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Historical Events
1928 - Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor
1939 - WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st commercial TV station, begins service
1941 - USA lends Soviet Union $1 million
1941 - Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
1950 - King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
1983 - Turkey Turgut Özals Moederland party wins electionsFamous Birthdays
1753 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1802)
1906 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (Chicago Black Hawks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
1955 - Maria Shriver, American newscaster (Sunday Today) and ex-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Chicago, Illinois
1961 - Daniele Gatti, Italian conductor, born in Milan, Italy
1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor and author (Dead Poets Society, Before trilogy), born in Austin, Texas
1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, JapanFamous Deaths
1795 - Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 73
1922 - Morgan Bulkeley, American politician (US Senator - Connecticut 1905-11) and Baseball HOF administrator (NL President 1876), dies at 84
1997 - Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, British Labour Party politician, dies at 82
2004 - Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack and television personality, dies at 66
2007 - Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician, killed in a bomb attack at 47 or 48
2018 - Hugh McDowell, British cellist (Electric Light Orchestra - "Strange Magic"; "Evil Woman"), dies of cancer at 65 -
1883 - Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army
1911 - Italian forces take Tripoli and Cyrenaica, declaring suzerainty over Ottoman-controlled Libya
1932 - Benito Mussolini frees 16,000 convicts
1942 - Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission
1944 - German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
1955 - Date returned to in "Back to the Future" by Marty McFly
1983 - NY Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
1996 - Bill Clinton is re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
1997 - 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns he is named AL Manager of Year
2012 - Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million -
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1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). Breton-French-Latin dictionary written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc was first Breton and French dictionary
1811 - El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
1873 - Due to the fallout from the Pacific Scandal, John A. Macdonald resigns as Prime Minister of Canada
1973 - Arab producers announce 25 percent cut in oil production
1992 - "Revenge Match of the 20th century" American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky to win an unofficial match in Belgrade
2000 - Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is laid to rest 25 years after his death after a funeral procession through Addis AbabaFamous Birthdays
1885 - Will Durant, American author and historian (The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization), born in North Adams, Massachusetts (d. 1981)
1911 - Roy Rogers, American cowboy actor and singer ("Happy Trails"; Roy Rogers Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1998)
1920 - Douglass North, American economist, (Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 1993), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
1930 - Clifford Irving, American novelist and investigative reporter (hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1951 - Tony Evers, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (2019-), born in Plymouth, Wisconsin
1974 - Chris Sununu, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (2017-), born in Salem, New HampshireFamous Deaths
1680 - Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57
1828 - Maria Feodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia, dies at 69
1860 - Carl Binder, Austrian composer, dies at 43
1989 - Barry Sadler, American singer ("Ballad Of The Green Berets"), dies from complications of being shot at 49
1990 - Herbert Berghof, Austrian actor (Belarus File, Harry and Tonto, Target), dies of heart failure at 81
1991 - Robert Maxwell, Czech-British billionaire publisher, politician and fraudster (Mirror Group, NY Daily News), drowns at sea at 68 -
1631 - Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
1864 - Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
1968 - Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meets British Prime Minister Harold Wilson for talks on Northern Ireland; Wilson states no change of constitutional position of Northern Ireland possible without consent of the its people
1977 - UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1989 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence
2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate John McCain
2014 - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive
2015 - Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canadian Prime Minister with a cabinet split equally between men and women
2017 - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara opens in Jakarta with items from the collection of Indonesian tycoon Haryanto Adikoesoemo
2017 - Scottish champions Celtic sets new all-time British record (63) for matches undefeated in all domestic football competitions beating St. Johnstone, 4-0 at McDiarmid Park -
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1501 - Philip de Blank and Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain
1929 - John L. Balderston's play "Berkeley Square" starring Leslie Howard premieres in NYC
1981 - Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" premieres in NYC
1990 - Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war"
2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate John McCain
2009 - Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win Bronx Bombers' record 27th title; MVP: NY outfielder Hideki MatsuiFamous Birthdays
1590 - Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1656)
1790 - Carlos Antonio López, 1st President of Paraguay (1844-62), born in Asunción, Paraguay (d. 1862)
1927 - Vittorio Fellegara, Italian composer, born in Milan (d. 2011)
1968 - Domingo Cedeno, Dominican infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in La Ramona, Dominican Republic
1969 - Tommy Henry, American CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1977 - Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress (Emmerdale), born in JerseyFamous Deaths
1968 - Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author, dies at 78
1984 - Merie Earle [Ireland], American film and television character actress (The Waltons - "Maude Gormley"), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
2003 - Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
2006 - Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), dies at 95
2020 - Ken Hensley, British rock songwriter, keyboardist, and singer (Uriah Heep, 1970-80 - "Easy Livin'"; Blackfoot, 1982-84), dies at 75
2021 - (Henry) Lionel Blair [Ogus], Canadian-British choreographer, tap dancer, actor, and television presenter, dies at 92 -
1796 - John Adams elected as 2nd president of the United States of America
1856 - A British fleet bombards Canton
1868 - John Willis Menard from Louisiana is elected the first black US Congressman (opposition to his election means he never sits in Congress)
1888 - Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes
1908 - William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th U.S. President over William Jennings Bryan (D)
1937 - Howie Morenz Memorial Game, Montreal Forum: NHL All-Stars beat Montreal All Stars, 6-5
1943 - Dmitri Shostakovich's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1954 - Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe
1956 - Suez Crisis: After several days of fighting, Israeli forces capture the Gaza Strip
1969 - Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium -
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644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Muslim caliph, is killed in Medina by Lu'lu, an enslaved Persian captive
1937 - Howie Morenz Memorial Game, Montreal Forum: NHL All-Stars beat Montreal All Stars, 6-5
1943 - P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North Holland
1964 - For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington, D.C. permitted to vote
1980 - Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland A's
1989 - 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rightsFamous Birthdays
1831 - Ignatius Donnelly, American politician, writer, and amateur scientist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
1863 - Eugène Samuel-Holeman, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1942)
1918 - Dean Riesner, American film and television screenwriter (Bill and Coo), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2002)
1934 - Derek Richardson, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Worcestershire 383 first class games), born in Hereford, Herefordshire
1938 - Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter
1995 - Kendall Jenner, American model and TV personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, CaliforniaFamous Deaths
1787 - Robert Lowth, British Bishop of the Church of England and grammarian (A Short Introduction to English Grammar), dies at 76
1864 - Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
1914 - Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27
1929 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883)
1986 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis [Edward F. Davis], American jazz saxophonist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band), dies of cancer at 65 -
1923 - Bloody street fights in Aachen led to establishment of the ill-fated Rhenish Republic
1923 - Gustav Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down
1958 - Los Angeles Rams beat Chicago Bears, 41-35 before 90,833 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum; NFL single-game attendance record
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1978 - Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
1986 - New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins her 8th NYC event in 2:28:06; Gianni Poli of Italy, men's champion in 2:11:06
1990 - Golden State Warriors register a 162-158 win over the Denver Nuggets at McNichols Arena, with the 320 total points setting an NBA record for most points scored by 2 teams in a non-overtime game
1993 - Rudy Giuliani wins the New York mayoral election, becomes 1st Republican mayor since 1965
1997 - Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam
2012 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hightail, Calidoscopio, Flotilla, Beholder, Zagora, Royal Delta -
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1698 - Scottish settlers make landfall in Panama, establishing the ill-fated 'Darien Venture' colony
1852 - Franklin Pierce elected as President of US
1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke
1968 - "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 17 performances
1995 - Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M
2002 - Mark Messier plays his 1,616th NHL game, a 3-2 Rangers loss against the St. Blues, to move into 2nd place on the all-time games played list; passes Larry Murphy and ends career with 1,756 games, just 11 shy of Gordie HoweFamous Birthdays
1528 - Peter Lotichius Secundus [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works), born in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany (d. 1560)
1899 - Edgar du Perron, Dutch author and poet (Land of Origin), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1940)
1924 - David Bauer, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame player and builder (priest, school coach; National Team manager), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 1988)
1947 - Dave Pegg, British folk and rock bassist and producer (Fairport Convention 1969-79 and 1985-present; Jethro Tull, 1980-85), born in Birmingham, England
1962 - Simon Hill, English-Australian football commentator, born in Manchester
1963 - Ines Diers, German swimmer (GDR Olympic gold 400m, 4x100m relay 1980), born in Rochlitz, Sachsen, GermanyFamous Deaths
1863 - Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)
1882 - Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, dies at 61
1950 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist (Pygmalion, Nobel Prize for Literature 1925), dies at 94
1980 - Edith Bunker, character on "All in the Family", dies
1994 - David Feinberg, American AIDS activist and author, dies at 37
2012 - Milt Campbell, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1956), dies from prostate cancer and diabetes at 78 -
1886 - Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka was established with 37 students.
1946 - First Basketball Association of America game; New York Knicks beat Toronto Huskies, 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
1956 - Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and most of the East Punjab States Union merge as the Punjab State
1958 - USSR performs nuclear test
1965 - Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)
1970 - KGTF TV channel 12 in Agana, GU (PBS) begins broadcasting
1989 - Despite 107 from Desmond Haynes, Saleem Malik with 71 leads Pakistan to 4 wicket win v West Indies in cricket's Nehru Cup Final in Kolkata, India
1991 - Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.
2004 - "That's What I Love About Sunday" single released by Craig Morgan (Billboard Song of the Year 2005)
2013 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: London Bridge, Outstrip, Goldencents, Chriselliam, Beholder -
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1943 - Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area
1976 - "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse NYC for 16 performances
1979 - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster
1993 - After playing 12 Tests for Australia, fast bowler Michael Whitney plays his final day in 1st class cricket for NSW in a tour match loss v New Zealand in Newcastle
1993 - Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems
2009 - British Mercedes driver Jenson Button finishes 3rd in inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit to win his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 11 points from Sebastian VettelFamous Birthdays
1351 - Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1365-68), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1386)
1526 - Catherine Jagellion, Polish princess and queen of Sweden as the wife of John III of Sweden, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1583)
1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer, born in Sarlat-la-Canéda, Périgord, France (d. 1563)
1897 - Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author (African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1999)
1911 - Henri Troyat, Russian-French author and historian, born in Moscow (d. 2007)
1934 - Umberto Agnelli, Italian automotive executive (Fiat, 1965-2004), born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 2004)Famous Deaths
1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (Les Libertés de l’église gallicane), dies at 57
1678 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
1985 - Arnold Pihlak, Estonian soccer forward (44 caps; FK Austria Wien), dies at 83
1995 - Desmond Shawe-Taylor, British critic and writer (co-author of The Record Guide), dies at 88
2006 - William Styron, American novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice), dies at 81
2012 - Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1983; Atlanta Braves), dies during apparent home robbery at 55 -
1793 - Execution of Girondins in Paris during Reign of Terror
1815 - Cornishman Sir Humphry Davy patents miner's safety lamp
1868 - Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers
1913 - 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway is dedicated
1944 - Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission
1955 - Mgr Alfrink appointed archbishop of Utrecht
1980 - Polish government recognizes Solidarity trade union
1992 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews
2000 - A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50
2012 - The New York stock exchange opens after being closed for two days after Hurricane Sandy -
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802 - Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
1887 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral work "Capriccio Espagnol" premieres in St Petersburg
1917 - World War I: Battle of Beersheba in southern Palestine - "last successful cavalry charge in history" performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse
1973 - Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award
1981 - 1st live US radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
2003 - Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in HawaiiFamous Birthdays
1838 - Luís I, King of Portugal (1861-89), born in Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1889)
1887 - William Whysall, British cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30) (d. 1930)
1912 - Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men, born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2008)
1914 - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (The Green Grocer) (d. 1988)
1970 - Craig Kelly, English actor (Queer as Folk, Coronation Street), born in Lytham St Annes, England
1970 - Nicholas "Nicky" Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor and martial arts expert (Xiao Hu Dui/Little Tiger Team), born in Taipei, TaiwanFamous Deaths
1917 - Tibby Cotter, Australian cricket fast bowler and soldier (21 Tests, 49 wickets), dies in world's last successful cavalry charge, 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba at 33
1926 - Harry Houdini [Erich Weiss], Famous magician and escape artist, dies at 52 in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured
1939 - Otto Rank [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies
1991 - Johan Schmitz, actor (Gysbregt van Aemstel/Soldat van Orange), dies
1996 - Andrew Hutchings, British trade union leader, dies at 88
2014 - Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish concert pianist, dies at 92 -
1077 - Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV gives the district of Stavoren to the bishop of Utrecht (Conrad, his former tutor)
1739 - Great Britain declares war on Spain: War of Jenkins' Ear [NS=Oct 19]
1961 - Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square as part of de-Stalinization efforts
1974 - "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" horror film premieres in Los Angeles
1989 - Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal)
1991 - Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain
1994 - Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel's Pentium-processor on the Internet
2003 - "Wicked" premieres on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth
2011 - Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey
2016 - Canada and the EU sign free trade deal after opposition by Belgium -
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1503 - Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against Indians in the Americas
1944 - Aaron Copland's ballet score "Appalachian Spring" premieres in Washington, D.C. with Martha Graham dancing lead role
1947 - Darius Milhaud's 3rd Symphony "Hymnus Ambrosianus," premieres in Paris
1967 - Dolly Parton releases her debut single with Porter Wagoner "The Last Thing On My Mind"
2011 - "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres at the Rome Film Festival
2021 - World Leader agree historic corporate tax agreement of at least 15% at G20 summit in RomeFamous Birthdays
1739 - Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader, statesman and favorite of Catherine the Great, born in Chizhovo near Smolensk (d. 1791)
1840 - William Graham Sumner, American sociologist (Folkways), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1910)
1904 - Alfred Gradstein, Polish composer, born in Częstochowa, Poland (d. 1954)
1961 - Hans Segers, Dutch soccer goalkeeper and coach (Wimbledon), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands
1970 - James Pedro, American lightweight judoka (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Danvers, Massachusetts
1979 - Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress, born in Urasoe, Okinawa, JapanFamous Deaths
1932 - Paul S Methuen, English baron/fieldmarshal/gov of Natal, dies at 87
1969 - George "Pops" Foster, American jazz double bassist, tuba player, and trumpeter (Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet; Earl Hines), dies at 77
1979 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, dies at 89
1991 - Johan Mekkink, painter, dies
2007 - John Woodruff, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 92
2017 - M V Sridhar, Indian cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994), dies of a heart attack at 51 -
1833 - 1st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded
1939 - NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
1960 - Cassius Clay's [Muhammad Ali] 1st professional fight; beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky
1970 - WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1970 - The Electoral Reform Society calls for the introduction of Proportional Representation (PR) in elections in Northern Ireland
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2015 - China announces the end of their one-child policy after 35 years
2017 - British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes a distant 9th in Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; good enough to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship
2020 - Three people stabbed to death in church in Nice, France, in an terrorist attack, after similar attack and President Macron's defense of right to publish cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
2020 - Former leader Jeremy Corbyn is suspended from the British Labour Party after saying a report into antisemitism in the party was "overstated" -
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1921 - The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed in northern California and Oregon
1932 - French liner Normandie is launched
1945 - Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commissioner
1982 - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
1988 - First scheduled Soviet shuttle launch (postponed)
2017 - British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes a distant 9th in Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; good enough to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers ChampionshipFamous Birthdays
1704 - John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, born in Southill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1757)
1853 - Josephine Beall Bruce, African-American activist (NACW) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1923)
1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer and playwright (The Madwoman of Chaillot), born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France (d. 1944)
1923 - Dietrich Manicke, German composer, born in Wurzen, Saxony, Germany (d. 2013)
1937 - Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass banjo player (The Osborne Brothers - "Rocky Top"), born in Roark, Kentucky (d. 2021)
1938 - Ralph Bakshi, Krymchak-American animator and film maker (Fritz the Cat; Lord of the Rings (1978); Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures), born in Haifa, Mandatory PalestineFamous Deaths
1677 - Charles Coypeau Dassoucy, French poet and singer, dies at 72
1919 - A. B. Simpson, Canadian preacher (b. 1843)
1965 - Bill McKechnie, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1940 Cincinnati Reds) and coach (World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), dies at 79
1979 - Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, American funk drummer (Parliament-Funkadelic; Miles Davis), dies of stomach cancer at 35
1983 - Sten Broman, Swedish composer, dies at 81
2011 - Jimmy Savile, British entertainer and suspected sexual predator, dies at 84 -
1646 - First Protestant church assembly for American Indians established in Massachusetts
1848 - The first railroad in Spain - between Barcelona and Mataró - is opened.
1893 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts first performance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique", in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9 days before his death
1904 - St Louis police try a new investigation method - fingerprints
1946 - German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
1953 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1979 - Dick Howser (best Yank manager win-lost pct .636) returns to New York, replacing Billy Martin
1995 - 11th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 16-8
2015 - Longest ever 1st game of Baseball World Series (5 hours, 9 minutes); Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets, 5-4; also joint longest by innings (14)
2018 - Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beats LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium to win 9th title in franchise history; MVP: Boston utility Steve Pearce -
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1619 - Japanese Keichō Embassy headed by Hasekura Tsunenaga leaves Sendai aboard the Japanese-built Date Maru galleon for Acapulco
1886 - Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City
1915 - Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin
1916 - Australian government holds a national referendum seeking support for the proposal of compulsory conscription; it is rejected
1959 - Jean Genet's play "Les Negres" premieres in Paris
1995 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's SongFamous Birthdays
1703 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician, born in Portes, Gard, France (d. 1768)
1930 - John Mayer, Indian violinist and composer (Indo-Jazz Fusions), born in Calcutta, Bengal, British India (d. 2004)
1948 - Telma Hopkins, American singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn - "Tie A Yellow Ribbon"), and actress (Family Matters), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1958 - Manzoor Hussain, Pakistani field hockey striker (Olympic gold 1986; World Cup gold 1978, 82; 175 caps, 86 goals), born in Sialkot, Pakistan (d. 2022)
1966 - Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
1985 - Richard Smith, American entrepreneurFamous Deaths
1639 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587)
1897 - Hercules Robinson, British colonial administrator (Ceylon, Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa), dies at 72
1929 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of the German Empire (1900-09), dies at 80
1994 - Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies
2005 - Raymond Hains, French artist (b. 1926)
2010 - Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlander statesman (b. 1938) -
1644 - Second Battle of Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson says US will never attack another country
1922 - 1st commemoration of Navy Day (USA)
1952 - "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 performances
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to John Tinbergen
1973 - 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2
1985 - Baseball World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen
1986 - Paul McCartney releases single "Pretty Little Head"
1990 - "Michael Feinstein in Concert" closes at Golden NYC after 30 performances -
1644 - Second Battle of Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson says US will never attack another country
1922 - 1st commemoration of Navy Day (USA)
1952 - "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 performances
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to John Tinbergen
1973 - 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2
1985 - Baseball World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen
1986 - Paul McCartney releases single "Pretty Little Head"
1990 - "Michael Feinstein in Concert" closes at Golden NYC after 30 performances -
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312 - Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross
1946 - Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
1950 - Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony, "Triumph of St Joan" premieres
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
2001 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Tiznow, Johannesburg, Unbridled Elaine, Fantastic Light, Val Royal, Banks Hill, Tempera, Squirtle SquirtFamous Birthdays
1763 - William Maclure, Scottish-American Geologist (first geological map), born in Ayr, Scotland (d. 1840)
1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (Trout), born in Paris, France (d. 2007)
1938 - Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2013)
1946 - Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1964 - Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1967 - Jaren Jackson, American NBA guard and forward (Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs), born in New Orleans, LouisianaFamous Deaths
1955 - Clark Griffith, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB ERA leader 1898 Chicago Colts/Orphans) and manager (Chicago WS, NY Highlanders, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Sens [owner]), dies at 85
1966 - Nigel Haig, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; 1,000 runs and 100 wickets 1921, 27, 29 Middlesex), dies at 78
1977 - Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
2004 - Lester Lanin, American orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits), dies at 97
2006 - Joe Niekro, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1979; NL wins leader 1979; Houston Astros; World Series 1987; NY Yankees), dies from a brain aneurysm at 61
2010 - Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (2003-2007), dies of heart failure at 60 -
1859 - Steam clipper Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, Wales;, in a storm that took down over 100 vessels; approximately 450 passengers and crew killed on voyage returning to Liverpool from Australia
1869 - 1st American steeplechase horserace at Westchester, NY
1951 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles
1952 - Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India
1958 - PanAm flies first transatlantic jet from New York to Paris
1988 - Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 months' advisory service
2003 - The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in Californian history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego
2015 - World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic
2015 - "Spectre", 24th James Bond film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig premieres in London
2015 - 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits northern Pakistan and Afghanistan killing over 300 -
Historical Events
1863 - Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby
1916 - American sex educator Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1926 - Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga")
2003 - The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in Californian history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego
2015 - 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits northern Pakistan and Afghanistan killing over 300
2018 - Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homerFamous Birthdays
1483 - Hans Buchner, German composer, born in Ravensburg (d. 1538)
1823 - Karl Weinhold, German sociologist (founder of Journal of the Association of Folklore), born in Dzierżoniów, Poland (d. 1901)
1916 - François Mitterrand, 21st President of France (1981-95), born in Jarnac, France (d. 1996)
1937 - Dave Gavitt, American basketball coach, formed Basketball's Big East Conference (1979), born in Westerly, Rhode Island (d. 2011)
1952 - Abbas al-Musawi, influential Lebanese Shia cleric, and founder and leader of Hezbollah, born in Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon (d. 1992)
1959 - François Chau, Cambodian actor, born in Phnom Penh, CambodiaFamous Deaths
900 - Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon monarch who was King of Wessex and King of the Anglo-Saxons, dies at 50 or 51
1881 - Billy Clanton, brother of outlaw Ike Clanton, dies in the gunfight at the OK Corral at 19
1943 - Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British archaeologist, dies at 80
2004 - Bobby Ávila, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (MLB All-Star 1952, 54, 55; AL batting champion 1954; Cleveland Indians), dies of diabetes and lung ailment at 80
2007 - Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
2021 - Glen Tuckett American college basbeall coach (Brigham Young Uni 1959-76) and administrator (BYU athletic director 1976-94), dies at 93
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355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II proclaims his cousin Julian as Caesar
1153 - Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda)
1864 - Battle of Droop Mountain, West Virginia (Averell's Raid)
1935 - 1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft
1943 - Soviet troops land on Kertsj peninsula
1950 - Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pittsburgh Pirates
1976 - Benjamin Hooks elected to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1988 - Steve Jones wins 19th NYC men's marathon (2:08:20); Grete Waitz wins record 9th women's title
1997 - "Proposals" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
2016 - New York City Marathon: Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea wins men's race in 2:07:51; defending women's champion Mary Keitany wins her 3rd NYC crown in 2:24:26
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