CoM Moderators Posted August 2, 2024 Posted August 2, 2024 Historical Events 1581 - Leiden University names Rudolph Snellius as math professor 1959 - Milwaukee Braves outfielder Bill Bruton hits 3 triples in 11-5 win v St. Louis Cardinals; 2 of them bases loaded, first time in 20th Century 1987 - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan 1991 - Pan Am games open in Havana 2017 - New crypto-currency Bitcoin Cash is created via a hard-fork of Bitcoin's blockchain technology and brand 2018 - Pope Frances declares the death penalty unacceptable in all cases, reversing church teachings and adding to Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1788 - Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (Gmelin's test), born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1853) 1886 - John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian aviator, born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia (d. 1961) 1910 - Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), born in Glasgow (d. 1993) 1923 - Shimon Peres [Szymon Perski], Polish-Israeli Labor Party politician (President. 2007-14; Prime Minister, 1984-86 and 1995-96; Foreign Minister, 1986-88, 1992-95, and 2001-02), and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1994), born in Wiszniewo, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus) (d. 2016) 1944 - Juvenal "Naná' Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz and world music percussionist, and berimbau player (Pat Metheny; Björk; Milton Nascimento), born in Recife, Brazil (d. 2016) 1970 - Elijah Alexander, American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2010) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1075 - John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian and patriarch of Constantinople, dies 1100 - William II [Rufus], king of England, shot hunting in the New Forest at 44 1788 - Thomas Gainsborough, English leading portrait painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 1994 - Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38 2007 - Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 78 2022 - Hans Bangerter, Swiss football administrator (General Secretary UEFA 1960-89), dies at 98 More Famous Deaths »
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