with world leaders also making a statement to condemn Chinese acts of "economic coercion" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1966 - Louie Louie by The Kingsmen reentered the chart and hits #97 1969 - Slovan Bratislava of Czechoslovakia win 9th European Cup Winner's Cup against FC Barcelona of Spain 3-2 in Basel 1972 - "Heathen!" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 1 performance 1997 - Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens beats the Yankees for his 200th win 2018 - US Justice Department says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether FBI infiltrated Donald Trump's 2016 campaign More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1923 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician known for his work on algebraic topology and Lie groups, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (d. 2003) 1940 - Tony Sheridan, British singer-songwriter and guitarist who collaborated with the pre-fame Beatles ("My Bonnie"), born in Norwich, England (d. 2013) 1976 - Christopher Tin, American film, television, and video game score composer (Baba Yetu), born in Redwood City, California 1979 - Fayçal Salhi, French-Algerian jazz guitarist and oud player, born in Khenchela, Algeria 1996 - Josh Allen, American football quarterback (Buffalo Bills), born in Firebaugh, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1650 - James Graham, Marquis of Montrose "the Great Montrose", Scottish general, hanged at 37 1742 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician, natural science researcher, and educator, dies at 78 1973 - Vaughn Monroe, American singer and orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61 1974 - Lili Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (World C'ship gold Ladies singles 1908, 09, 10, 11), dies at 83 1992 - Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer (English Bread and Yeast Cookery), dies after a series of strokes at 72 More Famous Deaths »