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Historical Events 1942 - Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in US army 1949 - US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1963 - Indonesia and Netherlands reinstate diplomatic relations 1968 - Beatles release single "Lady Madonna" in the UK 1974 - Glenn Turner scores twin tons for NZ's 1st win against Aust 1985 - Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko in Moscow More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1700 - James Kent, English composer, born in Winchester (d. 1776) 1768 - Charles Louis Willem Josef van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant, born in Haelen, Netherlands (d. 1841) 1901 - Paul Fix, American actor (Rifleman), born in Dobbs Ferry, New York (d. 1983) 1941 - Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer, born in al-Birwa, Galilee (d. 2008) 1946 - Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier who died leading rescue operation Entebbe in Uganda, born in NYC, New York (d. 1976) 1985 - Austin Scott, American football player, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1569 - Louis, Prince of Condé (1530-69), dies in Battle of Jarnac at 39 1941 - E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1967 - Sir Frank Worrell, West Indian cricket batsman and captain (51 Tests @ 49.48; 9 x 100s), dies from leukemia at 42 1992 - Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84 1999 - Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (The Phantom), dies at 87 2010 - He Pingping, Chinese world's shortest man who was able to walk at 74 cm (2 ft 5 in), dies at 21 More Famous Deaths »

1910 - Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3 1933 - FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat" 1951 - Communist troops driven out of Seoul 1962 - Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 1964 - S. N. Behrman's play "But for Whom Charlie" premieres in NYC 1980 - NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin 1984 - British National Union of Mine Workers headed by Arthur Scargill supports regional strikes, calls for national action 1987 - Ice Pairs World Championship at Cincinnati won by Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (USSR) 1995 - 42nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT) 2008 - Streaming service Hulu launches for public access in the United States More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1881 - Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain 1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi 1977 - Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet bans the Christian-Democratic Party 1992 - Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations 2003 - Elizabeth Smart found after having been missing for 9 months. 2011 - A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671) 1826 - Robert Lowry, American hymn composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1899) 1832 - Charles Boycott, Irish estate manager (whose workers refused to work for him amid Irish rent and land issues, origin of the term "boycott"), born in Burgh St. Peter, England (d. 1897) 1863 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945) 1936 - Eddie Sutton, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State; first coach to take 4 schools to NCAA tournament), born in Bucklin, Kansas (d. 2020) 1963 - Ricky Yacobi, Indonesian soccer striker (31 caps; Arseto Solo, Matsushita), born in Medan, Indonesia (d. 2020) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1832 - Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish opera composer, dies at 45 1949 - Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress abd wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 1996 - Charles Bruce Perry, Professor of Medicine (Bristol University), dies at 92 2008 - Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897) 2017 - Luigi Barbarito, Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 94 2018 - Craig Mack, American rapper (Flava In Ya Ear), dies of heart failure at 47 More Famous Deaths »

1513 - Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X 1865 - General William T. Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina 1869 - The West first learns of the Giant Panda via French missionary Armand David who receives a skin from a hunter 1912 - Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again. 1914 - Rupert Brooke's poems "The Dead" and "The Soldier" are published in The Times Literary Supplement 1944 - Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested 1965 - Indonesia President Sukarno signs the 'Supersemar' order, giving army commander Lt. Gen. Suharto authority to do whatever he "deemed necessary" to restore order 1978 - Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed 1980 - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw 1990 - 31st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Ole Miss, 70-51 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 928 - Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne. 1964 - 21st Golden Globes: The Cardinal, Sidney Poitier, and Leslie Caron win 1974 - Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1980 - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw 2013 - European Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals 2020 - Smallest dinosaur ever discovered - skull preserved in piece of amber smaller than a fingertip from a mine in Myanmar, reported in "Nature" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1811 - Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, French astronomer (made calculations that proved existence of Neptune), born in Saint-Lô, France (d. 1877) 1812 - James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), (d. 1887) 1884 - Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor (Village by the River, Beautiful Juliet), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982) 1923 - Terence Alexander, English actor (Bergerac), born in London, England (d. 2009) 1937 - Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and a grandmaster of chess problem composition, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2003) 1961 - Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish rock guitarist, sitar and mandolin player (Big Country - "Wonderland"; "In A Big Country"), born in Timmons, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1854 - Willard Richards, American physician and religious leader, dies at 49 1907 - Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered 1977 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) 1983 - Lurlean Hunter, American jazz singer, dies at 63 1994 - Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 2010 - Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1931) More Famous Deaths »

1535 - Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers the Galapagos Islands 1934 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis 1973 - 20th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 76-74 1979 - Eubie Blake, a 92-year old ragtime piano player and composer, and Gregory Hines are musical guest on Saturday Night Live 1983 - Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1984 - 25th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Auburn, 51-49 1991 - 32nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Tennessee, 88-69 1992 - Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annet Hesselbarth and Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) 1993 - Physician David Gunn shot and killed by anti-abortionist Michael Frederick Griffin in Pensacola, Florida, first anti-abortion murder of a doctor in the US 2001 - 22nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Boston College beats Pittsburgh, 79-57 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1830 - The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created 1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions 1948 - 5th Golden Globes: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, and Rosalind Russell win 1962 - Due to its no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1963 - MLB infielder Pete Rose debuts with Cincinnati at spring training in Tampa, Florida; hits in his first 2 at bats 2015 - "See You Again" released by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth commissioned by film "Furious 7" as tribute to Paul Walker (Billboard Song of the Year 2015) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1771 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer, German classical scholar (Idea und Probe), born in Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse (d. 1858) 1943 - Sandra Palmer, American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1972, US Open 1975), born in Fort Worth, Texas 1945 - Katharine Houghton, American actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), born in Hartford, Connecticut 1961 - Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast (Olympics 1984), actor (American Anthem), born in Van Nuys, California 1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament 1998 - Justin Herbert, American NFL player (LA Chargers), born in Eugene, Oregon More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 1897 - Teodulo Mabellini, Italian composer, dies at 79 1940 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto, Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 1982 - Minoru Shirota, Japanese microbiologist and founder of the Yakult Honsha beverage company, dies at 82 2003 - Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer, dies at 52 2021 - Stephen Scott, American composer (Bowed Piano Ensemble; Vikings of Sunrise), and educator (Colorado College), dies from complications of dementia at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1741 - British fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1914 - Hendrikus Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co 1923 - Amsterdam taxi strike ends 1959 - Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since. 1959 - The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100 1963 - Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe and Chris Montez 1986 - Gilbert Perreault of the Buffalo Sabres becomes the 12th NHLer to score 500 career goals, in a 4-3 win over New Jersey Devils 1989 - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) 1994 - IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport 1996 - NASA space shuttle STS-75 (Columbia 19) lands More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1230 - Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa 1496 - Jews are expelled from Carintha, Austria 1947 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1959 - The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100 1977 - Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche 2006 - Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1911 - Ramon Campbell Batista, Chilean physician, composer, and ethno-musicologist (traditional music of the Rapanui people), born in Quilpué, Chile (d. 2000) 1934 - Jim Landis, American MLB outfielder, 1957-67, 5X Gold Glove, 2X All-Star (Chicago White Sox, and 5 other teams), born in Fresno, California (d. 2017) 1952 - Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold, four-man 1988; World C'ship gold 1983; World Cup champion 1985-86), born in Glarus, Switzerland (d. 2021) 1960 - Linda Fiorentino, American actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1977 - Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey left wing (World C'ship gold 1999, 2001, 05; Florida Panthers, NY Rangers), born in Tábor, Czech Republic 1983 - Clint Dempsey, American footballer, born in Nacogdoches, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1688 - Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, dies at 89 1709 - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat, dies at 70 1851 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (discovered electromagnetism), dies at 73 1975 - Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1992 - Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies of a heart attack at 85 2020 - Lorenzo Brino, American actor (7th Heaven - "Sam"), dies in single vehicle car crash at 21 More Famous Deaths »

1862 - Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1896 - Volunteers of America forms (NYC) 1917 - US Senate introduces the Cloture Rule, requiring a two-thirds majority to end debate, at the urging of Woodrow Wilson 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 - Paul and Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis 1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France 1975 - Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1977 - Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia 1986 - Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 2018 - 5 million Spanish women mark International Women's Day by striking over gender inequality and sexual discrimination More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah 1954 - Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia 1979 - 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Jupiter's satellite Io 1979 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1986 - 27th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1879 - Otto Hahn, German physicist and chemist (Nobel 1944, radiothorium/actinium), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1968) 1889 - Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), born in Greensburg, Indiana (d. 1980) 1892 - Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader and Prime Minister (1952-53), born in Ada, Serbia (d. 1971) 1916 - Robert Wolfgang Schnell, German writer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1986) 1920 - Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children, The Angel with the Trumpet), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008) 1925 - Darwin Vargas [-Wallis], Chilean composer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1920 - Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 1971 - Harold Lloyd sr, American silent film actor, comedian, and director (Why Worry, Safety Last!), dies of cancer at 77 1976 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908) 1999 - Hans Eklund, Swedish composer, dies at 71 2006 - Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924) 2021 - Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103 More Famous Deaths »

1138 - Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king 1621 - John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1696 - English King William III departs Netherlands 1872 - -8°F (-22°C) in Boston, Massachusetts 1896 - W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's 14th and final comic opera together "The Grand Duke" premieres at the Savoy Theatre, London 1929 - First nonstop flight made from America to Asia across the Bering Strait (Nome to North Cape) by Noel Wien and Calvin Cripe for Wien Air Alaska 1951 - Lillian Hellman's play "Autumn Garden" premieres on Broadway in NYC 1970 - Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) 1981 - 28th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 61-60 1994 - ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1801 - Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law 1866 - 28th Grand National: 1852 winner Alec Goodman wins his second GN aboard Irish 40/1 outsider Salamander 1925 - American Negro Congress organizes 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1970 - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 2017 - 19 girls killed in a fire at a government-run care center in San José Pinula, Guatemala More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1866 - Paul Ernst, German writer, born in Elbingerode, Kingdom of Hanover (d. 1933) 1915 - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, French Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly, born in Paris, France (d. 2000) 1936 - Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee) 1940 - Viktor Savinykh, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5), born in Berezkiny, Kirov 1944 - Elton Gallegly, American politician (Rep-R-California 1987-2013), born in Huntington Park, California 1954 - Matt Frenette, Canadian rock drummer (Loverboy) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 851 - Nominoe, first Duke of Brittany "father of the country" (Tad ar Vro) 1928 - Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist, dies at 76 1955 - Tom Dugan, Irish actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway), dies at 66 1966 - Mike Millward, English musician (The Fourmost), dies of leukemia at 23 2006 - Ansen [Nancy Ann] Dibble, Dutch sci-fi author (Summerfair), dies at 63 2013 - Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), dies of heart failure at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1628 - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict 1646 - Joseph Jenkes receives the 1st patent in North America for making scythes from the General Court of Massachusetts 1664 - King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant 1831 - Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" premieres at Teatro Carcano in Milan, Italy 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy 1915 - Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos 1943 - Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers 2018 - Pope Francis announces that murdered Salvadorean Archbishop Óscar Romero will be made a saint 2018 - "Highest overdose death rates ever recorded in the US", 142,000 overdoses in 2016-17 period according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018 - American WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington rediscovered in Australia's Coral Sea, lost during 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1886 - 1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1945 - Erich Honnecker and Erich Hanke flee Nazis 1951 - Trial of Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel Rosenberg begins for providing top-secret information to the Soviet Union 1967 - Former union leader Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison 1974 - An unnamed Italian industrialist loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette over 5 hours in Monte Carlo Casino 1994 - Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1918 - Howard McGhee, American be-bop jazz trumpeter, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1987) 1941 - Ann Winterton, British MP 1951 - Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch road cyclist (World Road Race Champion 1978; Amstel Gold Race 1974, 85), born in Amsterdam, New Holland (d. 2004) 1962 - Alison Nicholas, English golfer (US Open 1997), born in Gibraltar 1971 - Roger Salkeld, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Burbank, California 1977 - Marcus Thames, American baseball player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1836 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman, adventurer and politician, killed at the Battle of the Alamo at 49 1878 - Julius Caesar, English cricket batsman (first English tours to North America 1859-60, Australia and NZ 1864-5; Surrey CCC), dies from dropsy at 47 1962 - Rezső Kókai, Hungarian pianist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue, dies at 56 1984 - Ian Cromb, New Zealand cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 123 runs, 8 wkts), dies at 78 1994 - Tengiz Abuladze, Soviet Georgian filmmaker (Repentence), dies at 70 1996 - Stanley Booth-Clibborn, British Anglican Bishop of Manchester, dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1684 - Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz 1743 - 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published in Boston 1746 - Jacobite troops leave Aberdeen 1845 - 7th Grand National: William Loft aboard outsider Cure-All wins in record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds 1853 - Piano company Steinway and Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later Henry Steinway) in New York City 1856 - Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads 1978 - "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances 1989 - 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000 1995 - Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St Petersburg 2013 - Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro assumes the presidency after the death of Hugo Chávez More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1820 - Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays 1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. 1935 - 1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago) 1936 - Spitfire makes its 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) 1985 - 38th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "The Killing Fields" Best Film, Wim Wenders Best Director 1994 - PBA National Championship won by David Traber More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1870 - Frank Norris, journalist and writer (McTeague, Octopus), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1902) 1897 - Soong Mei-ling [Madame Chiang Kai-shek], Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China (1948-75), born in Shanghai (d. 2003) 1922 - James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2016) 1939 - Terry Curry, English multi-millionaire 1942 - Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain, 1982-96, born in Seville 1946 - Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2007) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1576 - Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 1611 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533) 1873 - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, French composer, dies at 34 1955 - Antanas Merkys, President of Lithuania (b. 1888) 1991 - Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109 2018 - Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth) 1238 - Battle of the Sit River: Mongol forces of Batu Khan overcome Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal near Yaroslavl in Russia, ending Russian resistance 1793 - French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands 1853 - Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands 1970 - NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out 1972 - Abercorn Restaurant bombing: a bomb explodes in a crowded restaurant in Belfast, killing two civilians and wounding 130 1974 - Harold Wilson replaces resigning Edward Heath as British premier 1976 - John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio 1979 - 200th episode of "All in the Family" 1983 - U.S. Public Health Service's publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1863 - Territory of Idaho established 1925 - US President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations 1968 - Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched 1979 - US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings 1980 - Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) comes to power, winning the parliamentary election in Zimbabwe, making Mugabe Zimbabwe's first black prime minister 2019 - US Democrats announce a wide-ranging corruption investigation into President Donald Trump More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1900 - Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter (d. 1971) 1931 - Wally Bruner, American broadcast journalist (ABC News), and TV host (What's My Line?, 1968-72), born in Ames, Iowa (d. 1997) 1936 - Jim Clark, Scottish auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1965; F1 World Champion 1963, 65), born in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland (d. 1968) 1948 - James Ellroy, American crime writer (L.A. Confidential), born in Los Angeles, California 1962 - Brant Ian Woodward, New Zealand trap shooter (Olympics 1996), born in Hurstville, New Zealand 1966 - Grand Puba [Maxwell Dixon], American rapper (Grand Nubian), born in New Rochelle, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1866 - Alexander Campbell, Irish-American clergyman and Founder of Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 1915 - William Willett, British inventor of Daylight Saving Time, dies of influenza at 58 1945 - Mark Sandrich [Goldstein], American film director, writer and producer (The Gay Divorcee; Top Hat; Holiday Inn), dies of a heart attack at 44 1977 - Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925) 2009 - George McAfee, American football player, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears), dies at 90 2011 - Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930) More Famous Deaths »

1857 - Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China 1869 - University of South Carolina opens to all races 1873 - US Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps 1920 - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs 1936 - Clarence Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa 1945 - US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall 1985 - National Union of Mine Workers in Britain ends a 51 week strike 2015 - "Under the Dome" a documentary on pollution in China by Chai Jing has been viewed over 150 million times in 3 days on Tencent 2020 - Iran releases 54,000 people from prison to avoid spread of COVID-19 as country reports 77 deaths and 2,300 cases including two dozen MPs 2022 - Russian forces seize the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1638 - Duke Bernard of Saxe-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden 1821 - American tailor and inventor Thomas L. Jennings (30) receives US patent for his "dry-scouring" process. the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning 1959 - San Francisco Giants rename their stadium Candlestick Park 1962 - British Antarctic Territory forms 1985 - "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis premieres on ABC TV in the US 1991 - United Airlines 737 crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1886 - (Reginald Owen) R.O. Morris, British composer and music teacher, born in York, England (d. 1948) 1920 - James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2005) 1933 - Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor (The Crach, Sinatra), born in Pamplona, Spain (d. 2013) 1940 - Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist 1951 - Lindsay Cooper, British bassoonist, oboe player, and composer (Henry Cow; News from Babel), born in Hornsey, North London, England (d. 2013) 1981 - Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1965 - Carlo Gatti, Italian musicologist (Verdi), dies at 88 1988 - Lois Wilson, American silent and sound screen actress (Miss Lulu Bett; The Great Gatsby; The Covered Wagon: Bright Eyes), dies of pneumonia at 72 1993 - Carlos Montoya, American flamenco guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966), dies at 89 2004 - Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958) 2012 - Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 94 2012 - Alex Webster, American football coach (NY Giants), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1836 - Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico in Columbia 1896 - Best 9-wicket haul in cricket history; George Lohmann takes 9-28 as England beats South Africa by an innings and 197 runs in 2nd Test at Johannesburg 1944 - Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocate 521 in Italy 1966 - After suffering a hairline fracture of his right hind foot, 5-time US Horse of the Year Kelso is immediately retired; racing's all-time leading money winner with lifetime earnings of $1,977,896 1969 - 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde 1993 - Actress Claudette Colbert suffers a stroke at 89 2000 - America's Cup, Auckland: Team New Zealand beats Italian yacht Prada Challenge by 0.48s for a 5-0 series sweep; NZ only the 2nd country in 150 years to successfully defend the Cup 2019 - FESPACO, Africa's largest film festival in its 50th year awards the Golden Stallion of Yennenga to "The Mercy of the Jungle" by Joel Karekezi, in Burkina Faso 2019 - Australian wonder horse Winx sets world record for Group 1 wins in the Chipping Norton Stakes in Sydney; stretches unbeaten run to 31 races, and her 23rd in the highest class of thoroughbred racing 2020 - American singer-songwriter Garth Brooks receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1121 - Dirk VI becomes count of Holland 1903 - Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC 1941 - World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact. 1946 - Kingman Douglass becomes deputy director of CIA 1959 - Ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Sydney Opera House at Bennelong Point, Sydney 1970 - American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1481 - Franz von Sickingen, German knight, born in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, Germany (d. 1523) 1908 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968) 1917 - John Gardner, English classical composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 2011) 1963 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter (Olympic gold 10m air pistol 1988, 50m pistol 2000), born in Ruse, Bulgaria 1970 - Alexander Armstrong, British comedian, TV presenter and baritone singer (Armstrong and Miller, Pointless), born in Rothbury, Northumberland 1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey goaltender (Olympic gold 2006; NHL Vezina Trophy 2012; NY Rangers), born in Åre, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 986 - Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 1797 - Horace Walpole, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto), dies at 79 1822 - Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40 1868 - Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, dies at 81 1970 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888) 1975 - Jean Kurt Forest, German composer, dies at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1831 - Lord John Russell introduces the Reform Bill in the British House of Commons on the government's behalf to revamp the electoral system of England and Wales and increase the franchise 1864 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1867 - Howard University, Washington, D.C., chartered 1914 - Dutch Minister of War Hendrikus Colijn named director of British Petroleum 1941 - Former University of Notre Dame star fullback Elmer Layden is named first Commissioner of the NFL 1944 - U-358 sinks in Atlantic 1972 - Two Catholic teenagers shot dead by the Royal Ulster Constabulary while 'joy riding' in a stolen car in Belfast 1996 - New toll-free 888 area code introduced in USA 2002 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons). 2006 - English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1780 - Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for newborns only) 1886 - The Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. 1953 - KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins 1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1980 - Commonwealth Trade Union Council established 1999 - Daryll Cullinan scores South African cricket record 275no in the drawn 1st Test against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; Gary Kirsten 128 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1924 - Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18) 1933 - Joan Hackett, American stage and screen actress (Will Penny; Only When I Laugh; Mourning Becomes Electra), born in East Harlem, NYC (d. 1983) 1952 - Steven Barnes, American writer 1966 - Paul Hollywood, English baker and TV judge (The Great British Bake Off), born in Wallasey, England 1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell) 1990 - Harry Eden, English actor, born in Old Harlow, Essex More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1244 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Welsh leader Llywelyn the Great, dies trying to escape from the Tower of London (b. 1200) 1788 - Orazio Mei, Italian organist, and composer, dies at 56 1859 - Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, dies at 61 1928 - Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer, dies at 77 1932 - Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, killed in a car accident at 25 2022 - Warner Mark [McPherson], American country music singer-songwriter (Sittin' on a Rock (Cryin' in a Creek)); Talkin' to the Wall), dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »