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1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California 1913 - Zhang Xun's Wuwei Corps captures Nanjing on behalf of Emperor Yuan Shikai in the Republic of China's Second Revolution, ending Chinese independence and causing Sun Yat Sen to flee to Japan 1946 - Greece votes for monarchy 1965 - Indo-Pakistani conflict - Pakistani counter-attack (Operation Grand Slam,) 1978 - Last broadcast of "Columbo" starring Peter Falk on NBC 1981 - Uruguay's Ruling Council names Gregorio Álvarez as transitional President (he rules till 1985) 1985 - Dutch cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes the oldest road race elite world champion at 38 years, 8 months, 29 days; beats Greg Lamonde and Marino Argentin in Giavera del Montello 1999 - 56th Venice Film Festival: "Yi ge dou bu neng shao" directed by Zhang Yimou wins Golden Lion 2007 - In one of the biggest upsets in college football history, 109,218 fans see Appalachian State's Corey Lynch block a Jason Gingell 37-yard field goal attempt with 6 seconds remaining to inspire an epic 34-32 win v Michigan at Ann Arbor 2015 - India scores their first Test cricket series victory in Sri Lanka since 1993 winning 3rd Test in Colombo by 117 runs; Ravichandran Ashwin (4) and Ishant Sharma (3) combine for 7 Sri Lankan 2nd innings wickets More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1638 - -4] French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam 1911 - M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km 1925 - Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee; replaced by Henri de Baillet-Latour of Belgium 1957 - WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1972 - Australian swimmer Shane Gould wins the 200m freestyle in world record 2:03.56 at the Munich Olympics; her 3rd gold medal and 3rd world record of the Games 1998 - American harness trainer/driver Dave Palone wins his 6,000th race, driving Oompa’s Terminator to victory at The Meadows Racetrack in Pennsylvania More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1758 - Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant 1899 - Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1976) 1937 - Ron O'Neal, actor (Superfly), born in Utica, New York 1937 - Al Geiberger, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1966; first sub-60 PGA Tour round 1977; Players Tour C'ship 1975), born in Red Bluff, California 1977 - Shoshana Bean, American stage actress 1996 - Zendaya [Coleman], American actress (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Euphoria), singer and dancer, born in Oakland, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1955 - Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61 1972 - Kees Posthumus, Dutch chemist, dies at 70 1983 - Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, American politician (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71 2007 - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak soccer goalkeeper (39 caps Czechoslovakia; Slovan Bratislava 240 games), dies at 76 2020 - Jerzy Szczakiel, Polish speedway rider (World Individual C'ship 1973; World Pairs C'ship 1971), dies at 71 2021 - Juan Rodríguez Vega, Chilean soccer defender (26 caps; Universidad de Chile, Atlético Español), dies at 77 More Famous Deaths »

1142 - Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League [disputed date - other research places date between 1450 and 1660] 1942 - U-boats sink and damage 131 allied ships this month (639,946 tons) 1947 - NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221) 1954 - Cincinnati 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski hits 2 HRs in a 9-3 loss v Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia; 1st Redleg to ever hit 40 MLB HRs, en route to season total 49 1955 - KTRE TV channel 9 begins broadcasting in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC affiliate) 1966 - Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria) 1969 - 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival 1977 - Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris 2012 - "Argo" directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2013) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1310 - German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia 1940 - German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap rationing 1940 - US National Guard assembles 1987 - Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385) 1990 - Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season 2017 - Indications that Neanderthals were the first to make glue out of tar strengthened by research published in "Scientific Reports" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1884 - George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historian, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1956) 1895 - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer 1905 - Sal Tas, Dutch journalist and CIA agent (Het Parool) [or 1897] 1941 - Emanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2012) 1975 - James Black, Canadian singer-songwriter (Finger Eleven), born in Ontario, Canada 1977 - Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1864 - Ferdinand Lassalle, French socialist and political activist (Allgemeiner), dies at 39 1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827) 1948 - Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52 1985 - Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for tissue grafting), dies at 85 1995 - Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 1996 - David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister, dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

257 - St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1125 - Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany 1862 - Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee 1900 - Last 2,000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt, South Africa, freed 1910 - Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11 1939 - Isoroku Yamamoto appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese fleet 1972 - Amidst Olga Korbut mania at the Munich Olympics, Soviet teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva wins the gymnastics individual all-round competition, her 2nd gold medal of the Games 2006 - Greg Maddux wins his 330th career game 2018 - Film "Roma" directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón, (Best Director 2019 Academy Awards) starring Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira premieres at the Venice Film Festival 2018 - Ugandan pop star MP Bobi Wine re-arrested attempting to leave the country More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1146 - European leaders outlaw the crossbow, intending to end war for all time 1363 - Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty 1873 - Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea. 1939 - General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army 1992 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances 2012 - A blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, China, kills 26 miners with 21 missing More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1687 - Francesco Maria Vallara, Italian composer, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1740) 1818 - Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (1876-78), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1895) 1916 - John Thoday, British geneticist, born in Chinley, Derbyshire (d. 2008) 1949 - Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994) 1953 - Robert Parish, American College/Basketball HOF center (9 x NBA All-Star; NBA C'ship 1981, 84, 86 Boston Celtics; 97 Chicago Bulls), born in Shreveport, Louisiana 1977 - Marlon Byrd, American baseball player, born in Boynton Beach, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1745 - Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57 1910 - Albert Vandal, French earl and historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 1914 - Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 1943 - A[braham] Merritt, American sci-fi author (The Moon Pool, Burn Witch Bun), dies from a heart attack at 58 1989 - Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922) 2007 - Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918) More Famous Deaths »

1914 - New Zealand forces capture German Samoa 1916 - Transport ship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1,000 die 1916 - General Paul von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff 1920 - Swedish swimmer Håkan Malmrot completes the breaststroke double at the Antwerp Olympics beating teammate Thor Henning in the 200m; also beats Henning for gold in the 400m 1952 - New York premiere of history-based film "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" 1953 - USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb 1956 - French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis 1970 - Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed) 1992 - Irish rock band U2 plays the 1st of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NYC 1997 - Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hasting in Scotts Valley, California as an online DVD rental business More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1864 - William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 1941 - German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children 1949 - USSR performs its first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR 1953 - KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 - Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins blue ribband 100m freestyle gold medal at the Rome Olympics; retains title won in Melbourne 1956; will win unprecedented 3rd consecutive 100m gold in Tokyo 1964 1962 - Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1881 - Valery-Nicolas Larbaud, French novelist and translator (Enfantines), born in Vichy, France (d. 1957) 1898 - Preston Sturges [Edmund Biden], American director and screenwriter (Sullivan's Travels), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1959) 1926 - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer and actress, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2018) 1941 - Robin Leach, English TV host (Life Styles of Rich and Famous), born in London, England (2018) 1949 - Peter Wiegold, British composer (Earth and Stars; Kafka's Wound), born in Ilford, Essex, England 1957 - Jerry D. Bailey, American Racing Hall of Fame jockey/broadcaster (Kentucky Derby 1993, 1996), born in Dallas, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1856 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer, dies at 77 1990 - Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16 1991 - Dixie Dunbar [Charlotte King], American singer and actress, dies of heart attack at 72 1995 - Frank Perry, American film director (Diary of Mad Housewife, David and Lisa), dies at 65 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b. 1939) 2007 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee and Tea (b. 1920) More Famous Deaths »

1542 - Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) - Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and afterwards executed. 1951 - Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game winning streak 1956 - Australia clings on for a draw in 5th Test at The Oval, London; England retain cricket Ashes with Jim Laker's 46 wickets a record series haul 1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 - National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1986 - Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium 2004 - The diving competition at the Athens Olympics concludes with the Chinese contingent dominant, winning 6 of the 8 gold medals 2013 - 70th Venice Film Festival: "Sacro GRA" directed by Gianfranco Rosi wins Golden Lion 2017 - North Korea launches missile that flies over Japan, the country's J-Alert warning system warns people to take cover 2018 - Chinese ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing issues public apology after second Hitch passenger killed within three months More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1840 - Nine Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails 1914 - World War I: British General John French orders civilian evacuation of Amiens, France as German forces push in from Belgium 1957 - US Senator James Thurmond (Rep, SC) begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech addressing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. 1973 - India and Pakistan sign POW accord 1981 - John Hinckley pleads innocent to attempt to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan, 70th Emperor of Japan, born in Heian-kyō, Japan (d. 1068) 1582 - Taichang Emperor [Zhu Changluo], 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, born in Beijing (d. 1620) 1789 - Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, born in Versailles, France (d. 1860) 1906 - John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), born in London (d. 1984) 1949 - Hugh Cornwell, Britsh punk singer-songwriter (The Stranglers - "Dreamtime"), born in Tufnell Park, North London, England 1971 - Shane Andrews, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Dallas, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1544 - Alardus Aemstelredamus, Dutch priest and humanist, dies at about 53 1969 - Clarence Hennecke, American actor (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops), dies at 74 1981 - Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (Olympic gold individual epée, team epée 1912), dies at 99 1988 - Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78 1991 - Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies 2013 - Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1832 - Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1957 - The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force 1969 - Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs) 1969 - Lindy's Pride wins Hambletonian Stakes 1990 - Market prices plunge as OPEC nears informal agreement to increase output to cover shortfall due to invasion; cash market trading experiences abrupt decline. 1993 - Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives 1995 - 95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods 1996 - Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Detroit Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2004 - In a huge upset in the men's basketball semi final at the Athens Olympics, Argentina beats a star-studded but unsettled US team 89-81; they go on to take gold and US bronze 2006 - Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia killing 49 of 50 on board More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1913 - Lt Pyotr Nesterov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1966 - Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak 1983 - Haiti adopts constitution 1984 - US President Ronald Reagan announces 'Teacher in Space' project 1992 - CFL revokes BC Lions franchise 2004 - In a huge upset in the men's basketball semi final at the Athens Olympics, Argentina beats a star-studded but unsettled US team 89-81; they go on to take gold and US bronze More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1752 - Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind), born in Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1824) 1899 - C. S. Forester, English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1966) 1937 - J.D. Crowe, American bluegrass banjo player and band leader (The New South), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 2021) 1939 - Edward Patten, American soul singer (Gladys Knight and the Pips), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2005) 1943 - [Susan] Tuesday Weld, American actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country), born in NYC, New York 1979 - Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist (Arcade Fire), born in British Columbia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1828 - Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84 1871 - William Whiting Boardman, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut), dies at 76 1879 - Rowland Hill, English inventor who introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840), dies at 84 1979 - Louis Mountbatten, British naval officer and statesman, last Viceroy of India (1947), is assassinated by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland at 79 1999 - Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909) 2003 - Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920) More Famous Deaths »

1071 - Battle of Manzikert: Seljuq Turks led by sultan Alp Arslan beat and capture Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes 1545 - Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese as Duke of Parma 1629 - Cambridge Agreement, Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate 1939 - 1st major league baseball telecast on W2XBS- Cincinnati Reds defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1967 - Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam 1974 - Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 1986 - Robert Chambers, the "Preppie Killer" murders Jennifer Levin in New York City's Central Park, afterwards claimed "rough sex" as motive 1995 - Brian Lara completes his 7th Test Cricket century, scoring 179 at The Oval in London 1999 - Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds. 2017 - Hurricane Harvey downgraded to a tropical storm, National Hurricane Center warns of “multiday rainfall disaster” More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1922 - Japanese cruiser Niitaka driven onto rocks in storm at Kamchatka, 284 killed 1945 - Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WWII 1962 - Minnesota Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0 1973 - David Eisenhower writes his last sports column 1984 - Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad 1986 - Robert Chambers, the "Preppie Killer" murders Jennifer Levin in New York City's Central Park, afterwards claimed "rough sex" as motive More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1862 - Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926) 1900 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (rocket engines and gas turbines), born in Wedel, Germany (d. 1980) 1942 - John E. Blaha, American USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81), born in San Antonio, Texas 1946 - Mark Snow [Martin Fulterman], American television and film composer (The X-Files theme), born in New York City 1949 - Leon Redbone [Dickran Gobalian], American blues and jazz musician ("Seduced"; "Theme to Mr. Belvedere"), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2019) 1974 - Eric D. Snider, American humor columnist / movie reviewer, born in Lake Elsinore, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1666 - Frans Hals, Dutch painter known for his portraiture (Laughing Cavalier) (b. circa 1580) 1770 - Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet, dies at 42 1894 - Te Wherowhero Tāwhia, Second Māori King and leader of the Waikato tribes in New Zealand, dies at 71 or 72 1980 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908) 1994 - Tariq Yunus, Indian actor (Bollywood; Ashanti; Deceivers), dies at 54 2003 - Wayne Andre, American jazz and session trombonist, dies at 72 More Famous Deaths »

1515 - Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana in modern day Cuba, on the southern coast of the island. Moved to its current location in 1519. 1894 - -26] Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed 1912 - The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. 1932 - Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight 1962 - 23rd Venice Film Festival: "Family Diary" directed by Valerio Zurlini and "Ivan's Childhood" directed by Andrei Tarkovsky jointly awarded Golden Lion 1976 - Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings 1979 - California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2 1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1988 - Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston 2003 - The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko). More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1515 - Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana in modern day Cuba, on the southern coast of the island. Moved to its current location in 1519. 1926 - Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece 1951 - Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game 2004 - Greek athlete Fani Chalkia comes out of retirement to compete in her home Olympics in Athens; wins 400m hurdles gold medal in 52.82 2006 - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion 2013 - 41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1530 - Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84), born in Kolomenskoye, Russia (d. 1584) 1880 - Robert E. Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1975) 1906 - Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), born in Corsham, Wiltshire (d. 1979) 1954 - Marty Jourard, American keyboardist and vocalist (Motels - "Only the Lonely"), born in Atlanta, Georgia 1971 - Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host 1978 - Kel Mitchell, American actor More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1942 - W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded 1989 - Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80 1997 - Robert Pinget, French novelist (The Interrogation) and playwright, dies at 78 2008 - Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959) 2008 - Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Finnish composer (The Whole World Will Lament; Kwaidan-balladit), dies at 64 2013 - Gilmar, Brazilian football player, dies from complications from a heart attack at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid 1349 - Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism 1814 - British forces capture Washington, D.C. and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812) 1912 - NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US Olympians 1919 - Having pitched into the 9th inning Cleveland's Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning; goes on to record final out for Indians' 2-1 win over Philadelphia A's 1921 - Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece 1936 - Australian Antarctic Territory created 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1966 - USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon 2012 - A US jury in California finds that Samsung is guilty of patent infringement and awards over US$1 billion in damages to Apple meanwhile in a South Korea court both are found guilty of patent infringement More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1853 - 1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum at Moon's Lake House, near Saratoga Springs, New York (popular legend says he invented though earlier recipes exist) 1877 - American outlaw John Wesley Hardin, wanted for murder, is arrested by Texas Rangers on a train in Pensacola, Florida 1883 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Two-time defending champion Richard Sears wins 3rd straight title; beats James Dwight 6-2, 6-0, 9-7 2013 - 4 people are killed in a helicopter crash in the Shetland Islands 2015 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that for the 1st time 1 billion people logged into Facebook 2021 - 16th Paralympic Games opens in Tokyo, Japan More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1787 - James Weddell, British sailor and Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea), born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 1834) 1899 - Ruth Schaumann, German painter, writer and sculptor (Rose, Black King), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1975) 1929 - Willie Winfield, American doo-woop singer (Harptones - "Life Is But A Dream"; “A Sunday Kind of Love”), born in Surrey, Virginia (d. 2021) 1942 - Joe Chambers, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers), born in Los Angeles, California 1952 - Vaneese Thomas, American RandB, jazz and soul blues singer, ("Let's Talk It Over"), born in Memphis, Tennessee 1972 - Ava DuVernay, American director, writer and producer (13th, Selma, Queen Sugar), born in Long Beach, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1683 - John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) 1921 - Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet, dies at 35 1992 - Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 2002 - Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (b. 1909) 2003 - John Jacob Rhodes, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona), dies at 86 2010 - Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director, dies at 46 More Famous Deaths »

1906 - Cuba's 1st president Tomés Estrada Palma asks for US intervention 1921 - Austria and the US formally end war; the US does the same with Germany on the 25th, and Hungary on the 29th 1926 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan 4-6, 6-4, 9-7 for her 8th and final US singles title 1943 - 50th day of Battle of Kursk, USSR: Largest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany; over 10,000 tanks take part, nearly 250,,000 combatants killed 1946 - "The Big Sleep" directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe) and Lauren Bacall, premieres 1975 - Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway 1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1993 - Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game 2004 - Outstanding British athlete Kelly Holmes wins 1st leg of her 800/1,500m double at the Athens Olympics taking the gold medal in 1:56.38 2005 - Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1328 - Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers 1944 - Sammellager Drancy freed 1953 - Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten 1964 - St Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL; go on win Baseball World Series, 4-3 v New York Yankees 2013 - 26 people are killed and 55 are injured by a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq 2020 - US Republican party convention begins by formally renominating Donald Trump for a second presidential term More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1486 - Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, born in Vipava, Slovenia (d. 1566) 1623 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, born in Raków, Kielce County, Poland (d. 1675) 1783 - William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1852) 1852 - Arnold Toynbee, English economic historian and social reformer, born in London (d. 1883) 1911 - Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, US 100m sprinter (Olympic gold 1928), born in Riverdale, Illinois (d. 1999) 1953 - Bobby Gubby, English rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), born in Epsom, Surrey, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1867 - Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) 1979 - Richard Hearne, British actor (Tons of Trouble, The Time of His Life), dies at 71 1992 - Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92 1993 - Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88 2005 - Harold "Hal" Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins), dies in a road accident at 71 2020 - Greg Montgomery, American NFL punter (Baltimore Ravens), dies at 55 More Famous Deaths »

1454 - Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus 1914 - 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium) 1939 - Premier De Geer recalls Dutch holidaymakers in Black Forest 1946 - Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it 1966 - The Beatles arrive in New York 1978 - Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua, Nicaragua 1984 - Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200 1988 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. 2021 - Tropical storm Henri makes landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1543 - Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists 1902 - US President Theodore Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car 1934 - Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 2004 - American sprinter Justin Gatlin wins the coveted Olympic 100m gold medal in Athens in 9.85 ahead of Francis Obikwelu of Portugal and American Maurice Greene 2021 - Tropical storm Henri makes landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - George Stoneman, US Union general-major and Governor of California (1883-87), born in Busti, NY (d. 1894) 1916 - John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass), born in London, England (d. 1975) 1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress (Shirley- Laverne and Shirley), born in Van Nuys, California 1955 - Will Shetterly, American writer (Dogland), born in Columbia, South Carolina 1975 - Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor (Love Actually), born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1995 - Dua Lipa, British-Kosovo Albanian pop singer-songwriter ("New Rules", "One Kiss"), born in London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572) 1944 - Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55 2004 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960) 2008 - Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899) 2011 - Vicco von Bülow [Loriot], German comedian, cartoonist and film director (Unsere Besten), dies at 87 2021 - Brian Travers, British rock saxophonist (UB40 - "Red, Red Wine"), dies of cancer at 62 More Famous Deaths »

1689 - Battle of Dunkeld fought in Scotland between supporters of King James VII of Scotland and troops of William of Orange 1929 - Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town 1962 - Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ 1972 - US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched 1982 - American MLB Milwaukee Brewers' relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300 1983 - 110°F (43°C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record) 1991 - Latvia declares its independence from USSR 1997 - US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out 2008 - Japan edges the United States 3-1 for the gold medal in the final of the women's softball tournament at the Beijing Olympics 2017 - London's parliament clock Big Ben chimes for the last time before a four-year restoration process for its tower starts More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1856 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) 1891 - Dutch Mackay government resigns 1920 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Flossmoor CC: American based Scotsman Jock Hutchison beats J. Douglas Edgar of England, 1-up; first of Hutchinson's 2 majors 1942 - Walt Disney's animated movie "Bambi", based on the book by Felix Salten, is released 1983 - Jerry Herman's musical "La Cage aux Folles", based Jean Poiret's French play of the same name, opens at Palace Theater, NYC; runs for 1761 performances, wins 6 Tony Awards 2004 - American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 6th gold medal of the Athens Olympics even though he doesn't swim the final of men's 4 x 100m medley relay; US wins in world record 3:30.68 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1800 - Hiram Walden, American politician, born in Pawlet, Vermont (d. 1880) 1882 - Rik Wouters, Belgian painter (Lady in Blue), and sculptor (The Nymph), born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1916) 1941 - Jackie DeShannon [Sharon Lee Myers], American singer-songwriter ("What the World Needs Now Is Love"; "When You Walk In The Room"), born in Hazel, Kentucky 1957 - Janice Thomas, WBL guard (NY Stars) 1970 - Steve Everitt, NFL center (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles), born in Miami, Florida 1974 - Pietra Gay, WNBA guard/forward (Houston Comets) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1581 - Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) 1723 - Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanian historian and Monarch of Moldova (1710-11), dies at 49 1957 - Nels Stewart, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902) 2005 - Polly Hill, British economic anthropologist (studied Cocoa-Farmers Of Southern Ghana), dies at 91 2005 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (b. 1936) 2013 - C. Gordon Fullerton, American USMC Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-3; STS-51-F), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1741 - Alaska first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition 1914 - German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp 1941 - Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males 1945 - Soviet troops occupy Harbin and Mukden 1947 - Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph 1974 - Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed is elected fifth President of India 1978 - Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6) 1982 - US marines land in Beirut Lebanon 1990 - George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner 1990 - Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson More Historical Events »