 |
| |
|
Today
In History
Enter
month, day and year (optional) to view the history for
that day!
|
| |
|
|
|
YEAR
|
EVENTS
|
|
180
|
|
Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago
|
|
561
|
|
John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I
|
|
855
|
|
St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
|
|
1054
|
|
Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king
|
|
1070
|
|
Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders
|
|
1203
|
|
Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees
|
|
1245
|
|
Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time
|
|
1393
|
|
Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria
|
|
1429
|
|
Dauphin crowned king of France
|
|
1453
|
|
1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops
|
|
1473
|
|
Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen
|
|
1509
|
|
Venice recaptures Padua
|
|
1549
|
|
Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium
|
|
1552
|
|
Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun
|
|
1583
|
|
Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk
|
|
1585
|
|
English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I
|
|
1596
|
|
At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya
|
|
1603
|
|
Sir Walter Ralegh arrested
|
|
1712
|
|
England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]
|
|
1727
|
|
Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor
|
|
1740
|
|
Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV
|
|
1774
|
|
Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)
|
|
1775
|
|
1st military hospital approved
|
|
1788
|
|
Russian fleet destroys Swedish
|
|
1794
|
|
African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated
|
|
1794
|
|
Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church
|
|
1821
|
|
Spain cedes Florida to US
|
|
1841
|
|
British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published
|
|
1850
|
|
Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
|
|
1856
|
|
Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila)
|
|
1861
|
|
Congress authorizes paper money
|
|
1861
|
|
Manassas, VA Gen Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, Gen Johnston is ordered to Manassas
|
|
1862
|
|
Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition
|
|
1862
|
|
R John Hunt Morgan:Cynthiana, KY CS24 US17 Skirmish at Columbia, TN
|
|
1862
|
|
United army officially divides corps
|
|
1862
|
|
US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers
|
|
1863
|
|
Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory
|
|
1864
|
|
CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood
|
|
1866
|
|
Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa
|
|
1867
|
|
1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established
|
|
1879
|
|
1st railroad opens in Hawaii
|
|
1890
|
|
Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony
|
|
1893
|
|
Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
|
|
1897
|
|
1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon
|
|
1898
|
|
Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to US at Santiago Cuba
|
|
1900
|
|
NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas
|
|
1902
|
|
Orioles forfeit to St Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
|
|
1911
|
|
Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army
|
|
1912
|
|
IAF (Intl Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden
|
|
1914
|
|
Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-
|
|
1915
|
|
Italian offensive at Isonzo
|
|
1917
|
|
British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor
|
|
1918
|
|
Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings
|
|
1919
|
|
Finland adopts constitution
|
|
1919
|
|
Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play
|
|
1922
|
|
Curaao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto
|
|
1922
|
|
Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year
|
|
1923
|
|
Carl Mays gave up 13 runs & 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians
|
|
1924
|
|
St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
|
|
1925
|
|
Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits
|
|
1926
|
|
Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)
|
|
1929
|
|
USSR drops diplomatic relations with China
|
|
1934
|
|
Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland
|
|
1935
|
|
Variety's famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"
|
|
1936
|
|
Carl Hubbell begins winning streak, beating Pittsburgh 6-0,
|
|
1936
|
|
Military uprising under Gen Franco/begins Spanish civil war
|
|
1938
|
|
Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland
|
|
1939
|
|
22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY
|
|
1941
|
|
NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
|
|
1942
|
|
3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15
|
|
1942
|
|
Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pa (state record)
|
|
1942
|
|
Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
|
|
1943
|
|
RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemnde
|
|
1944
|
|
2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322
|
|
1944
|
|
Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland
|
|
1945
|
|
Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting
|
|
1948
|
|
Israeli army captures Nazareth
|
|
1948
|
|
Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea
|
|
1950
|
|
Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
|
|
1951
|
|
King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I
|
|
1952
|
|
Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier
|
|
1954
|
|
1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)
|
|
1954
|
|
Construction begins on Disneyland. . .
|
|
1954
|
|
Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany
|
|
1955
|
|
Arco Idaho becomes 1st US city lit by nuclear power
|
|
1955
|
|
Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County
|
|
1958
|
|
King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation
|
|
1958
|
|
Peter Shaffer's "Five Finger Exercise," premieres in London
|
|
1958
|
|
US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
|
|
1959
|
|
2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis
|
|
1959
|
|
Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)
|
|
1959
|
|
River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)
|
|
1959
|
|
Tibet abolishes serfdom
|
|
1961
|
|
Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in 1st 154 games
|
|
1961
|
|
John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show
|
|
1961
|
|
Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th
|
|
1962
|
|
East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall
|
|
1962
|
|
Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)
|
|
1962
|
|
Senate rejects medicare for aged
|
|
1962
|
|
US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
|
|
1963
|
|
Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
|
|
1964
|
|
Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)
|
|
1964
|
|
Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
|
|
1965
|
|
WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (ABC) begins
|
|
1966
|
|
"It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin NYC after 129 perfs
|
|
1966
|
|
Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
|
|
1966
|
|
Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit
|
|
1966
|
|
Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
|
|
1966
|
|
Pioneer 7 launched
|
|
1967
|
|
Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act
|
|
1967
|
|
Race riots in Cairo Illinois
|
|
1968
|
|
Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London
|
|
1968
|
|
Revolt in Iraq
|
|
1970
|
|
30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
|
|
1971
|
|
Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship
|
|
1972
|
|
1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico
|
|
1973
|
|
Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees
|
|
1974
|
|
1st quadrophonic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues
|
|
1974
|
|
Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)
|
|
1974
|
|
France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
|
|
1974
|
|
John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days
|
|
1975
|
|
Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make 1st US/USSR linkup in space
|
|
1975
|
|
Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce
|
|
1976
|
|
21st modern Olympic games opens in Montral
|
|
1976
|
|
Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor
|
|
1977
|
|
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
|
|
1978
|
|
NY Yank manager Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
|
|
1978
|
|
Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
|
|
1979
|
|
50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
|
|
1979
|
|
All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pitts Pirates)
|
|
1979
|
|
David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston
|
|
1979
|
|
Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami
|
|
1979
|
|
Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
|
|
1979
|
|
Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament
|
|
1980
|
|
Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president
|
|
1980
|
|
Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president
|
|
1980
|
|
Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan
|
|
1981
|
|
"This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 28 perfs
|
|
1981
|
|
Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in At
|
|
1981
|
|
Humbar Estuary Bridge, UK, world's longest span (1.4 km), opens
|
|
1981
|
|
Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
|
|
1981
|
|
Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured
|
|
1981
|
|
USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
|
|
1983
|
|
112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
|
|
1983
|
|
1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Phila Stars 24-22)
|
|
1983
|
|
Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic
|
|
1984
|
|
Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France
|
|
1984
|
|
Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7
|
|
1986
|
|
Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time
|
|
1987
|
|
"Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
|
|
1987
|
|
10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
|
|
1987
|
|
Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
|
|
1987
|
|
Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time
|
|
1987
|
|
Iran & France breaks diplomatic relations
|
|
1988
|
|
117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham
|
|
1988
|
|
4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute
|
|
1988
|
|
Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
|
|
1988
|
|
Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)
|
|
1988
|
|
Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103øF (39øC)
|
|
1989
|
|
1st Test flight of US stealth-bomber
|
|
1989
|
|
Paul McCartney releases "This One"
|
|
1989
|
|
Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances
|
|
1990
|
|
Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq
|
|
1990
|
|
Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
|
|
1990
|
|
NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
|
|
1990
|
|
PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis
|
|
1992
|
|
Slovak parliament asks for self rule
|
|
1993
|
|
Graeme Obree bicycles world record time, 51,596 km
|
|
1994
|
|
123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
|
|
1994
|
|
Beth Daniel wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
|
|
1994
|
|
Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup
|
|
1994
|
|
French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche
|
|
1994
|
|
Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship
|
|
1995
|
|
Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B)
|
|
1996
|
|
230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of NYC
|
|
1996
|
|
Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves
|
|
1997
|
|
STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands
|
|
1998
|
|
Russia buries tsar Nicholas II & family, 80 years after they died
|
|
|
BIRTHS
|
|
|
1487
|
|
Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
|
|
1674
|
|
Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
|
|
1702
|
|
Johann Schneider, composer
|
|
1744
|
|
Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering
|
|
1763
|
|
Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education
|
|
1763
|
|
John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
|
|
1775
|
|
August Harder, composer
|
|
1817
|
|
Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer
|
|
1827
|
|
Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
|
|
1830
|
|
Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)
|
|
1832
|
|
Johan August Soderman, composer
|
|
1839
|
|
Friedrich Gernsheim, composer
|
|
1853
|
|
Francesco Fanciulli, composer
|
|
1859
|
|
Luis Mu¤oz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
|
|
1871
|
|
Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter
|
|
1873
|
|
Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
|
|
1875
|
|
Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
|
|
1876
|
|
Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat
|
|
1876
|
|
Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)
|
|
1876
|
|
Vittorio Gnecchi, composer
|
|
1878
|
|
Henri Zagwijn, composer
|
|
1883
|
|
Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)
|
|
1883
|
|
Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)
|
|
1885
|
|
Benjamin James Dale, composer
|
|
1888
|
|
Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
|
|
1889
|
|
Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
|
|
1894
|
|
Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent)
|
|
1897
|
|
Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge
|
|
1898
|
|
Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)
|
|
1900
|
|
James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), hold that grapefruit
|
|
1902
|
|
Christina Stead, Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children)
|
|
1903
|
|
Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer
|
|
1904
|
|
Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor
|
|
1905
|
|
Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan
|
|
1905
|
|
William Gargan, Bkln NY, actor (Dynamite, Ellery Queen)
|
|
1906
|
|
John Carroll, [Julian LaFaye], New Orleans LA, actor (Wolf Call)
|
|
1908
|
|
Rudolf Petzold, composer
|
|
1909
|
|
Hardy Amies, London England, royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II)
|
|
1912
|
|
Art Linkletter, Saskatchewan Canada, TV host (People are Funny)
|
|
1912
|
|
Pal Kov cs, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1952)
|
|
1913
|
|
Everett Helm, composer
|
|
1913
|
|
Roger Garaudy, French philosopher
|
|
1914
|
|
Lucille Benson, Scottsboro Ala, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies)
|
|
1915
|
|
Cass Daley, Philadelphia PA, actress (Red Garters)
|
|
1915
|
|
Dorothy Poynton-Hill, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932)
|
|
1915
|
|
Esther Williamson Ballou, composer
|
|
1916
|
|
Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)
|
|
1917
|
|
Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year)
|
|
1917
|
|
Phyllis Diller, Lima Ohio, comedienne (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number)
|
|
1919
|
|
Alex Moir, cricketer (New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59)
|
|
1920
|
|
Bill Monroe, New Orleans La, newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report)
|
|
1920
|
|
Helen Walker, Worcester MA, actress (Brewster's Million)
|
|
1920
|
|
Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman (International Olympic Committee)
|
|
1920
|
|
Rudolf Karpati, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
|
|
1921
|
|
Acquanetta, [Mildred Davenport], Wyo, actress (Tarzan & Leopard Woman)
|
|
1921
|
|
George Barnes, Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show)
|
|
1922
|
|
Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic
|
|
1928
|
|
Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker
|
|
1930
|
|
Ryohei Hirose, composer
|
|
1932
|
|
Niccolo Castiglioni, composer
|
|
1932
|
|
Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials)
|
|
1932
|
|
Wojciech Kilar, composer
|
|
1933
|
|
Tony Pithey, cricketer (brother of David, S African batsman in 17 Test
|
|
1934
|
|
Donald Sutherland, St John NB, actor (M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers)
|
|
1934
|
|
Pat McCormick, comedian (Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show)
|
|
1934
|
|
Philippe Capdenat, composer
|
|
1934
|
|
Rainer Kisch, writer
|
|
1935
|
|
Diahann Carroll, Bronx, actress (Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty)
|
|
1935
|
|
P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven)
|
|
1937
|
|
Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, writer
|
|
1938
|
|
Stan Bronstein, rocker
|
|
1939
|
|
Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)
|
|
1939
|
|
Warwick Hutton, artist
|
|
1940
|
|
Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)
|
|
1941
|
|
Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)
|
|
1941
|
|
Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967)
|
|
1942
|
|
Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)
|
|
1942
|
|
Gale Garnett, Auckland NZ, singer (We'll Sing in the Sunshine)
|
|
1942
|
|
Spencer Davis, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
|
|
1944
|
|
Mark Burgess, cricketer (NZ batsman of the 70's)
|
|
1945
|
|
Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)
|
|
1947
|
|
Camilla Parker-Bowles, London England, Prince Charles' lover
|
|
1948
|
|
Brian Glascock, rock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely)
|
|
1948
|
|
Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964)
|
|
1948
|
|
Luc Bondy, Zurich Switzerland
|
|
1948
|
|
Phillip Harris, rocker
|
|
1949
|
|
Bill Ward, rocker
|
|
1949
|
|
Geezer Butler, Birmingham, rocker (Black Sabbath)
|
|
1949
|
|
Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden)
|
|
1949
|
|
Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells)
|
|
1949
|
|
Terry "Geezer" Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath)
|
|
1951
|
|
Lucie Arnaz, LA Calif, actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer)
|
|
1952
|
|
Chet McCracken, Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
|
|
1952
|
|
David Hasselhoff, Balt Md, actor (Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch)
|
|
1952
|
|
Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love)
|
|
1952
|
|
Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from "It's a Different World")
|
|
1952
|
|
Robert R[ick] McCammon, US, sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk)
|
|
1952
|
|
Th Lau, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer (The Scene, Row Row Row)
|
|
1956
|
|
Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Sask, NHL Center (NY Islanders)
|
|
1957
|
|
Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet)
|
|
1958
|
|
Belinda Carlisle, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Go-Go's-Vacation)
|
|
1959
|
|
Janet Lynn Kavandi, Springfield Mo, PhD/astronaut (sk:STS 91)
|
|
1960
|
|
Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV)
|
|
1960
|
|
Karen Elaine Price, Pasadena Calif, playmate (January, 1981)
|
|
1960
|
|
Kim Barnett, cricketer (England batsman & occasional leggie 1988-89)
|
|
1960
|
|
Nancy Giles, NYC, actress (Connie-Delta, Off Beat, Big, Angie)
|
|
1960
|
|
Robin Shou, martial arts actor (Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja)
|
|
1960
|
|
Scott Norwood, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat)
|
|
1962
|
|
Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, archer (Olympics-gold-1988, 92, 96)
|
|
1963
|
|
Denise Miller, Bkln NY, actress (Billie-Archie Bunker's Place)
|
|
1963
|
|
Matti Nyknen, Finnish ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
|
|
1964
|
|
Heather Langenkamp, actress (Marie-Just the 10 of Us)
|
|
1965
|
|
Alex Winter, London England, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
|
|
1965
|
|
Ken Evraire, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
|
|
1966
|
|
Michael John Bradley, Largo FL, PGA golfer (1993 Kemper Open-3rd)
|
|
1967
|
|
Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
|
|
1967
|
|
Pearl Sinn, Seoul Korea, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th)
|
|
1969
|
|
Tommy Soderstrom, Stockholm SWE, NHL goalie (Sweden, NY Islanders)
|
|
1970
|
|
Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
|
|
1970
|
|
Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait)/wife of Bill Wyman
|
|
1971
|
|
Calbert Cheaney, NBA forward/guard (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
|
|
1971
|
|
Daniel Kunce, Sumperk GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
|
|
1972
|
|
Donny Marshall, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
|
|
1972
|
|
Eric Williams, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics)
|
|
1972
|
|
Melissa "Missy" Schwen, Bloomington Ind, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
|
|
1972
|
|
Michael Lampert, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
|
|
1973
|
|
Horacio Llamas, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
|
|
1975
|
|
Troy Amos Ross, Georgetown Guyana, Canadian boxer (Olympics-96)
|
|
|
DEATHS
|
|
|
924
|
|
Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies
|
|
1025
|
|
Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies
|
|
1070
|
|
Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies
|
|
1345
|
|
Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched
|
|
1510
|
|
Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies
|
|
1510
|
|
Tree of Commonwealth, beheaded at about 48
|
|
1627
|
|
Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67
|
|
1682
|
|
Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29
|
|
1709
|
|
Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60
|
|
1746
|
|
Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53
|
|
1753
|
|
Andr-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
|
|
1762
|
|
Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34
|
|
1763
|
|
Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45
|
|
1764
|
|
Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82
|
|
1793
|
|
Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined
|
|
1794
|
|
Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45
|
|
1826
|
|
Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65
|
|
1838
|
|
John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82
|
|
1851
|
|
Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37
|
|
1863
|
|
James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35
|
|
1864
|
|
Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29
|
|
1864
|
|
Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71
|
|
1871
|
|
Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29
|
|
1875
|
|
Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77
|
|
1878
|
|
Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
|
|
1901
|
|
John Farmer, composer, dies at 64
|
|
1903
|
|
James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69
|
|
1912
|
|
J-Henri Poincar, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58
|
|
1915
|
|
Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday
|
|
1918
|
|
Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13
|
|
1918
|
|
Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46
|
|
1918
|
|
Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17
|
|
1918
|
|
Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
|
|
1918
|
|
Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
|
|
1918
|
|
Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
|
|
1918
|
|
Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
|
|
1918
|
|
Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50
|
|
1918
|
|
Olga Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
|
|
1918
|
|
Tatyana Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
|
|
1918
|
|
Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
|
|
1922
|
|
Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57
|
|
1928
|
|
Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated
|
|
1928
|
|
Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921), dies
|
|
1937
|
|
Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73
|
|
1944
|
|
Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies
|
|
1946
|
|
Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53
|
|
1947
|
|
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34
|
|
1953
|
|
Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65
|
|
1953
|
|
Maude K Adams, US actress (Little Minister), dies
|
|
1954
|
|
Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85
|
|
1955
|
|
Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73
|
|
1957
|
|
John Coltrane, rocker, dies of cancer at 30
|
|
1959
|
|
Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44
|
|
1959
|
|
Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
|
|
1959
|
|
Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies
|
|
1961
|
|
Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74
|
|
1965
|
|
Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57
|
|
1966
|
|
August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71
|
|
1967
|
|
Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74
|
|
1967
|
|
Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77
|
|
1967
|
|
John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40
|
|
1970
|
|
Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74
|
|
1971
|
|
Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76
|
|
1974
|
|
Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63
|
|
1975
|
|
Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)
|
|
1978
|
|
Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51
|
|
1979
|
|
Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
|
|
1980
|
|
Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68
|
|
1984
|
|
J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89
|
|
1985
|
|
Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93
|
|
1985
|
|
Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor
|
|
1988
|
|
Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death
|
|
1990
|
|
Bernard Cowan, TV announcer, dies of kidney disease at 68
|
|
1993
|
|
Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61
|
|
1993
|
|
Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
|
|
1993
|
|
Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84
|
|
1994
|
|
Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95
|
|
1994
|
|
Sbastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91
|
|
1995
|
|
Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
|
|
1995
|
|
Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd, dies at 71
|
|
1996
|
|
Alan McGilvray, cricket commentator, dies at 85
|
|
1996
|
|
Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60
|
|
1996
|
|
Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57
|
|
1996
|
|
Chris Komar, dancer, dies at 48
|
|
1996
|
|
Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95
|
|
1996
|
|
John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68
|
|
1996
|
|
Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81
|
|
1996
|
|
Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
 |
| |
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
|
|
|
