 |
| |
|
Today
In History
Enter
month, day and year (optional) to view the history for
that day!
|
| |
|
|
|
YEAR
|
EVENTS
|
|
296
|
|
St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
|
|
536
|
|
St Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
|
|
1056
|
|
Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
|
|
1073
|
|
Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII
|
|
1145
|
|
19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
|
|
1164
|
|
Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
|
|
1370
|
|
Bastille begins being built in Paris
|
|
1500
|
|
Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal
|
|
1509
|
|
Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
|
|
1521
|
|
French king Franois I declares war on Spain
|
|
1526
|
|
1st slave revolt occurs in SC
|
|
1529
|
|
Treaty of Saragosa: Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
|
|
1648
|
|
English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed
|
|
1659
|
|
Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
|
|
1662
|
|
Royal Society incorporates
|
|
1671
|
|
King Charles II sits in on English parliament
|
|
1674
|
|
Netherlands & Mnster sign peace treaty
|
|
1676
|
|
Battle of Etna - Neth/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded
|
|
1677
|
|
Battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet
|
|
1692
|
|
Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
|
|
1722
|
|
19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
|
|
1728
|
|
Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris
|
|
1769
|
|
Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
|
|
1793
|
|
Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
|
|
1796
|
|
Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
|
|
1804
|
|
Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola
|
|
1809
|
|
Battle at Eckmhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl
|
|
1817
|
|
Curaao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
|
|
1823
|
|
Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London
|
|
1823
|
|
R J Tyers patents roller skates
|
|
1838
|
|
English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing
|
|
1861
|
|
Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
|
|
1864
|
|
US mints 2 coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
|
|
1876
|
|
1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Phila Athletics 6-5
|
|
1876
|
|
Phila Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
|
|
1876
|
|
Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
|
|
1884
|
|
Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos)
|
|
1884
|
|
US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
|
|
1889
|
|
Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"
|
|
1893
|
|
Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
|
|
1893
|
|
Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time
|
|
1897
|
|
NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active)
|
|
1898
|
|
1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
|
|
1898
|
|
Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
|
|
1898
|
|
Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0
|
|
1898
|
|
Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
|
|
1898
|
|
US President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
|
|
1903
|
|
American Power Boat Association forms
|
|
1903
|
|
NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950
|
|
1905
|
|
Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam
|
|
1906
|
|
10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
|
|
1906
|
|
New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
|
|
1908
|
|
Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
|
|
1913
|
|
Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
|
|
1914
|
|
Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
|
|
1914
|
|
Mexico ends diplomatic relations with US
|
|
1915
|
|
1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I
|
|
1915
|
|
2nd Battle of Ypres begins
|
|
1915
|
|
NY Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
|
|
1916
|
|
France battles at Fort Douaumont
|
|
1922
|
|
South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR
|
|
1924
|
|
Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
|
|
1926
|
|
Persia, Turkey & Afghanistan sign treaties of security
|
|
1927
|
|
1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E
|
|
1930
|
|
US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty
|
|
1931
|
|
Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty
|
|
1933
|
|
Dutch govt forbids leftwing radio address
|
|
1937
|
|
NYC college students stage 4th annual peace strike
|
|
1940
|
|
Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
|
|
1943
|
|
German counter attack in North-Tunisia
|
|
1943
|
|
RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
|
|
1944
|
|
Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
|
|
1944
|
|
Hitler & Mussolini meet at Salzburg
|
|
1945
|
|
Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
|
|
1945
|
|
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
|
|
1946
|
|
SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms
|
|
1947
|
|
1st NBA Championship: Phila Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2
|
|
1948
|
|
WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
|
|
1951
|
|
Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC
|
|
1952
|
|
1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
|
|
1952
|
|
Eugne Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in NYC
|
|
1954
|
|
Achiel van Acker forms Belgian govt
|
|
1954
|
|
NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
|
|
1954
|
|
Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
|
|
1954
|
|
USSR joins UNESCO
|
|
1955
|
|
Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
|
|
1955
|
|
KC Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
|
|
1956
|
|
Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
|
|
1957
|
|
All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
|
|
1959
|
|
Chicago White Sox beat KC Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, & 3 errors
|
|
1959
|
|
Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
|
|
1961
|
|
Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria
|
|
1962
|
|
Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open
|
|
1962
|
|
NY Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
|
|
1962
|
|
Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
|
|
1962
|
|
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
|
|
1964
|
|
Tanganyika & Zanzibar form republic Tanzania
|
|
1964
|
|
World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, NY) opens
|
|
1966
|
|
Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4
|
|
1966
|
|
USSR performs underground nuclear test
|
|
1967
|
|
Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
|
|
1969
|
|
1st human eye transplant performed
|
|
1969
|
|
Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
|
|
1969
|
|
Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing
|
|
1970
|
|
"Park" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
|
|
1970
|
|
1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
|
|
1970
|
|
Flat Earth celebrated
|
|
1970
|
|
NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
|
|
1970
|
|
NY Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
|
|
1970
|
|
Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
|
|
1971
|
|
Soyuz 10 launched
|
|
1972
|
|
Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on Moon
|
|
1974
|
|
Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
|
|
1975
|
|
Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
|
|
1976
|
|
Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
|
|
1976
|
|
Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
|
|
1977
|
|
Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
|
|
1978
|
|
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony
|
|
1979
|
|
Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
|
|
1979
|
|
Mick Jaggar & Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
|
|
1981
|
|
10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
|
|
1981
|
|
Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
|
|
1981
|
|
Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
|
|
1981
|
|
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
|
|
1982
|
|
Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
|
|
1982
|
|
Launch of STS-3-Lousma & Fullerton [03/23]
|
|
1983
|
|
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
|
|
1983
|
|
Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2
|
|
1983
|
|
Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
|
|
1983
|
|
Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
|
|
1983
|
|
Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a
|
|
1984
|
|
Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
|
|
1986
|
|
Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
|
|
1986
|
|
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
|
|
1987
|
|
Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
|
|
1988
|
|
NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capi
|
|
1988
|
|
Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
|
|
1989
|
|
"Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 perfs
|
|
1989
|
|
Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
|
|
1990
|
|
"Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances
|
|
1990
|
|
Lebanon release US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
|
|
1991
|
|
Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
|
|
1991
|
|
Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
|
|
1991
|
|
Intel releases 486SX chip
|
|
1991
|
|
Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show
|
|
1991
|
|
Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
|
|
1992
|
|
"High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
|
|
1992
|
|
6.0 earthquake in California
|
|
1992
|
|
Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
|
|
1992
|
|
Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington DC
|
|
1992
|
|
Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport Calif, kills 16 parachutists
|
|
1993
|
|
"Who's Tommy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 899 performances
|
|
1993
|
|
Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78
|
|
1993
|
|
Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Wash DC
|
|
1993
|
|
Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
|
|
1993
|
|
Tennis star Bjrn Brg divorces Loredana Berte
|
|
1994
|
|
7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda
|
|
1994
|
|
Bírge Ousland reaches North pole
|
|
1994
|
|
Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
|
|
1994
|
|
In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made
|
|
1994
|
|
Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
|
|
1994
|
|
Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam
|
|
1995
|
|
General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby
|
|
1995
|
|
George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
|
|
|
BIRTHS
|
|
|
1357
|
|
Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)
|
|
1451
|
|
Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus
|
|
1515
|
|
Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendme/king of Navarra
|
|
1610
|
|
Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)
|
|
1640
|
|
Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
|
|
1658
|
|
Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)
|
|
1682
|
|
Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter
|
|
1690
|
|
John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)
|
|
1707
|
|
Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)
|
|
1724
|
|
Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
|
|
1766
|
|
Madame de Stal, Swiss-French belle-lettrist (An Extraordinary Woman)
|
|
1773
|
|
Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
|
|
1775
|
|
Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen)
|
|
1781
|
|
Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer
|
|
1799
|
|
Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)
|
|
1816
|
|
Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)
|
|
1818
|
|
Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)
|
|
1823
|
|
Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868
|
|
1827
|
|
William Hopkins Morris, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
|
|
1828
|
|
Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer
|
|
1831
|
|
Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers)
|
|
1832
|
|
Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska, (Gov-Neb), started Arbor Day
|
|
1839
|
|
August W Eichler, German botanist
|
|
1853
|
|
Alphonse Bertillon, France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system
|
|
1854
|
|
Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgium, international lawyer (Nobel 1913)
|
|
1856
|
|
[Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)
|
|
1858
|
|
Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
|
|
1863
|
|
Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher
|
|
1864
|
|
Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist
|
|
1866
|
|
Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
|
|
1868
|
|
Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
|
|
1870
|
|
Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist
|
|
1873
|
|
Ellen Anderson Glasgow, US, novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942)
|
|
1876
|
|
O E Rlvaag, Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth)
|
|
1876
|
|
Robert B r ny, Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert (Nobel 1914)
|
|
1878
|
|
Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer
|
|
1881
|
|
Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM (1917)
|
|
1884
|
|
Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer
|
|
1884
|
|
John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Died Sept 3, 1992)
|
|
1884
|
|
Otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalysis (Knstler)
|
|
1889
|
|
Ludwig Renn, writer
|
|
1891
|
|
Belle Bennett, Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask)
|
|
1891
|
|
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer
|
|
1892
|
|
Nikolai Obouhov, composer
|
|
1899
|
|
Martyn Green, London, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh)
|
|
1899
|
|
Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg, novelist
|
|
1902
|
|
Megan Lloyd George, English politician
|
|
1904
|
|
J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
|
|
1906
|
|
Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
|
|
1908
|
|
Eddie Albert, [Heimberger], Rock Island Il, actor (Oliver-Green Acres)
|
|
1909
|
|
Ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show)
|
|
1910
|
|
Eric Scowen, physician
|
|
1910
|
|
R J Ritchie, tennis player
|
|
1912
|
|
Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer
|
|
1912
|
|
Kathleen Mary Ferrier, England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice)
|
|
1914
|
|
Charles Hubert Sisson, author/poet (Christopher Homm)
|
|
1914
|
|
Hans Baumann, writer
|
|
1914
|
|
Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory)
|
|
1915
|
|
Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn)
|
|
1915
|
|
Lord Airedale, British Lord (social democrat)
|
|
1916
|
|
Earl of Oxford & Asquith, governor (Seychelles)
|
|
1916
|
|
Lord Menuhin, OM
|
|
1916
|
|
Yehudi Menuhin, NYC, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata)
|
|
1917
|
|
Leo Abse, biographer/MP
|
|
1917
|
|
Mile Yvette Chauvir, France, ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty)
|
|
1917
|
|
Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly)
|
|
1919
|
|
Donald Cram, US, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
|
|
1920
|
|
Hal March, SF Calif, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage)
|
|
1920
|
|
Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word)
|
|
1922
|
|
Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
|
|
1922
|
|
Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark)
|
|
1922
|
|
Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings)
|
|
1923
|
|
Betty Page, Kingsport Tn, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel)
|
|
1923
|
|
Hugh Lloyd, actor (Punch & Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising)
|
|
1923
|
|
Paula Fox, US children's books author (Poor George)
|
|
1923
|
|
Peter Bowring, CEO (C T Bowring)
|
|
1925
|
|
Christopher Ball, Oxford, warden (Keble College)
|
|
1925
|
|
George Cole, London England, actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers)
|
|
1926
|
|
Bob Flannigan, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
|
|
1926
|
|
Charlotte Rae, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (Edna-Facts of Life)
|
|
1926
|
|
James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight
|
|
1927
|
|
Pascal Bentoiu, composer
|
|
1928
|
|
Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels)
|
|
1928
|
|
Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
|
|
1929
|
|
Geoffrey Marshall, Provost (Queen's College, Oxford)
|
|
1929
|
|
Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
|
|
1929
|
|
Michael Atiyah, educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England)
|
|
1929
|
|
Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat/exec director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
|
|
1929
|
|
Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
|
|
1931
|
|
Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP)
|
|
1931
|
|
Robert Dickson, Canada, ice hockey player (1948)
|
|
1931
|
|
Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet)
|
|
1931
|
|
Siem Vroom, Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries)
|
|
1932
|
|
Michael Colgrass, Chicago Illinois, composer (Best Wishes)
|
|
1933
|
|
John A Llewellyn, Cardiff Wales, astronaut
|
|
1933
|
|
Robin Hutton, merchant banker
|
|
1934
|
|
9th viscount Portman, British large landowner/multi-millionaire
|
|
1934
|
|
David Ratford, diplomat
|
|
1934
|
|
John K Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire
|
|
1934
|
|
Nico Ladenis, British restauranteur (Nico at 90)/=
|
|
1934
|
|
Viscount Portman, Britsh landowner/multimillionaire
|
|
1935
|
|
Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
|
|
1935
|
|
Glen Campbell, Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix)
|
|
1937
|
|
Bobbi Fiedler, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
|
|
1937
|
|
David Summerscale, head master (Westminster School England)
|
|
1937
|
|
Jack Nicholson, NJ, actor (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)
|
|
1937
|
|
Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman)
|
|
1937
|
|
Ken Palmer, cricketer (1-190 in only Test for England, now Test ump)
|
|
1937
|
|
Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire
|
|
1938
|
|
Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman
|
|
1939
|
|
Jason Miller, Scranton PA, actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day)
|
|
1939
|
|
John Chilcot, civil servant
|
|
1939
|
|
John Foley, mjr-general
|
|
1940
|
|
Peter Goldstein, joint founder (Superdrug)
|
|
1943
|
|
Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me)
|
|
1943
|
|
Steve Dunne, cricketer (NZ Test umpire on international panel)
|
|
1944
|
|
Joshua Rifkin, composer
|
|
1945
|
|
Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
|
|
1945
|
|
Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
|
|
1945
|
|
Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
|
|
1945
|
|
Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
|
|
1946
|
|
Archy Kirkwood, MP (L-D)
|
|
1946
|
|
Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
|
|
1946
|
|
John Waters, director (Hairspray)
|
|
1947
|
|
Barry Guy, composer
|
|
1948
|
|
Carole Drinkwater, actress (Father, All Creatures Great & Small)
|
|
1949
|
|
Spencer Haywood, Silver City Ms, NBAer (Oly-gold-1968, Knicks)
|
|
1950
|
|
Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
|
|
1950
|
|
Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
|
|
1950
|
|
Peter Frampton, Kent Engld, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
|
|
1953
|
|
Steve Bond, Haifa Israel, actor (General Hospital, To Die For)
|
|
1954
|
|
Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara Cal, actor (Surfacing, Blind Date)
|
|
1955
|
|
Arthur Baker, rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock)
|
|
1956
|
|
Catherine Mary Stewart, Edmonton, actress (Passion & Paradise)
|
|
1957
|
|
Alan Campbell, Homestead Fla, actor (E Z-3's a Crowd)
|
|
1957
|
|
Ethel White, WBL guard (NY Stars)
|
|
1958
|
|
Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s)
|
|
1958
|
|
Ken Olandt, actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun)
|
|
1959
|
|
Nicky Le Roux, South Africa, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Champ-15th)
|
|
1959
|
|
Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer (pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams)
|
|
1959
|
|
Ryan Stiles, Seattle Wash, actor (Lewis-Drew Carey Show)
|
|
1960
|
|
Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ (1986)
|
|
1961
|
|
Byron Allen, LA Calif, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show)
|
|
1961
|
|
Jeff Hostetler, NFL QB (NY Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Superbowl)
|
|
1961
|
|
Jimmy Key, Huntsville Alabama, pitcher (Blue Jays, NY Yanks, Orioles)
|
|
1962
|
|
David Wettlaufer, Kitchener Ont, golfer (Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87)
|
|
1962
|
|
Denise Baldwin, Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury)
|
|
1964
|
|
Bob McCann, NBA forward (Washington Bullets)
|
|
1964
|
|
Chris Makepeace, Toronto, actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis)
|
|
1966
|
|
Glenn Parker, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, KC Chiefs)
|
|
1966
|
|
Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
|
|
1967
|
|
Bart Bowen, Albuquerque NM, cyclist (Olympics-96)
|
|
1967
|
|
Harvey Williams, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
|
|
1967
|
|
Mike Buck, NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
|
|
1967
|
|
Sheryl Lee, Boulder Colo, actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies & Murder)
|
|
1968
|
|
Bimbo Coles, NBA guard (Golden State Warriors)
|
|
1968
|
|
Carlos Costa, Spain, tennis star
|
|
1968
|
|
Jo Angel, cricketer (big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-)
|
|
1968
|
|
Vernell Coles, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
|
|
1968
|
|
Zarley Zalapski, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
|
|
1969
|
|
Bobby Olive, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
|
|
1969
|
|
Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey)
|
|
1969
|
|
George Williams, Lacrosse WI, catcher (Oakland A's)
|
|
1969
|
|
Roger Jones, NFL center (Cin Bengals)
|
|
1970
|
|
Claus Biedermann, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
|
|
1970
|
|
Coleman Bell, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins)
|
|
1971
|
|
Ingo Rademacher, German FR, actor (Jasper Jacks-General Hospital)
|
|
1971
|
|
James Burton, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears)
|
|
1971
|
|
Milos Holan, Bilovec Cze, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
|
|
1971
|
|
Nicklas Kulti, Sweden, tennis star
|
|
1972
|
|
Anna Falchi, Tampera Finland, actress (La Dolce Vita '90)
|
|
1972
|
|
Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star (Strasbourg doubles final)
|
|
1973
|
|
Christopher Sanders, tight end (Washington Redskins)
|
|
1973
|
|
Scott Fields, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
|
|
1974
|
|
Adam Parfitt, Victoria BC, rower (Olympics-96)
|
|
1974
|
|
Georgia Goettmann, model (Cosmo-May 1995)
|
|
1975
|
|
Brian Manning, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
|
|
1975
|
|
Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player (MVV)
|
|
1976
|
|
Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador (1996)
|
|
1980
|
|
Aaron Metchnik, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Stephen-Torkelsons)
|
|
1980
|
|
Monica Flammer, Gainesville Fla, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
|
|
1985
|
|
Lauri Hendler, Ft Belvoir Va, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break)
|
|
|
DEATHS
|
|
|
536
|
|
Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies
|
|
1253
|
|
Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53
|
|
1355
|
|
Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36
|
|
1462
|
|
Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies
|
|
1521
|
|
Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded
|
|
1592
|
|
Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80
|
|
1648
|
|
Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69
|
|
1662
|
|
John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies
|
|
1672
|
|
Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73
|
|
1677
|
|
Wenzel E Frst von Lobkowitz, Austria chancellor (16..-74), dies at 68
|
|
1699
|
|
Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53
|
|
1722
|
|
Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
|
|
1776
|
|
Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67
|
|
1778
|
|
James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies
|
|
1782
|
|
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
|
|
1788
|
|
Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46
|
|
1821
|
|
John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52
|
|
1827
|
|
Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies
|
|
1830
|
|
Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69
|
|
1833
|
|
Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62
|
|
1844
|
|
Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
|
|
1864
|
|
Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76
|
|
1865
|
|
Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries
|
|
1883
|
|
Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
|
|
1892
|
|
Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69
|
|
1899
|
|
E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies
|
|
1901
|
|
William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies
|
|
1908
|
|
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier (1905-08), dies
|
|
1925
|
|
Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46
|
|
1929
|
|
Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
|
|
1930
|
|
Jeppe Aakjr, Danish journalist/author/poet (Rugens sange), dies at 63
|
|
1933
|
|
Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies
|
|
1941
|
|
Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
|
|
1944
|
|
Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
|
|
1945
|
|
Kthe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77
|
|
1946
|
|
Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73
|
|
1946
|
|
Lionel Atwill, actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61
|
|
1950
|
|
Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
|
|
1951
|
|
Stanley Ridges, actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies at 59
|
|
1953
|
|
Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer, dies at 75
|
|
1957
|
|
Ignatius Roy D Campbell, British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54
|
|
1961
|
|
Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Curaao school inspector, dies at 91
|
|
1962
|
|
Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
|
|
1962
|
|
Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
|
|
1967
|
|
Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62
|
|
1975
|
|
Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
|
|
1976
|
|
Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
|
|
1977
|
|
Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
|
|
1978
|
|
Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75
|
|
1980
|
|
Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
|
|
1981
|
|
Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76
|
|
1982
|
|
Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80
|
|
1983
|
|
Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
|
|
1983
|
|
Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in NY at 80
|
|
1984
|
|
Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82
|
|
1986
|
|
Mircea Eliade, writer, dies
|
|
1988
|
|
Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96
|
|
1989
|
|
Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
|
|
1990
|
|
Bertil Unger, actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies
|
|
1992
|
|
Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34
|
|
1992
|
|
Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies
|
|
1992
|
|
Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies
|
|
1993
|
|
Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party, dies at 72
|
|
1993
|
|
Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66
|
|
1993
|
|
Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
|
|
1994
|
|
D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96
|
|
1994
|
|
Denis Pitts, journalist, dies at 64
|
|
1994
|
|
Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80
|
|
1994
|
|
Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies of stroke at 81
|
|
1994
|
|
Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist, dies at 89
|
|
1995
|
|
Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
|
|
1995
|
|
Maggie Kuhn, activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
|
|
1996
|
|
David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63
|
|
1996
|
|
Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69
|
|
1996
|
|
Hiteshwar Saikia, PM of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
 |
| |
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
|
|
|
