1244 – Khwarezmian Tatars sack Jerusalem, decimating the city’s Christian population and driving out Jews
1893 – A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua
1939 – 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL manager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees players
1943 – US 82nd Airborne division shot at by “friendly fire” in Sicily
1978 – 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
1984 – 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1987 – Heart’s “Alone” single goes #1 for 3 weeks
1990 – NYC police arrest “Dartman” (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
2019 – Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on the Ryugu asteroid 300m km (185m miles) from earth for a second time to collect samples
2021 – Rare mass anti-government protests across Cuba due to economic hardships and effects of COVID-19 led to widespread arrests
Author: gil7
Today in History for 11th July 2023
Historical Events
1848 – Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent v England)
1888 – Pennsylvania’s Monongehela River rises 32′ after 24 hour rainfall
1924 – Muslim-Hindu rebellion in Delhi, India
1946 – Kingman Douglass ends term as deputy director of CIA
1960 – “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is first published by J. B. Lippincott and Co.
1995 – All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
Famous Birthdays
1801 – John Hill Hewitt, American songwriter (A Minstrel’s Return from the War), born in NYC, New York (d. 1890)
1886 – Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)
1930 – Harold Bloom, American literary critic, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2019)
1942 – Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter (Astigmatic), born in Rzeszów, Poland (d. 2018)
1951 – Lawrence J Delucas, PhD/astronaut (STS 50), born in Syracuse, New York
1975 – Lil’ Kim [Kimberly Denise Jones], American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
1593 – Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn)
1874 – Xavier de Mérode, Belgium minister to the Pope in Rome, dies at 54
1948 – Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist (Die Oden Salomons), dies at 59
1993 – Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WWII), dies at about 83
2006 – Barnard Hughes, American stage and screen actor (Doc; Tron; Best Friends; Where’s Poppa?), dies at 90
2010 – Bob Sheppard, American public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), dies at 99
Famous Deaths for 10th July 2023
1290 – King Ladislaus IV (“the Cuman”), Árpád dynasty King of Hungary and Croatia (1272-90), dies at 27
1590 – Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540)
1935 – Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), dies at 80
1978 – John D. Rockefeller III, American oil billionaire and philanthropist, dies in a car crash at 71
1992 – Albert Pierrepoint, last and longest serving British executioner (est. 433-608 executed), dies at 87
1993 – Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91
2005 – Roland Bengtsson, Swedish guitarist, lute player and double bassist, dies at 88
2008 – Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana (b. 1938)
2011 – Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924)
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
Historical Events for 10th July 2023
1598 – Spanish theater plays “Moros y Los Cristianos” in Rio Grande
1690 – Battle of Beachy Head – French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet under Cornelis Evertsen
1913 – World’s official highest recorded temperature at Greenland Ranch (now known as Furnace Creek Ranch), Death Valley, California at 134 °F (56.7 °C)
1915 – British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa
1936 – 110°F (43°C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record)
1944 – “Father of Medicare” Tommy Douglas becomes the 7th Premier of Saskatchewan
1958 – Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia
1979 – Chuck Berry begins 4 months term in prison for $200,000 in tax evasion
2018 – Original sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood by EH Shepard sells for £430,000 in London, record price for a book illustration
2018 – The final 4 boys and their coach are rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped there for 18 days by monsoon flooding
Today in History for 10th July 2023
Historical Events
1212 – The most severe of several early fires of London burns in Southwark, south of London Bridge
1584 – Spanish army leader Richebourg conquers Liefkenshoek, Belgium
1989 – Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61)
1993 – Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
1997 – Louise Woodward’s trial begins in Massachusetts Nanny murder trial
2016 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his 2nd Wimbledon and 3rd Grand Slam title
Famous Birthdays
1895 – Carl Orff, German composer (Carmina Burana; Der Mond; Mozart Prize – 1969), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1982)
1902 – Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia (d. 1958)
1940 – Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur, born in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
1945 – Jean-Marie Poiré, French film director, born in Paris
1945 – John Motson, British football broadcaster (10 x FIFA World Cups; 10 x UEFA European C’ships; 29 x FA Cup finals; BBC, Talksport), born in Salford, England (d. 2023)
1965 – Ken Mellons, American singer
Famous Deaths
518 – Anastasius I Dikoros [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor (491-518), dies at 87
649 – Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China (626-49), dies at 51
1086 – Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1920 – Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
1995 – Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74
2011 – Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 9th July 2023
1677 – Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German mystic, poet and court physician, dies at 52
1696 – Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies
1843 – Washington Allston, American painter (pioneer of America’s Romantic movement of landscape painting) and author, dies at 63
1963 – Frank Mayo, American silent screen actor (Burning Gold, Hell’s Headquarters), dies of a heart attack at 77
1968 – Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53
1974 – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer, dies at 90
1977 – Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist and natural science writer (The Unexpected Universe), dies at 69
2013 – Andrea Veneracion, Filipina singer, choral conductor (Philippine Madrigal Singers), composer, arranger, and educator, dies from stroke complications at 84
2022 – Tommy Jacobs, American golfer (US Open 1964 runner-up; US Masters 1966 runner-up), dies at 87
2022 – John Gwynne, English sports commentator and reporter (PDC darts tournaments Sky Sports), dies from cancer at 77
Historical Events for 9th July 2023
1541 – Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to help the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire
1572 – Death of the Gorcum Martyrs: Calvinist militant force the Watergeuzen (the Sea Beggars) capture and hang 19 Catholic priests in Brielle
1672 – William III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland and Zealand
1810 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire
1932 – Yanks’ Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record
1947 – Engagement of Britain’s Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
1985 – South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC’er Klaas de Jong
1986 – Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
2006 – At least 122 people killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions
2016 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3, equalling Steffi Graf’s 22 Grand Slam singles tiles
Today in History for 9th July 2023
Historical Events
1401 – Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000
1609 – Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion
1914 – 1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY
1916 – 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany
1986 – Attorney General’s Commission on pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes
2016 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3, equalling Steffi Graf’s 22 Grand Slam singles tiles
Famous Birthdays
1898 – Marcel Delannoy, French composer, born in La Ferté-Alais, Essonne, France (d. 1962)
1942 – Paul B. Henry, American professor of political science and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
1944 – Joe Miceli, American drummer (John Fred and His Playboy Band – “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (d. 2019)
1945 – Root Boy Slim [Foster MacKenzie III], American entertainer, born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 1993)
1968 – Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
1982 – Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
Famous Deaths
1882 – Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (b. 1848)
1951 – Jorgen Bentzon, Danish composer, dies at 54
1967 – Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (Kaiser Wilhelm Institute), dies at 93
1974 – Sonia Gaskell, Russian-Dutch choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70
2005 – Kevin Hagen, American actor (Little House on the Prairie), dies at 77
2022 – Davie Robb, Scottish soccer forward (5 caps; Aberdeen FC 251 games), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 8th July 2023
1895 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821)
1913 – Louis Hémon, French novelist (Maria Chapdelaine), dies at 32
1930 – Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906-12), dies at 74
1967 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (Gone With The Wind; A Streetcar Named Desire), dies of tuberculosis at 53
1986 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (Versos humanos), dies at 90
1987 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (Canadian Member of Parliament), dies at 84
1995 – Elizabeth Adams, American Beverly Hills madame and mentor to Heidi Fleiss, dies at 65
2001 – Ernst Baier, German figure skater (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 95
2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (1990-91), dies at 80
Historical Events for 8th July 2023
1891 – 61°F, highest temperature for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia
1905 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: May Sutton becomes first American player to win the singles title at Wimbledon; beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-4
1912 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Anthony Wilding makes it 3 straight Wimbledon singles crowns beating Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1949 – Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
1960 – Fidel Castro ends Havana’s International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey
1961 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: In an all-British final Angela Mortimer wins her 3rd Grand Slam singles title; beats Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1968 – Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1969 – IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer
1973 – NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
1978 – Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus