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Historical Events 921 - Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin 1777 - George Washington, on authorization of Congress, appoints Casimir Pulaski as brigadier general in Continental Army cavalry 1830 - First passenger to be killed by a railway train (William Huskisson in England) 1910 - Boers and Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South-Africa 1950 - US troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul 2003 - ISO/Columbia Records releases David Bowie's 23rd studio album, "Reality"; he supports it with what becomes his final concert tour More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - Gerd Gaiser, German writer (Ship in the Mountain) 1926 - Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006) 1951 - Pete Carroll, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2013, Seattle Seahawks 2010-20; New York Jets, New England Patriots; USC), born in San Francisco, California 1960 - Scott Thompson Baker, American actor (Gen Hosp, All My Children), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota 1962 - Dina Lohan, American television personality, mother and manager of actress Lindsay Lohan, born in NYC, New York 1964 - Andrew Landenberger, Australian tornado sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 921 - Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies 928 - Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48 1707 - George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663) 1842 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70 1956 - Henry Clough-Leiter, American composer, dies at 82 2003 - Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920) More Famous Deaths »

1741 - George Frideric Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days 1876 - Leopold II closes Congo-conference 1914 - German troops withdraw from Aisne 1923 - Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play 1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 - Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named 1981 - Judge Wapner and People's Court premiere on TV 2009 - David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London, in what is the Museum's most significant expansion since 1881 2015 - 14 yr old Texan Ahmed Mohamed arrested at school when home-made clock assumed to be a bomb - Mark Zuckerberg and US President Barack Obama send supportive tweets 2017 - Two Islamic State terrorist attacks in Dhiqar province, Southern Iraq, kill at least 60 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1900 - There are now 62,000 foreign troops in Peking and nearby cities, still defeating Boxer Rebels. 1984 - 1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with "You Might Think", and David Bowie wins with "China Girl" 1987 - Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken 1992 - 1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan) 1996 - NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher 1996 - 21st Toronto International Film Festival: "Shine" directed by Scott Hicks wins the People's Choice Award More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1904 - Šrom, Karel, Czech composer, musicologist, and critic, born in Pilsen, Bohemia (d. 1981) 1933 - Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1937 - Renzo Piano, Italian architect (Whitney Museum of American Art, The Shard), born in Genoa, Italy 1942 - Oliver Lake, American jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Marianna, Arkansas 1947 - Joan Thirkettle, British journalist, born in Kent, England (d. 1996) 1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, Russian politician (President and Prime Minister of Russia), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 891 - Stephen V [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies 1435 - John Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years' War) and statesman, dies at 46 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author (Last of Mohicans), dies of dropsy at 61 1886 - Hubert Reis, German composer, dies at 84 1962 - Marcel Delannoy, French composer, dies at 64 1965 - J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »

1625 - 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem 1743 - Great Britain, Austria and Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms 1800 - Curacao in British hands (until Jan 1803) 1933 - Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first New Zealand female Member of Parliament 1936 - 17 year old Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF pitcher Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 Philadelphia A's in 5-2 win at League Park, Cleveland 1942 - Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning 1948 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of US Congress 1966 - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1983 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season 1983 - US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1850 - The main-belt asteroid "12 Victoria" is discovered by J R Hind 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonists hoist the Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury (modern Zimbabwe) 1925 - Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1 1928 - San Felipe Segundo/Okeechobee hurricane makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a category 5 storm, killing over 300, leaving 500,000 homeless, and causing $50M in damages (about $790M in 2020 dollars) 1942 - Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning 1970 - Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1475 - Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, Italian aristocrat, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1507) 1938 - Judith Martin, American author, journalist and columnist (Miss Manners), born in Washington, D.C. 1942 - Vladislav Zolotaryov, Soviet Russian bayanist (button accordion player), and composer (Six Children's Suites), born in De-kastri, Khabarovsk Krai, USSR (d. 1975) 1967 - Tim 'Ripper' Owens, American singer (Iced Earth; Judas Priest), born in Akron, Ohio 1980 - Ben Savage, American actor (Little Monsters, Wild Palms), born in Chicago, Illinois 1999 - Destiny Rogers, American pop and RandB singer ("Tomboy"), born in Lodi, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 81 - Titus [Flavius Vespasianus], Emperor of Rome (69-81) who captured Jerusalem and completed the Colesseum, dies of a fever at about 42 1657 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62 1938 - Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time and deity), dies at 79 1939 - Eugene Foss, American politician (45th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 80 1976 - Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905) 2011 - DJ Mehdi [Favéris-Essadi], French hip hop and electro producer, dies from falling through a skylight at his home at 34 More Famous Deaths »

1792 - Court martial begins for instigators of the mutiny on the Bounty on board HMS Duke in Portsmouth harbour, presided over by Vice-Admiral Samuel Hood 1857 - 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1911 - Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers dual for final time; Boston Rustlers' Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of the Giants; NY wins, 11-2 1912 - Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) 1914 - Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager 1932 - German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved 1981 - "The Smurfs" animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America 1983 - USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 2001 - Article V of the NATO agreement is invoked for the first and only time in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States of America. 2020 - Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland" starring Frances McDormand wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - WWI: US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel 1932 - German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved 1959 - Janos Kádár becomes premier of Hungary 1994 - American country singer-songwriter George Jones undergoes successful triple bypass surgery 2009 - The 9-12 Project organized multiple marches and demonstrations across the USA to protest government spending. 2012 - Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and iOS 6 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1884 - Bob Groom, American baseball pitcher (Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 St. Louis Browns), born in Belleville, Illinois (d. 1948) 1909 - Lawrence Brooks, American US Army soldier, 1940-45 (91st Engineer Battalion - New Guinea, The Philippines), and longest-living American World War II veteran, born in Norwood, Louisiana (d. 2022) 1913 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (4 Olympic gold 1936), born in Oakville, Alabama (d. 1980) 1935 - Allan B. Swift, American politician (Rep-D-Washington, 1979-95), born in Tacoma, Washington 1950 - Cynthia Myers, American Playmate (Dec 1968) and actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls), born in Toledo, Ohio 1977 - James McCartney, British musician son of Paul and Linda McCartney, born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1362 - Innocent VI [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies 1819 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742) 1956 - Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian nobleman and politician, dies at 74 1992 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (Psycho; Friendly Persuasion; Fear Strikes Out; Pretty Poison), and singer, dies from AIDs at 60 1996 - James Gulliver, Scottish businessman (Argyll Foods), dies at 66 2009 - Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910) More Famous Deaths »

1773 - Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1912 - Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins steals MLB record 6 bases in the Athletics' 9-7 win over Detroit Tigers at Navin Field 1942 - Transport #31 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany 1943 - US and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea 1944 - A reconnaissance squadron of the US 5th Armored Division "Victory Division" is 1st allied force to enter Nazi-Germany 1955 - Juan Manuel Fango in a Mercedes wins season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza to take his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Englishman Stirling Moss 1968 - Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew. 1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced. 1970 - 88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. 2001 - Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1909 - German astronomer Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet 1916 - German troops conquer Kavalla, Greece 1940 - 54th US Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office 1950 - 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1956 - Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8) 1971 - "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 343 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1584 - Thomas Erpenius [van Erpe], Dutch orientalist and Arabist (grammar), born in Gorinchem, Netherlands (d. 1624) 1859 - Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian Realist writer (Pavao Šegota), born in Senj, Croatia (d. 1905) 1926 - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player, born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 2005) 1969 - Eduardo Perez, American baseball player, born in Cincinnati, Ohio 1977 - Ludacris [Christopher Bridges], American rapper ("Stand Up"; "Act A Fool"), and actor (The Ride; Fast and Furious franchise), born in Champaign, Illinois 1987 - Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress (Jemma Simmons-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1891 - Antero Tarquínio de Quental, Portuguese poet (Beatrice), dies at 49 1911 - William R. Boggs, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and chief of engineers, dies at 82 1946 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) 1978 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929) 2004 - Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, dies at 55 2011 - Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984) More Famous Deaths »

1510 - Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal 1785 - Prussia signs trade agreement with US 1845 - King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange 1913 - George W. Buckner, named minister to Liberia 1955 - "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV starring James Arness 1960 - Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs WR 2:15:16.2 barefoot to take out the men's marathon at the Rome Olympics; Africa's first ever Olympic gold medal 1962 - WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 - WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1974 - Controversial TV drama "Born Innocent" premieres on NBC TV, starring Linda Blair as an abused teen in a juvenile detention home 2015 - New human-like species - Homo Naledi announced by Scientists and a team of female archaeologists, found deep in caves in South Africa More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1872 - Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam 1880 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo 1943 - German troops occupy Rome and take took over the protection of Vatican City 1990 - 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0 1998 - 15th MTV Video Music Awards: Madonna and Will Smith win 2001 - Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan is awarded Actor of the Century at the Alexandria Film Festival More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1585 - Ercole Porta, Italian church composer, born in Bologna (d. 1630) 1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer, born in Aversa, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1774) 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (discovered flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley), born in Rethel, Ardennes, France (d. 1868) 1939 - Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire 1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born French film director, born in Algiers, French Algeria 1983 - Joey Votto, Canadian baseball first baseman (NL MVP 2010; 6 × MLB All-Star; Cincinnati Reds), born in Toronto, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1749 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (translation of Newton's Principia), dies in childbirth at 42 1922 - Arpad Szendy, Hungarian composer, dies at 59 1966 - Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891) 1991 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles), dies at 83 2015 - Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, Ulysses, Sciuscià), dies at 83 2017 - Harry Landers [Sorokin], American actor (Star Trek, Ben Casey, Drive a Crooked Road), dies at 96 More Famous Deaths »

1850 - Territories of New Mexico and Utah created 1926 - Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die 1958 - Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London 1962 - WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 1965 - Tibet is made an autonomous region of China 1969 - US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam 1983 - Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player 1987 - Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 2018 - Russian police detain over 1000 people amide nationwide protests against pension reform 2020 - San Francisco Bay area blanketed by dark orange skies and smoke due to California wildfires More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1963 - NBC expands "The Huntley–Brinkley Report", their evening television news program, from 15 to 30 minutes 1967 - 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V 1969 - US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam 1971 - John Lennon releases his "Imagine" album 2017 - 74th Venice Film Festival: "The Shape of Water" directed by Guillermo del Toro wins the Golden Lion 2021 - 17 hospital patients die after heavy rainfall and flooding in Tula, central Mexico More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1687 - Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, born in Verdun, France (d. 1745) 1809 - William Radford, U.S. Navy rear admiral, born in Fincastle, Virginia (d. 1890) 1907 - Truman "Pinky" Tomlin, American singer and actor (Sing While You're Able, With Love and Kisses), born in Eros, Arkansas (d. 1987) 1946 - Doug Ingle, American rock vocalist and keyboard player (Iron Butterfly - "In A Gadda Da Vida"), born in Omaha, Nebraska 1976 - Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan actor, born in Caracas, Venezuela 1976 - Emma de Caunes, French film actress, born in Paris, France More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 546 - St. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop 1960 - Jussi Björling, Swedish operatic tenor, dies from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) complications at 49 1975 - John McGiver, American actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show; Fitzwilly), dies from a heart attack at 61 1993 - David Tendlar, animator (Betty Boop), dies 1994 - Patrick O'Neal, American actor (Under Siege, The Stepford Wives, King Rat, Night of the Iguana), dies at 66 1996 - Jack Pepys, immunologist, dies at 82 More Famous Deaths »

1276 - John XXI [Peter Juliani] elected Pope, only Portuguese Pope 1449 - Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Ming 1915 - Association of Negro Life and History founded in the US (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History) 1948 - British De Havilland DH108-fighter flies faster than sound 1960 - Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh 1960 - German 4 x 100m relay team equal world record 39.5 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf and Martin Lauer 1966 - The Severn Bridge between England and Wales is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II 1975 - Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal 1986 - Westinghouse sells background music company Muzak to the Fields Company of Chicago 1999 - "American Beauty", directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, and Thora Birch, premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 2000) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1847 - US under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey 1907 - Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism) 1946 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Pauline Betz Addie beats Patricia Canning Todd 11-9, 6-3 for her 4th and last US singles title 1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio confirms his F1 World Drivers Championship, finishing 2nd in the season ending Italian GP at Monza; takes record 5th title by 15 points from Stirling Moss 1963 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rafael Osuna of Mexico beats Frank Froehling 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 for his lone major singles title 1978 - Iranian army fires on Khomeini followers in Tehran, 100s killed More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1914 - Dimitrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1991) 1925 - Denise Darcel, French actress (Dangerous When Wet), born in Paris, France (d. 2011) 1942 - Brian Cole, American rock vocalist and bassist (Association), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1972) 1966 - Raymond Atteveld, Dutch soccer player (Waregem, Roda JC), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1969 - Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer (Nottingham Forest), born in Vadsø, Norway 1972 - Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor, born in Kōtō, Tokyo More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1613 - Don Carlo Gesauldo, Italian composer, dies at 47 1947 - Victor Horta, Belgium architect, founder of Art Nouveau movement (Hôtel Tassel), dies at 86 1955 - Johannes de Young, Dutch cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 1983 - Willem C "Wim" Kan, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 72 1991 - Brad Davis, American actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41 2014 - Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (Adriana Lecouvreur; La Voix Humaine), dies at 104 More Famous Deaths »

1596 - Dutch fleet bombards Banten, Java 1871 - Bay of Biscay: British warship HMS Captain capsizes, 500 killed 1880 - Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters 1907 - Ocean liner RMS Lusitania begins her maiden voyage sailing from Liverpool to New York City 1942 - First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator 1948 - 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh 1978 - 1st game of Boston Massacre, NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 15-3 1988 - 5th MTV Video Music Awards: INXS wins 1993 - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs and 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds 2019 - US Open Women's Tennis: Bianca Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title; stuns Serena Williams 6-2, 7-5 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1596 - Dutch fleet bombards Banten, Java 1902 - In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September 1940 - Beginning of the Blitz as the German Luftwaffe bomb London for the 1st of 57 consecutive nights losing 41 bombers as the Nazis prepare to invade Britain 1942 - First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator 1956 - Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ 1980 - Cape Verde adopts its constitution More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1889 - Bruce Frederick Cummings, English author (Journal of a Disappointed Man), born in barnstaple, England (d. 1919) 1936 - Joe Simon, American RandB singer ("Power of Love"), born in Simmesport, Louisiana (d. 2021) 1946 - Alfa Anderson, American RandB vocalist (Chic - "Le Freak"), born in The Bronx, New York 1975 - Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (3 x 500cc wins), born in Setagaya, Japan (d. 2007) 1982 - Andre Dirrell, American boxer (IBF interim super middleweight 2017-18), born in Flint, Michigan 1986 - Jodie Turner-Smith, English actress (Nightflyers), born in Peterborough, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1657 - Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606) 1731 - Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia as the first wife of Peter I of Russia, dies at 62 1972 - Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian and honorary secretary of King Leopold III of Belgium, dies at 81 1995 - Gordon DeMarco, American writer and activist, dies at 51 2005 - Hope Garber, Canadian actress, dies at 81 2005 - Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer Marianne), dies at 72 More Famous Deaths »

1715 - Pro-James III-uprising in Scotland 1870 - Ship sinks in Gulf of Biscay; 483 die 1913 - Hamilton Alerts apply for ORFU reinstatement, taking the name Hamilton Rowing Club 1930 - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8 1946 - Terence Rattigan's "The Winslow Boy" premieres in London 1952 - Canadian TV begins in Montreal 1982 - Polish dissidents seize Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland 1987 - Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal 1990 - 7th MTV Video Music Awards: Sinead O'Connor wins 2018 - World Surf League announces from 2019 there would be equal prize money for men and women across elite tour events; first US-based global sports league with gender pay parity More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1819 - Thomas Blanchard patents lathe 1876 - Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina 1899 - US minister of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note" 1954 - US plane shot down above Siberia 1971 - Jerry Lewis' 6th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $8,125,387 1986 - Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1633 - Sebastian Knupfer, German composer, born in Aš, Czech Republic (d. 1676) 1900 - Julien Green, American-French writer (Frere Francois), born in Paris (d. 1998) 1901 - John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, born in NYC, New York (d. 1995) 1906 - John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978) 1947 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach, born in Aldershot, England 1981 - Mark Teahen, American-Canadian baseball player, born in Redlands, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 957 - Liudolf, Duke of Swabia 1962 - Hanns Eisler, Austrian composer (East German National Anthem), dies at 64 1970 - Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against W Indies 1948), dies 1978 - Tom Wilson, American record producer (Sun Ra; Bob Dylan; Simon and Garfunkel; Mothers of Invention; Velvet Underground), dies of a heart attack at 47 2007 - Alex, African Grey parrot "student" of Dr. Irene Pepperberg (b. 1976) 2020 - Mike Sexton, American poker player (World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2006; Poker Hall of Fame) and commentator (WPT), dies from prostate cancer at 72 More Famous Deaths »

1634 - -6] Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants 1786 - Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium 1844 - Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains 1906 - St. Louis University quarterback Bradbury Robinson throws first legal forward pass in the history of American football for a TD to Jack Schneider at Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin; St. Louis wins, 22-0 1932 - The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger 1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe 1946 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game, in his hometown of St. Louis; 2 RBI's in Cardinals' win over Chicago Cubs 1971 - NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet 1979 - American Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seed Björn Borg 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the US Open Tennis quarterfinals 1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1661 - Nicolas Fouquet, French Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV is arrested for maladministration of state funds; he died in 1680, never seeing freedom again. 1915 - Tsar Nicholas II, distressed by increasing Russian losses, assumes personal command of his nation's military forces; clearly a symbolic act and devastating for his leadership 1958 - "The Huckleberry Hound Show" by Hanna-Barbera featuring Yogi Bear premieres on US TV 1986 - Hijacking of aircraft Pan Am 73 at Karachi airport, Pakistan, 20 passengers killed 2012 - 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu 2021 - Tour Championship, Men's Golf, East Lake GC, GA: Patrick Cantlay claims richest prize in golf ($15m) with 1 stroke win over Jon Rahm; runner-up Rahm pockets $5m More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1319 - Peter IV, King of Aragon (1336-87), born in Perpignan, France (d. 1387) 1918 - Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor, born in Badajoz, Mexico (d. 1992) 1920 - Fons Rademakers, Dutch director (Assault) and actor (Daughter of Darkness), born in Roosendaal, Netherlands (d. 2007) 1926 - Carmen Petra-Basacopol, Romanian composer and educator Bucharest Conservatory (1962-2003), born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania 1939 - Claudette Colvin, American civil rights activist who was arrested at age 15 for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus (nine months before Rosa Parks), born in Montgomery, Alabama, born in Montgomery, Alabama 1982 - Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician, born in Bergen, Norway More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1808 - John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722) 1978 - Joe Negroni, American rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 37 1993 - Willem Wagter, actor (Ghetto, Medic Center West), dies at 60 2002 - David Todd Wilkinson, American astronomer, author of the first study of the Cosmic microwave background radiation (b. 1935) 2003 - Moe Biller, American labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers), dies at 87 2021 - Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoeist (Olympic gold C-2 1000m 1968, 80, 84; C-1 1000m 1972; World C'ship gold x 8), dies from lung cancer at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1260 - Battle at Montaperti, Tuscany, between rival factions the Guelphs and Ghibellines 1864 - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama 1888 - George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera and registers "Kodak" 1953 - WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 - Peter B. Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania 1957 - Ford Motor Co. introduces Edsel automobile range 1967 - Train crash at Arnhem, Netherlands, kills 5 1976 - Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus 1995 - Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the 4th and 5th, of a 14-3 rout of the Texas Rangers 1997 - 14th MTV Video Music Awards: Jamiroquai, Jewel and Beck win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1282 - King of Aragon Pedro III annexes Sicily 1940 - CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB 1957 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to prevent 9 black students from entering a Little Rock's Central High School 1993 - Mats Wilander beats fellow Swede Mikael Pernfors in a US Open marathon 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 4 hours, 1 minute; match ends at 2:26am 1994 - Bulgarian government of Lyuben Berov falls 1995 - Cult TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor debuts in the US More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1853 - Hermann Wissmann, German African explorer and governor of East-Africa, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1905) 1913 - Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982) 1916 - Robert A. W. Lowndes, American sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) (d. 1988) 1949 - Dado Topić, Croatian musician (Time; Dragonfly), born in Nova Gradiška, Croatia 1967 - Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), born in Christchurch, Canterbury 1970 - Luis Lopez, Puerto Rican baseball infielder (San Diego Padres), born in Cidra, Puerto Rico More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1916 - José Echegaray, Spanish politician and dramatist (Nobel Prize for Literature 1904), dies at 84 1994 - Louis Myers, American blues guitarist and harmonica player, dies at 64 1997 - Natko Devčić, Croatian composer, dies at 83 2007 - John Scott, Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish peer, then largest landowner in Scotland, 1st MP in a wheelchair, dies at 83 2009 - Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79 2020 - Gary Peacock, American jazz bassist (Keith Jarrett Trio), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1882 - French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die 1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania 1940 - Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary and Red Cross 1947 - Philadelphia A's rookie pitcher Bill McCahan no-hits Washington Senators, 3-0 1953 - French minister François Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy 1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. 1964 - 2nd incident that year of race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay, 13 people killed, 106 injured 1966 - Future Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr signs his first NHL contract with the Boston Bruins; 2 year deal paying a then record $70,000 plus signing bonus 1971 - Manlio Brosio resigns as secretary general of NATO 2018 - Argentine President Mauricio Macri announces new austerity measures, including closing half of all government ministries, in televised address More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1812 - World's first cannery (Donkin, Hall and Gamble) opens in London, England to supply food to the Royal Navy 1940 - Dutch government in exile of Gerbrandy forms in London 1966 - Future Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr signs his first NHL contract with the Boston Bruins; 2 year deal paying a then record $70,000 plus signing bonus 1967 - Final episode of "What's My Line?" hosted by John Charles Daly on CBS TV 1989 - American tennis star Chris Evert beats 15-year-old Monica Seles 6-0, 6-2 in a 4th round match for her 101st and last US Open singles victory 1995 - eBay (Electronic Bay) founded by Pierre Omidyar More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon I (son of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie), born in Paris (d. 1824) 1915 - Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist, choral composer, and conductor, born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 2014) 1926 - Irene Papas, Greek actress (Zorba the Greek, Attila The Hun, The Guns of Navarone), born in Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece 1947 - Michael Huffington, American oil millionaire and politician (Rep-R-California, 1992-94), born in Dallas, Texas 1948 - Tara Singh Varma, Dutch politcian (1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber), born in Springlands, British Guiana 1964 - Ernest Givins, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1990, 92; Houston Oilers), born in St. Petersburg, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1860 - Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian poet, dies at 56 1903 - Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832) 1962 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (Tulips and Chimneys), dies at 67 1994 - Nikos Ghika, Greek artist, dies at 88 1995 - Donald Cuthbert Coleman, British economic historian, dies at 75 2015 - Adrian Cadbury, British confectionery manufacturer (Cadbury) and author of report on Corporate Governance, dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »