Today In History
Historical Events
1942 – Philip Barry’s play “Without Love” premieres in NYC
1964 – Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
1971 – US table tennis team arrived in China
1979 – Train detrailment in Mississauga, Ontario; a 106 car train derails causing the evacuation of 200,000 people
2019 – Death toll in demonstrations in Iraq reaches 319, with 15,000 injured since Oct 1 according to Iraqi human rights organization
Famous Birthdays
1945 – Donna Fargo [Yvonne Vaughn], American country singer (“The Happiest Girl in Whole USA”), born in Mount Airy, North Carolina
1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) and composer, born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1997)
1961 – Rudolf Grimm, Austrian physics professor (Bose–Einstein condensation of molecules), born in Mannheim, West Germany
1968 – Steve Brookstein, English singer who won the first series of The X Factor, born in Mitcham, England
1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Famous Deaths
2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1969-72), and 3-time President of the National Assembly, dies at 85
2006 – Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
2009 – Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
2015 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey (11 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 3 x Epsom Derby), dies from a heart attack at 63
2020 – Tony Waiters, British soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Blackpool) and manager (Canada, Plymouth Argyle, Vancouver Whitecaps), dies at 83
Historical Events
1938 – 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska
1967 – KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 – “Ship Ahoy” album by The O’Jays is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1974)
1975 – American iron ore freighter ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald, with entire crew of 29, lost in storm on Lake Superior
1980 – Poland acknowledges Solidarity union
1991 – Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30
2014 – “The Hunger Games” Mockingjay – Part 1″ directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London
2021 – China and the US announce plans to work together on cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the COP26 summit
Famous Birthdays
745 – Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam, born in Al-Abwa, Medina (d. 799)
1811 – Louis Kufferath, German-Belgian composer, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1882)
1918 – Oda Blinder [Yolanda Corsen], Curaçao-Dutch poet (Doorstep), born in Willemstad, Curaçao (d. 1969)
1919 – Bulldog Turner, American Pro/College Football HOF center (Hardin–Simmons University; 7 × First-team All-Pro; 4 x Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), born in Plains, Texas (d. 1998)
1930 – Norma Crane, American actress (Tea and Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), born in New York City (d. 1973)
1953 – Larry Christenson, American MLB baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, World Series 1980), born in Everett, Washington (d. 2026)
1954 – Juanito, Spanish soccer forward (34 caps; Real Madrid 284 games, 85 goals), born in Fuengirola, Spain (d. 1992)
1955 – Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director (2012, The Day After Tomorrow), born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1964 – Kenny Rogers, American MLB pitcher (perfect game 1994), born in Savannah, Georgia
1977 – Matt Cepicky, American baseball player, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Famous Deaths
1670 – Geory Horn [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50
1954 – Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher, dies at 84
1984 – Sudie Bond, American stage and screen actress (Love Story; Johnny Dangerously), dies of a respiratory ailment at 61
1991 – Dick the Bruiser [William Fritz Afflis], American professional wrestler, dies at 62
1996 – Marjorie Proops, British journalist (Daily Mirror), and advice columnist (Dear Marje), dies at 85
1997 – William Alland, American actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81
2004 – (Catalina) “Katy” de la Cruz, Filipina bodabil singer and actress, dies at 97
2006 – Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
2006 – Jack Palance [Vladimir Palahniuk], American actor (City Slickers, Contempt, Batman), dies of natural causes at 87
2021 – Gerald Sinstadt, English sports broadcaster and columnist (BBC Radio, ITV Grenada, BBC One; The Sentinel), dies at 91