574 – John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
1785 – Stephen Hopkins, American politician who signed the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 78
1789 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist, dies at 73
1863 – John S. Bowen, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 32
1923 – Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], Danish composer, and educator (Peabody Institute, 1878-91), dies at 80
1937 – Emmett Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang in the American Old West, dies at 66
1955 – Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
1978 – Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
1994 – Eddie Boyd, American blues piano player, singer, and songwriter (“Five Long Years”), dies at 79
2007 – Ilja Zeljenka, Slovak composer (Oświęcim), dies at 74
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Historical Events for 13th July 2024
1865 – P. T. Barnum’s museum in New York burns down, giantess Anna Haining Swan just escapes
1923 – American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews discovers the first recognised dinosaur eggs, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
1936 – 112°F (44°C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
1973 – Bobby Murcer’s 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0
1987 – Kylie Minogue releases her debut single “Locomotion”
1994 – Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing
2011 – Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130
2017 – US President Donald Trump arrives in Paris for a 2-day visit with French President Emmanuel Macron
2018 – Large protests in London against US President Donald Trump featuring Trump-like baby blimp as President Trump meets Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle
2019 – After Atlantic League-MLB partnership rule changes, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs’ outfielder Tony Thomas becomes first player in professional baseball history to steal first base in 7-2 win v Lancaster Barnstormers
Today in History for 13th July 2024
Historical Events
1854 – US forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
1896 – Philadelphia outfielder Ed Delahanty becomes second major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game as Phillies lose 9-8 to Chicago Colts at the West Side Grounds, Chicago
1911 – Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
1955 – Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Daniel Guilet, violin;
Bernard Greenhouse, cello) makes their debut at the Berkshire Music Festival (now Tanglewood Music Center), Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
1960 – US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate
1984 – British guitarist Jeff Beck quits singer Rod Stewart’s tour after 7 shows
Famous Birthdays
1826 – Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro), born in Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1910)
1922 – Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1932 – Per Nørgård, Danish composer (Papalagi; Babette’s Feast), born in Gentofte, Denmark
1948 – Ronald Machtley, American politician (Rep-R-Rhode Island), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1954 – Ray “Candles” Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86)
1956 – Janet Yang, American film producer (The Joy Luck Club) and 1st Asian American President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, born in New York City
Famous Deaths
1889 – Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
1936 – Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
1997 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
1997 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
2013 – Laurie Ann Frink, American big band jazz trumpeter and educator, dies of cancer at 61
2015 – Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 12th July 2024
1429 – Jean de Gerson, French theologian (Theologica mystic), dies at 65
1949 – Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
1962 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (“I’m Sitting On Top Of The World”), and aviator, dies of a heart attack at 54
1966 – D. T. Suzuki, Zen Japanese-American Buddhist scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96
1973 – Lon Chaney Jr, American actor (Larry Talbot-The Wolf Man, Lennie Small-Of Mice and Men), dies of heart failure at 67
1992 – Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies
1995 – Alan David Marks, American concert pianist, dies of cancer at 49
2014 – Kenneth J. Gray, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1955-74, 85-89), dies at 89
2020 – Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian soccer defender (37 caps; Ferencváros, Honvéd FC; Hungarian Footballer of the Year 1976; Olympic gold 1968), dies at 76
2023 – André Watts, American-Hungarian concert pianist, and educator, dies of prostate cancer at 77
Historical Events for 12th July 2024
1898 – Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda, Sudan
1949 – Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
1949 – 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1960 – USSR’s Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1960 – Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1968 – Couve de Murville forms government in France
1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States
1994 – 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
1996 – Start of 1st “Super 8’s” tournament in Kuala Lumpur
2011 – 82nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix
Today in History for 12th July 2024
Historical Events
1878 – Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
1898 – Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda, Sudan
1949 – LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
1969 – As the ‘marching season’ reaches its height there is serious rioting in Derry, Belfast and Dungiven; many families in Belfast are forced to move from their homes
2006 – Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.
2017 – World’s largest iceberg (later christened A68) breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length
Famous Birthdays
1644 – Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar and linguist (David’s holy saint graduals), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1711)
1880 – Tod Browning, American film director (Dracula), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1962)
1928 – Kathy Staff [Minnie Higginbottom], British actress (Mary Reilly, Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 2008)
1942 – Richard Stoltzman, American clarinetist (Tashi), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1949 – Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner (Hendrick Motorsports; 7 x NASCAR Cup Series titles), born in Palmer Springs, Virginia
1966 – Allegra Curtis, model and daughter of Christine Kaufmann and Tony Curtis, born in London, England
Famous Deaths
1897 – Félix Godefroid, Belgian harpist and composer, dies at 78
1918 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer, dies at 54
2007 – Robert Burås, Norwegian rock guitarist (Madrugada; My Midnight Creeps), dies at 31
2009 – Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster, dies at 70
2014 – Pat Costello Jr., American rower (Olympics, 1952, silver – 1956), dies at 85
2019 – Arno Marsh, American jazz saxophonist (Woody Herman), and bandleader, dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 11th July 2024
1775 – Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1826 – Karl Bernhard Wessely, German composer (Sulamith und Eusebia), dies at 57
1844 – Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
1876 – Ottho Gerhard Heldring, Dutch preacher and reformer (Heldring Institutions), dies at 72
1948 – King Baggot, American actor and director (Tumbleweeds), dies at 68
1993 – Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies
2001 – Marco Zanuso, Italian Modernist architect and product designer, dies at 85
2010 – Bob Sheppard, American public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), dies at 99
2021 – William Albert Penn, American composer (Living in the Next Great Ice Age; Garland Songs), educator, and record producer, dies at 78
2022 – Gary Moeller, American football coach (University of Michigan 1990-94; Uni of Illinois 1977-79; Detroit Lions), dies at 81
Historical Events for 11th July 2024
1302 – Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) near Kortrijk, Belgium: Flemish coalition defeat the French army of Philip IV
1346 – Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
1656 – The first Quakers to land in America (Boston), Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, are arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 years imprisonment they are deported back to Barbados
1859 – Big Ben’s second and current bell first chimes from inside the Clock Tower
1863 – Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4
1955 – Congress authorizes all US currency to say “In God We Trust”
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
2000 – 71st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-3 at Turner Field, Atlanta
2012 – Police academy suicide bombing kills 20 in Sana’a, Yemen
2019 – Last models of Volkswagen’s Beetle car are produced in Pueblo, Mexico, ending production worldwide after 80 years
Today in History for 11th July 2024
Historical Events
1961 – Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1969 – David Bowie releases the single “Space Oddity” 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon
1990 – Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins between Mohawk people and town of Oka
1995 – All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
2001 – Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution
2018 – Oldest stone tools outside Africa discovered in Lantian country, western China, estimated 2.12 million years old made by hominins
Famous Birthdays
1778 – Juan Lovera, Venezuelan artist, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1841)
1841 – Daniël de Lange, Dutch composer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1918)
1931 – Hans Klein, German politician (Vice President Bundestag 1990-96), born in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
1931 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist (Regge theory), born in Borgo d’Ale, Italy (d. 2014)
1959 – Richie Sambora, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Bon Jovi, 1983-2018 – “Livin’ on a Prayer”), boyfriend of Cher (1989-90), and husband of Heather Locklear (1994-2007), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
1984 – Rachael Taylor, Australian actress (Jessica Jones), born in Launceston, Tasmania
Famous Deaths
1302 – Pierre Flote, French legist and Chancellor of France under King Philip IV, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs
1581 – Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero
1768 – Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, Spanish composer, dies at 66
1959 – (Rossiere) “Shadow” Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), dies of meningitis at 39
2009 – Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b.1911)
2018 – Lindy Remigino, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1952), dies of prostate cancer at 87
Famous Deaths for 10th July 2024
1851 – Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (daguerreotype), dies at 63
1910 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer, discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies at 98
1940 – Donald Francis Tovey, British musicologist and composer, dies at 64
1954 – Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian Mafia boss, dies at 76
1978 – Joe Davis, English snooker player (World Champion 1927-40, 1946), dies at 77
1983 – Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
2002 – Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
2008 – Mike Souchak, American golfer (15 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1959, 61), dies of a heart attack at 81
2020 – Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (World C’ship gold 500m 2019; Olympic bronze 3000m relay 2018), dies from an autoimmune disease at 27
2020 – Corra Dirksen, South African rugby union winger (10 caps; Northern Transvaal), dies from COVID-19 complications at 82