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Historical Events 1863 - Battle of Charleston, South Carolina failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1959 - Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years 1968 - Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 1994 - 1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2 1996 - Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pakistan, Singapore 2018 - Vegas Golden Knights suffer a 7-1 end of regular season defeat at Calgary but finish with an NHL expansion team record 51 victories; previous record 33 by Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers 1993-94 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1930 - Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), born in Berlin (d. 2016) 1952 - Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack - "My Sharona"), born in Burbank, California (d. 2006) 1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial arts actor (Rumble in the Bronx), born in Hong Kong 1957 - Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor 1958 - Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures - "Sea of Love") 1977 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1925 - Saint Tikhon of Moscow [Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin], 11th Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, dies at 60 1994 - Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), dies at 85 1997 - Georgy Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6), dies of a heart attack at 61 2002 - John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81 2013 - Andy Johns, British sound engineer and record producer (Humble Pie; Free; Joe Satriani), dies at 62 2020 - Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1757 - British King George II dismisses minister William Pitt the Elder, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1920 - To force German evacuation of the Ruhr area, the French occupy Frankfurt, Darmstadt, and Hanau 1924 - 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 1931 - 1st Scottsboro (Alabama) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape 1934 - 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany 1938 - Teflon invented by Roy J. Plunkett 1957 - NYC ends trolley car service 1975 - Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) 1994 - Liberal Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns 2019 - Tampa Bay Lightning beats Boston Bruins, 6-3 in the season finale for their 62nd regular season win, tying the NHL record held by Detroit Red Wings (1995-96); 128 points, 4th in NHL history More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1905 - Germany receives invitation from Sultan of Morocco to an international conference to discuss matters relating to Morocco 1955 - Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam 1976 - 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" 1978 - Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy 2017 - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Florida for talks with US President Donald Trump 2020 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces state of emergency in seven prefectures and a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package as COVID-19 cases climb More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1903 - Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer and photographer who created high-speed photography techniques, born in Fremont, Nebraska (d. 1990) 1931 - Joan Carlyle, British soprano 1934 - Reijo Jyrkiainen, Finnish composer, born in Suistamo, Finland 1955 - Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian-born serial killer 1978 - Tim Hasselbeck, American football player 1987 - Jerrod Carmichael, American comedian and filmmaker (Rothaniel), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1605 - John Stow, English historian (Survey of London), dies 1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman, dies at 71 1976 - Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903) 1990 - Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dressed woman), dies at 73 1998 - Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949) 2014 - Jacques Castérède, French composer and pianist (Pandora's Box), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1804 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil 1905 - James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire" premieres in London 1946 - 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday 1967 - ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit 1969 - Massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities 1982 - 43 year old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1994 - Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak 1998 - The Arizona Diamondbacks record their first win in team history with a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix, AZ; ends second-worst start ever (0-5) by an expansion team 2022 - Shanghai lockdown extended to cover the whole city as COVID-19 cases increase, as China remains one of the last to employ a "zero-Covid" system More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1946 - 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday 1950 - Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins 1981 - Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes 1983 - France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats 2005 - The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation's capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season 2012 - Severe storms in Argentina kill 14 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1825 - David Rumph Jones, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 1863) 1939 - Ronald "Ronnie" White, American singer (The Miracles - "Shop Around"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1995) 1944 - Ann Maxwell, American sci-fi author (Jaws of Menx), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1951 - Rennie Stennett, Panamanian baseball infielder (World Series 1979; SF Giants; one of 3 players to collect 7 hits in a MLB game), born in Colón, Panama (d. 2021) 1953 - John Buchanan, Australian cricketer (Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995), born in Ipswich, Queensland 1979 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1419 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint, dies at 69 1673 - Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 1884 - John Wisden, English cricket all-rounder (launched Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1864; Sussex CCC, Kent CCC, Middlesex CCC), dies at 57 1981 - Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 2015 - Richard Dysart, American actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law, The Last Days of Patton), dies at 86 2022 - Paul Siebel, American folk singer and songwriter (Louise; Spanish Johnny), dies from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show 1870 - Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 1912 - Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields in Siberia 1932 - George Bernard Shaw's comedy play "Too True To Be Good" premieres in NYC; runs for 59 performances 1968 - US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee 1994 - 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn 1994 - 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Arkansas beats Duke, 76-72; Razorbacks' first title in first title game 1999 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Graham Marsh of Australia wins his second Champions Tour major by 3 strokes from Larry Nelson 2013 - 9 people have been killed on an axe-murdering rampage in Chhattisgarh state, India 2019 - US Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pledges to roll back anti-LGBT policies, including not baptizing children of gay parents More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1905 - Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 1917 - US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI 1918 - Food riot in Amsterdam 1960 - Senegal declares independence from France 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 - Winston Smith in Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" begins his secret diary in defiance of the totalitarian government of Oceania More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1731 - Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, born in Sant Mateu (d. 1793) 1872 - Nikolai Amani, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1904) 1945 - Walter Charles, American actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds), born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 1950 - Christine Lahti, American actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift), born in Detroit, Michigan 1969 - Anthony Tucker, American basketball forward (NY Knicks), born in Washington, D.C. 1970 - Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis star, born in Narrabri, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826) 1905 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 73 1951 - Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881) 1986 - Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87 1996 - Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, and educator (College of Bagpipes), dies at 79 2012 - Claude Miller, French director and screenwriter, dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1856 - Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes 1882 - Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks 1948 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1948 - 1st US figure skating championships held 1980 - France performs nuclear test 1987 - MLB Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland A's for 3 minor league players 1987 - Duchess of Windsor's jewels auctioned for £31,380,197 1992 - 1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets 1994 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Ray Floyd wins first of 4 Champions Tour majors with birdie on first playoff hole against Dale Douglass 2013 - 50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1922 - Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by an ailing Vladimir Lenin 1923 - 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary 1954 - Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 1964 - US and Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations 1976 - 130th Grand National: John Burke wins aboard Rag Trade; equal record 4th winner trained by Fred Rimell and 2nd winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone 1992 - 1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1769 - Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1835) 1822 - Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1909) 1940 - Roger Burman, English head of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, born in Birmingham, England 1959 - David Hyde Pierce, American actor (Niles Crane-Fraiser), born in Saratoga Springs, New York 1962 - Simon Raymonde, British bassist, songwriter, and record producer (Cocteau Twins), born in Lewisham, London, England 1986 - Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer (Espanyol), born in Mataró, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1942 - Paul Gilson, Belgian composer, dies at 76 1951 - John C. Kielstra, Dutch economist and governor (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72 1981 - Leo Kanner, Austrian-American psychiatrist and social activist known for his work related to autism, dies at 86 2007 - Nina Wang, Chinese widow of businessman Teddy Wang (Asia's richest woman), dies at 69 2021 - Jill Corey [Norma Jean Speranza], American pop singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 85 2022 - June Brown, British actress (EastEnders, 1985–93 and 1997–2020 - "Dot"; Sitting Target), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1453 - Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which falls May 29 1865 - Battle of Fort Blakely Alabama, last major battle of the US Civil War 1902 - Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands 1932 - "Tarzan the Ape Man" released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films 1977 - Montreal Canadiens rout the Washington Capitals, 11-0 at the Montreal Forum to set an NHL record of 34 straight home games without a loss 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1993 - Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws 1993 - Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10 2019 - 70 villages evacuated in Khuzesta province, Iran, after at least 45 killed in flooding after unprecedented rainfall 2020 - Spain's death toll passes 10,000 (10003), as it posts a record single-day rise of 950 deaths More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1645 - Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander 1827 - US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils 1960 - Cuba buys oil from USSR 1989 - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn, 76-60; Lady Vols forward Bridgette Gordon MOP 2000 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Tom Kite wins his lone Champions Tour major with birdie on 6th playoff hole with Tom Watson and Larry Nelson 2006 - Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Australian Karrie Webb beats Lorena Ochoa of Mexico with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole; earlier eagles same hole to force the playoff More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, born in Fallersleben, Electorate of Brunswick -Lüneburg (d. 1874) 1901 - Anis Fuleihan, American composer, born in Kyrenia, Cyprus (d. 1970) 1952 - Will Hoy, English auto racer (British Touring Car C'ship 1991), born in Melbourn, England (d. 2002) 1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor (Law and Order; Runaway Bride), born in Washington, D.C. 1975 - Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia 1976 - Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer (US Masters 2007 runner-up, 6 PGA Tour titles, born in Durban, RSA More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1787 - Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719) 1791 - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), dies of natural causes at 42 1924 - Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming, Danish botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), dies at 82 1969 - Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish actor and opera singer (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74 2000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928) 2003 - Michael Wayne, American film producer (Green Berets, McLintock), son of John Wayne, dies at 68 More Famous Deaths »

1792 - Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce 1868 - Hampton Institute opens 1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1933 - Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany 1942 - Allied air raid on Japanese occupied harbor city Kupang, Timor, Indonesia 1972 - 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 1972 - MLB players stage first ever collective strike; play resumes (13/4/72) when owners and players agree to $500,000 increase in pension fund payments 1993 - Alan Bennett's play "The Madness of George III" premieres in London 2000 - Michelle Kwan pushes through all 7 triple jumps at the Palais des Exposition in Nice, France to become the first American since Peggy Flemming to win 3 world figure skating titles 2016 - The Golden State Warriors NBA record winning home run ends at 54 games with a 109-106 defeat to the Boston Celtics; the loss at Oracle Arena was the Warriors’ first since January 2015 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 374 - Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth 1930 - Chicago Cubs catcher Leo Hartnett breaks the altitude record for a catch by gloving a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, California 1931 - Jackie Mitchell becomes the second female (after Lizzie Arlington 1898) in organised baseball when she signs with the Chattanooga Lookouts Baseball Club 1978 - 132nd Grand National: Bob Davies aboard 14/1 chance Lucius wins by half a length from Sebastian V 2012 - Plane crash in Western Siberia kills at least 31 people (UTair Aviation ATR-72) 2019 - China announces new laws against fentanyl-related substances to come into effect 1 May More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1909 - Abner Biberman, American director and actor (His Girl Friday, The Leopard Man), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1977) 1924 - Čkalja [Miodrag Petrović], Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia, born in Kruševac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 2003) 1946 - Arrigo Sacchi, Italian soccer coach (Italy 1991-96 FIFA World Cup silver 1994; Serie A 1987-88, European Cup 1989, 90 AC Milan; Atlético Madrid, Parma), born in Fusignano, Italy 1955 - Gregg Jarrett, American television anchor 1961 - Sergio Scariolo, Italian basketball coach (NBA: assistant Toronto Raptors; head coach Spain; World Cup gold 2019), born in Brescia, Italy 1973 - Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (111 Tests; 9 x 100, HS 274no; 280 ODIs; Canterbury, Yorkshire CCC, Chennai Super Kings) and coach (Chennai Super Kings), born in Christchurch, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of King Louis VII of France and King Henry II of England, mother to Richard the Lionheart, Henry the Young King and King John, dies at around 81 1548 - Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-48), dies at 81 1814 - Jozef de Ferraris, French-Austrian general and cartographer, dies at 87 1991 - Frankie Gustine, American Major baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 47, 48; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 71 1998 - Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death), dies at 34 2004 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), dies at 58 More Famous Deaths »

1683 - Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and King John III Sobieski of Poland sign a covenant against Turkey, beginning of the Holy League 1808 - French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names 1906 - GB Shaw's German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra" premieres in Berlin 1922 - KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions 1946 - First election is held in Greece after World War II 1968 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces in an address to the nation that he will not seek re-election 1973 - Philadelphia Flyers score an NHL record tying 8 goals from an astounding 60 shots in the 2nd period of a 10-2 win over New York Islanders 1979 - 24th Eurovision Song Contest: Gali Atari and Milk and Honey for Israel wins singing "Hallelujah" in Jerusalem 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands 2021 - Paul Simon sells his entire songwriting catalog of over 400 songs to Sony Music Publishing for an undisclosed sum More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - GB Shaw's German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra" premieres in Berlin 1909 - Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time 1972 - Official Beatles Fan Club closes down 1983 - Popayán Earthquake (5.5 Mw Depth) in Colombia kills 267 people, injuring some 7,500 1995 - Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of US District Court in NYC issues an injunction against Major League Baseball owners in move that effectively ends 232-day strike 2004 - Australian swimmer Lisbeth Lenton breaks Inge de Bruijn's 4-year old 100m freestyle women's world record in 53.66s at the Australian Olympic trials in Sydney More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1723 - Frederick V, King of Denmark-Norway (1746-66), born in Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen (d. 1766) 1747 - Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (The Moon Has Risen), born in Lüneburg, Germany (d. 1800) 1809 - Edward FitzGerald, British poet, writer, and translator (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), born in Bredfield, Sussex, England (d. 1883) 1884 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (d. 1946) 1916 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012) 1982 - Chloé Zhao, Chinese filmmaker and director (The Rider, Nomadland), born in Beijing, China More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1389 - Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered 1547 - King Francis I of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52 1881 - Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 2002 - Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928) 2003 - H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907) 2010 - Shirley Mills, American actress (b. 1926) More Famous Deaths »

1856 - The Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Paris ending the Crimean War 1923 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority formed at Howard U in 1920 incorporates 1944 - 781 British bombers attack Nuremberg 1979 - Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility. 1986 - 5th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas beats USC, 97-81; Longhorns' Clarissa Davis MOP award; complete first undefeated season (34-0) 1988 - Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns and 144 to win Ranji Trophy 1990 - Jack Nicklaus makes his debut on the Senior PGA Tour with a 71 (-1) in the first round of The Tradition at Desert Mountain; wins the event by 4 strokes from Gary Player 1991 - "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 performances 1992 - CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" 2022 - Rock band Foo Fighters cancel their world tour after the unexpected death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins in Bogota, Colombia More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1282 - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers 1945 - 289 anti-fascists murdered by Nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund 1963 - 117th Grand National: 19-year old jockey Pat Buckley aboard 66/1 outsider Ayala wins by 3/4 of a length from Carrickbeg 1975 - James Rupert kills 11 members of his family on Easter Sunday in Hamilton, Ohio 1991 - "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 performances 2022 - Computer's Turing Award won by American programmer Jack Dongarra, whose work paved the way for supercomputers More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1830 - Julius Bahnsen, German philosopher (characterology), born in Tønder, Schleswig (d. 1881) 1932 - Ted Morgan, French-American reporter and biographer, born in Geneva, Switzerland 1961 - Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999) 1971 - Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C'ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1973 - Rodney Thomas, American running back (Tennessee Oilers), born in Trinity, Texas 1973 - Jan Koller, Czech footballer, born in Prague, Czechoslavakia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1832 - Stephen Groombridge, English Astronomer, dies at 77 1911 - Ellen Henrietta Richards, American chemist (Amer Home Economics Association-1st Pres), dies at 68 1970 - Heinrich Brüning, German politician and Chancellor of Germany (1930-32), dies at 84 1992 - Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 1994 - Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, dies at 79 2018 - Bill Maynard [Walter Williams], English actor (Greengrass-Heartbeat) and comedian, dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1860 - Dion Boucicault's stage melodrama "The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen" at Laura Keene's Theatre, NYC 1873 - English FA Cup Final, Lillie Bridge, London: Wanderers beat Oxford University, 2-0; second consecutive title 1912 - Captain Robert Falcon Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1912 - 74th Grand National: Ernie Piggott wins aboard 4/1 co-favourite Jerry M 1927 - Henry Segrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona 1946 - Australian cricket bowlers Bill O'Reilly (5/14) and Ernie Toshack (4/12) rout NZ for 42 in one-off Test in Wellington; Test debuts of greats Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller and Don Tallon 1973 - US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution 1981 - Jorge Rafael Videla resigns as President and dictator of Argentina, handing the reins to Roberto Viola 2007 - Rihanna releases her hit single "Umbrella" featuring Jay-Z, goes to No. 1 on US Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks 2015 - WrestleMania XXXI, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA (76,976): Seth Rollins beats Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns in impromptu triple threat match to capture WWE Heavyweight title More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1912 - 74th Grand National: Ernie Piggott wins aboard 4/1 co-favourite Jerry M 1940 - American boxer Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title 1979 - Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine" premieres in London 1992 - Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Dottie Pepper (Mochrie) wins the first of her 2 major titles in a sudden-death playoff with Juli Inkster with par on the 1st extra hole 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border 1996 - NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1907 - (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2000) 1921 - Hugh Neill, British businessman and Army officer, Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire), born in Sheffield, Yorkshire 1927 - Arthur Ravenel Jr, American businessman and politician (Rep-R-South Carolina), born in Charleston, South Carolina 1931 - James Weatherhead, Scottish moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland), born in Dundee (d. 2017) 1949 - Keith Simpson, British politician and military historian, born in Norwich, Norfolk 1981 - P.J. Morton, American singer-songwriter and musician (Maroon 5; Gospel According to PJ), born in New Orleans, Louisiana More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1792 - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of septicemia at 46 after being shot by an assassin thirteen days earlier 1980 - Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74 1985 - Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (Olympic gold javelin, bronze shot put 1936), dies at 73 1985 - Luther Terry, 9th Surgeon General of the United States, dies at 73 2014 - Billy Mundi [also Tony Schnasse, born Antonio Salas], American session musician and drummer (The Mothers of Invention; Rhinoceros), dies of complications from diabetes at 71 2014 - Hobart "Hobie" Alter, American surf and sailing entrepreneur and pioneer who created the Hobie Cat, dies of cancer at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1738 - Parliament sends an address to the king requesting that he demand redress from Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1796 - Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church 1890 - 52nd Grand National: Arthur Nightingall wins aboard 4/1 favourite Ilex 1953 - "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises 5,200,000 guilders 1970 - 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages in Gediz Turkey 1977 - Morarji Desai forms a government in India 1985 - STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad 1990 - Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient 1994 - Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election 1995 - Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins in New Zealand 1862 - Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia 1902 - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) 1981 - Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua 1999 - Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: 1992 champion Dottie Pepper wins the last of her 2 major titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Meg Mallon 2019 - Study of a 71 year-old British woman who has never felt pain, for the first time understood as due to a gene mutation, published in British Journal of Anaesthesia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1887 - Rudolf Frederik Willem Boskaljon, musician and composer, born in Curacao, Portugal (d. 1969) 1959 - Todd Curtis, American actor (Capitol, Skip-Young and Restless), born in Detroit, Michigan 1970 - James Johnson, American NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming 1975 - Will Cain, American radio and TV journalist (The Will Cain Show ), born in Sherman, Texas 1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress 1989 - Afrikan Boy [Olushola Ajose], British rapper (Wot It Do?), born in Nigeria More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1673 - Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, buried at 51 1863 - James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brigadier general, dies at 52 1927 - Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, dies at 57 1948 - Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon, dies at 77 1963 - Alec Templeton, Welsh pianist and composer (Concertino Lirico), dies at 52 1983 - Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1613 - The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy 1668 - English King Charles II grants Royal Charter giving control of Bombay, India to the English East India Company 1709 - Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded) 1925 - 84th Grand National: Major John Wilson wins aboard 100/9 shot Double Chance; first year a tape, known then as a 'gate', used at the start line 1932 - De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt 1955 - Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse, episode "The Chivington Raid") 1972 - Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky 1980 - "Reggae" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 21 performances 2004 - France beats England, 24-21 at Stade de France, Saint Denis to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; England earns the Triple Crown 2019 - Facebook bans white nationalism and white supremacy following criticism that Christchurch terrorist able to live-stream his attack More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1625 - Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne 1936 - WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air 1948 - The Second Congress of the Workers' Party of North Korea is convened 1958 - Havana Hilton opens in Cuba, later HQ for Fidel Castro 1962 - NHL Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy 2019 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country is now a "space power" after successfully shooting down a satellite from space in a ballistic missile test More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1886 - Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader, born in Urzhum, Russia (d. 1934) 1912 - Robert Watson Hughes, Scottish-Australian composer, born in Levan, Inverclyde, Scotland (d. 2007) 1925 - John Bayley, English academic and writer (Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch), born in Lahore, British India (d. 2015) 1934 - Arthur Mitchell, African-American choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem), born in New York 1970 - Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress (Lost), born in Los Angeles, California 1981 - Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer, born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1757 - Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39 1923 - James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet), dies at 80 1969 - B[runo] Traven, writer (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), writer whose identity is disputed, dies at possibly 87 1988 - Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67 2006 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener, dies at 80 2008 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport's FIA, dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1936 - Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska 1937 - Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replaces his 40 oz bat with a 36 oz one 1940 - "The Fifth Column", a play by Ernest Hemingway and adapted by Benjamin Glazer premieres in NYC courtesy of the Theater Guild 1944 - 705 British bombers attack Essen, Germany 1958 - US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1987 - National Federation of State High School Associations adopt the college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1992 - NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years 1992 - Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington 1997 - NHL announces Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 season in Japan 2000 - Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Karrie Webb of Australia wins the first of her 2 titles in this event, 10 strokes ahead of defending champion Dottie Pepper More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1872 - 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California 1913 - Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously 1938 - NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony 1976 - AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M 1995 - "Defending the Caveman" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 671 performances 2012 - Canadian filmmaker James Cameron becomes the first person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth in over 50 years More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1893 - James B. Conant, American chemist and President of Harvard University, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1978) 1896 - Rudolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Puma), born in Herzogenaurach, Germany (d. 1974) 1900 - Isadore Freed, Russian American composer, born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (d. 1960) 1936 - Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2022) 1955 - Dean Dillon, American country music singer (Chair), born in Lake City, Tennessee 1986 - Jessica McClure, American baby rescued after being trapped in a well in Texas (1987), born in Midland, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1258 - Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies 1726 - John Vanbrugh, Dutch-English playwright (The Provoked Wife), dies at 62 1973 - George Sisler, American Baseball HOF first baseman (AL MVP 1922; AL batting champion 1920, 22 St. Louis Browns) and manager (St. Louis Browns 1924–26), dies at 80 1996 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (Sen-D-Me) and US Secretary of State (1980-81), dies at 81 2011 - Roger Abbott, Canadian comedian (Air Farce Live) (b. 1946) 2017 - Brian Oldfield, American shot-putter (credited with making rotational technique popular), dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »