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Historical Events 1556 - Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain 1970 - Anwar Sadat sworn in as the 3rd President of Egypt 1971 - It is estimated today that approximately 16,000 households were withholding rent and rates for council houses as part of the campaign of civil disobedience against internment organised by the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Northern Ireland 1972 - Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Lng," is #1 1981 - Brazilian Nelson Piquet driving for Brabham finishes 5th in the season ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Carlos Reutemann 1991 - MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1875 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer (Yes and No!) 1946 - Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter/actor (Olympic gold 1968, "Soap"), born in Pomona California 1948 - George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers), born in Chicago, Illinois 1958 - Alan Jackson, American country singer (Here in the Real World), born in Newnan, Georgia 1969 - Wood Harris, American actor 1972 - Joe McEwing, American baseball player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1705 - Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos, French patron of the arts, courtesan and writer, dies at 84 1909 - Nicola Spinelli, Italian composer, dies at 44 1944 - Pavel Haas, Czech Jewish composer, murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at 45 (b. 1899) 1979 - Karel Reiner, Czech pianist, composer, and Theresienstadt concentration camp survivor, dies at 69 2008 - Levi Stubbs [Stubbles], American baritone singer (The Four Tops - "It's the Same Old Song"; "Standing In The Shadows of Love"), dies at 72 2017 - Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer (Toccata e Canto), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1311 - Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens 1861 - Confederacy starts selling postage stamps 1925 - Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution 1967 - WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - The People's Democracy (PD), formed on Oct 9, organise a march of 1,300 students from the Queen's University of Belfast to the City Hall in the centre of the city, Northern Ireland 1990 - US forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf 1995 - Million Man March held in Washington, D.C. (over 830,000 African American men attend) 2013 - 49 people are killed after Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes in the Mekong River, Laos 2018 - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman denies knowledge of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi according to President Trump 2019 - Netflix reveals its most popular original movie was Sandra Bullock's "Bird Box" and TV series "Stranger Things" for the year More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1551 - English Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset re-arrested 1942 - Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1976 - Soyuz 23 returns to Earth 1991 - Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement 1998 - Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a Spanish warrant requesting his extradition on murder charges 2021 - NASA probe Lucy launched on mission to fly-by eight Trojan asteroids circling the sun More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1811 - Gaetano Capocci, Italian organist and composer (Responsori), born in Rome (d. 1898) 1821 - Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, born in Lemberg, Austrian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1883) 1854 - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist 1855 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931) 1897 - Harrison Kerr, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1978) 1927 - Gus Yatron, American boxer and politician (Rep-D-PA, 1969-93), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2003) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1333 - Nicolaas V [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies at about 73 1956 - Jules Rimet, French football administrator (3rd President of FIFA 1921-54), dies at 83 2003 - Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919) 2004 - Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), dies at 79 2012 - Eddie Yost, American MLB player, dies from cardiovascular disease at 86 2020 - Rodolfo Fischer, Argentine soccer striker (35 caps; San Lorenzo 271 games), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1924 - US President Calvin Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1954 - Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in the US in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in US and Canada 1962 - WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 - American Don Schollander swims a world record 4:12.2 to win the 400m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; second of Schollander's 4 gold medals at the Games 1964 - American Al Oerter wins his third of 4 consecutive Olympic men's discus titles at the Tokyo Olympics; beats Czech Ludvík Daněk by 0.08m 1970 - Anwar Sadat elected 3rd President of Egypt, succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser 1974 - Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J. Flory for work on macro molecules 1979 - NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier 1993 - Amstel brewery on Curacao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle 2021 - IPL Cricket Final, Dubai International Stadium: Chennai Super Kings win their 4th IPL title beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs; Faf du Plessis scores 86 off 59 balls for Player of the Match More Historical Events »

Historical Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals 1955 - Buddy Holley opens for Bill Haley and His Comets in Lubbock, Texas, and impresses Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, leading to a recording contract with a misspelling that creates "Buddy Holly" 1956 - Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8) 1957 - Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players 1966 - Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself" as "terribly obscene" 2012 - Hilary Mantel wins the 2012 Man Booker Prize for her novel "Bring Up the Bodies" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1711 - Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen consort of Sardinia (1737-41), born in Château de Lunéville, Lorraine (d. 1741) 1851 - George Foot Moore, American theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1931) 1878 - Paul Reynaud, Premier of France (May-June 1940), born in Barcelonette, France (d. 1966) 1900 - Mervyn LeRoy, American movie producer (Devil at 4 O'Clock), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1987) 1937 - Linda Lavin, American actress (Alice, Barney Miller), born in Portland, Maine 1957 - Mira Nair, Indian-American filmmaker (Monsoon Wedding), born in Rourkela, Odisha, India More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1674 - Robert Herrick, English poet ('Gather ye rosebuds while ye may'), dies at 83 1948 - Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) 1960 - Clara Kimball Young, American actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70 1964 - Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist ("Anything Goes"; "Night And Day"; "I've Got You Under My Skin"), dies of kidney failure at 73 1990 - Delphine Seyrig, French actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages) dies of lung disease at 58 2005 - Matti Wuori, Finnish politician, dies of cancer at 60 More Famous Deaths »

1700 - Rabbi Judah Hasid and Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem 1951 - Organization of Central American States forms 1960 - Belgian senator Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen 1964 - Little known American distance runner Billy Mills scores major upset by winning the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics; beats Mohammed Gammoudi of Tunisia by 0.4s; only American to ever win the event 1965 - Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km 1969 - Race riots in Springfield, Massachusetts 1970 - Cleveland Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92 2002 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1 2019 - British Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Pakistan to begin a 5-day royal tour 2021 - Record price for a Banksy artwork paid of 18.5 million pounds ($25.4 million) for "Love is in the Bin", that was famously shredded on purchase in 2018 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1911 - Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1931 - 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University 1956 - Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning" premieres in NYC 1966 - 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam 1979 - 1st Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. by over 100,000 people 1987 - MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1827 - James Sidney Robinson, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Mansfield, Ohio (d. 1892) 1888 - Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry), New Zealand short story writer (The Garden Party), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1923) 1943 - Lance Rentzel, American NFL receiver (Minn, LA) and ex-husband of Joey Heatherton, born in Flushing, New York 1977 - Tina Dico [Dickow], Danish singer-songwriter, born in Åbyhøj, Aarhus, Denmark 1980 - Paul Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer 1986 - Tom Craddock, English footballer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1552 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488) 1610 - Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540) 1958 - Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. 1882) 1981 - Ingemar Liljefors, Swedish composer, dies at 74 2006 - Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919) 2019 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic, 'the most notorious literary critic in America' dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1890 - The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. 1914 - Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which would later be refined into the gas mask 1914 - Pro-German Boers begin opposition to British authority in South Africa 1943 - Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1944 - Riga, capital of Latvia, freed 1958 - Burial of Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the "Miracle of the Sun" 1985 - "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth NYC after 604 performances 1991 - MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1 2011 - Italian conductor Ricardo Muti is awarded the second $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize 2018 - Oldest known human remains from Poland at 115,000 years from revealed to be Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave eaten by a large bird More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1899 - 7,000 laid-off black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal 1924 - Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud 1941 - Nazis kill 11,000 Jewish children and old people 1963 - The term "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium 1989 - Bob Quinn resigns as NY Yankee VP/GM and replaced by Harding Peterson 1993 - Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1453 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou, born in London (d. 1471) 1912 - Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1992) 1923 - Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes, Fortuna, Inter Milan), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2006) 1940 - (Farrell) "Pharoah" Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (John Coltrane groups; "Karma"), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2022) 1963 - Michael Lavine, American portrait photographer and contributor to several grunge rock album art packages (Nirvana; Soundgarden), born in San Francisco, California 1980 - Scott Parker, English soccer midfielder (18 caps; Charlton, West Ham, Fulham) and manager (Fulham, AFC Bournemouth), born in Lambeth, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1941 - GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies 1987 - Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 2000 - Jean Peters, American actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters), dies at 73 2001 - Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing") dies of throat cancer at 52 2007 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929) 2010 - Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923) More Famous Deaths »

1815 - Ex-king Joachim Murat of Naples sentenced to death 1854 - Ashmun Institute (later Lincoln University) opens near Oxford, Pennsylvania 1879 - British troops occupy Kabul, Afghanistan 1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citizens who identify themselves with dual nationalities 1924 - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow 1975 - NASA launches space vehicle S-195 1977 - 4th test of space shuttle Enterprise 1989 - Musical "Buddy" with Paul Hipp premieres in London 1995 - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances 2019 - Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall on the Izu Peninsula near Tokyo, Japan, bringing record rainfall and killing at least 56 people More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1891 - Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated 1898 - Establishment of the first town council in Mateur. 1907 - Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park for 4-0-1 series victory; Cubs' first Championship 1918 - Cloquet fire kills 453 and injures or displaces 52,000 people 1969 - Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 7 is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan 1995 - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1813 - Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-73), born in Colchester, Connecticut (d. 1896) 1890 - Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955) 1929 - Robert Coles, American author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1947 - George Lam, Hong Kong veteran Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong 1952 - Danielle Proulx, French Canadian actress, born in Montreal, Quebec 1968 - Bill Auberlen, American race car driver, born in Redondo Beach, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1343 - Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies 1679 - William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) 1969 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), dies from leukemia at 57 1990 - Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered 2017 - Grape-kun, a Humbolt penguin from Tobu Zoo, who gained fame from the anime series "Kemono Friends", dies aged 21 (Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan). 2018 - Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1864 - Slavery abolished in Maryland 1939 - NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund 1948 - "Love Life" opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 252 performances 1950 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS 1967 - World Series record 3 consecutive HRs hit by Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli as Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park 1968 - Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours 1976 - Mao Zedong's widow Jiang Qing and the "Gang of Four" are arrested and charged with plotting a coup 1984 - 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan) 1985 - President Reagan bans import of South African Krugerrands to the USA 1990 - Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1531 - Battle of Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich; Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed 1726 - Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England 1890 - First 100 yard dash under 10 seconds run by John Owen in 9.8 sec at Analostan Island, Washington, D.C. 1922 - First woman FBI "special investigator", Alaska Davidson, appointed 1956 - 1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day 2015 - Nepal's parliament elects Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, leader of the Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist party, as Prime Minister More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1661 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat, Cardinal and poet, born in Chateau de la Ronte, Haute-Loire, France (d. 1741) 1747 - Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, born in Riedenthal, Austria (d. 1775) 1897 - Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1965) 1897 - Nathan Farragut Twining, U.S. Air Force general, born in Monroe, Wisconsin (d. 1982) 1919 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice, radio and film actress (The Flintstones, The Jetsons), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999) 1926 - John Dewes, British cricketer (England opener late 40's early 50's), born in Latchford, Cheshire, England (d. 2015) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1666 - Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies 1809 - Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator who helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies of gunshot wounds at 35 under mysterious circumstances that could have been murder or suicide along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee at an inn called Grinder's Stand 1896 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), Wagner disciple and "monumental bore", dies at 72 1967 - Ivan Isakov [Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan], Russian-Armenian military commander (Commander in Chief of the Soviet Navy during World War II), dies at 73 1977 - Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66 2005 - Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915) More Famous Deaths »

1799 - Convention of Alkmaar: British-Russian invasion army departs Holland 1846 - Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1923 - NY Giants and NY Yankees become first teams to play each other in 3 consecutive Baseball World Series; Giants win Game 1, 5-4; first WS game played at Yankee Stadium 1951 - Baseball World Series: two-time defending champion NY Yankees beat NY Giants, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto 1957 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1973 - US Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after pleading no contest to allegations of tax fraud 1978 - Aerosmith's Steve Tyler and Joe Perry injured by a cherry bomb 1979 - Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone) 1980 - Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated 1990 - Mexican singer and actress Thalia releases her debut album "Thalía" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1854 - US Assay Office in NYC, New York opens 1904 - Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC 1913 - Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix 1935 - Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy 1960 - WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1982 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1862 - Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, born in Louvain, Belgium (d. 1940) 1868 - Guillermo M. Tomás, Cuban composer, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 1933) 1900 - Helen Hayes [Brown], American actress (Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), and 1st female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1993) 1916 - Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987) 1921 - Boy Trip, Dutch minister, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1990) 1936 - Artie Dick, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of 60's), born in Middlemarch, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1473 - Giorgio da Sebenico, Venetian sculptor and architect (Cathedral of St James in Šibenik) 1745 - Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 52 1856 - Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian composer, dies at 67 1977 - Jean Duvieusart, 36th Prime Minister of Belgium, dies at 77 1990 - Dick Jorgensen, NFL referee, dies at 56 2006 - Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932) More Famous Deaths »

1915 - Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York 1941 - Coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president. 1961 - Tanganyika, in east Africa, becomes independent within British Commonwealth 1971 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito visits the Netherlands 1973 - Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal 1975 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco 1981 - Abolition of capital punishment in France. 1987 - Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000 2007 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at an all-time high 2015 - Selena Gomez releases her studio album "Revival", goes to #1 on Billboard 200 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1668 - Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish governor Jose de Paternina 1824 - Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica 1976 - Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on cricket debut New Zealand v Pakistan Javed 1st wkt 1978 - John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Ballroom" premieres in NYC 1988 - 9th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats New Zealand 25-12 2016 - Second US Presidential debate: Hostile confrontation between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at Washington University, St. Louis More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1823 - Mary Ann Shadd Cary, American-Canadian publisher and anti-slavery campaigner, 1st African American newspaper publisher ('Provincial Freeman'), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1893) 1856 - Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian conductor, composer, and music educator (Le Chant de la Création), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1931) 1939 - Pierre Mertens, French-Belgian writer (Lettres Clandestines), born in Brussels, Belgium 1954 - Scott Bakula, American actor (Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown), born in St Louis, Missouri 1973 - A. J. Ofodile, American NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Detroit, Michigan 1982 - António Mendonça, Angolan footballer, born in Luanda, Angola More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1960 - Howard Glenn, NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game 1987 - Clare Boothe Luce, American politician and U.S. ambassador to Italy, dies at 84 1997 - Arthur Tracy, American radio personality (The Street Singer), dies at 98 1998 - Ian Johnson, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (45 Tests; 109 wickets), dies at 80 2012 - Theo Olof, German-Dutch violinist and concert master, dies at 88 2017 - Jean Rochefort, French actor (Man on the Train, The Artist and the Model), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1085 - San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated 1930 - Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's beat St Louis Cards, 7-1 at Shibe Park for a 4 games to 2 series victory to retain title 1944 - Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto" premieres 1950 - Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17 1972 - MLB Detroit Tiger pitcher Lerrin LaGrow and Oakland A's shortstop Bert Campaneris, each fined and suspended when Campaneris flung his bat at the mound after getting hit by a pitch 1984 - NBC's premiere of TV made "The Burning Bed", based on Francine Hughes 1985 - Little Richard seriously injured in a single car accident in Los Angeles 1994 - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill 2004 - Kenyan Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" 2018 - Nobel prize for Economics awarded to William Nordhaus for climate change and Paul Romer for endogenous growth theory More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1813 - Treaty of Ried between Bavaria and Austria 1982 - Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions 1984 - NBC's premiere of TV made "The Burning Bed", based on Francine Hughes 1988 - Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage 1992 - Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott 2018 - Major climate report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1838 - John Milton Hay, American politician (Union), born in Salem, Indiana (d. 1905) 1919 - Mac Anderson, New Zealand cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946), born in Westport, West Coast, New Zealand (d. 1979) 1924 - Alphons Egli, Swiss politcian and member of the Swiss Federal Council, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 2016) 1931 - Bill Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (28 caps; Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur), born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland (d. 2004) 1971 - Monty Williams, American basketball head coach and executive (Phoenix Suns 2019; New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans 2010-15) and NBA forward/guard (San Antonio Spurs), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981 - Ruby [Rania Hussein Muhammad Tawfiq], Egyptian singer ("Do You Know Why") and actress (The Baby Doll Night), born in Cairo, Egypt More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 976 - Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen 1094 - St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos ministry in Venice 1974 - Harry Carney, American tenor and baritone jazz saxophonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1927-74), dies at 64 2008 - George E. Palade, Romanian-American cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974), dies at 95 2008 - Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children; The Angel with the Trumpet), dies of complications from pneumonia at 90 2011 - Antonio Iglesias Álvares, Spanish pianist, composer, educator and critic, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1908 - Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece 1927 - Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game 1958 - Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court 1960 - TV series "Route 66" premieres on CBS 1968 - Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system 1973 - Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi 1978 - LA Dodgers win the pennant 1993 - Massive Muslim demonstration in Xining, China, 12 killed 1994 - Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57) 2021 - Zanzibar born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1916 - Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most lopsided score in the history of US college football 1928 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0) 1975 - MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0 1985 - KHQ-AM in Spokane Wash's final transmission 1991 - Child star Adam Rich (Eight Is Enough) arrested for stealing hypodermics 1996 - Rupert Murdoch launches Fox News with Roger Ailes as CEO More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1758 - Paul Anton Wineberger, composer 1939 - Joel Brodsky, American photographer, created over 400 album covers (The Doors; Isaac Hayes; Ohio Players), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007) 1942 - Joy Behar [Occhiuto], American actress and comedian (The View), born in Brooklyn, New York 1967 - Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentinan tennis star, born in Tandil, Argentina 1967 - Toni Braxton, American RandB singer-songwriter ("Un-Break My Heart"), born in Severn, Maryland 1982 - Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer, born in Longvic, France More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1553 - Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer, dies at about 53 1612 - Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar and theologist, dies at 70 1911 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835) 1943 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880) 1976 - Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Estonian-American composer (Variazioni Concertanti), dies at 73 1981 - Albert Cohen, Greek-born Swiss novelist (Belle du Seigneur), dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1911 - Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot 1912 - Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season 1935 - Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia 1946 - 90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1990 - Solar Polar Orbiter 'Ulysses' launched 1996 - Lois and Clark (fictional characters) wed 2002 - The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen. 2008 - MESSENGER spacecraft performs a second Mercury flyby 2010 - Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Instagram 2018 - Australia records the biggest comeback in Rugby Championship history in beating Argentina 45-34 in Salta; Wallabies trial 31-7 at halftime but score 5 second half tries to none to overwhelm Pumas More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1889 - Moulin Rogue opens in Paris 1908 - Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina 1948 - Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya 1976 - John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent 1991 - Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers) 2019 - Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters march in defiance of a new ban on face masks More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1744 - James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1813) 1887 - Le Corbusier [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss French architect, city planner and artist (Urbanisme), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds (d. 1965)) 1920 - Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005) 1935 - Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2021) 1970 - Matt Vogel, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, 1996-present; Kermit the Frog, 2017-present; Big Bird, 2018-present), born in Kansas City, Kansas 1971 - Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety (Jacksonville Jaguars) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1585 - Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and sculptor, dies at 57 1874 - Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, dies at 50 1892 - Alfred Tennyson, writer and British Poet Laureate (The Charge of the Light Brigade), dies at 83 1976 - Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900) 2002 - Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926) 2017 - Terry Downes, British middleweight boxing champion (1961-62), dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1813 - Battle of the Thames; American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada 1912 - NY Highlanders last game at Hilltop stadium; beat Washington, 8-6; Brooklyn Dodgers last game at Washington Park; lose 1-0 v NY Giants 1931 - 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon and Pangborn) 1936 - The Jarrow March sets off for London. 1943 - US air raid on Wake, Japanese execute 98 US prisoners in retaliation 1949 - Sportswriter Robert Ruark first reports golfing great Bobby Jones's rare spinal disease (syringomyelia) which prevent him from playing any form of golf again 1970 - MLB Championship Series both end on the same day with same score; (AL) Baltimore Orioles beat Minnesota Twins, 3-0; (NL) Cincinnati Reds down Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0; Orioles win WS, 4-1 1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1977 - "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 43 performances 1988 - Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1450 - Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX 1864 - Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South 1957 - 11th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-3 1992 - NY senator Alphonse D'Amato filibusters for 15 hours 20 mins 1996 - Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 innings in 4-3 ALDS win at Jacobs Field; Orioles win series, 3-1 2010 - Injured Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman is the hero with 73 not out as the home team chases down 216 to beat Australia with just 1 wicket to spare in the 1st Test at Mohali More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1728 - Chevalier d'Éon [Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont], French spy, diplomat, and transvestite, born in Tonnerre, France (d. 1810) 1840 - Fran Gerbič, Slovenian composer and tenor, born in Cerknica (d. 1917) 1894 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1920), born in Kimberley, South Africa (d. 1948) 1906 - Leopold Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, born in Oberndorf, Austria (d. 1994) 1913 - Eugene B. Fluckey, American Navy submariner, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2007) 1971 - Chad Lewis, American football tight end (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Fort Dix, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1813 - Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief (Battle of Thames), dies in battle at 45 1906 - Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter, dies at 58 1933 - Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich, Russian WWI general, dies at 71 1993 - Karl Gordon Henize, American astronomer and NASA astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of high altitude pulmonary edema during an expedition on Mount Everest at 66 1995 - Dick Henry Jurgen, American swing bandleader, and songwriter ("Elmer's Tune"), dies of cancer at 85 1995 - Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944) More Famous Deaths »