CoM Moderators Posted August 3, 2024 Posted August 3, 2024 Historical Events 1852 - America's first intercollegiate sporting event takes place as the Harvard heavyweight rowing crew beats Yale by 2 lengths over 2 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1952 - Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari clinches Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring 1962 - 29th Chicago College All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20, 65,000 at Soldier Field 2001 - The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, injuring 7 people 2001 - US President George W. Bush signs into law the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) Extension Act of 2001 2004 - St. Louis 1st baseman Albert Pujols becomes first player in MLB history to hit at least 30 HRs in each of his first 4 seasons as Cardinals beat Montreal, 10-6 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1692 - John Henley, English clergyman, born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England (d. 1759) 1895 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (An Old Man's Folly), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1941) 1924 - Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (PvdA), born in Voorschoten, Netherlands (d. 2011) 1972 - John Lilley, American hockey forward (Olympics 1994), born in Wakefield, Massachusetts 1973 - Stephen Graham, English actor (This is England, Boiling Point), born in Kirby, England 1977 - Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor (Nói Albínói), born in Reykjavík, Iceland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1779 - Henry Kobell, Dutch painter and cartoonist, dies at 27 1877 - Karl Georg Lickl, Austrian pianist, physharmonica (type of harmonium) player, and composer, dies at 75 1916 - Roger Casement, Irish diplomat, ardent Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916) and poet, hanged after conviction for treason by the British at 51 1986 - Paul de Groot, Dutch communist politician (CPN) and editor (The Truth), dies at 87 1998 - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and musicologist, dies after a series strokes at 63 2005 - Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920) More Famous Deaths »
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