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Today in History for 12th October 2023

Historical Events

1730 – Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
1862 – Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart completes his “second ride around McClellan”
1899 – South Africa Boer Republic declares war on Britain
1907 – Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park for 4-0-1 series victory; Cubs’ first Championship
1931 – 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
1992 – 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die)

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Famous Birthdays

1878 – Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, born in Groß-Enzersdorf, Austria (d. 1936)
1907 – Wolfgang Fortner, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1987)
1924 – Doris Grau, American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (Point Blank, King Kong), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
1946 – Ashok Mankad, Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 6 x 50; Bombay), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2008)
1955 – Pat DiNizio, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Smithereens – “Only A Memory”; “Blue Period”), born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey (d. 2017)
1979 – Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory), born in Englewood, New Jersey

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Famous Deaths

1797 – Pierre Jélyotte, French composer, dies at 84
1974 – Joseph Frederick Wagner, American composer, conductor (Boston Civic Symphony, 1925 to 44), and teacher, dies at 74
1996 – Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov, aero-engine designer, dies at 79
2003 – Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American philanthropist and 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald’s and the San Diego Padres, dies of a brain tumor at 75
2006 – Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (b. 1919)
2019 – George Chambers, American rock bassist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers – “Time Has Come Today”), dies at 88

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Famous Deaths for 11th October 2023

1598 – Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog) and physician, dies at 63
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator who helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies of gunshot wounds at 35 under mysterious circumstances that could have been murder or suicide along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee at an inn called Grinder’s Stand
1811 – Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician, naturalist, and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons, dies at 86
1897 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (Variations Symphoniques; Suite Gothique), dies at 35
1946 – Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer, dies at 35
1984 – K. M. Rangnekar, Indian cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies at 67
1996 – Arthur Walter Lucas, first Chief Restorer of the National Gallery, London, dies at 80
1996 – Johnny Costa [Costanza], American jazz pianist, celeste and accordion player, and musical director (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood), dies at 74
2008 – Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right politician (b. 1950)
2014 – Mats Rondin, Swedish cellist, conductor, and educator, dies at 54

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Historical Events for 11th October 2023

1142 – Treaty of Shaoxing ratified with Chinese southern Song Dynasty agreeing to pay tribute to northern Jin dynasty
1906 – San Francisco Board of Education orders segregation in separate schools of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children sparking diplomatic crisis
1922 – Turkey and Greece sign cease fire
1929 – JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1931 – 100,000 extreme-right Germans form “Harzburger Front”
1945 – JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere)
1946 – New York Yankees trade infielder Joe Gordon to Cleveland Indians for pitcher Allie Reynolds
1954 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam
1960 – Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers
1976 – 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins

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Today in History for 11th October 2023

Historical Events

1698 – France, England and Netherlands ratified the First Partition Treaty, which eventually led to the War of the Spanish Succession
1881 – David Houston patents roll film for cameras
1944 – Tuvinian People’s Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva was annexed by the U.S.S.R
1960 – Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
1967 – World Series record 3 consecutive HRs hit by Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli as Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park
1973 – MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 2

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Famous Birthdays

1782 – Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish poet and short-story writer (E Binddstouw), born in Vium, Denmark (d. 1848)
1876 – Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer (The Eternal Woman), born in Minden, Westphalia (d. 1971)
1926 – Thích Nhất Hạnh [Nguyen Xuan Bao], Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, peace activist, and writer (Love Letter to the Earth; The Art of Communicating), born in Huế, Annam, French Indochina (now Vietnam) (d. 2022)
1936 – Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)
1943 – Gene Watson, American country singer (“Love in the Hot Afternoon”; “Fourteen Carat Mind”), born in Palestine, Texas
1967 – Dennis Vaske, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Rockford, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1347 – Ludwig IV, Duke of Bavaria (1301-47), King of the Romans (1314-47) and Holy Roman Emperor (1328-47), dies at 65
1989 – Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
1990 – Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), dies of cancer at 73
1990 – Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56
1995 – Isolde Ahlgrimm, Austrian harpsichordist, fortepianist, early music and original instrument proponent, and teacher, dies at 81
2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)

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Famous Deaths for 10th October 2023

1617 – Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician and writer, dies at 64
1691 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet, dies at 77
1720 – Antoine Coysevox, French Baroque sculptor (Palace of Versailles), dies at 80
1858 – Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, German biographer, diplomat and soldier (Die Sterner), dies at 73
1864 – David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever
1872 – William H. Seward, American politician (Secretary of State, 1861-69, Governor of New York, 1839-42), dies at 71
1877 – Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist, dies at 76
1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (The Art of Piano Playing), dies at 76
1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete, politician (Rep-D-Ill; joint world record 100m, Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1936), dies of a heart attack at 68
2008 – Sid Hudson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1941, 42; Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox), dies at 93

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Historical Events for 10th October 2023

1471 – Battle of Brunkeberg: Swedish regent Sten Sture defeats forces led by Danish King Christian I
1760 – Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves)
1892 – Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan
1957 – A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world’s first major nuclear accident
1963 – American chemist and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Peace Prize the same day the first nuclear test treaty comes into effect
1964 – 18th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto, 3-2; MVP: Jean Béliveau, Montreal, C
1965 – The Supremes appear on the “The Ed Sullivan Show”
1979 – Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
1990 – Mexican singer and actress Thalia releases her debut album “Thalía”
2019 – 3,500 women are the first to be allowed to attend a football match in Iran for a World Cup qualifier in Tehran, since the Islamic revolution

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Today in History for 10th October 2023

Historical Events

1920 – Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige)
1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Director of the State Council of China
1941 – RAF bombs Piraeus to prevent German heavy armor advancing
1949 – 3rd NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1
1956 – Baseball World Series: Behind Yogi Berra’s 2 HRs, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-0 in Game 7 at Ebbets Field; MVP: Yankees pitcher Don Larsen
1965 – “Drat! – The Cat!” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1486 – Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1504-53), born in Chazey-sur-Ain, France (d. 1553)
1898 – Conrad Leonard, British composer and pianist, born in South Norwood, England (d. 2003)
1927 – John Eric Tieman, production manager (The Guardian) (d. 1995)
1935 – Khalil al-Wazir [Abu Jihad], Founder of Palestinian group Fatah and PLO leader, born in Ramla, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1988)
1959 – Victoria Clark, American actress (Kimberly Akimbo – Tony for Best Musical Actress 2023), born in Dallas, Texas
1976 – Pat Burrell, American baseball player, born in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

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Famous Deaths

1630 – John Heminges, English actor and member of The Kings Men, editor of Shakespeare’s First Folio, dies at 63
1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch seafarer and explorer (1st European to sight Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji), dies around the age of 55
1871 – Octavius Catto, American educator (Institute for Colored Youth, 1859-71), civil rights activist, and baseball player (Philadelphia Pythians, 1865-71), killed in election day race riot in Philadelphia at 32
1913 – Adolphus Busch, German-born American brewer (Anheuser-Busch), dies at 74
1940 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor (I’m Nobody’s Sweetheart Now), dies at 63
2007 – Mehmed Uzun, Contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist. (b. 1953)

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Famous Deaths for 9th October 2023

1806 – Benjamin Banneker, African American astronomer, mathematician and surveyor of Washington, D.C., dies at 74
1868 – Howell Cobb, American politician (U.S. Secretary of Treasury), dies at 53
1924 – Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (b. 1873)
1941 – Helen Morgan, American stage and screen actress, and singer (Show Boat), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 41
1943 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1902 for Zeeman effect), dies at 78
1953 – James Finlayson, Scottish-American stage, and silent and “talkie” film actor (Laurel and Hardy films), dies of a heart attack at 66
1954 – Robert H. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (84th Supreme Court justice 1941-54), dies at 62
1974 – Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman and subject of the novel “Schindler’s Ark” and the film “Schindler’s List”, dies at 66
1995 – Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1963-64), dies at 92
2012 – Theo Olof, German-Dutch violinist and concert master, dies at 88

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Historical Events for 9th October 2023

1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Head of State of modern Greece, assassinated in Nafplion
1899 – South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum
1941 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program that would become the Manhattan Project
1963 – Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000
1965 – Beatles’ “Yesterday” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
1974 – Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to NY Rangers at Madison Square Garden; start of a 37 game road losing streak for Washington
1976 – Test Cricket debut of Javed Miandad (Pakistan), scores 163 on 1st day
1986 – Stage musical “Phantom of the Opera” premieres in London, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman; runs for 13,629 performances
1987 – Japanese bank buys “Lady McGill” stamp for $1,100,000
1989 – 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)

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Today in History for 9th October 2023

Historical Events

768 – Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
1740 – Dutch governor general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8,000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
1924 – Municipal Grant Park Stadium, in Chicago Illinois (now known as Soldier Field) is officially dedicated
1981 – United States Auto Club appeals panel restores disputed Indianapolis 500 victory to disqualified first-across-the-line Bobby Unser
1990 – Saddam Hussein threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
2015 – Selena Gomez releases her studio album “Revival”, goes to #1 on Billboard 200

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Famous Birthdays

1766 – Bedrich Divis Weber, Bohemian composer and musicologist, born in Velichov, Czech Republic (d. 1842)
1933 – Peter Mansfield, British Physician whose discoveries led to MRI (2003 Nobel Prize), born in London (d. 2017)
1935 – Paul Barton, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 100; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1944 – Nona Hendryx, American RandB singer-songwriter (Patti LaBelle and Blue Belles; LaBelle – “Lady Marmalade”), born in Trenton, New Jersey
1950 – Mick Malone, Australian cricketer (WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14), born in Scarborough, Australia
1955 – Linwood Boomer, Canadian-American actor (Adam-Little House on the Prairie), born in Vancouver, British Columbia

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Famous Deaths

1709 – Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 68
1967 – Andre Maurois [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies at 82
1973 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe [Nubin], American gospel and RandB singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist (“This Train”; “Down By The Riverside”), dies of a stroke at 58
2001 – Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (Footloose, Steel Magnolias, dies at 74
2011 – Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
2013 – Mark “Chopper” Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), dies from liver cancer at 58

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