1629 – Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, dies at 44
1844 – Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, dies at 66
1881 – John Clifford Pemberton, American lieutenant general in Confederate Army charged with defending Vicksburg, dies at 66
1923 – Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], Danish composer, and educator (Peabody Institute, 1878-91), dies at 80
1943 – Kurt Huber, German college professor and member of anti-Nazi resistance group Weisse Rose (White Rose), executed by guillotine at 50
1956 – Vladimir Grigor’yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
1986 – Joseph “Coke” Escovedo, Mexican-American percussionist (Santana; Malo; Azteca), dies from cirrhosis at 45
1988 – Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
2007 – Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, dies at 78
2023 – Carlin Glynn, American actress (won a Tony for “The Best Little Whorehouse”), dies at 83
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Historical Events for 13th July 2025
1868 – Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
1878 – Congress of Berlin ends, redrawing the terms of Treaty of San Stefano to give Russia less influence in old Ottoman Empire
1911 – Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
1969 – Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
1985 – New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniform numbers
1993 – 64th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore; MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)
1996 – Cigar wins a record 16th consecutive race, tying Citation’s record from 1940
1999 – 70th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-1 at Fenway Park, Boston
2005 – TV police procedural “The Closer” debuts on TNT starring Kyra Sedgwick
2014 – British Open Women’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Mo Martin wins her first major title, 1 shot ahead of runners-up Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen
Today in History for 13th July 2025
Historical Events
1911 – Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
1967 – Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey; 27 die
2012 – Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
2018 – Outline of 5,000-year-old henge is discovered at Newgrange, Ireland, through drought and drone footage
2022 – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives just before leaving office amid nationwide protests and economic unrest
Famous Birthdays
1895 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (played Ted Roosevelt in 7 movies, Rosemary’s Baby), born in Salisbury, North Carolina (d. 1973)
1913 – Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), born in Schnectady, New York (d. 1982)
1924 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, born in Vidalenzo, Italy (d. 2014)
1941 – Lut Tomsin, Belgian actress and director (Knock on the Door), born in Tongeren, Belgium
1974 – Jarno Trulli, Italian auto racer (Monaco F1 GP 2004; German Formula 3 Series 1996), born in Pescara, Italy
Famous Deaths
1762 – James Bradley, English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth’s nutation motion, dies at 69
1965 – Photis Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer, dies at 69
1997 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
2012 – Richard Darryl Zanuck, American Academy Award-winning film producer, dies from a heart attack at 77
2020 – Chuck Hulse, American auto racer (USAC Champ Car Series, 26 x top 10 finishes), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 12th July 2025
1633 – Simon Besler, German composer, dies at 49
1640 – Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies
1708 – William of Nassau de Zuylenstein, Earl of Rochford, Dutch soldier and diplomat, dies
1953 – Joseph Jongen, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonie concertante, Op. 81), dies at 79
1983 – Chris Wood, British rock saxophone and flute player (Traffic; Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Jimi Hendrix), dies of pneumonia at 39
1993 – Dan Eldon, British-Kenyan photojournalist, killed in Somalia while working for Reuters at 22
1995 – Alan David Marks, American concert pianist, dies of cancer at 49
2010 – Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (American Splendor), dies at 70
2020 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch soccer right back (60 caps; Ajax 392 games) and manager (LA Heat, TB Rowdies), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 75
2024 – Evan Wright, American reporter and author (Generation Kill), commits suicide at 59
Historical Events for 12th July 2025
1191 – Third Crusade: City of Acre surrenders to English King Richard I the Lionheart and the Crusaders after a siege of nearly two years
1785 – First manned flight in Netherlands: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard lifts off in his gas balloon from Noordeinde Palace in The Hague
1790 – French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state
1943 – 8th day of Battle of Kursk, USSR: Operation Kutuzov (Soviet counter-offensive begins
1948 – First jets to fly across Atlantic (six RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1949 – Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
1971 – Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
1975 – England cricket wicketkeeper Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield
2011 – 82nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix
2013 – 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris
Today in History for 12th July 2025
Historical Events
1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, half way to his MLB record of 60 home runs, smacks #30 off Joe Shautes in 9th inning in New York’s 7-0 win over Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field in Cleveland
1943 – National Committee Freies Deutschland forms
1951 – NY Yankees pitcher Allie Reynolds throws no-hitter in Cleveland against the Indians, his former team, in a 1-0 win
1975 – Sao Tomé e Príncipe gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1996 – Start of 1st “Super 8’s” tournament in Kuala Lumpur
Famous Birthdays
1852 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1933)
1870 – Louis II [Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi], Prince of Monaco, born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1949)
1912 – Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader (“Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar”), born in Newton, New Jersey (d. 1989)
1935 – Hans Tilkowski, German soccer goalkeeper (39 caps, West Germany; Westfalia Herne, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Husen, Germany (d. 2020)
1946 – Sian Barbara Allen, American actress (Scream Pretty Peggy), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2025)
Famous Deaths
1934 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American industrialist and inventor (outboard marine engine), dies at 57
1990 – Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71
1995 – Ernie Furtado, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 72
1996 – John Boon, English publisher (MiIls and Boon), dies at 79
2004 – Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)
Famous Deaths for 11th July 2025
1775 – Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1906 – Grace Brown American factory worker, drowned by her boyfriend Chester Gillette, later a famous court case, dies at 20
1962 – Owen D. Young, American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), dies at 87
1967 – Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge, dies at 50
1994 – Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
1994 – Charles “Lefty” Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
2005 – Frances Langford, American singer (I’m In The Mood For Love), entertainer (Armed Forces Hour; USO tours), actress (All-American Co-Ed; Born To Dance), and philanthropist, dies of congestive heart failure at 92
2007 – Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), dies at 94
2010 – Bob Sheppard, American public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), dies at 99
2024 – Monte Kiffin, American football coach (Super Bowl XXXVII TB Buccaneers DC; NCAA C’ship 1970, 71 University of Nebraska DC), dies at 84
Historical Events for 11th July 2025
1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
1969 – Rolling Stones release “Honky Tonk Woman”
1984 – US Government mandates that all cars must be equipped with airbags or seatbelts by 1989
1987 – Heart’s “Alone” single goes to #1 for three weeks
2004 – Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by one stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain
2010 – FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra-time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title
2012 – Twentieth ESPY Awards: LeBron James and Brittney Griner win
2013 – “Orange Is the New Black” premieres on Netflix, starring Taylor Schilling, as the first series to be nominated for comedy and drama Emmy awards
2015 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4
2023 – Heavy rains in northern India result in 20 deaths, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods, closing over 700 roads
Today in History for 11th July 2025
Historical Events
1616 – Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec
1859 – Big Ben’s second and current bell first chimes inside the Clock Tower
1864 – Confederate forces led by General Jubal Early begin invasion of Washington, D.C. with the Battle of Fort Stevens
1915 – German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
1995 – Shaggy releases his third studio album “Bombastic” (Grammy Award Best Reggae Album)
Famous Birthdays
1826 – Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and folklorist, born in Boguchar, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1871)
1909 – Greta Schoon, German poet, and kindergarten teacher, born in Spetzerfehn, Germany (d. 1991)
1924 – Claus Bremer, German dramatist, born in Hamburg (d. 1996)
1929 – David Kelly, Irish actor (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – “Grandpa Joe”;, Fawlty Towers), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2012)
1990 – Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player (Australian Open 2018), born in Odense, Denmark
Famous Deaths
1302 – Robert II, Count of Artois and French soldier, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs at 51
1593 – Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn)
1874 – Xavier de Mérode, Belgium minister to the Pope in Rome, dies at 54
1998 – Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player (Wimbledon runner-up 1926-28), dies at 93
2022 – Víctor Benítez, Peruvian soccer centre-back / defensive midfielder (11 caps; AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan, Boca Juniors), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 10th July 2025
1086 – Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1584 – William I of Orange, Dutch nobleman and revolutionary known as ‘the Silent’ who led the revolt against Spanish rule and founded the House of Orange-Nassau (Prince of Orange, 1544-84), assassinated at 51 by Balthasar Gérard in Delft, Holland
1838 – Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1963 – Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster (BBC) and rugby union player (captain Harlequin RFC), dies at 70
1965 – Jacques Audiberti, French poet and playwright (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1978 – Michel Gusikoff, American violinist, concert master, and composer, dies at 85
1994 – Otto Bonsema, Dutch soccer striker (6 caps; Velocitas 1897, GVAV) and manager (SC Heerenveen, GVAV, BV Veendam), dies at 84
2003 – Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician, prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, dies at 101
2012 – Paul Turok, American composer (Ragtime Caprice; Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty), educator, and music critic, dies at 82
2021 – Jimmy Gabriel, Scottish soccer midfielder (2 caps; Everton, Southampton) and coach (Seattle Sounders; SJ Earthquakes, Seattle Storm, Everton), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 80