1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas
1906 – Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY Governor beating William Randolph Hearst
1908 – Leonid Andreyev’s “Dui Nashey Zhizni” premieres in St Petersburg
1915 – Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government
1918 – Republic of Poland proclaimed
1935 – 1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft
1962 – UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa
1962 – Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts
2009 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Man of Iron, Tapitsfly, She Be Wild, Midday, Informed Decision, Life Is Sweet
2020 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Golden Pal, Fire at Will, Vequist, Aunt Pearl, Essential Quality
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Today in History for 6th November 2023
Historical Events
1918 – Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns
1928 – Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
1962 – BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
1974 – Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
1977 – 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
1994 – 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21
Famous Birthdays
1923 – Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener’s Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996)
1948 – Rushton Moreve [Morey], American bass player (Steppenwolf – “Magic Carpet Ride”), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1981)
1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, Vice Chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American jazz trumpeter and composer, born in Artemisa, Cuba
1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist, born in Bremen, Germany
1982 – Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1632 – Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), dies at battle of Lützen at 37
1944 – Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
1958 – Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, dies at 78
2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player, dies at 61
2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 87
2016 – Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian pianist and conductor, dies of cancer at 64
Famous Deaths for 5th November 2023
1515 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter, dies at 41
1680 – Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57
1752 – Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
1803 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French army general and writer (Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)), dies at 61
1935 – Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71
1969 – Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies
1985 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
2021 – Marília Mendonça, Brazilian Sertaneja singer-songwriter, dies in a plane crash at 26
2021 – Charlie Burns, Canadian ice hockey forward (world champion Whitby Dunlops 1958) and coach (Minnesota North Stars), dies at 85
2022 – Bill Treacher, British actor (EastEnders, 1985-96 – “Arthur Fowler”), dies at 92
Historical Events for 5th November 2023
1630 – Spain and England sign peace treaty
1781 – John Hanson elected first “President of US in Congress assembled”
1873 – Due to the fallout from the Pacific Scandal, John A. Macdonald resigns as Prime Minister of Canada
1889 – Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church).
1967 – US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
1989 – French McLaren driver Alain Prost withdraws early in wet Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 16 points from teammate Ayrton Senna
1992 – Revival of George Kelly’s 1924 play “The Show Off”, starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, NYC; runs for 45 performances
1996 – Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year
2015 – Collins Dictionary name “binge-watch” the word of the year, followed by “transgender”
2022 – Alex Ovechkin scores 787th career goal for the Washington Capitals surpassing Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings, for all-time NHL record for most goals scored for a single team, in 3-2 loss to Arizona Coyotes
Today in History for 5th November 2023
Historical Events
1935 – Parker Brothers launches the board game Monopoly
1959 – AFL announced with 8 teams
1972 – Vice-President of Sinn Féin Maire Drumm is arrested in the Republic of Ireland
1976 – New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters
2012 – Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million
2018 – BBC opens its largest news bureau outside the UK in Nairobi, Kenya with 300 journalists
Famous Birthdays
1615 – Ibrahim I, 18th Ottoman Sultan (1640-48), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1648)
1742 – Richard Cosway, English portrait painter, born in Tiverton, England (d. 1821)
1911 – Roy Rogers, American cowboy actor and singer (“Happy Trails”; Roy Rogers Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1998)
1929 – Lennart Johansson, Swedish soccer administrator (President Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) 1990–2007), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2019)
1957 – David Moyse, Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply – “All Out Of Love”), born in Adelaide, Australia
1983 – Alexa Chung, English TV presenter, model and designer, born in Privett, England
Famous Deaths
1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1943 – Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 62
1969 – Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies
1989 – Barry Sadler, American singer (“Ballad Of The Green Berets”), dies from complications of being shot 14 months earlier at 49
2020 – Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Madness of King George, Butterflies), dies at 93
2020 – Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff], American singer, songwriter and producer (The Dovells – “Bristol Stomp”; solo – “1-2-3”), dies of bone marrow cancer at 78
Famous Deaths for 4th November 2023
1869 – George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and the Peabody Institute, dies at 74
1890 – Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, Polish classical composer (Over the Precipice; You Are My Dream), dies at 46
1890 – Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
1893 – Cornelis Eliza van Koetsveld, Dutch writer and preacher, dies at 86
1918 – Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator, 1st President of Cornell University, dies at 85
1957 – Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1897)
1982 – Talfryn Thomas, Welsh character actor (Dad’s Army -“Cheeseman”; Dr. Who), dies of a heart attack at 60
1993 – Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, murdered at 78
1995 – Edward “Eddie” Egan, American actor (The French Connection, Joe Forrester), dies of cancer at 65
2010 – Eugénie Blanchard, French supercentenarian, dies at 114
Historical Events for 4th November 2023
1874 – Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York
1939 – US allows “cash and carry” arms sales during WW II
1951 – Ryder Cup Golf, Pinehurst Resort: US wins 9½-2½; Sam Snead playing captain for US; Arthur Lacey non-playing GB skipper
1968 – Battles between Jordanian army and Al Fatah-arm forces
1970 – Genie, a 13 year old feral child found in Los Angeles, California, having been locked in her bedroom by her father for most of her life
1983 – Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
1989 – Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
1994 – San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
2002 – Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress
2015 – Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announces his resignation after protests over a Bucharest nightclub fire that killed 32
Today in History for 4th November 2023
Historical Events
1862 – American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis
1921 – The Sturmabteilung or SA (the “Brown Shirts”) is formally established by Adolf Hitler
1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1989 – Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
2014 – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive
2016 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Oscar Performance, Tamarkuz, New Money Honey, Beholder
Famous Birthdays
1909 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer forward (4 caps; scorer of first hat-trick in World Cup history, 1930), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
1917 – Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012)
1943 – Clark Graebner, American tennis player (US Davis Cup 1968; French Open doubles 1966; US Open runner-up 1967), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1957 – Elena Kats-Chernin, Russian-Australian classical pianist and composer (Wild Swans), born in Tashkent, USSR (now Uzbekistan)
1967 – Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1987 – T.O.P. [Choi Seung-hyun], Korean singer-songwriter (Big Bang) and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Deaths
1921 – Takasji Hara, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-21), assassinated by right wing fanatic at 65
1935 – Miklos Radnai, Hungarian composer, dies at 43
1993 – Cornelis T “Cor” van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62
1994 – Alexander Hardie Williamson, British designer (Kilner jar), dies at 87
2005 – Milt Holland [Milton Olshansky], American drummer, percussionist, ethno-musicologist, and tinkle-ist (film Tinkerbell’s tinkle; Bewitched – Samantha’s nose tinkle), dies at 88
2022 – Michael Doyle, Irish-American priest (Pastor of Sacred Heart – Camden, 1974-2020), poet. and anti-war activist (Camden 28), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 1st November 2023
1546 – Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies
1835 – William Motherwell, Scottish poet and civil servant, dies at 38
1956 – Pietro Badoglio, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), dies at 85
1961 – Joan McCracken, American stage and screen actress, dancer and comedienne (Oklahoma!; Claudia: Story of a Marriage), dies of a heart attack at 43
1963 – Elsa Maxwell, American author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80
1968 – Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (1944–45, 1963, 1964–65 dies at 80
1977 – Franco Albini, Italian Rationalist architect, industrial and furniture designer (Albini desk), dies at 72
1986 – Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), dies at 57
1995 – Alun Pask, Welsh rugby union flanker (26 caps; British Lions 8 caps; Abertillery), dies at 58
2021 – Pat Martino [Azzara], American jazz guitarist (DownBeat Guitar Player of the Year, 2004), dies of chronic respiratory disorder at 77
Historical Events for 1st November 2023
1248 – Earl William II of Holland crowned as King of Germany
1938 – NL batting champion Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds is named National League MVP; first catcher to win award; Boston Red Sox 1st baseman Jimmie Foxx takes AL award
1945 – First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson
1954 – KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1985 – Netherlands decides definitive sites for cruise missiles
1990 – Rhetoric escalates as George Bush likens Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler
1993 – The Maastricht Treaty, the Treaty on European Union comes into effect
1997 – Louisiana State University running back Kevin Faulk rushes for 212 yards and a school record 5 touchdowns in a 63-28 win at Kentucky’s Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington
2004 – “That’s What I Love About Sunday” single released by American country singer Craig Morgan (Billboard Song of the Year 2005)
2015 – New York City Marathon: Stanley Biwott of Kenya takes men’s division in 2:10:34; compatriot and defending women’s champion Mary Keitany wins easily in 2:24:25