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502 - The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. 1229 - Otto II becomes earl of Gelre 1694 - American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec 1910 - Blanche Scott becomes the first woman to fly at a public event in the US at Fort Wayne, Indiana 1941 - Walt Disney's animated film "Dumbo" released 1952 - Charlie Chaplin's "Limelight", starring himself and Claire Bloom, with an appearance by Buster Keaton, premieres in New York City; Not released in Los Angeles until 1972, winning Chaplin his only competitive Academy Award for original score 1958 - Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1964 - Dutch 10th dan judoka Anton Geesink wins Open gold medal in the first ever Olympic judo competition in Tokyo; prevents clean sweep of the gold medals by Japan 1974 - Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 2018 - Megyn Kelly is criticized after making comments supporting blackface on her NBC show More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1888 - Pelham Bay Park in Bronx vested 1934 - Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain record balloon height of 10.9 miles (17.5 km) over Lake Erie 1972 - Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain 1983 - 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile 2008 - Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers 2015 - Adele releases her single "Hello" - becomes 1st song with more than a million downloads in 1st week (1.1m) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1516 - Charlotte of Valois, Princess of France as second daughter of King Francis I and his wife Claude, born in Château d'Amboise, France (d. 1524) 1766 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French general and marshal, born in Paris (d. 1847) 1922 - Coleen Gray [Doris Bernice Jensen], American actress (Apache Drums, The Killing), born in Staplehurst, Nebraska (d. 2015) 1948 - Brian Ross, American Emmy and Peabody Award television journalist (NBC, 1974-94; ABC, 1994-2019), born in Chicago, Illinois 1961 - Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish soccer goalkeeper (126 caps Spain, 4 Basque Country; FC Barcelona 301 games, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia), born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 1962 - Doug Flutie, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1984, Boston College; Grey Cup MVP 1992, 96, 97; Pro Bowl 1998, Buffalo Bills), born in Manchester, Maryland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1753 - Columban Praelisauer, German music director and composer, dies at 50 1868 - Cullen Whipple, American inventor (pointed screw machine), dies at 67 1989 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911) 2004 - Edward Toner Cone, American pianist, composer and pedagogue, dies at 87 2005 - John Muth, American economist (b. 1930) 2016 - Tom Hayden, American civil rights and antiwar activist and politician (Rep-D-Ca), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1899 - British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa 1928 - China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants 1942 - Operation Flagpole: US Major General Mark Clark and Brigadier General Lyman Lemnitzer meet Vichy French Général Charles Mast secretly in small fishing village of Cherchell, Algeria to finalize plans for Allied Invasion of North Africa 1978 - New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12 1978 - Pope John Paul II is inaugurated as Pope 1997 - Larry Flynt sells Hustler to an under-age buyer in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati, Ohio 2012 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 2018 - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison makes a public apology to victims of child sexual abuse in institutions 2018 - Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins seventh term in office, extending his 36 years in office, in election marred by intimidation and low turnout 2018 - Actress Selma Blair reveals she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1335 - Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest 1899 - British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa 1935 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 and 4 1980 - 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium 2019 - Chilean president Sebastián Piñera agrees to meet opposition leaders after 15 people killed in growing nationwide protests over living costs and inequality 2020 - The National Hockey League announces the annual NHL All Star Game and the NHL All-Star Skills Competition would be postponed to no earlier than 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1847 - Jacobus Herculas de la Rey, Boer leader in the South African War (1899–1902), born in Winburg, South Africa (d. 1914) 1900 - James Hall, American actor (Hell's Angels, Four Sons), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1940) 1915 - Harry Hickox, Big Springs Tx, (Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies) 1918 - Lou Klein, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia A's) and manager (Chicago Cubs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1976) 1921 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986) 1928 - Clare Fischer, American musician, composer and arranger, born in Durand, Michigan (d. 2012) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1674 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, dies at 53 1847 - Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa 1954 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (one of the modernist Group of Five), dies at 64 1965 - Paul Tillich, German-American theologist (Courage To Be), dies at 79 1994 - David Buchan, Scottish ethno-musicologist, dies at 55 1995 - Kingsley Amis, English author (Lucky Jim), dies of injuries from a fall at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1816 - The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia. 1917 - 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WWI: US troops enter front lines at Sommervillier under French command 1964 - Polish 4×100m women's relay team runs a world record 43.6 to beat the US by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka and Ewa Kłobukowska 1965 - KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1979 - New York City Marathon: Bill Rodgers wins 4th straight men's title in 2:11:42; defending champion Grete Waitz of Norway takes out women's event in 2:27:33 1982 - Private funeral service held for Bess Truman, former First Lady of the United States 1984 - Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal 1995 - Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians 2003 - Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz. 2020 - Pope Francis backs same-sex civil unions in interview in documentary film "Francesco" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1925 - Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver" premieres in NYC 1972 - "Man of La Mancha" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 140 performances 1976 - NY Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed 1976 - Baseball World Series: defending champions Cincinnati Reds sweep NY Yankees; beat Bombers, 7-2 in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium; MVP: Reds catcher Johnny Bench 2017 - Spanish government suspends Catalonia's autonomy in the face of a deepening political crisis over the region's push for independence 2018 - Train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 and injuring 178 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1581 - Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) 1904 - Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, American sci-fi author (Danger Planet) 1916 - Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1974) 1971 - Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler (World C'ship gold [skip] 2014; Olympics silver 2010), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2022) 1973 - Charlie Lowell, American Musician 1980 - Brian Pittman, American Christian rock bassist (Relient K), born in Canton, Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1805 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral and war hero, dies in Battle of Trafalgar at 47 1969 - Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (On the Road, Mexico Blues), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 47 1977 - Ferit Tuzun, Turkish composer, dies at 48 1984 - Francois Truffaut, dir (Fahrenheit 451), dies of brain cancer at 52 1993 - Melchior Ndadaye, 1st Hutu President of Burundi (1993), murdered at 40 2012 - Dann Cahn, American film editor, dies of natural causes at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1536 - King Christian III of Denmark and Norway leads reform in Catholic possessions 1587 - Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League 1839 - Margaret Fuller is appointed editor of new US Transcendental Magazine "The Dial" 1880 - Amsterdam Free University opens 1942 - "Durham Manifesto" issued by the Southern Conference on Race Relations held in Durham, North Carolina, calls for fundamental changes in race relations 1962 - Peter, Paul and Mary's debut folk album "Peter, Paul and Mary" reaches No. 1 on US album charts 1978 - Police's 1st US concert (NYC's CBGBs) 1983 - IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released 1991 - Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo 2018 - President Trump threatens to pull the US out of an arms control agreement with Russia because Russia has violated its terms More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname 1912 - Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) 1953 - WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 - Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1968 - "Her 1st Roman" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 17 performances 1991 - Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1740 - Belle van Zuylen, Dutch-Swiss writer (Three Women), born at Castle Zuylen near Utrecht (d. 1805) 1899 - Marnix Gijsen [baron Jan-Albert Goris], Flemish writer (Grote God Pan) 1927 - Joyce Brothers, American pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013) 1939 - Raymond Jones, British keyboardist and songwriter, born in Oldham, England 1950 - Elodie Lauten [Genevieve Schecroun], French-American composer (The Death of Don Juan), born in Paris (d. 2014) 1960 - Lepa Brena 'Yugoslavia’s Madonna', Yugoslav singer, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1890 - Richard Burton, English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), dies at 69 1900 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer, dies at 54 1904 - Henry Hiles, English composer, dies at 77 1926 - Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate, dies at 70 2013 - Lawrence Klein, American economist who created computer models to forecast economic trends (1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), dies at 93 2020 - Bill Mathis, American football halfback (AFL All Star 1961, 63; New York Titans/Jets), dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »

1882 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley 1913 - At a meeting of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in Durban, NIC secretaries, M. C. Anglia and Dada Osman, severely criticise Mahatma Gandhi and tender their resignations 1953 - Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey 1971 - A group of Northern Ireland Members of Parliament begin a 48 hour hunger strike against the policy of Internment 1980 - Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle 1993 - UN authorizes arms, military and police supply embargo against Haiti 1996 - Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series 2017 - New Zealand Labour Party forms a coalition government led by Jacinda Ardern (37), youngest NZ leader in 161 years 2018 - "Halloween" film reboot starring Jamie Curtis makes a record $77m for a horror film with a female lead, biggest debut any film with female lead over 55 in US 2019 - UK parliament votes for the Letwin amendment in a special Saturday sitting, which forces Boris Johnson to ask the EU for an extension and delays vote on his Brexit deal More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1888 - Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs 1912 - Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control 1944 - Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg 1964 - American sprinter Edith McGuire runs an Olympic record 23.0 to win the women's 200m gold medal in Tokyo; minor place medallists Irena Szewińska of Poland and Australian Marilyn Black both record 23.1 2001 - SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks killing 353 2005 - Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1866 - Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, librettist, conductor, and music professor, born in Six Nations Reserve, Ontario (d. 1947) 1932 - Robert Reed, American actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1992) 1958 - Tiriel Mora, Australian actor 1965 - Brad Daugherty, American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1988, 89, 91–93; Cleveland Cavaliers) and broadcaster (ESPN College Basketball and NASCAR), born in Black Mountain, North Carolina 1983 - Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress (Elizabeth Woodville-The White Queen, Mission Impossible– Rogue Nation, Dune), born in Stockholm, Sweden 1992 - Lil Durk [Durk Derrick Banks], American rapper (The Voice of the Heroes, 7220), born in Chicago, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1547 - Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46 1950 - Edna St Vincent Millay, American poet/dramatist/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize), dies at 58 2007 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor and novelist (Brief American), dies at 81 2008 - Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic, dies at 86 2009 - Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), dies at 91 2014 - Lynda Bellingham, Canadian-born English actress, dies from colon cancer at 66 More Famous Deaths »

1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock 1912 - Black boxer Jack Johnson arrested for violating the Mann Act for "transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes" due to his relationship with white woman Lucille Cameron, allegedly a prostitute. Later convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to a year in prison. 1915 - 3rd Italian offensive at Isonzo 1930 - Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day 1953 - WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1968 - Circus Circus hotel opens in Las Vegas, largest permanent big top in the world 1974 - 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121 1979 - "Beatlemania" opens in London 1991 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at NY State Theater NYC 1992 - Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL quarterback scramble record of 3,683 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1386 - Opening of the University of Heidelberg 1969 - Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kanter arrested for marijuana possession 1977 - NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games 1992 - 6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities 2001 - Crude Oil for November delivery falls to its lowest level since August 1999 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) 2012 - Syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1662 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714) 1701 - Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778) 1859 - Paolo Orsi, Rovereto, Italian Archaeologist (Sicilian excavations) 1925 - Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist (Heikrekels) 1938 - Dawn Wells, American actress (Gilligan's Island -"Mary Ann"), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2020) 1966 - Alan Mills, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Lakeland, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1876 - Francis Preston Blair, American journalist and newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 1953 - Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80 1991 - Gunnar Sønstevold, Norwegian jazz pianist, and orchestral and film score composer (Litany In Atlanta; The Dorian Cage), dies at 78 2005 - John Hollis, British actor (b. 1931) 2010 - Marion Brown, American jazz alto saxophonist, (Marion Brown Quartet; John Coltrane -"Ascension"; Artie Schepp), avant garde composer, writer, and ethno-musicologist, dies at 79 2013 - Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D-Washington 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), dies from complications from a stroke at 84 More Famous Deaths »

1662 - Charles II of Great Britain sells Dunkirk to France for 2.5 million livres (320,000 English pounds) 1876 - Henry Morton Stanley's reaches Lualaba River 1899 - Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 1927 - Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL President 1935 - Pacific Association of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics 1956 - England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens 1967 - Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue 1974 - NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak 1975 - 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss 2018 - The revived "The Connors" debuts on ABC TV starring Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman, without fired former star Roseanne Barr More Historical Events »

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 »