 |
| |
|
Today
In History
Enter
month, day and year (optional) to view the history for
that day!
|
| |
|
|
|
YEAR
|
EVENTS
|
|
379
|
|
Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
|
|
973
|
|
Pope Benedictus VI elected
|
|
1419
|
|
French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
|
|
1493
|
|
France cedes Roussillon & Cerd gne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
|
|
1668
|
|
King Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain
|
|
1714
|
|
Richard Steele publishes "Crisis," defending Hanoverian success
|
|
1746
|
|
Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8]
|
|
1770
|
|
Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
|
|
1793
|
|
French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
|
|
1795
|
|
Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy
|
|
1806
|
|
Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope
|
|
1808
|
|
Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
|
|
1810
|
|
Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50øF (10øC)
|
|
1825
|
|
Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
|
|
1829
|
|
Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres
|
|
1833
|
|
Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland
|
|
1839
|
|
Aden conquered by British East India Company
|
|
1840
|
|
Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
|
|
1853
|
|
Napoleon III marries Eugnie de Montijo
|
|
1853
|
|
Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome
|
|
1861
|
|
Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
|
|
1861
|
|
MS troops take Ft Massachusetts an Ship Island
|
|
1862
|
|
Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
|
|
1863
|
|
General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland
|
|
1865
|
|
NV Suriname Bank established
|
|
1865
|
|
Union occupies Fort Anderson, NC
|
|
1871
|
|
1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey
|
|
1884
|
|
Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris
|
|
1885
|
|
Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed
|
|
1886
|
|
Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
|
|
1898
|
|
Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game
|
|
1899
|
|
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms
|
|
1903
|
|
1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
|
|
1903
|
|
New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
|
|
1906
|
|
Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin
|
|
1909
|
|
Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC
|
|
1910
|
|
Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
|
|
1910
|
|
National Institute of Arts & Letters incorporated by Congress
|
|
1913
|
|
Raymond Poincar installed as president of France
|
|
1915
|
|
1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die
|
|
1915
|
|
Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
|
|
1917
|
|
Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die
|
|
1918
|
|
Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly
|
|
1919
|
|
"Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston
|
|
1920
|
|
Alexandre Millerand forms French govt
|
|
1920
|
|
US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
|
|
1921
|
|
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
|
|
1922
|
|
Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
|
|
1923
|
|
WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
|
|
1925
|
|
-48øF (-44øC), Van Buren, Maine (state record)
|
|
1927
|
|
British govt decides to send troops to China
|
|
1929
|
|
Acadia National Park, Maine established
|
|
1929
|
|
Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec
|
|
1932
|
|
Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game
|
|
1934
|
|
Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement
|
|
1935
|
|
KLM begins flight path between Curaao & Aruba
|
|
1937
|
|
Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
|
|
1937
|
|
Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
|
|
1938
|
|
GM began mass production of diesel engines
|
|
1939
|
|
Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec
|
|
1941
|
|
British offensive in Eritrea
|
|
1941
|
|
British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan
|
|
1942
|
|
Japanese forces invade Burma
|
|
1942
|
|
Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers
|
|
1943
|
|
Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily
|
|
1947
|
|
SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
|
|
1950
|
|
Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
|
|
1952
|
|
NFL takes control of NY Yanks
|
|
1952
|
|
PGA approves allowing black participants
|
|
1953
|
|
Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
|
|
1955
|
|
"Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
|
|
1955
|
|
"Scrabble" debuts on board game market
|
|
1955
|
|
1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
|
|
1956
|
|
Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
|
|
1957
|
|
USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
|
|
1958
|
|
Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League
|
|
1960
|
|
Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
|
|
1961
|
|
1st episode for "Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
|
|
1964
|
|
AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24
|
|
1964
|
|
KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
|
|
1966
|
|
Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
|
|
1966
|
|
Neil Simons, Coleman & Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres
|
|
1966
|
|
Tippetts cantate "Vision of St Augustine," premieres in London
|
|
1967
|
|
Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
|
|
1968
|
|
WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
|
|
1969
|
|
AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25
|
|
1969
|
|
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
|
|
1969
|
|
NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7
|
|
1970
|
|
Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest
|
|
1970
|
|
Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)
|
|
1970
|
|
UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
|
|
1971
|
|
"No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 861 performances
|
|
1971
|
|
24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston
|
|
1971
|
|
Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial
|
|
1971
|
|
NHL Writers' Assn renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Assn
|
|
1972
|
|
Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
|
|
1974
|
|
Belgium govt of Leburton falls
|
|
1974
|
|
Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
|
|
1975
|
|
4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq
|
|
1975
|
|
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown
|
|
1977
|
|
Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
|
|
1977
|
|
Pres Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
|
|
1977
|
|
World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
|
|
1978
|
|
Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame
|
|
1978
|
|
Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
|
|
1979
|
|
John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
|
|
1981
|
|
Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
|
|
1981
|
|
US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
|
|
1982
|
|
Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
|
|
1982
|
|
Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids & teacher
|
|
1983
|
|
Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
|
|
1984
|
|
Calif Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital
|
|
1984
|
|
Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
|
|
1985
|
|
"Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
|
|
1985
|
|
4 die in a car & train crash in Buda Ill
|
|
1986
|
|
Cerebral Palsy telethon
|
|
1986
|
|
Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands
|
|
1986
|
|
Spain recognizes Israel
|
|
1987
|
|
Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
|
|
1988
|
|
"48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV
|
|
1989
|
|
Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
|
|
1990
|
|
Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, v Australia at Adelaide
|
|
1991
|
|
42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago
|
|
1991
|
|
48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves
|
|
1991
|
|
Eastern Airlines shuts down operation
|
|
1991
|
|
Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title
|
|
1991
|
|
Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
|
|
1992
|
|
"City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 878 performances
|
|
1992
|
|
Cerebral Palsy telethon raises 23,500,000
|
|
1992
|
|
IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
|
|
1992
|
|
Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
|
|
1992
|
|
Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
|
|
1993
|
|
Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
|
|
1993
|
|
Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
|
|
1993
|
|
Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA
|
|
1993
|
|
STS-54 (Endeavour) lands
|
|
1994
|
|
-20øF (-29øC) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio
|
|
1994
|
|
-36øF (-38øC) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record)
|
|
1995
|
|
Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg
|
|
1996
|
|
NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix
|
|
1997
|
|
54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn & Geoffrey Rush
|
|
1997
|
|
Cerebral Palsy telethon
|
|
1997
|
|
Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural
|
|
|
BIRTHS
|
|
|
570
|
|
Mohammed, Islamic prophet (Koran)
|
|
1200
|
|
Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
|
|
1544
|
|
Francis II de Valois-Angoulme, king of France (1559-60)
|
|
1613
|
|
Jacques Huyn, composer
|
|
1639
|
|
Nol Alexandre, French theologian/historian
|
|
1676
|
|
John Weldon, composer
|
|
1679
|
|
Girolamo Chiti, composer
|
|
1686
|
|
Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
|
|
1736
|
|
James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
|
|
1736
|
|
Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
|
|
1737
|
|
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
|
|
1749
|
|
Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
|
|
1760
|
|
Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer
|
|
1790
|
|
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
|
|
1798
|
|
Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
|
|
1802
|
|
[Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)
|
|
1806
|
|
Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
|
|
1807
|
|
Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
|
|
1809
|
|
Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
|
|
1813
|
|
Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
|
|
1816
|
|
Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
|
|
1820
|
|
John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
|
|
1827
|
|
Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (R fagas)
|
|
1830
|
|
George Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
|
|
1832
|
|
Ferdinand Laub, composer
|
|
1832
|
|
Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
|
|
1837
|
|
William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
|
|
1839
|
|
Bohumil Pazdirek, composer
|
|
1839
|
|
Paul Czanne, France, impressionist painter (Bathers)
|
|
1851
|
|
David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)
|
|
1851
|
|
Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer
|
|
1858
|
|
Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)
|
|
1859
|
|
Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)
|
|
1863
|
|
Werner Sombart, German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben)
|
|
1866
|
|
Harry Davenport, NYC, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin)
|
|
1868
|
|
Gustav Meyrink, writer
|
|
1869
|
|
Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations)
|
|
1873
|
|
Hans E Blaich, writer
|
|
1877
|
|
Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)
|
|
1879
|
|
Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal)
|
|
1883
|
|
Hermann Abendroth, German conductor
|
|
1884
|
|
Albert Louis Wolff, composer
|
|
1887
|
|
Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)
|
|
1889
|
|
Sophie Taeuber/Tuber-Arp, Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp (Dada)
|
|
1892
|
|
Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)
|
|
1897
|
|
Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer
|
|
1897
|
|
Ren Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad)
|
|
1899
|
|
[John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer
|
|
1902
|
|
Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)
|
|
1903
|
|
Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur
|
|
1903
|
|
Erwin Nyiregyh zi, Budapest Hungary, pianist
|
|
1904
|
|
James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)
|
|
1905
|
|
Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer
|
|
1905
|
|
Oveta Culp Hobby, govt official/newspaper publisher/CEO (Houston Post)
|
|
1906
|
|
Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
|
|
1906
|
|
Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show)
|
|
1907
|
|
Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)
|
|
1910
|
|
Willi Schmidt, Germany, director
|
|
1912
|
|
Francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss & March/Scottish landowner
|
|
1912
|
|
Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch soc dem chairman (1965-69)
|
|
1912
|
|
Leonid V Kantorovich, St Petersburg Russia, economist (Nobel)
|
|
1913
|
|
Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author
|
|
1914
|
|
Lester Flatt, country musician (Flatt & Scruggs)
|
|
1915
|
|
Alvy West, Bkln NY, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
|
|
1917
|
|
John Raitt, Bonnie Raitt's father/singer/actor (Pajama Game)
|
|
1917
|
|
Rudolf Maros, composer
|
|
1918
|
|
John H Johnson, US, publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet)
|
|
1919
|
|
Anthony Dexter, [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor (Valentino)
|
|
1919
|
|
Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964)
|
|
1920
|
|
Javier Prez de Cullar, Lima Per£, 5th sec-gen of UN (1982-91)
|
|
1921
|
|
Patricia Highsmith, [Plangman], US/Swiss writer (Strangers on a Train)
|
|
1922
|
|
Arthur Morris, cricketer (great Australian lefty opening batsman)
|
|
1922
|
|
Guy Madison, [Robert Moseley], Calif, actor (Wild Bill Hickok)
|
|
1922
|
|
Ken Hughes, Liverpool England, director (Casino Royale)
|
|
1923
|
|
Jean Stapleton, NYC, actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family)
|
|
1924
|
|
7th earl of Carnarvon, English large landowner
|
|
1924
|
|
Jean Franois Revel, French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jsus)
|
|
1924
|
|
Nicholas Colasanto, Providence RI, actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers)
|
|
1925
|
|
Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author (Afternoon of a Good Woman)
|
|
1926
|
|
Fritz Weaver, Pitts Pa, actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin)
|
|
1926
|
|
Libera Carlier, Flemish author (Action Station Go!)
|
|
1928
|
|
Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki
|
|
1928
|
|
Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer
|
|
1929
|
|
Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love)
|
|
1930
|
|
John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper (great South African)
|
|
1931
|
|
Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor (NBC Weekend News, 1965-67)
|
|
1931
|
|
Ron Packard, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
|
|
1932
|
|
Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker (Detroit Lions)
|
|
1932
|
|
Richard Lester, movie director (Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia)
|
|
1933
|
|
Marc F A Andries, Flemish actor (Central Station)
|
|
1935
|
|
Tippi Hedren, Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful)
|
|
1936
|
|
Elliott Schwartz, composer
|
|
1936
|
|
Ursula Andress, Switzerland, actress (She)
|
|
1938
|
|
Denny Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1981- )
|
|
1938
|
|
Eskil Hemberg, composer
|
|
1938
|
|
Phil Everly, Brownie Ky, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
|
|
1940
|
|
Barend J du Plessis, S African minister of Finance (1984- )
|
|
1940
|
|
Mary Mills, LPGA golfer
|
|
1942
|
|
Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star (Phantom of the Opera)
|
|
1942
|
|
Shelly Fabares, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach)
|
|
1943
|
|
Janis Joplin, Port Arthur Tx, bluesy rock singer (Down on Me)
|
|
1943
|
|
Joe Butler, rocker
|
|
1943
|
|
Margriet Francisca, Dutch Princess
|
|
1944
|
|
Dan Reeves, NFL Coach (NY Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons)
|
|
1944
|
|
Pehr Henrik Nordgren, composer
|
|
1944
|
|
Richard [Erskine Frere] Leakey, Nairobi Kenya, anthropologist
|
|
1945
|
|
Charles Amirkhanian, composer
|
|
1945
|
|
Rod Evans, rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band)
|
|
1945
|
|
Vadim Abdrashitov, director (Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets)
|
|
1946
|
|
Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut
|
|
1946
|
|
Dolly Rebecca Parton, Sevierville Tn, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5)
|
|
1946
|
|
Julian Barnes, England, writer (Before She Met Me)
|
|
1947
|
|
Alessandro Haber, actor (China is Near)
|
|
1947
|
|
Ann Compton, news reporter (ABC TV)
|
|
1948
|
|
Harvey Hinsley, rocker
|
|
1949
|
|
Robert Palmer, Batley England, singer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
|
|
1951
|
|
Linda Hayden, Middlesex England, actress (Blood on Satan's Claw)
|
|
1952
|
|
Dewey Bunell, Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane)
|
|
1953
|
|
Desi Arnaz Jr, LA Calif, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride)
|
|
1954
|
|
Katey Sagal, LA Calif, actress (Peg Bundy-Married with Children)
|
|
1954
|
|
Steve DeBerg, NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
|
|
1955
|
|
Simon Rattle, England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symph Orch)
|
|
1957
|
|
Mickael Virtue, rock keyboardist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
|
|
1957
|
|
Ottis "O J" Anderson, NFL running back (NY Giants)
|
|
1960
|
|
Alfrederick Joyner, E St Louis Ill, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1984)
|
|
1961
|
|
Paul McCrane, actor (Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back)
|
|
1961
|
|
William Ragsdale, AK, actor (Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk)
|
|
1962
|
|
Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara, actor (Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure)
|
|
1962
|
|
Chris Sabo, Detroit MI, pitcher (Cin Reds, Baltimore Orioles)
|
|
1963
|
|
Adele Peterson, LPGA golfer
|
|
1963
|
|
Caron Wheeler, English singer (Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin')
|
|
1963
|
|
Michael Adams, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
|
|
1965
|
|
Ricky Reynolds, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
|
|
1966
|
|
Anthony Young, US baseball pitcher (NY Met, Chicago Cubs)
|
|
1966
|
|
Ronnie Williams, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins)
|
|
1966
|
|
Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbledon 1988, US Open 1991)
|
|
1966
|
|
Sylvain Cote, Duberger, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
|
|
1967
|
|
Christine Tucci, actress (Amanda Cory-Another World)
|
|
1968
|
|
Marty Conlon, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
|
|
1968
|
|
Whitfield Crane, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
|
|
1969
|
|
Andrew Murray Stone, Auckland NZ, Open 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
|
|
1969
|
|
Junior Seau, NFL inside linebacker (SD Chargers)
|
|
1969
|
|
Luc Longley, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
|
|
1969
|
|
Orlando Palmeiro, Hoboken NJ, outfielder (California Angels)
|
|
1970
|
|
Ghetty Chasun, Erie Penn, actress (Red Lips)
|
|
1970
|
|
Rick Krivda, Mckeesport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
|
|
1970
|
|
T J Mathews, Belleville IL, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
|
|
1971
|
|
Jeff Juden, Salem MA, baseball pitcher (Phila Phillies, SF Giants)
|
|
1971
|
|
Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
|
|
1971
|
|
Reggie Brooks, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
|
|
1971
|
|
Shawn Wayans, actor (In Living Color)
|
|
1972
|
|
Tyrone Wheatley, NFL running back (NY Giants)
|
|
1973
|
|
Chris Stynes, Queens NY, infielder (KC Royals)
|
|
1974
|
|
Amaury Telemaco, Higuey Dom Rep, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
|
|
1974
|
|
Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (PSV)
|
|
1974
|
|
Tarik Oulida, soccer player (Ajax/Seville)
|
|
1974
|
|
Walter Jones, tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
|
|
1975
|
|
Natalie Harvey, Australian 3k/5k runner (Olympics-96)
|
|
1976
|
|
Claire Grech, Miss Malta Universe (1997)
|
|
1976
|
|
Sky Christopherson, Tucson Ariz, cyclist (Olympics-96)
|
|
1977
|
|
Anne Miller, Midland Mich, tennis star (1995 Darmstadt Germany)
|
|
1977
|
|
Taliesin Jaffe, Venice Calif, actor (Willy-Hail to the Chief)
|
|
1982
|
|
Jodie Sweetin, actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House)
|
|
1993
|
|
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy
|
|
|
DEATHS
|
|
|
639
|
|
Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustri, dies
|
|
1479
|
|
Johan II, king of Arag¢n/Navarra, dies at 81
|
|
1547
|
|
Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
|
|
1549
|
|
Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies
|
|
1576
|
|
Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81
|
|
1591
|
|
Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60
|
|
1625
|
|
Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32
|
|
1629
|
|
Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
|
|
1647
|
|
Johan van Beverwijck, physician (Treas of Ongesontheyt), dies at 52
|
|
1669
|
|
Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82
|
|
1692
|
|
John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62
|
|
1729
|
|
William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58
|
|
1747
|
|
Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies
|
|
1795
|
|
Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74
|
|
1805
|
|
Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43
|
|
1830
|
|
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer, dies at 56
|
|
1833
|
|
Louis-J-Ferdinand Hrold, French composer (Pr aux clercs), dies at 41
|
|
1839
|
|
Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38
|
|
1874
|
|
H v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75
|
|
1878
|
|
Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67
|
|
1885
|
|
Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
|
|
1893
|
|
Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68
|
|
1894
|
|
Franois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58
|
|
1913
|
|
David Emlyn Evans, composer, dies at 69
|
|
1927
|
|
Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belg/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86
|
|
1934
|
|
Armand Parent, composer, dies at 70
|
|
1944
|
|
Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
|
|
1945
|
|
Ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71
|
|
1951
|
|
Constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60
|
|
1951
|
|
Wilhelm Schfer, German writer (Mein Leben), dies at 82
|
|
1954
|
|
Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
|
|
1962
|
|
Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72
|
|
1965
|
|
Frank Reicher, actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89
|
|
1967
|
|
Grace Cunard, actress (Untamed, Ressurection), dies at 73
|
|
1969
|
|
Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84
|
|
1970
|
|
Albert Mhll, German writer, dies at 76
|
|
1970
|
|
Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49
|
|
1973
|
|
Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69
|
|
1975
|
|
Thomas Heart Benson, US artist, dies at 85
|
|
1976
|
|
Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
|
|
1977
|
|
Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), dies at 51
|
|
1978
|
|
Carl Betz, actor (Donna Reed Show), dies at 56
|
|
1979
|
|
Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies
|
|
1980
|
|
Richard Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 69
|
|
1980
|
|
William O Douglas, member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
|
|
1982
|
|
Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WW II), dies at 77
|
|
1982
|
|
Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), dies [or 1/20]
|
|
1987
|
|
Gerald Brenan, English writer, dies at 92
|
|
1988
|
|
Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83
|
|
1989
|
|
Norma Varden, actress (Loose in London), dies
|
|
1990
|
|
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, indian guru, dies at 58
|
|
1990
|
|
Herbert Wehner, German ex-communist/chairman (1958-73), dies at 83
|
|
1991
|
|
Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87
|
|
1991
|
|
Glenn Langan, actor (Big Chase, Jungle Heat, Rapture), dies at 73
|
|
1991
|
|
John Russell, actor/writer (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at 70
|
|
1993
|
|
Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
|
|
1993
|
|
Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
|
|
1993
|
|
Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50
|
|
1993
|
|
William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76
|
|
1995
|
|
Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80
|
|
1996
|
|
Bernard Baily, comic artist, dies at 79
|
|
1996
|
|
Donald Simpson, film producer, dies at 52
|
|
1996
|
|
Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/S African activist, dies at 70
|
|
1997
|
|
Adriana Caseloti, voice (Snow White), dies at 70
|
|
1997
|
|
George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher, dies at 88
|
|
1997
|
|
James Dickey, poet/novelist, dies at 84
|
|
1998
|
|
Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
 |
| |
Learning
With Ease
P.O. Box 488
Notre Dame, IN 46556
|
Phone
574-255-9665
Fax 484-518-0101
info@learningwithease.com
|
| |
|
| |
Hosting services by
Indiana WebWorks
|
|
|
