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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 »

1914 - Dardanelles: French and British fleet bombards Turkish forts 1923 - Young Stribling ostensibly beats Mike McTigue on points in Columbus, Georgia for world light-heavyweight boxing title; referee Harry Ertle later calls fight a draw, claims coerced by promoters to award fight to Stribling; McTigue retains title 1949 - United Nations' permanent NYC headquarters is dedicated 1965 - Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN) 1976 - US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after telling a racial joke 1986 - NY Yankees closer Dave Righetti saves both doubleheader games at Fenway Park for 5-3 and 3-1 wins v Boston; Righetti's MLB record 46th save 1987 - First "Scab Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players as a result of players strike; chiefly related to the expiration of 1982 Collective Bargaining Agreement; players returned October 15 1991 - Whiteland Janice, driven by Mike Lachance, wins Kentucky Futurity 1992 - 1st time AL East and West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor and Oak 2001 - Brendan Shanahan scores a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1648 - Peter Stuyvesant establishes America's 1st volunteer fire service 1916 - Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time 1964 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC; Mary Mills shoots final round 69 to win first of her 2 LPGA C'ships, 2 strokes ahead of defending champion Mickey Wright 1967 - St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3 1986 - Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde 2003 - Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1276 - Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311) 1901 - [Robert] Carroll Nye, American actor (Gone With The Wind), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1974) 1955 - John Rutherford, Scottish rugby union fly-half (42 caps; British and Irish Lions 1983), born in Selkirk, Scotland 1956 - Sherri Turner, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1988), born in Greenville, South Carolina 1967 - Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong 1971 - Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1862 - William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 36 1949 - Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, mostly of operettas (Bruder Straubinger; The Golden Mistress), dies from injuries from falling off of a stage at 75 1992 - Denny Hulme, New Zealand auto racer (F1 World Drivers' Champion 1967), dies of a heart attack driving in Bathurst 1,000 at 56 1993 - Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), dies of a heart attack at 42 2002 - André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (Benvenuta), dies at 76 2004 - Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927) More Famous Deaths »

1134 - Storm flood ravages Zeeland county 1912 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at invitation of Gandhi, arrives in South Africa on a 26-day tour; he also visits Tolstoy Farm 1919 - US President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed 1932 - New York Yankees win their 12th consecutive World Series game and sweep the Fall Classic for the third time; Bronx Bombers bang out 19 hits as they rout Chicago Cubs, 13-6 at Wrigley Field 1947 - New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hits the first pinch-hit home run in Baseball World Series history off Ralph Branca in the 7th inning of a 9-8 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3 1958 - Musical show "Valmouth" 1st produced in London 1961 - WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, D.C. (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 - All Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents for possession of marijuana in San Francisco, California 1984 - Due to a strike by MLB umpires, first 4 NLCS games played with replacement umpires; Game 1: Chicago Cubs beat SD Padres, 13-0 1988 - Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1627 - Last Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty, Chongzhen, comes to the throne after death of his brother Emperor Tianqi 1799 - Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands 1851 - The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass(a contraption built to test the pseudo-scientific hypothesis that snails create a permanent telepathic link when they mate) is demonstrated but proves to be a fake. 1926 - Bert Gibb kicks 9 singles as Hamilton Tigers beat Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 12-10 in Montreal in Canadian Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union opening round 1982 - Bomb attack in Tehran, kills 60, injures 700 1990 - Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1880 - George Alexander Russell, American organist, composer and the first Frick Professor of Music for Princeton University, born in Franklin, Tennessee (d. 1953) 1945 - Don McLean, American singer and songwriter ("American Pie"; "Vincent"), born in New Rochelle, New York 1947 - (Frank) "Skip" Konte, American keyboardist, songwriter (The Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride"), and record producer, born in Canon City, Oklahoma 1967 - Floyd "Bud" Gaugh, American ska-punk rock drummer (Sublime), born in Kihei, Hawaii 1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete (Olympic silver 100m, 200m 1992, 96), born in Windhoek, South West Africa 1969 - Badly Drawn Boy [Damon Gough], British singer-songwriter (Have You Fed The Fish?), born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1729 - Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60 1842 - William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies 1974 - Ina Seidel, German poet and novelist, dies at 89 1993 - Ahmed Abdul-Malik [Jonathan Tim, Jr.], American jazz double bassist and oud player (Odetta; Thelonius Monk), dies at 66 2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer, mostly of choral music, dies at 95 2005 - Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi, dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »

1670 - -4] Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers 1908 - 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague) 1914 - The first division of Canadian troops, 33,000 sail for Britain; most Canadians are volunteers, anxious to prove their loyalty to the Commonwealth 1921 - WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting 1952 - Liberal Party wins Japanese elections 1962 - US National Radio Astronomy Observatory installs a 300' (91m) radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia 1964 - Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley 1965 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Bay Lake, Florida 2018 - More than 80,000 American died of the flu during 2017-2018 winter, highest in ten years, according to US heath officials More Historical Events »

Historical Events 911 - During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos (Mary, the mother of Jesus) appeared at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople. 1889 - Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum 1931 - Philadelphia Athletics seek 3rd straight World Series baseball title; beat St. Louis Cardinals, 6-2 in opener at Sportsman's Park; lose series, 4-3 1960 - KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - Cult zombie film "Night of the Living Dead" directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea premieres in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2018 - French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, at the center of a Nobel prize sexual assault scandal, sentenced to two years in prison for rape More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Othmar Spann, Austrian economist and sociologist (Geschichtsfilosofie), born in Vienna (d. 1950) 1947 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue), born in The Hague, the Netherlands (d. 2006) 1947 - Dave Arneson, American game designer (Dungeons and Dragons), born in Hennepin County, Minnesota (d. 2009) 1965 - Mia Mottley, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister of Barbados (2018-), born in Barbados 1970 - Ronnie Bradford, American NFL defensive back and coach (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos; La. Tech., USC), born in Minot, North Dakota 1974 - Christian Borle, American actor (play Peter and the Starcatcher), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 976 - Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies 1500 - John Alcock, English bishop and chancellor (founded Jesus College, Cambridge), dies at about 70 1927 - Wilhelm Harteveld, Swedish composer, dies at 68 1943 - Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27 1995 - Aditya Biria, India's 1st global industrialist, dies of cancer at 51 2000 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"; "Chances Are"), dies of colon cancer at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1626 - Battle between King Bethlen Gabor and Earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo. 1813 - Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla 1904 - White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days 1919 - Elaine Massacre: Arkansas state militia and rioters kill over 200 hundred Black people in response to sharecroppers' attempt to organize against landowners; trials of survivors for murder leads to Supreme Court enacted judicial reforms 1934 - St Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year 1962 - KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 1962 - KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting 1973 - New York City Marathon: American Nina Kuscsik retains her crown in 2:57:07; Tom Fleming wins men's race in 2:21:54 1974 - General Francisco da Costa Gomesz succeeds General António de Spínola as President of Portugal More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1846 - Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth 1927 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York's 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium 1935 - George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston 1962 - NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat NY 5-1 1997 - Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4 1997 - Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1824 - Peter Milne, Scottish composer and violinist, born in Kincardine O'Neil (d. 1908) 1883 - Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945) 1887 - Lil Dagover [Marta-Maria Lillits], Dutch-born German actress (Spiders), born in Madioen, Dutch East Indies (d. 1980) 1952 - Darrell Hair, Australian cricketer (Australian Test umpire since 1993-94) 1957 - Fran Drescher, American actress (Cadillac Man, The Nanny), born in Queens, New York 1965 - Kathleen Madigan, American comedian, born in Florissant, Missouri More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1819 - Nicolas Roze, French composer, dies at 74 1884 - Louis Lacombe, French pianist and composer, dies at 65 1958 - Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79 1974 - Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor 1997 - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, British professor of occupational health, dies at 86 2010 - Stephen J. Cannell, American TV producer (The Rockford Files, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street) and writer, dies of melanoma at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1863 - Opera "The Pearl Fishers" (Les Pêcheurs de Perles) by Bizet is first produced at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris 1914 - Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant 1944 - Browns last in AL attendance, only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH 1950 - "Tin Pan Alley TV" last airs on ABC-TV 1954 - Bennekom (Netherlands) soccer team forms 1963 - Rolling Stones 1st tour (opening act for Bo Diddley and Everly Bros) 1967 - Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead for the 1st time, playing at the Straight Theater in San Francisco, California 1972 - Robert McNamara, former US Secretary of Defense, is almost thrown overboard on a ferry by an artist wanting to confront him on his role in escalating US involvement in the Vietnam war (no charges pressed) 1994 - Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2006 - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1567 - War of Religion breaks out in France - Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX 1650 - Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England) 1793 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1962 - "Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show" debuts on ABC-TV 1978 - "Flying High," debuts on CBS 2018 - Rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1511 - Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and physician (Christianism Rostituta), born in Villanueva or Tudela, Spain (d. 1553) 1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral and hero of Trafalgar, born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk (d. 1805) 1928 - Ankie [Johanna A Hoving-]Peypers, Dutch author and poet 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (1994-5, 2001-6, 2008-11), born in Milan, Italy 1944 - Torben Jensen, Danish actor (Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn) 1955 - Benoît Ferreux, French actor (Murmur of the Heart), born in Bordeaux, France More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1364 - Charles, Duke of Brittany 1900 - Samuel Fenton Cary, American politician and temperance movement leader (Rep-IR-Ohio), dies at 86 1937 - Ray Ewry, American track and field athlete (8 Olympic golds 1900, 04, 08), dies at 63 1980 - Bindo Maserati, Italian auto engineer and businessman (manager Maserati Racing; founder O.S.C.A. Racing), dies at 97 1995 - George Chesterman Phillips, British naval officer, dies at 90 2009 - Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932) More Famous Deaths »

1829 - Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston 1920 - 8 Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted by a grand jury, charged with fixing 1919 World Series; infamous "Black Sox scandal" 1930 - Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games 1959 - "Hennesey" debuts on CBS-TV 1972 - David Bowie sells out his 1st show at NYC's Carnegie Hall 1981 - “Physical” single released by Olivia Newton-John (Billboard Song of the Year 1982) 1988 - Despite totally dominating his sport for 14 years, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka wins his only Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m at the Seoul Games 1995 - Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov 1995 - Dennis Martínez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win 1996 - 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1569 - Istanbul experiences its greatest fire of the century after a blaze that starts in a Jewish bakery goes on to destroy 36,000 buildings over eight days 1940 - Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan 1958 - France adopts constitution 1982 - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules 1991 - "Commish" debuts on ABC-TV 1993 - Dennis Martínez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1571 - Michael Praetorius [Schultze], German organist and composer (Syntagma; In Dulce Jublio), born in Creuzberg, Saxony (d. 1621) [birthdate approximate] 1698 - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French mathematician and astronomer (Système de la nature), born in Saint-Malo, France (d. 1759) 1796 - David Walker, African-American abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1830) 1873 - Julian Coolidge, American mathematician (Study-Segre school), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1954) 1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist 1982 - Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1104 - Pedro I, king of Navarra and Aragon, dies 1781 - William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717) 1810 - John Archer, American Congressman who received the 1st medical diploma issued on US continent (1768), dies at 69 1942 - Eva Thatcher, American actress, dies at 80 1947 - Francisco Santiago, Filipino pianist, composer (Taga-ilog Symphony), conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 58 1952 - Paul Hastings Allen, American composer, dies at 68 More Famous Deaths »