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1567 - Republic of Genoa expels Jews from its whole territory 1869 - World's 1st plastic celluloid is patented by John Wesley Hyatt in Albany, NY 1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile 1934 - Great Smokey Mountains National Park on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee is dedicated 1978 - Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days 1984 - "Thicke Of The Night" TV Talk Show last airs in syndication 1986 - Amnesty International "Conspiracy of Hope" tour concludes with mega-concert at Giants Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey; participants include: U2; Sting; Bryan Adams; Peter Gabriel; Lou Reed; Neville Brothers; Joan Baez; Joan Armatrading; Joni Mitchell; The Police; Jackson Browne; Yoko Ono; Miles Davis; Peter, Paul and Mary; and The Hooters 2008 - 62nd Tony Awards: "In the Heights" (musical) and "August: Osage County" (play) win 2019 - Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five" premieres at the Long Beach Opera Company, California (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2020) 2020 - Philippines journalist and 'Time Person of the Year' Maria Ressa found guilty of cyber libel in Manila amid claims charges politically motivated More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1834 - Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews 1918 - 1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania 1940 - German troops occupy Paris as French resistance to the German invasion crumbles 1963 - "Sukiyaki" sung by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, hits #1 1972 - Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 2008 - 62nd Tony Awards: "In the Heights" (musical) and "August: Osage County" (play) win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1888 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), born in Jerez de García Salinas, Mexico (d. 1921) 1910 - Berend Giltay, Dutch composer, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1975) 1920 - Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (Burnt by the Sun), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2008) 1935 - Fernand Schokweiler, British judge 1941 - Harry Nilsson, American pop and rock singer-songwriter ("Everybody's Talkin'"; "One"; "Without You"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994) 1983 - Derek Anderson, American football player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1383 - John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor 1397 - Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity 1666 - Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies 1724 - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674) 1864 - Haller Nutt, American rich Southern Plantation owner (Longwood house - largest octagonal house in the US), dies at 48 2021 - Jim Phelan, American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Mary's University 1954–2003), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1565 - Catharina de Medici and Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism 1807 - Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending War of the Fourth Coalition 1944 - General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles France 1957 - Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz to become NWA wrestling champion 1965 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11 innings, 1-0 1973 - 46th National Spelling Bee: Barrie Trinkle wins spelling vouchsafe 1973 - US President Richard Nixon administration imposes 60-day economy-wide price freeze, superseding Special Rule No. 1 for oil companies 1980 - "Theme From New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra spreads to #32 on the charts 2013 - Hassan Rouhani is elected President of Iran 2019 - Petition to create world's first "time free zone" on Sommaroy island which has complete daylight for 2 months, delivered to the Norwegian parliament More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1841 - 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario 1900 - Having been annexed to the USA on 12 August 1898, Hawaii is constituted as an organised territory 1967 - Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby) 1967 - USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit 1983 - 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx 2022 - First controversial UK flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda cancelled after last-minute legal ruling from European Court of Human Rights of "real risk of irreversible harm" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1691 - Jan Francisci, Slovakorganist and composer born in Neusohl, Kingdom of Hungary (now Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) (d. 1758) 1904 - Benno Ammann, Swiss composer (Missa Defensor Pacis) and conductor, born in Gersau, Sweden (d. 1986) 1917 - Katherine Rawls, American diver (Olympic silver 3m springboard 1932, 36) and swimmer (Olympic bronze 4×100m freestyle 1936), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1982) 1939 - Steny Hoyer, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1981-), born in NYC, New York 1940 - William P. Baker, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Oakland, California 1953 - Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician (Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Coast), born in Auckland, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and military leader (freed the Duchy of Lorraine from the Holy Roman Empire), dies at 55 1750 - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German composer, dies at 47 1800 - Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general, dies at 47 1800 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (b. 1768) 2004 - Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer 2014 - Sam Kelly [Roger Michael Kelly], English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Porridge), dies of cancer at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1777 - Marquis de Lafayette lands in the US 1854 - Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, patents the 1st US accordion, having made improvements to both the keyboard, and to enhance the sound (Patent No. 11,062) 1868 - Oscar Dunn becomes first African American to be elected a Lieutenant Governor, of Louisiana 1927 - Ticker-tape parade welcomes Charles A Lindbergh to NYC 1953 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2) 1990 - "Les Miserables" opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary 1994 - Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 2015 - Philae, 1st spacecraft to land on a comet in European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission re-awakes after 7 months 2018 - Volkswagen fined €1 billion (£880m) by German prosecutors over diesel emissions scandal 2019 - Archaeologists announce Scottish crannogs (fortified settlements on artificial islands in lochs) far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC, older than Stonehenge More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1868 - Oscar Dunn becomes first African American to be elected a Lieutenant Governor, of Louisiana 1969 - Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins The Rolling Stones 1970 - Beatles' "Long and Winding Road" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1974 - Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives 2010 - 64th Tony Awards: "Memphis" and "Red" (play) win 2019 - Kenyan MP Rashid Kassim arrested for slapping female MP Fatuma Gedi, following a walk out of parliament by female MPs after claiming male MPs joked "its slapping day" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1773 - Thomas Young, British physician and physicist (light interference), born in Milverton, Somerset, England (d. 1829) 1824 - Julius Eichberg, German composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1893) 1866 - Lambertus Zijl, Dutch sculptor (Trade scholarship), born in Kralingen, Netherlands (d. 1947) 1951 - Mike Weaver, American heavyweight boxer (WBA World Heavyweight Champion), born in Gatesville, Texas 1962 - Hannah Storm, American sports journalist (CNN, NBC), born in Oak Park, Illinois 1978 - Ethan Embry, American actor More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1231 - Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint, dies at 35 1550 - Johann Spangenberg, German theologist and composer, dies at 66 1784 - Henry Middleton, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1717) 1871 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (né Robert), French watchmaker and illusionist considered the father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65 1982 - Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (Aussie all-rounder 1956-63), dies at 56 1984 - Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1534 - Turkish admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder in Naples 1918 - 1st aerial bombing raid by an American unit, France 1926 - Brazil leaves League of Nations 1939 - Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. 1948 - "Hold It!" closes at National Theater NYC after 46 performances 1963 - American civil rights activist Medgar Evers is assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in Jackson, Mississippi 1973 - Coleraine bombings: six Protestant civilians were killed and 33 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb in Coleraine, County Londonderry 1981 - Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti Presidential election 1982 - 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC 2016 - Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1523 - Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested 1902 - Horn and Hardart opens 1st "automat" (self-service restaurant) in the US on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1948 - George Lessner, Russell Maloney and Miriam Battista's musical adaptation of Washington Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 12 performances 1967 - USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus 1994 - Moshood Abiola declares himself lawful President of Nigeria 2009 - Protests in Iran following the presidential election. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1890 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist, born in Tulln an der Donau, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1918) 1936 - Bill Zeliff, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire (1991-97), born in East Orange, New Jersey 1942 - Bert Sakmann, German cell physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1991), born in Stuttgart, Germany 1957 - Timothy Busfield, American actor (30 Something; The West Wing), born in East Lansing, Michigan 1959 - John Linnell, American musician (They Might Be Giants - Constantinople), born in NYC, New York 1967 - Icíar Bollaín, Spanish actress, director and screenwriter, born in Madrid More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1936 - Karl Kraus, Austrian satirical writer, dies at 62 1947 - Jazeps Medins, Latvian composer, dies at 70 1972 - Saul David Alinsky, American community activist (co-founder of Industrial Areas Foundation), and radical writer (John L. Lewis: An Unauthorized Biography), dies at 63 1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson, German-American ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, murdered at 35 2008 - Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (b. 1932) 2015 - Monica Lewis, American jazz singer and film actress (Box Office, Affair with a Stranger), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1488 - Battle of Sauchieburn, rebellion against the Scottish crown results in death of King James III 1676 - Battle at Öland: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden 1774 - Jews of Algiers escape attacking Spanish Army 1903 - British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon wins his 4th Open title by 6 strokes from younger brother Tom Vardon 1938 - French Championships Men's Tennis: American Don Budge beats Roderich Menzel of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of his Grand Slam 1967 - Chicago Cubs (7) and NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game 1976 - Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa 1992 - Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group 2005 - WLAF World Bowl 13, LTU arena, Düsseldorf: Amsterdam Admirals beat Berlin Thunder, 27-21 2012 - Stanley Cup Final, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA : LA Kings defeat New Jersey Devils, 6-1 for 4-2 series win; first SC title in Kings' 45-year history More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1938 - US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins back-to-back Open titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Dick Metz 1941 - 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam 1966 - "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1 in the US 1974 - Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Washington 1982 - Pope John Paul II visits Argentina 1988 - "Rooty Toot Toot" by John Cougar Mellencamp peaks at #61 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1912 - Mukhtar Ashrafi, Soviet-Uzbek composer, born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (d. 1975) 1915 - Arnold Jacobs, American symphonic tuba player (Chicago Symphony, 1944-83), and pedagogue, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1998) 1935 - Earlene Dennis Brown, American shot putter (Olympic bronze 1960), born in Latexo, Texas 1944 - James "Ox" van Hoften, American astronaut (STS 11, STS 20), born in Fresno, California 1946 - Jenny Pitman, British racehorse trainer and 1st female Grand National winning trainer, born in Hoby, Leicestershire 1960 - Mehmet Oz, Turkish-American surgeon and TV personality (The Dr. Oz Show), born in Cleveland, Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1965 - Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist, dies at 73 1974 - Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898) 1989 - Jack McMahon, American basketball guard and coach (player Rochester Royal, St. Louis Hawks; coach Cincinnati Royals, San Diego Rockets, Pittsburgh Condors), dies at 60 2005 - Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64 2016 - Alberto Remedios, British opera and concert singer, dies at 81 2017 - Rosalie Sorrels, American traditional folk singer-songwriter ("Up Is A Nice Place To Be"; "Nevada Moon"), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1891 - 25th Belmont: Ed Garrison riding Foxford wins in 2:08.75 1899 - Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati 1964 - Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked 1978 - 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed to wrap up the Triple Crown 1979 - Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleveland) 1982 - Iran-Iraq War: Iran recaptures Khorramshahr, Iran from Iraq 1989 - French Open Women's Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 1991 - 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton wins 1991 - Mother of All Parades - NYC welcomes desert storm troops 2015 - 49th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, and Luke Bryan win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1624 - Netherlands and France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiègne 1902 - Patent for window envelope granted to H. F. Callahan 1945 - US destroyer William D Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze 1962 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½" 1972 - Sammy Davis Jr.'s cover of "The Candy Man" by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse (from the film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") goes to #1 on the charts - his biggest single 1979 - French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert dominates Wendy Turnbull of Australia 6-2, 6-0 for her 3rd French singles crown More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary explorer (Chicago), born in Laon, France (d. 1675) 1844 - Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1914) 1859 - Jacques Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1881) 1909 - Erwin Dressel, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1972) 1941 - Shirley Owens Alston, American singer (Shirelles - "Soldier Boy"; "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"), born in Henderson, North Carolina 1968 - The D.O.C. [Tracy Curry], American rapper and producer (N.W.A.), born in Dallas, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1190 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 67 1839 - Nathaniel Pryor, American soldier and sergeant of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies 1902 - Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845) 1906 - Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), dies at 61 1949 - John T. McCutcheon, American cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931), dies at 79 2010 - Metropolitan Basil Schott, Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (b. 1939) More Famous Deaths »

1534 - Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River 1860 - 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens 1898 - China leases Hong Kong's new territories to the United Kingdom for 99 years 1922 - First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University 1934 - US Open Men's Golf, Merion Cricket Club: Olin Dutra overcomes an 8-stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his second major title by 1 stroke from Gene Sarazen 1944 - Soviet offensive in Carelia, Finland 1946 - New York Giant Mel Ott becomes first manager in MLB history to be ejected from both games of a doubleheader; Giants lose both games to Pittsburgh Pirates 1958 - Novelty song "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1 1978 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 2021 - One of the worst ever plagues of mice in New South Wales, Australia, prompts local government to commit $100 million in support to farmers More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1933 - Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland Indians manager 1934 - 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2 1959 - 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct) 1963 - Barbra Streisand appears, for her third time, on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 2016 - World Health Organzsation advises delaying pregnancy in areas with the Zika virus 2021 - US President Joe Biden begins his first foreign trip, arriving in the UK to attend a G7 summit More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1925 - Keith Laumer [Anthony LeBaron], American sci-fi author (Retief's War), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1993) 1928 - Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh scholar (University of Wales), born in Tal-y-bont, Wales (d. 2015) 1941 - Jon Lord, British keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"; Whitesnake), born in Leicester, England (d. 2012) 1941 - Maurizio Zamparini, Italian football executive (owner/director Palermo FC 2002–18), born in Sevegliano, Italy (d. 2022) 1961 - Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright (A Few Good Men; The West Wing), born in New York City 1978 - Shandi Finnessey, game hostess More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 62 - Claudia Octavia, wife of Roman Emperor Nero and daughter of Emperor Claudius, killed on Nero's orders at 22 597 - Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland, dies at 75 1931 - Henrique Oswald, Brazilian composer, dies at 79 1958 - Robert Donat, English actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53 1976 - Paul Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55 1994 - Dhirendra Bhramachari [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun 1761 - British fleet occupies Belle Île off the Brittany Coast 1817 - An uprising involving three hundred workers in the English town of Pentrich begins but is quashed almost immediately 1928 - 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) 1961 - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas) 1980 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: South African Sally Little wins first of her 2 major titles, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock 1981 - 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters win 1982 - Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die 2007 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker 2020 - World Bank says the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5.2% in 2020 More Historical Events »

452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun 1761 - British fleet occupies Belle Île off the Brittany Coast 1817 - An uprising involving three hundred workers in the English town of Pentrich begins but is quashed almost immediately 1928 - 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) 1961 - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas) 1980 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: South African Sally Little wins first of her 2 major titles, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock 1981 - 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters win 1982 - Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die 2007 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker 2020 - World Bank says the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5.2% in 2020 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1824 - Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec 1969 - MLB legend Mickey Mantle gives his farewell retirement speech during "Mickey Mantle Day" at Yankee Stadium, 60,096 see #7 retired 1969 - Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August 1974 - 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2 1975 - 2 passenger trains collided near Munich, Germany killing 35 1996 - PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1812 - Spyridon Xyndas, Greek composer, born in Corfu, Greece (d. 1896) 1906 - Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), born in Borgerhout, Belgium (d. 1986) 1949 - Hildegard Falck, German athlete (Olympic gold 800m 1972 FRG), born in Nettelrede, Germany 1969 - J.P. Manoux, American actor, born in Fresno, California 1981 - Sara Watkins, American fiddle player 1995 - Tom Grennan, English singer-songwriter (Little Bit of Love), born in Bedford, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1383 - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) 1871 - Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death 1876 - George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant], French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 1973 - Eino Linnala, Finnish composer, pedagogue, and musicologist dies at 76 1973 - Christine Bakker-van Bosse, Dutch feminist and pacifist, dies at 88 2007 - Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931) More Famous Deaths »

1665 - Boston's First Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist churches in America, is founded [NS March 1] 1862 - The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade 1957 - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants 1978 - 32nd NBA championship: Washington Bullets defeat Seattle Supersonics in 7 games 1980 - Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06) 2003 - French Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Belgian final, Justine Henin-Hardenne outclasses Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-4 for her 1st of 7 Grand Slam singles titles 2004 - "Live Like You Were Dying" single released by Tim McGraw (Grammy Award Best Country Song, 2004; Billboard Song of the Year, 2004) 2008 - French Open Women's Tennis: Ana Ivanović of Serbia wins her only Grand Slam singles title; beats Russian Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3 2014 - French Open Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova of Russia wins her 5th Grand Slam singles title; beats Romanian Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 2016 - "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", a play written by Jack Thorne with JK Rowling, premieres in London More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1944 - British forces attack Bréville in France during the Normandy invasion while other British forces attempt to encircle Caen 1946 - US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1969 - Supergroup Blind Faith's debut performance in Hyde Park, London, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Steve Baler and Rick Grech 1979 - Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 2009 - French Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins his only French title, outclassing Robin Söderling of Sweden 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 2013 - 42 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus catches fire in Xiamen, China More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Athos Palma, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1951) 1921 - Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist, born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 1998) 1928 - Charles Strouse, American composer (Bye Bye Birdie; Annie), born in NYC, New York 1933 - Herb Score, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1955, 56; Cleveland Indians) and announcer (Cleveland Indians 1964-97), born in Rosedale, New York (d. 2008) 1969 - Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback (Olympic silver 1992, 96) 1974 - Edward "Bear" Grylls, British adventurer, author and TV presenter (Man vs. Wild), born in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1840 - Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69 1859 - David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 1915 - Benjamin Lambord, American composer, dies at 35 1984 - George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81 2011 - Jorge Semprún, Spanish-French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z), dies at 87 2021 - Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean soccer midfielder (124 caps; 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team; Ulsan Hyundai), dies from pancreatic cancer at 49 More Famous Deaths »

1536 - Mexico begins its inquisition 1848 - New York Yacht Club holds its first annual regatta; won by the schooner Carnelia 1882 - Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay, India) drowns 100,000 (disputed event) 1924 - US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Unknown Englishman Cyril Walker wins his only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Bobby Jones 1937 - Philadelphia Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game 1939 - NY Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 HRs in 4th inning 1942 - Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1944 - World War II: All Major League Baseball games are cancelled in honor of the D-Day landings in northern France 1969 - Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar 1993 - French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Sergi Bruguera prevents Jim Courier French three-peat; beats American 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1921 - Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0 1966 - NFL and AFL announce their merger 1975 - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 2004 - 58th Tony Awards: "Avenue Q" (musical) and "I Am My Own Wife" (play) win 2004 - French Open Men's Tennis: Gastón Gaudio of Argentina beats countryman Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 for his lone major title 2017 - Floods in Salto, Paysandú and Artigas in Uruguay displace over 3,000 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1879 - Patrick Abercrombie, English architect and town planner, born in Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England (d. 1957) 1947 - David Blunkett, English blind politician, Home Secretary (2001-4), born in Sheffield, England 1948 - Richard Sinclair, British progressive rock bassist, singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Caravan -"In the Land of Grey and Pink"), born in Canterbury, England 1961 - Sydney Walsh, American actress (Maureen "Mo" DeMott in Hooperman), born in Manhattan, NYC, New York, United States 1972 - Gary Downs, running back (Atlanta Falcons) 2017 - Alexander and Ella Clooney, twin children of actor George and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, born in London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1563 - Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) 1740 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony 1962 - Yves Klein, French sculptor and painter, dies at 34 1968 - Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (World Rad of Church), dies at 67 1968 - Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911) 1997 - Magda Gabor [Magdolna Gábor], Hungarian actress (Mai lányok, People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor), dies of renal failure at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1873 - Sultan Bargash bin Said under British pressure closes the infamous slave market of Zanzibar in modern day Tanzania 1917 - 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I 1933 - US drops the Gold Standard when Congress enacts a joint resolution nullifying creditors right to demand payment in gold 1937 - Henry Ford initiates a 32 hour work week 1956 - "Milton Berle Show" last airs on NBC-TV 1981 - George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England", his ninth studio album, includes John Lennon tribute "All Those Years Ago" (Featuring Paul and Ringo) 1993 - Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani 2000 - Armed conflict between Rwanda and Uganda erupts in Kinsangani, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2017 - Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over 2019 - Ohio doctor William Husel charged with 25 counts of murder for prescribing potentially fatal doses of opioids in Franklin County More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1661 - Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1879 - 13th Belmont: George Evans riding Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75 1884 - William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1913 - Dutch Disability laws go into effect 1957 - NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes 1993 - "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1736 - Corneille-François de Nélis, Flemish scholar and bishop of Antwerp, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1798) 1819 - John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discoverer of Neptune), born in Laneast, Launceston, Cornwall (d. 1892) 1884 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (Manservant and Maidservant), born in Pinner, Middlesex, England (d. 1969) 1935 - Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2003) 1949 - Ken Follett, Welsh spy author (Eye of the Needle, Lie Down with Lions), born in Cardiff, Wales 1973 - Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka, born in Kortrijk, Belgium More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1017 - Sanjō, 67th Emperor of Japan (1011-16), dies at 42 1568 - Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded 1825 - Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (Chani of Gravia,), executed for supposedly collaborating with the Ottomans at 37 1999 - Mel Tormé, American singer (The Velvet Fog) and composer (The Christmas Song), dies at 73 2002 - Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (The Young Doctors), dies at 89 2015 - Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician and close adviser to Saddam Hussein, dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1934 - Dr Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted 1941 - Nazis forbid Jews access to beaches and swimming pools 1961 - US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Vienna Summit in Austria 1963 - 1st broadcast of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio 1968 - Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings 1975 - Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina 1979 - Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons 1988 - Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 262 performances 2011 - French Open Women's Tennis: Li Na becomes first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title; beats Italian defending champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 2019 - SF MLB manager Bruce Bochy reaches 1,000 win mark with the club as Giants beat Mets, 9-3 in NYC; second after legendary John McGraw to reach milestone More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1892 - Oil City and Titusville, Pennsylvania, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die 1928 - French Championship Women's Tennis: Helen Wills beats England's Eileen Bennett 6-1, 6-2 for her first of 4 French singles titles 1928 - President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents 1940 - 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2) 1966 - Novelty single "Batman and His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70 1988 - 42nd Tony Awards: "M. Butterfly" (play) and "The Phantom of the Opera" (musical) win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1754 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer, born in Pest, Hungary (d. 1832) 1803 - Gabriel J. Rains, American army officer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in New Bern, North Carolina (d. 1881) 1914 - Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer and journalist, born in Harrislee, Germany (d. 1985) 1926 - Nan Leslie [Nan Coppage], American actress (Kings Row, The Californians), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000) 1958 - Tony Pigott, English cricketer (England pace bowler in a Test v NZ 1984), born in Fulham, London, England 1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano, born in Rome, Italy More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1135 - Huizong, 8th Emperor of Song Dynasty of China, dies at 53 1983 - Ivan Tors, Hungarian TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper), dies at 66 1997 - Ronnie Lane, British rock bassist (Small Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 51 2007 - Clete Boyer, American MLB baseball infielder, 1955-71 (New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), dies at 70 2007 - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter ("Cry To Me"), dies at 74 2007 - Jim Clark, American sheriff and segregationist (b. 1922) More Famous Deaths »