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1572 - Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem 1688 - King James II captured in Kent, after trying to flee to France upon the arrival of William of Orange 1941 - Japanese occupy Guam 1941 - Axis powers Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declare war against the United States 1970 - Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA, Australia v England 1987 - Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI v India at Bombay 1993 - 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB) 2017 - Six wildfires in Southern California now cover area larger than New York City and Boston combined More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1477 - Duchess Maria of Burgundy ends the 'Great Privilege' in states of The Netherlands 1948 - WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 - Libya adopts constitution 1993 - 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB) 2000 - 66th Heisman Trophy Award: Chris Weinke, Florida State (QB) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1882 - Max Born, German physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1970) 1954 - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic rock guitarist (Dense Time), and electronic engineer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland 1966 - Terry Sharpe, Irish rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland 1987 - Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer, born in Chișinău, Moldova 1988 - Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer, born in Whangarei, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1582 - Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish noble and diplomat (governor of the Netherlands (1567–1573)), dies at about 75 1884 - Samuel Greene, American naval commander inboard USS Monitor during the Battle of Hampton Roads, commits suicide at 45 1938 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and internationalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1921), dies at 69 1968 - Nadine Riga, American actress, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 2024 - Mamiya Michio, Japanese composer (Narukami; Grave of the Fireflies), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1688 - King James II flees London 1768 - The first of 100 weekly "numbers" of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which are bound into three volumes in 1771, is published in Edinburgh, Scotland 1913 - Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore becomes the first non-European to be presented with the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Gitanjali" 1939 - KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary 1954 - Linus Pauling wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its applications 1963 - Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta receive the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the technology of high polymers 1971 - West German Chancellor Willy Brandt receives the Nobel Peace Prize 1994 - 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1718 - Laurence Eusden is appointed British Poet Laureate under George I 1899 - Delta Sigma Phi fraternity founded at City College of New York, to spread "the principles of friendship and brotherhood among college men, without respect to race or creed." 1946 - German/Swiss novelist Hermann Hesse wins the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style" 1958 - The first domestic passenger jet flight using a Boeing 707, with National Airlines flying a leased Pan Am 707 from New York to Miami 1981 - The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1588 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher, born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1637) 1897 - Karl H. Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love), born in Bad Gastein, Austria (d. 1973) 1925 - Jean Byron [Imogene Audette Burkhart], American actress (The Patty Duke Show), born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2006) 1941 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress (Rich Man Poor Man), born in Dublin, Ireland 1974 - Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes), born in Grosse Point Farms, Michigan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1917 - Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (1894-96), dies of pneumonia at 93 1951 - Algernon Blackwood, English novelist (The Willows), dies at 82 1992 - Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908) 1997 - Gershon Kingsley [Götz Ksinski], German-American composer, electronic music pioneer, and Moog synthesizer player (Popcorn), dies at 97 1999 - Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Thomas en Senior op het spoor van Brute Berend), dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1640 - Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 1824 - Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain 1907 - First Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington, Delaware, post office) 1967 - Nicolae Ceaușescu becomes President of Romania (overthrown in 1989) 1978 - First game of Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL): Chicago Hustle vs. Milwaukee Does 1990 - 23rd NAACP Image Awards: "Coming to America" wins Outstanding Motion Picture 2012 - The Social Liberal Union Party and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta win by a landslide in the parliamentary elections 2019 - Chilean Air Force plane lost on flight to Antarctica with presumed loss of 38 lives More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1974 - Howard Cosell briefly interviews rocker John Lennon, and Frank Gifford chats with California governor Ronald Reagan, during halftime of Monday Night Football broadcast from the Coliseum in Los Angeles, California 1988 - Premiere of fact based crime drama film "Mississippi Burning" 2016 - South Korean MPs vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye 2019 - US officials "deliberately misled" the public on progress of the Afghanistan war, hid that it was a lost cause, according to The Washington Post analysis of the "Afghanistan Papers" 2023 - 89th Heisman Trophy Award: Jayden Daniels, LSU (QB) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1787 - John Dobson, English architect, born in High Chirton, North Shields, England (d. 1865) 1902 - Rab Butler, British politician who favoured appeasement, born in Attock Serai, British India (d. 1982) 1904 - Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist (1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, work with split-brain research), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1994) 1965 - Brad Savage, American actor (Red Dawn), born in Livonia, Michigan 1974 - Wendy Dillinger, American female soccer player and coach, born in St. Charles County, Missouri More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1674 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman, lawyer, chief advisor to Charles I, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II, dies at 65 1775 - Pietro Gnocchi, Italian sacred music composer, choir director Brescia Cathedral, 1723-33 and 1762-75), priest, historian, and geographer, dies at 86 2004 - David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940) 2014 - José Feghali, Brazilian concert pianist (Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, 1985), takes his own life at 53 2023 - Frank Wycheck, American football tight end (Pro Bowl 1998, 99, 2000; Washington Redskins, Houston/Tennessee Oilers-Titans), dies after a fall at 52 More Famous Deaths »

1914 - Battle of the Falkland Island: British Royal Navy destroys a German battle squadron 1952 - First TV acknowledgment of a pregnancy in the "I Love Lucy" episode "Lucy is Enceinte," which incorporates Lucy's real-life pregnancy into the storyline 1961 - Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 78 points in a 151-147 triple-overtime defeat to the LA Lakers at Philadelphia Civic Center, the third-highest individual game total in NBA history 1982 - "Sophie's Choice", directed by Alan J. Pakula and based on William Styton's 1979 novel of the same name, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress 1983) 2004 - Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the Union of South American Nations 2019 - Sanna Marin becomes Finland's youngest-ever Prime Minister at the age of 34 2022 - Iran announces first known execution of a protester from recent anti-government unrest, after convicting a man in a revolutionary court of "moharebeh" (enmity against God) 2024 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad resigns and flees to Moscow after rebel forces sweep into the capital city of Damascus More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1925 - George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin's musical "The Cocoanuts" starring the Marx Brothers opens at the Lyric Theatre, NYC; runs for 276 performances 1973 - 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB) 1974 - Soyuz 16 returns to Earth 2007 - 73rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Tebow, Florida (QB) 2022 - Canadian pop singer Celine Dion reveals via Instagram that she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1741 - Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Menuet Reine), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787) 1822 - Luther Prentice Bradley, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1910) 1965 - Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress and singer (Days of Being Wild), born in Suzhou, China 1967 - Ron George, American linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Heidelberg, Germany 1989 - Drew Doughty, Canadian hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup 2012, 14 LA Kings; Olympic gold 2010, 14; Norris Trophy 2016), born in London, Canada More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1625 - Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Sweden as the wife of King Charles IX, dies at 52 1680 - Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) 1989 - Hans Hartung, German-French painter, dies at 85 2008 - Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer and writer, dies at 83 2021 - Lars Høgh, Danish soccer goalkeeper (8 caps; OB 603 games) and GK coach (Denmark, Brøndby IF), dies from pancreatic cancer at 62 More Famous Deaths »

1937 - Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine recaptures his final world title from Dutch grand master Max Euwe by a large margin (+10−4=11) 1941 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito signs a declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire 1966 - A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people. 1973 - Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies 1988 - A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, kills 25,000 to 50,000 people and leaves up to 500,000 homeless 2006 - A Tornado strikes Kensal Green in northwest London, seriously damaging around 150 properties 2018 - Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is elected the new leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party, replacing Angela Merkel 2024 - Restored Notre Dame Cathedral re-opens after the 2019 fire with a VIP ceremony attended by world leaders in Paris, France More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1703 - Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen 1924 - German election (Social Democrats win, Nazis and Communists lose) 1941 - The Imperial Japanese Navy, with 353 planes, attacks the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people 1964 - George Harrison changes his music publishing company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs 2020 - Australian states celebrate "Freedom Day" easing COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria and New South Wales More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1557 - Girolamo Trombetti [Cavallari], Italian singer, trombonist, composer (Sustinuimus pacem), and maestro di cappella (San Giovanni de Monti, 1591-1628), baptized in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1628) 1830 - Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician (grafostatica), born in Pavia, Italy (d. 1903) 1935 - Jean-Claude Casadesus, French conductor (Orchestre national de Lille, 1976-2016), born in Paris, France 1954 - Bertín Osborne, Italian entertainer, born in Madrid, Spain 1988 - Emily Browning, Australian actress (Ghost Ship), born in Melbourne, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1498 - Alexander Hegius, German humanist and pioneering teacher of Erasmus and Pope Adrian VI, dies at about 65 1775 - Charles Saunders, British admiral, First Lord of the Admiralty, dies at about 60 1956 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor, dies at 77 1996 - Jose Donoso, Chilean writer (The Place Without Limits), dies at 72 2019 - Denis Lalanne, French sports journalist ('Le grand combat du XV de France'; 'Rugbymania: French flair attitude'), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1723 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction with the Diet of Hungary recognizes the King's daughters as successors 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians 1903 - Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders 1914 - German troops over run Lodz 1922 - 1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY 1973 - Bahrain's constitution goes into effect 1984 - Helena Suková snaps Martina Navratilova's 74-match winning streak 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the semi finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne; ends Navratilova's hopes of completing the Grand Slam 2022 - Donald Trump's real estate company Trump Organization convicted of tax fraud in New York More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1060 - Béla I is crowned King of Hungary in Székesfehérvár 1969 - Oscar Brown, Jr's musical "Buck White", starring Muhammad Ali, closes at George Abbott Theatre, NYC, after 7 performances 1990 - Baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's signature sells for $23,100 at auction 2008 - 4th ACC Championship Game: Virginia Tech beats #18 Boston College, 30-12 2017 - Skirball wildfire near Los Angeles closes the Interstate 405 as thousands forced to evacuate More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - John Eberhard Faber, German-American pencil manufacturer and built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, born in Stein Bavaria, Germany (d. 1879) 1919 - Willis Whitfield, American physicist and inventor of the clean room, born in Rosedale, Oklahoma (d. 2012) 1949 - Peter Willey, English cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's), born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England 1955 - Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian (Steven Wright Live), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts 1971 - Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor, born in Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1959 - Len Doyle, American actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66 1983 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (Parlez-moi d'amour), dies at 82 1989 - Frances Bavier, American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry, RFD - "Aunt Bee"), dies of congestive heart failure at 86 1995 - James Reston, American journalist (New York Times), dies at 86 1997 - Eliot Daniel, American composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1832 - Andrew Jackson re-elected US President after defeating Henry Clay 1859 - Dion Boucicault's stage melodrama "The Octaroon" opens at The Winter Garden Theatre, NYC 1892 - Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag 1928 - England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane 1945 - Dutch Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of radio presenter Max Blokzijl for broadcasting Nazi propaganda 1960 - Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium 1983 - LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use 2019 - Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announces articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump will be drawn up for abuse of power More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1914 - CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts win first Championship; beat U of Toronto Blues, 14-2 1941 - Soviet anti-offensive in Moscow drives out Nazi army 1982 - Dutch judoka Ingrid Berghmans retains judo's world championship 1991 - "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances 2006 - Audrey Hepburn's Givenchy little black dress from film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is auctioned for charity for a record £467,200 ($923,187) at Christie's, London More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1855 - Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, born in New York City (d. 1942) 1901 - Hanns Jelinek, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1969) 1936 - James Lee Burke, American writer (Dave Robicheaux series), born in Houston, Texas 1960 - Brian Bromberg, American jazz bass player (You Know That Feeling), born in Tucson, Arizona 1969 - Morgan J. Freeman, American film director (Hurricane Streets), born in Long Beach, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1955 - Paul Harvey, American actor (Spellbound, Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 1958 - Ferdinand Bruckner [Theodor Tagger], Austrian-German playwright (Races), dies at 67 1979 - Sonia Delaunay, Russian-born French artist (Orphism), dies at 94 1991 - Jill Browne, dies at 54 2024 - Bill Melton, American baseball third baseman. 1968-77 (MLB All-Star and AL home run leader, 1971; Chicago White Sox, and 2 other teams) and broadcaster,1998-2020 (NBC, Comcast, Chicago White Sox), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha, first Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms 1949 - Duncan Stewart, 2nd British Governor of Sarawak is fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by Malay student Rosli Dhoby with help from Morshidi Sidek with the goal of helping neighbouring Indonesia to take over British Sarawak 1971 - The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan 1977 - NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7 1982 - China adopts its constitution 1985 - Slobodan Živojinović of Yugoslavia upsets No. 2 seed John McEnroe 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter finals; leaves McEnroe without a major singles title for the first time since 1978 1994 - 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1) 2012 - Miranda Hart wins Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year for "Is It Just Me?" at The British Book Awards More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1909 - Oldest still-operating NHL franchise is officially established as J. Ambrose O’Brien and Jack Laviolette create the “Club de Hockey Canadien,” known today as the Montreal Canadiens 1920 - 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds, NYC 1948 - Heitor Villa-Lobos' folk operetta "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, after 88 performances 1964 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31 1968 - Following a civil rights march in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, there is a violent clash between Loyalists and those who are taking part in the march More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - Alfred Hershey, American biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969), born in Owosso, Michigan (d. 1997) 1920 - Jeanne Manford, American gay rights activist, born in Flushing, New York (d. 2013) 1938 - Yvonne Minton, Australian-British soprano, born in Sydney, Australia 1955 - Cassandra Wilson [née Fowlkes], American jazz singer-songwriter, born in Jackson, Mississippi 1961 - Frank Reich, American NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills) and coach (Indianapolis Colts 2018-20), born in Freeport, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1807 - Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston 1959 - Rosetta Duncan, American vaudevillian (Duncan Sisters), actress (Topsy and Eva), and songwriter (Remeberin'). dies in an auto accident at 65 1976 - W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886) 2000 - H. C. Artmann, Austrian writer, dies at 79 2019 - Bob Willis, English cricket fast bowler and captain (90 Tests, 325 wickets; 64 ODIs; Surrey CCC, MCC, Warwickshire CCC, Northern Transvaal), dies of prostate cancer at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1676 - Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000 1912 - Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact 1933 - Funeral of WWI commander Sir Arthur Currie with 150,000 people lining the streets of Montreal - largest Canadian funeral at the time 1983 - 48th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-20 in Birmingham 1992 - UN Security Council passes Resolution 794 authorizing US led allied forces to intervene in war-torn Somalia to restore order and allow humanitarian aid to be delivered 2005 - XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California. 2018 - David Attenborough warns collapse of civilisation and the natural world on the horizon at UN climate summit in Poland 2018 - Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modrić wins; first time since 2007 that either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't win award; Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg is inaugural women's winner More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1914 - Dutch army opens fire on interned Belgian soldiers: 8 killed 1923 - First Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington, D.C.) 1953 - Robert Wright and George Forrest's musical "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 583 performances, wins Tony Award for Best Musical 1978 - "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances 1984 - Bhopal disaster: A Union Carbide pesticide plant leaks 45 tons of methyl isocyanate and other toxic compounds in Bhopal, India, officially killing 2,259 - other estimates are as high as 16,000 (including later deaths) and over half a million injured More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1755 - Gilbert Stuart, American portrait painter (unfinished portrait of George Washington), born in Saunderstown, Rhode Island (d. 1828) 1908 - Edward Underdown, British actor (Beat the Devil, Thunderball), born in London, England (d. 1989) 1914 - Edward "Corky" Cornelius, American jazz trumpeter (Benny Goodman; Gene Krupa), born in Cicero, Indiana (d. 1943) 1918 - Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian army general, born in Koetanopan, North Sumatera, Dutch East Indies (d. 2000) 1933 - Rosalind Knight, British stage and screen actress (Friday Night Dinner - "Horrible Grandma"), born in Marylebone (now Westminster), England (d. 2020) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1973 - Emile Christian, American jazz trombonist, dies at 78 1999 - John Archer [Ralph Bowman], American actor (Destination: Moon, White Heat, Blue Hawaii), dies of lung cancer at 84 2004 - Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911) 2016 - Gigliola Frazzoni, Italian operatic soprano, dies at 93 2023 - Myles Goodwyn, Canadian rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (April Wine - "You Could Have Been a Lady"), and record producer, dies at 75 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1961 - Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist and will lead Cuba to Communism 1973 - Capital Centre (USAir Arena) opens in Landover Maryland; NBA's Washington Bullets beat Seattle SuperSonics, 98-96 in opening game; arena demolished 2002 1984 - Miami quarterback Dan Marino breaks NFL single-season touchdown pass record when he throws his 37th in the Dolphins' 45-34 loss to the Raiders; finishes season with 48 TD passes 2014 - Hong Kong pro-democracy activists clash with police as they try to surround the government's headquarters in some of the worst violence since the protests began 2020 - The UK becomes the first western country to authorize a vaccine for COVID-19, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1920 - Robert Moevs, American composer, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin (d. 2007) 1927 - Jim David, American NFL defensive back (Pro Bowl 1954-59; NFL Champion 1952-53, 57; Detroit Lions), born in Florence, South Carolina (d. 2007) 1931 - Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese founder and head of the Bujinkan Organization, born in Noda, Chiba, Japan 1939 - Harry Reid, American attorney and politician (U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1987-2017; U.S. House of Representatives, 1983-87), born in Searchlight, Nevada (d. 2021) 1947 - Ntare V [Charles Ndizeye], final King of Burundi (1966), born in Gitega, Burundi, Ruanda-Urundi (d. 1972) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1831 - Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, German composer, and Kapellmeister (Court of Schwartzberg-Rudolstadt, 1817-31), dies at 56 1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies during the flu epidemic at 50 1935 - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, dies at 70 2020 - Pamela Tiffin, American actress (One, Two, Three; Viva Max!), dies at 78 2020 - Rafer Johnson, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1960), dies from stroke complications at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1956 - Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year 1956 - Australian women's 4 x 100m relay team of Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Mellor and Shirley Strickland de la Hunty run world record 44.65 to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics; Cuthbert's 3rd gold of the Games 1958 - Our Lady of Angels School fire kills 92 students and 3 nuns in Chicago, Illinois 1967 - Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in 76ers' 133-109 win over Seattle SuperSonics; sets NBA record for 22 free throw misses 1971 - Chicago Cubs release longtime star and future Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, ending his 19-year MLB career; announce Banks will serve as a coach on manager Leo Durocher's staff; Banks finishes with 512 home runs and 1,636 RBI 1976 - Angola admitted to the UN 1984 - American tennis icon Chris Evert wins her 1,000th career professional match; beats Pascale Paradis of France 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 in the round of 16 at the Australian Open; Evert goes on to win the event 1994 - Ernesto Zedillo is inaugurated as president of Mexico More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - Yugoslavia declares independence with a monarchy proclaimed in Belgrade 1956 - Australian women's 4 x 100m relay team of Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Mellor and Shirley Strickland de la Hunty run world record 44.65 to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics; Cuthbert's 3rd gold of the Games 1975 - US President Gerald Ford visits People's Republic of China 1984 - 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB) 2014 - "U2 Minus 1" performs at Times Square, NYC for World AIDS Day; Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin of Coldplay each sing two songs in place of injured frontman Bono More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1921 - Ralph Manza, American actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2000) 1929 - Emily McLaughlin, American actress (Jessie Brewer in "General Hospital"), born in White Plains, New York (d. 1991) 1929 - Dick Shawn [Richard Schulefand], American character actor and comedian (Producers, Maid to Order, Angel), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1987) 1979 - Angelique Bates, American Actress (All That), born in Los Angeles, California 1982 - Riz Ahmed, British-Pakistani actor (The Night Of), rapper (Swet Shop Boys), and social activist, born in Wembley, London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1602 - Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582) 1943 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince, son of King Mongkut and brother of King Chulalongkorn and historian, dies at 81 1974 - Teddy Knox, British comedian (The Cromwells; Nervo and Knox), dies at 78 1996 - Irving Gordon, American songwriter ("Unforgettable"; "Me, Myself, And I"), dies of multiple myeloma cancer at 81 2010 - Alojz Srebotnjak, Slovenian composer, dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »

1864 - Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead, 665 wounded 1952 - 17th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-0 in Birmingham 1955 - Argentine government disbands Peronistic party 1963 - Martin Walser's "Überlebensgross Herr Krott" premieres in Stuttgart 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Great Britain (National Day) 1979 - Pink Floyd's album "The Wall" is released and sells six million copies in two weeks 1988 - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1991 - Rob Pilatus, 27, of disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli attempts suicide More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1922 - First speed test of the first genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō 1955 - "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 245 performances 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Great Britain (National Day) 1988 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25 billion 2014 - Australia experiences its hottest spring and second-hottest November recorded More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (works characterized by a deep sense of pessimism), born in Paris (d. 1890) 1920 - Virginia Mayo [Jones], American actress (The Best Years of Our Lives, Out of the Blue, White Heat), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2005) 1953 - (Alphonso) Mike Espy, American lawyer and politician (US Representative for Mississippi, 1987-93 (D); Secretary of Agriculture, 1993-94), born in Yazoo City, Mississippi 1970 - Yayuk Basuki, Indonesian tennis player and politician, born in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia 1974 - Marcellus Wiley, American football defensive end (Pro Bowl and Second-team All-Pro 2001 Buffalo Bills) and broadcaster (ESPN, Fox, Dan Patrick Podcast Network), born in Compton, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1996 - Tiny Tim [Herbert Khaury], American musician ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips"), dies of a heart attack at 64 2000 - Scott Smith, Canadian rock bassist (Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"), drowns in sailing accident near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at 45 2007 - Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist, dies at 59 2011 - William L. Waller, American politician and ex-Governor of Mississippi, dies at 85 2022 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand athlete (Olympic gold 5000m 1960; WR 2 miles: 8:30.0 1961; WR 3 miles: 13.10.0 1961), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1890 - First US Army-Navy football game played at West Point: Navy 24, Army 0 1945 - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed 1962 - Great Britain and France decide to build the Concorde supersonic airliner jointly 1968 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their first album "Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins" in the UK 1969 - The Beatles' single "Something" / "Come Together" reaches #1 1976 - The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year, $3.5 million contract 2021 - British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, is found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan 2023 - Nepal registers its first same-sex marriage in its western Lumjung district, after becoming the second Asian country to legalize it five months earlier More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1864 - Battle of Spring Hill: Confederate troops under John Bell Hood fail to attack Union forces under John M. Schofield 1897 - First motorcycle race in Surrey, England, is won by Charles Jarrot 1966 - First NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena; San Francisco Warriors defeat Chicago Bulls 108-101 1995 - US President Bill Clinton lifts ban on exports of oil from the Alaskan North Slope; the ban was imposed after the oil embargo by Arab oil producers in 1973 1998 - In a classic all-Spanish final, Àlex Corretja puts on a stunning comeback to beat Carlos Moyá 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5 and win his only ATP Tour World Championship tennis title in Hanover, Germany More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1872 - Anna von Mildenburg, Austrian Wagnerian soprano, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1947) 1874 - Antonio Egas Moniz, Portuguese neurosurgeon (Nobel Prize 1949 for developing lobotomy procedure), born in Avanca, Portugal (d. 1955) 1891 - Julius Raab, Austrian politician (Chancellor 1953-61), born in Sankt Pölten, Austria (d. 1964) 1891 - Richard Frank Donovan, American composer, born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1970) 1899 - Genevieve Tobin, American actress (Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady), born in New York City (d. 1995) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 917 - Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies 1997 - Heikki Savolainen, Finnish pommel horse gymnast (Olympic medalist, 1928-52, including gold, 1948), and medical doctor, dies at 90 2003 - Larry Booker (Moondog Spot), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies of a heart attack at 51 2007 - Roger Smith, American Chairman and CEO of General Motors), dies at 82 2017 - Heather North, American actress (The Barefoot Executive; voice of Velma in "Scooby-Doo"), dies of bronchiolitis at 71 More Famous Deaths »