1879 – Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856)
1915 – Francesco Fanciulli, American-Italian composer, dies at 62
1918 – Maria Nikolaevna Russian Grand Duchess, 3rd daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 19 by a group of Bolsheviks
1966 – August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi Suite), dies at 71
1967 – Cyril Ring, American actor (I Wake Up Screaming, The Barber Shop), dies at 74
1987 – Howard McGhee, American be-bop bebop jazz trumpeter, dies at 69
1993 – Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
1996 – Amancio D’Silva, Goan-Indian jazz guitarist and composer, dies after several stokes at 60
2005 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money), dies of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at 91
2012 – William Raspberry, American columnist (Pulitzer 1994), dies at 76
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Historical Events for 17th July 2024
1603 – English explorer Walter Raleigh is arrested by forces of King James I of England
1864 – CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood
1867 – 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established
1922 – Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto
1925 – Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits
1959 – Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovers partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or ‘Zinj’ (now called Paranthropus boisei) lived in Africa almost 2 million years ago
1974 – The Moody Blues open 1st quadrophonic recording studio in UK
1981 – Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23-year-old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
1996 – Paris-bound flight TWA 800, explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board the Boeing 747
2018 – 89th MLB All Star Game, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.: AL beats NL 8-6, the teams combining for a record 10 home runs accounting for 13 of the 14 total runs
Today in History for 17th July 2024
Historical Events
1858 – Recovery of the bell of HMS Lutine from ship’s wreck, hung from rostrum in Lloyd’s of London’s Underwriting Room
1862 – United army officially divides corps
1878 – Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signs a treaty with H.G. Elliott ceding sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government, Southern Africa
1924 – St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
2012 – 17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2015 – Marvel’s “Ant-Man”, starring Paul Rudd as the titular character, is released
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Roy McMillan, American baseball infielder, coach and manager (MLB All Star 1956-57; Gold Glove 1957-59; Cincinnati Reds), born in Bonham, Texas (d. 1997)
1960 – Jan Wouters, Dutch football player (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1975 – Cécile de France, Belgian actress, born in Namur, Belgium
1978 – Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist, born in Niterói, Brazil
1986 – Dana, Korean [Hong Sung-mi] South Korean singer and actress (TSZX), born in Seoul, South Korea
1998 – Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal, born in Madrid, Spain
Famous Deaths
1588 – Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and civil engineer for Sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III, dies at 99
1826 – Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and music educator, dies at 65
1922 – Heinrich Rubens, German physicist (back body radiation), dies at 57
2020 – Derek Ho, American surfer (World C’ship 1993; Hawaiian Triple Crown 1984, 86, 88, 90), dies from a heart attack at 55
2022 – Francesco Rizzo, Italian soccer midfielder (2 caps; Cagliari, ACF Fiorentina, Bologna FC, Genoa CFC), dies at 79
2023 – Robert Budzynski, French soccer defender (11 caps; RC Lens, FC Nantes), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 16th July 2024
1590 – Bartholomaeus of Braga [Fernandez], Dominican theologian and Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, dies at 76
1923 – Louis Couperus, Dutch poet and writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
1972 – Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, dies at 70
1980 – Robert Brackman, American artist, dies at 81
1991 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
1995 – Charles Bruck, Hungarian-French-American conductor (Dutch Opera, 1950-54; Strasbourg Philharmonic, 1955–65), and Orchestre Philharmonique de l’ORTF, 1965–70), dies of cancer at 83
2001 – Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
2012 – Jon Lord, English keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water”; Whitesnake), dies from a pulmonary embolism at 71
2018 – Manuel Ycaza, Panamanian jockey (Belmont Stakes 1964; Racing Hall of Fame), dies of pneumonia at 80
2020 – Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball second baseman (MLB All Star 1960²; Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers), dies from stroke complications at 84
Historical Events for 16th July 2024
1548 – La Paz, Bolivia, is founded
1801 – Pope Pius VII and 1st consul Napoleon sign concord
1935 – First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1965 – Mont Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens
1966 – David Heneker’s musical “Half a Sixpence”, starring Tommy Steels, and based on H.G. Well’s 1905 novel “Kipps”, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 511 performances
1988 – San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings
1988 – Landmark Japanese animated cyberpunk manga film “Akira” released, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
1995 – Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis’s musical “Chronicles of a Death Foretold”, based on Gabriel García Márquez’s 1981 novella, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances
2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occurs off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.
2017 – US Open Women’s Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin
Today in History for 16th July 2024
Historical Events
1862 – David Farragut is 1st Rear Admiral in US Navy
1966 – Nigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of European Economic Community
1967 – Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida)
1985 – All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres)
1990 – 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in the Philippines
2023 – Taylor Swift’s re-recorded “Speak Now” album debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, her 12th No. 1 album, surpassing Barbra Streisand’s record for #1 albums by a female artist
Famous Birthdays
1855 – C. F. Abdy Williams, British organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Dawlish, England (d. 1923)
1882 – Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1972)
1888 – Percy Kilbride, American stage and screen actor (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964)
1942 – Frank Field, British Labour politician, born in Edmonton, Middlesex
1945 – Barry Dudleston, English cricket batsman (Leicestershire CCC, Gloucestershire CCC, Rhodesia) and umpire (2 Tests, 4 ODIs), born in Bebington, England
1953 – Douglas J. Feith, American Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1747 – Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies
1868 – Louis François Dauprat, French composer and horn player, dies at 87
1980 – Robert Brackman, American artist, dies at 81
1982 – Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine and Co), shoots self at 35
2004 – George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
2006 – Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)
Famous Deaths for 15th July 2024
1934 – Jules Renkin, Belgian politician (28th Prime Minister of Belgium 1931-32), dies at 71
1939 – Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies
1940 – Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), dies from a heart attack at 52
1959 – Peter Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies at 90
1969 – Peter Van Eyck [Götz von Eick], German actor (The Longest Day; The Wages of Fear), dies after long illness at 56
1977 – Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies
1986 – Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (Hambletonian x 4; Little Brown Jug x 5; Messenger Stakes x 7), dies from head injuries in fall at Yonkers Raceway at 62
1989 – Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader (“Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar”), dies at 77
1992 – Brett Whiteley, Australian artist, dies of an opiate overdose at 53
2021 – Andy Fordham, English darts player (BDO World Champion 2004), dies from organ failure at 59
Historical Events for 15th July 2024
1099 – City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade
1787 – Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1888 – Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1916 – 22.22″ (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record)
1963 – Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding
1972 – “Honky Chateau” becomes Elton John’s first No. 1 album in the US, includes hit “Rocket Man”
1973 – MLB San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs, this one at Candlestick Park against Pittsburgh Pirate’s Bob Moose
1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport
2002 – “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony
2018 – FIFA World Cup Final, Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia: Former captain Didier Deschamps becomes only the 3rd man to win the event as a player and coach as France beats Croatia, 4-2
Today in History for 15th July 2024
Historical Events
1779 – American troops under General A Wayne conquer Fort Stony Point, NY
1895 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Helen Jackson 7-5, 8-6 for her first of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
1898 – Camillo Golgi discovers the Golgi Apparatus (a delicate network inside cells essential for the transmission and reception of information between cells)
1941 – Howard Florey and Norman Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)
1984 – John Lennon’s single “I’m Stepping Out” released posthumously
1992 – The Security Council of the UN examine violence in South Africa
Famous Birthdays
1875 – Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1946)
1884 – Enrique Soro, Chilean composer, born in Concepción, Chile (d. 1954)
1915 – Ron Smith, English trade union leader (British Postal Workers), born in London, England (d. 1999)
1964 – Leonard Stabb, American actor (One Life to Live, 1990; Guiding Light, 1993), born in Woodside, Illinois
1966 – Stephen Dodd, Welsh golfer (British Senior Open 2021), born in Cardiff, Wales
1977 – André Nel, South African cricket fast bowler (36 Tests, 123 wickets, BB 6/32; Highveld Lions, Northamptonshire CCC, Essex CCC, Surrey CCC), born in Germiston, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1885 – Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language (‘Séculos Escuros’) (b. 1837)
1933 – Irving Babbitt, American writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67
1960 – Set Persson, Swedish communist politician, dies at 63
1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (President of Mexico 1964-70), dies of cancer at 68
1987 – Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 71
1992 – Henk van der Molen, Dutch guitarist, composer, and writer (Martine Bijl), dies
Famous Deaths for 14th July 2024
1876 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60
1881 – Billy the Kid [William H. Bonney], American frontier outlaw and gunfighter of the Wild West, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett and dies of gunshot wounds at 21
1907 – William Perkin, English chemist and inventor (discovered aniline dyes), dies at 69
1954 – Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright (Nobel Prize for Literature 1922), dies at 87
1959 – Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, dies at 79
1975 – [Arthur] Zutty Singleton, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five), dies at 77
1982 – George Tremblay, Canadian-American composer, dies at 71
1990 – Dallas Alinder, American actor, dies at 58
1994 – Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
2010 – Gene Ludwig, American jazz and RandB Hammond B-3 organist (Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock), dies at 72