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Historical Events 308 - Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope, serving until his death in 309 1960 - Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1965 - 10th European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Jair da Costa scores winner as defending champions Internazionale beat Benfica, 1-0 1967 - James Lipton and Laurence Rosenthal's musical "Sherry!", based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play "The Man Who Came to Dinner" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 72 performances 1981 - 34th Cannes Film Festival: "Man of Iron" directed by Andrzej Wajda wins the Palme d'Or 2018 - IPL Cricket Final, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets; Shane Watson top scores, 117 no (57); SK's 3rd IPL title More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1861 - Victoria Earle Matthews, American author and activist, born in Fort Valley, Georgia (d. 1907) 1884 - Max Brod, Czech-born Israeli composer, writer, and biographer of Kafka, born in Prague (d. 1968) 1911 - Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 2006) 1947 - Liana Alexandra, Romanian pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011) 1967 - Doug West, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves) 1970 - Tim Farron, British politician More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1580 - Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies 1902 - Jan Ferguut [Jan van Droogenbroeck], Belgian poet, dies at 67 1972 - Roy K. Marshall, American astronomer and TV scientist (Nature of Things), dies at 64 2007 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese pop singer (Zard - "Makenaide (Please Don't Lose)"), dies from head injuries after a fall, while undergoing cancer treatments at 40 2009 - Clive Granger, Welsh-born British economist (Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences 2003), dies at 74 2011 - Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974) More Famous Deaths »

1887 - Racetrack betting becomes legal in NY state 1918 - Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat 1924 - US President Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law restricting immigration 1962 - "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances 1973 - British composer Michael Tippett's 3rd Piano Sonata premieres 1981 - The Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due) 1993 - 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich 2012 - A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvinkaa kills 2, wounds 7 2013 - 66th Cannes Film Festival: "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" directed by Abdellatif Kechiche wins the Palme d'Or. The two main actresses in the film, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux also awarded 2020 - US restricts travel from Brazil as the country posts world's second highest number of recorded cases of COVID-19 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - Archaeological Institute of America forms 1923 - Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg 1941 - American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1972 - Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1996 - "Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 66 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1825 - Felipe Gutiérrez Y Espinosa, Puerto Rican composer, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico (d. 1899) 1846 - Arthur Coquard, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1910) 1890 - Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1972) 1908 - Robert Morley, British actor (Marie Antoinette, The Young Ones, How the Other Half Loves), born in Semley, Wiltshire, England (d. 1992) 1949 - Pam Grier, American actress (The Big Bird Cage; Jackie Brown; The L-Word), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1952 - David Meece, American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, and piano player, born in Humble, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1907 - Ida McKinley, US First Lady (1897-1901) and wife of the 25th US President William McKinley, dies at 59 1924 - Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, dies at 67 1939 - Cornelis Jacobus Snijders, Supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18), dies at 86 1944 - Robert van Spaendonck, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 27 1977 - Jim Boles, American actor (The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, One Man's Family), dies of cardiac arrest at 63 2007 - J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942) More Famous Deaths »

1571 - Pope Pius V forms The Holy League to fight the Ottomans with other Catholic maritime states including Spain, Venice, Naples and Sicily 1868 - Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen 1943 - Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance 1965 - Dave Davies of The Kinks knocked unconscious in an on stage scuffle with drummer Mick Avory at Cardiff’s Capital Theatre 1968 - Rolling Stones release song "Jumping Jack Flash" 1968 - Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7 1983 - Fire in Nassermeer, Egypt, kills 357 2011 - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show 2019 - First ever albino panda footage in the wild released (taken in April) from China's Wolong National Nature Reserve 2021 - Coup in Mali as military Colonel Assimi Goïta ousts country's civilian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane arresting and detaining them More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1720 - The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000. 1842 - Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect (through the changing colors of binary stars), to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague 1949 - Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai 1994 - Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated 2000 - 53rd Cannes Film Festival: "Dancer in the Dark" directed by Lars von Trier and starring Björk (Best Actress) wins the Palme d'Or 2014 - Senior PGA Championship, GC at Shore Harbor: Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins first of 3 Champions Tour majors by 4 strokes from Tom Watson More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1818 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1897) 1865 - John Mott, American evangelist and organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946), born in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York (d. 1955) 1945 - Dave Lee Travis [David Griffin], British DJ and presenter (Top of the Pops], convicted of indecent assault, born in Buxton, Derbyshire 1952 - Al Sarrantonio, American writer (999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense), born in NYC, New York 1961 - Hiro Saito, Japanese professional wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary), born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1979 - Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer, born in Greenwich, London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1917 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet, dies at 25 1934 - Gustav Holst, English composer (The Planets; Ode to Death), dies at 59 1945 - Demjan Bednyi, Russian writer and satirist, dies at 62 1954 - Robert Capa, Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist, dies of injuries from a landmine explosion at 40 1966 - Ricardo Castillo, Guatemalan composer, dies at 71 2020 - Marvin Luster, American CFL Hall of Fame defensive back (6 x CFL All Star; Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes), dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1595 - Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library 1861 - Alexandria, Virginia occupied by Federal troops 1887 - Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E African Association at East African harbors 1944 - Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania's anti fascists 1959 - 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania) 1968 - French President Charles De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse 1976 - 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington, D.C.) 1980 - Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: In first Finals appearance, NY Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 5-4 in OT for a 4 games to 2 series win 1984 - Revival of musical "The Wiz" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 13 performances 2021 - India's official COVID-19 death toll passes 300,000 (303,720), the third country to do so, with experts saying it is a vast undercount More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1832 - The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference 1923 - Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British Prime Minister 1988 - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals 1993 - Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement 2018 - Record US fentanyl seizure of 120lbs (54kg) confirmed by police in Nebraska in April, enough to kill 26 million people, one of largest drug busts in US history 2020 - Millions of cicadas in a once in 17-year event about to emerge from the earth in the US south posing crop danger and noise issues, according to scientists from Virginia Tech More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1840 - Frederick Walker, British social realist painter, born in London (d. 1875) 1945 - Priscilla Presley, American actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun), born in Brooklyn, New York 1963 - Vivian Trimble, American alt-rock keyboardist (Luscious Jackson; Dusty Trails), born in New York City (d. 2023) 1965 - Shinichirō Watanabe, Japanese anime director (Samurai Champloo), born in Kyoto, Japan 1976 - Catherine Cox, Australian netballer, born in Whangarei, New Zealand 1979 - Tracy McGrady, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (NBA All-Star 2001–07; NBA scoring champion 2003, 04; Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets), born in Bartow, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1136 - Hugues de Payens, French co-founder of The Knights Templar and its first Grand Master, dies at about 66 1826 - Friedrich Fesca, German violinist and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 37 1956 - Guy Kibbee, American actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 2002 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926) 2010 - Ray Alan, English ventriloquist and television entertainer (Lord Charles), dies at 79 2022 - Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler (World C'ship gold [skip] 2014; Olympics silver 2010), dies from cancer at 50 More Famous Deaths »

1844 - Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) 1960 - WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, PR 1st broadcast 1984 - Crime epic film "Once Upon a Time in America" directed by Sergio Leone starring Robert De Niro and James Woods premieres at Cannes 1997 - Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV 2002 - The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland 2003 - NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Ottawa Senators, 4 games to 3 2010 - 63rd Cannes Film Festival: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or 2018 - Hamburg, Germany, becomes the first city to ban diesel cars on some roads 2019 - Brazilian cosmetics group Natura buys UK's Avon for $2 billion, creating the world's fourth-largest cosmetics company 2021 - Belarus accused of “state-sponsored hijacking" after diverting commercial Ryanair flight to Minsk to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1894 - William Love hosts groundbreaking ceremonies for Love Canal 1926 - Chicago Cub's Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard 1962 - OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life 1991 - San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship 1997 - "King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC 2018 - Hamburg, Germany, becomes the first city to ban diesel cars on some roads More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1710 - François Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures), born in Nancy, France (d. 1761) 1756 - Nicolas-Joseph Hüllmandel, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1823) 1906 - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, German composer, teacher, musicologist and painter, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1988) 1910 - Hugh Casson, English architect (Festival of Britain director, President of the Royal Academy), born in London, England (d. 1999) 1928 - Jeannie Carson [Shufflebottom], British-born comedian, actress, singer and dancer (As Long as They're Happy; An Alligator Named Daisy), born in Yorkshire, England 1980 - Chrisl Gethard, American comedian, writer, talk show host and podcaster (Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People), born in West Orange, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1423 - Benedict XIII [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies 1648 - Luis de Nain, painter, dies 1701 - William Kidd, Scottish pirate legend, hanged at London's Execution Dock at about 56 1941 - Slavko Osterc, Slovenian composer (Iz Satanovega Dnevnika (From Satan's Diary); Illusions), and pedagogue, dies at 45 1996 - Patrick Cargill, British actor (Help!, No Wreath for the General, Hammerhead), dies of a brain tumor at 77 2008 - David Mitton, British television director (b. 1939) More Famous Deaths »

1526 - Pope Clement VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1893 - Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game 1900 - Associated Press organizes in NYC as nonprofit news cooperative 1903 - Launch of the White Star Liner SS Ionic. 1972 - US President Nixon begins visit to Moscow 1988 - Károly Grósz succeeds party leader Janos Kádár in Hungary 1996 - "Tartuffe: Born Again" opens at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 29 performances 2010 - UEFA Champions League Final, Madrid: Internazionale beats Bayern Munich, 2-0; Inter's 3rd title and first treble (Italian Serie A and Cup) 2016 - Independent Alexander Van der Bellen defeats Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer by just 31,000 votes to become President in Austrian elections 2017 - South Africa's Western Cape province declares a drought disaster - worst for 113 years More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1690 - San Francisco De Los Tejas Mission founded by the Spanish on San Pedro Creek - first Spanish mission in East Texas (later relocated) 1930 - Yankees' future Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig becomes first to hit 3 HRs three times as NY outscores Philadelphia A's, 20-13; teams combine for then-record 10 homers 1939 - Germany's Adolf Hitler and Italy's Benito Mussolini sign the "Pact of Steel" formalizing the 1936 alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis 1957 - South Africa's government approves race separation in universities 1965 - Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ 1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1821 - Alfred Sully, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1879) 1924 - Charles Aznavour [Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian], French-Armenian singer (Monsieur Carnavel; She; Tin Drum), born in Paris, France (d. 2018) 1940 - E. A. S. Prasanna, Indian cricketer (one of India's big four spinners), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India 1973 - Julian Tavarez, Santiago Dom Rep, pitcher (Cleveland Indians) 1977 - Dre Bly, American Football Player 1989 - Christian Sands, American jazz pianist and composer, born in New Haven, Connecticut More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 748 - Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 680) 1455 - Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (killed in battle) (b. 1406) 1856 - Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, French historian, dies at 61 1880 - Heinrich von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80 1885 - Victor Hugo, French author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables), dies at 83 1910 - Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1216 - French crown prince Louis enters England, having been invited by barons at war with King John 1499 - Francisco De Bobadilla appointed Governor of the Indies, succeeding Christopher Columbus 1864 - General David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia 1866 - 1st-class debut of cricketer Fred Grace aged 15 years 159 days at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford 1958 - Indonesian paratroopers reconquer Morotai Island 1961 - Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery, Alabama 1964 - 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) 1977 - Albert Innaurato's "Gemini" premieres in NYC 1992 - New Jersey Senate overrides Governor Florio's veto and lowers sales tax to 6% 2019 - Oldest and most distant gravitational waves detected from collision of two black holes with first intermediate-mass black hole ever discovered, 7 billion light years away More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1979 - Dan White convicted of the voluntary manslaughter of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and openly gay councilor Harvey Milk. The conviction on a lesser charge outraged the gay community and led to the White Night riots. 1979 - Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: 4 consecutive titles for Montreal Canadiens; beat NY Rangers, 4-1 for a 4 games to 1 series win 1983 - David Bowie's "Let's Dance" single goes #1 2005 - 50th Eurovision Song Contest: Helena Paparizou for Greece wins singing "My Number One" in Kiev 2018 - Truckers begin a 10 strike in Brazil, blocking roads in protest at the price of diesel leading to country-wide shortages 2019 - More than 600 people, 75% children, identified as HIV in a month in Sindh province, Pakistan, thought to be due to use of infected needles More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1843 - Louis Renault, French lawyer, born in Autun, France (d. 1918) 1901 - Horace Heidt, American orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), born in Alameda, California (d. 1986) 1909 - François-Albert Angers, Quebec economist (d. 2003) 1932 - Gabriele Wohmann, German writer, born in Darmstadt (d. 2015) 1967 - Rogel Nachum, Israeli Men's triple jumper (Olympics 1996) 1987 - Ashlie Brillault, American actress (Lizzie Guire), born in San Francisco, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 987 - Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies 1686 - Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician, dies at 83 1894 - Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872) 1968 - Doris Lloyd, English American actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71 1975 - Boris Klyuzner, Russian Soviet composer, dies at 65 1990 - Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered More Famous Deaths »

1310 - Shoes were made for both right and left feet 1704 - Elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY 1830 - D Hyde patents fountain pen 1903 - Britain's House of Commons begins a debate on the charges of poor administration and ill treatment of natives in Belgium's colony in the Congo Free State 1948 - Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4) 1961 - 86th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6 1985 - 38th Cannes Film Festival: "When Father Was Away on Business" directed by Emir Kusturica wins the Palme d'Or 1994 - Sushmita Sen from India is crowned the 43rd Miss Universe at 18 years old 2003 - Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Lance Armstrong (rescinded); Sportswoman: Serena Williams; Team: Brazil Men's National Football team 2021 - One of Sri Lanka's worst ecological disasters as cargo ship MS X-Press Pearl, carrying toxic chemicals, catches fire off the country's coast and begins spilling debris More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1926 - Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies 1930 - 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot 1956 - Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane at Bikini Atoll 1986 - Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA 1994 - Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on The Tonight Show 2018 - President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela wins a second term in an election marked by boycotts and accusations of vote rigging More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1754 - Hans Gram, Danish-born American composer (d. 1804) 1895 - R. J. [Reginald Joseph] Mitchell, English airplane designer (Supermarine Spitfire), born in Butt Lane, England (d. 1937) 1937 - Dave Hill, American golfer (13 PGA Tour titles), born in Jackson, Michigan (d. 2011) 1965 - Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor) 1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress (The Facts of Life - "Natalie"), born in Los Angeles, California 1981 - Rachel Platten, American singer-songwriter (“Fight Song”), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1597 - Dutch commander Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle 1751 - Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, Spanish composer, dies at 38 1875 - Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece, German born consort of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 1910 - Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, dies at 88 1932 - Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, dies at 73 1994 - Vivien John, English painter and daughter of Augustus John, dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1506 - Christopher Columbus selects his son Diego Columbus as sole heir 1517 - Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht 1828 - U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828/Tariff of Abominations into law to protect industry in the North 1893 - Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley killing 111 in Norway 1941 - Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis 1958 - "South Pacific" soundtrack album goes #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1968 - Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games 1983 - Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington, D.C. 1984 - 109th Preakness: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., aboard Gate Dancer wins his second Pimlico classic 2020 - Greenhouse gas emissions dropped 17% worldwide in April 2020 when world was in lockdown, in study published in "Nature Climate Change" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1585 - Spain confiscates English ships 1892 - National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded 1953 - Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George, Utah) 1973 - "Daisy A Day" by Jud Strunk hits #14 1982 - Sophia Loren jailed in Naples, Italy for tax evasion 1999 - Lazio of Italy win 39th European Cup Winner's Cup against Mallorca of Spain 2-1 in Birmingham More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1927 - John Thompson, American football executive (GM Seattle Seahawks 1976-82; NFL Executive of the Year 1978), born in South Bend, Washington (d. 2022) 1934 - James Charles Lehrer, news anchor (McNeil-Lehrer Report), born in Wichita, Kansas 1953 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997) 1953 - Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer 1955 - Ed Whitson, pitcher (NY Yankees, San Diego Padres) 1992 - Sam Smith, British singer-songwriter ("Stay With Me"), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1895 - Jose Marti y Perez, Cuban poet (Versos sencillos) essayist and politician (fought for independence from Spain), dies fighting the Battle of Dos Rios at 42 1998 - Dorothy Donegan, American boogie-woogie, swing jazz, and classical pianist, and vocalist, dies of cancer at 76 1999 - Jonathan "Candy" Candido, American actor and radio performer (Peter Pan; The Great Mouse Detective), dies at 85 2007 - Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914) 2021 - Joey Cathcart, American rock guitarist (Nelson - "Love and Affection"), dies of brain cancer at 53 2021 - Alix Dobkin, American folk and feminist singer-songwriter (Lavender Jane Loves Women), dies of a brain aneurysm and stroke at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1945 - MLB Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain 1950 - "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances 1961 - "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 68 performances 1974 - 99th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6 1980 - Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms 1980 - Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms 1980 - Mount St Helens erupts in Washington state, causing the largest landslide in history, killing 57 people and costing $1 billion in damage 1993 - Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola 1994 - Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip 2021 - India records the highest recorded daily COVID-19 death toll to date in the world with 4,529 deaths More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec 1864 - Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 1871 - Warren Wagon Train raid: Native American Comanche and Kiowa warriors attack a corn train led by Henry Warren near Graham, Texas, killing 7 waggoners. William T. Sherman pursues and captures 3 leaders, Satanta (White Bear), Satank (Sitting Bear) and Addo-eta ( Big Tree). 1974 - India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb 1980 - Mount St Helens erupts in Washington state, causing the largest landslide in history, killing 57 people and costing $1 billion in damage 1990 - Edmonton right wing Jari Kurri sets record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game with 3 goals and 2 assists in 7-2 win at Boston Garden More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1871 - Franiska [Franny] zu Reventlow, German writer and feminist, born in Husum, Germany (d. 1918) 1926 - Dirch Passer, prolific Danish actor (Going for Broke; Mig og mafiaen), born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1980) 1951 - James Stephens, American actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island), born in Mount Kisco, New York 1956 - James Moginie, Australian rock musician, and songwriter (Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"; "Blue Sky Mine"), born 64) Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia 1971 - Karyn Bye-Dietz, American ice hockey forward (Olympic Gold-1998 and Silver-2002), born in River Falls, Wisconsin 1971 - Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot/television reporter, born in North Hollywood, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1410 - Rupert, King of Germany (1400-10), dies at 58 1956 - Maurice Tate, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 155 wickets, 1 x 100, 5 x 50), dies at 60 1967 - Richard Ainley, British actor (I Dood It, As You Like It, Above Suspicion), dies from barbiturate poisoning at 56 1985 - Tex Terry, American actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 2004 - Lincoln Kilpatrick, American actor (BJ-Leslie Uggams Show), dies at 72 2014 - Jerry Vale [Gennaro Vitaliano], American pop singer ("Arriverderci Roma"; "Have You Looked Into Your Heart"), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1590 - Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland 1648 - Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria 1744 - French army takes Austrian Netherlands 1903 - Cleveland Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio 1944 - Chinese and US armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1969 - Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus 1974 - Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) explode four bombs in Republic of Ireland, killing 33 civilians, wounding 300 (highest number of casualties in a single incident during "The Troubles") 1990 - European court rules on pension rights for men and women 2005 - Singer Kylie Minogue is diagnosed with breast cancer at 36 2015 - Canada defeats Russia to win gold at the 2015 IIHF World Championship More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1527 - Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men, by 1536 only 4 are still alive 1648 - Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria 1673 - Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi 1964 - First Tim Horton's coffee and donut shop opens in Hamilton, Ontario by NHL player Tim Horton 1970 - Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits 2015 - 22nd Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top artist and 7 other awards More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1758 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector, born in Golden Square, London (d. 1839) 1873 - Dorothy M. Richardson, English novelist (Pilgrimage), born in Abington, Berkshire (d. 1957) 1898 - A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (member of Group of Seven), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1992) 1926 - Tenniel Evans, British actor and clergyman (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper), born in Nairobi, Kenya (d. 2009) 1931 - [Walter] Dewey Redman, American jazz saxophonist, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2006) 1969 - Paige Turco, actress (Melanie-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1916 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862) 1917 - Belva Ann Lockwood, American attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court), dies at 86 1936 - Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868) 1944 - Félix Éboué, French colonial administrator, dies at 60 2010 - Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer (Mélopées africaines), and teacher, dies at 86 2010 - Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter (b. 1929) More Famous Deaths »

1763 - Samuel Johnson 1st meets his future biographer James Boswell in London 1938 - Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores 278 vs MCC in 349 mins with 35 fours and 1 six 1940 - Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers 1958 - Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico 1961 - 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck win 1969 - Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute 1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1984 - Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution 1994 - Jacqueline Onassis admitted to hospital for cancer treatment 2019 - Brooks Koepka fires tournament record equalling, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, NY More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1571 - German astronomer Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM 1605 - Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI, becomes Pope Paul V 1914 - Ewing Field baseball park opens near Masonic Street, San Francisco. Relocated a year later. 1940 - Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers 1968 - Earthquake kills 47 in Japan 1983 - Chinese American architect I. M. Pei is awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in New York More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1824 - Levi Parsons Morton, American ambassador and politician (R) (Vice President of the United States 1889-93, Governor of New York 1895-96), born in Shoreham, New York (d. 1920) 1904 - Hugh Plaxton, Canadian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1928; Montreal Maroons) and politician (House of Commons of Canada 1935-40), born in Barrie, Ontario (d. 1982) 1916 - Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997) 1946 - Roger Earl, British drummer (Foghat - "Slow Ride"), born in Hampton Court Palace, London, England 1972 - Keith Burns, American NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Greeleyville, South Carolina 1975 - Tonéx, American singer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1265 - Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) 1835 - Felicia Dorothea Hemans, English-Welsh poet ("The boy stood on the burning deck", "The stately homes of England"), dies of dropsy at 41 1971 - Barney Stanley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame forward (Stanley Cup 1915, Vancouver Millionaires; coach Chicago Black Hawks 1927-28), dies at 77 1983 - Carel Brons, Dutch composer, dies at 52 2001 - Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944) 2020 - Tony Yates, American college basketball point guard (National C'ship 1961, 62; Cincinnati Bearcats) and head coach (Cincinnati 1983-89), dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1882 - May Laws: Russian Tsar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania 1912 - 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6 1948 - 73rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Citation, 2nd leg of successful Triple Crown 1951 - First vaginoplasty procedure (sex reassignment surgery) in the UK performed on Roberta Cowell by Harold Gillies 1966 - 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset 1988 - 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman 2005 - Laureus World Sports Awards, Casino Estoril, Portugal: Sportsman: Roger Federer; Sportswoman: Kelly Holmes; Team: Greece Men's National Football team 2008 - California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. 2010 - English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (88,335): Chelsea beats Portsmouth,1-0; Didier Drogba scores 59' winner; Blues' 6th title 2010 - 135th Preakness: Martin Garcia aboard Lookin At Lucky wins in 1:55.47 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1941 - British attack Halfaya-pass and Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya 1960 - KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra 1981 - SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television, debuts on NBC 1982 - 107th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4 2007 - 42nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1773 - Klemens von Metternich, Austrian leading statesman (Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1809-48, host Congress of Vienna 1814-15), born in Coblenz, Archbishopric of Trier (d. 1859) 1903 - Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998) 1914 - Norman "Norrie" Paramor, British composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and record producer (Cliff Richard: The Shadows; Helen Shapiro), born in London, England (d. 1979) 1922 - Enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/Secretary-General (CPI) [or May 25] 1931 - James Mitchell, American session baritone saxophone (The Memphis Horns; Stax Records), born in Memphis, Tennesee (d. 2000) 1980 - Josh Beckett, American baseball player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1855 - Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 1899 - Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 1996 - Claus Bremer, German dramatist, dies at 71 1996 - George Tindley, American soul singer and songwriter, dies at 58 2003 - June Carter Cash, American Grammy Award-winning country singer (The Carter Family; Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring Of Fire"), and actress, dies from complications after heart valve replacement surgery at 73 2021 - Fred Martinelli, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Ashland University 1959-93), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »