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Today in History for 8th July 2023

Historical Events

1870 – US Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
1923 – Walter Mittelholzer flies a Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
1948 – 500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1963 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith wins her first of 3 Wimbledon titles beating Billie Jean Moffitt 6-3, 6-4

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Famous Birthdays

1528 – Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1553-1580, regained lands of Savoy), , born in Chambéry, France (d. 1580)
1821 – Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp (d. 1865)
1857 – Alfred Binet, French child psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test (Binet–Simon test), born in Nice, France (d. 1911)
1910 – Govan Mbeki, South African leader (Head of the ANC, imprisoned with Mandela, father of Thabo Mbeki), born in Nqamakwe district, Transkei (d. 2001)
1952 – Ulrich Wehling, German Nordic skier (3 Olympic golds 1972, 76, 80), born in Halle an der Saale, Germany
2001 – Riele Downs, Canadian actress (Henry Danger), born in Toronto, Ontario

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Famous Deaths

1943 – Harry Oakes, Canadian-British prominent businessman in Bahamas, murdered under mysterious circumstances at 68
1973 – Harry F. V. Edward, British 100m/200m runner (Olympic bronze 1920), dies at 75
1985 – Gardner Cowles Jr., American publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
1991 – Lotte Palfi Andor, German-American actress (Lovesick, All That Jazz), dies at 87
2016 – William H. McNeill, Canadian-born historian (Rise of the West), dies at 98
2017 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress (Indian Fighter), dies at 82

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Famous Deaths for 7th July 2023

1537 – Madeleine of Valois, French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland after marrying James V, dies only six months after the wedding at 16
1898 – Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies
1907 – James McGranahan, American composer, dies at 67
1939 – Deacon White, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (NL batting champion, RBI leader 1877; Boston Red Stockings), dies from heat stroke at 91
1968 – Leo Sowerby, American organist and composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1946), dies at 73
1987 – Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), dies at 68
1992 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer (1st African American to practice law in Maryland, NAACP), dies at 79
2005 – Al Downing, American rockabilly piano player and singer (Big Al and The Chartbusters), dies at 65
2016 – Rokusuke Ei, Japanese author and lyricist (Sukiyaki), dies at 83
2021 – Chick Vennera, American actor (Thank God It’s Friday; High Risk; Milagro Beanfield War; Animaniacs), dies of lung cancer at 74

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Historical Events for 7th July 2023

1438 – King Charles VII issues the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges stating that a General Church Council with superior power to the Pope must be held every 10 years
1585 – King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots lose all freedoms
1799 – Ranjit Singh’s men take up their positions outside Lahore
1801 – Toussaint Louverture declares Haitian independence
1868 – Surrey wicket-keeper Ted Pooley completes a then-1st class cricket record 12 dismissals (8 caught, 4 stumped) in a County match against Sussex at The Oval
1923 – University of Delaware invents “junior year abroad” (at Sorbonne)
1993 – Guntis Ulmanis elected president of Latvia
1996 – Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), lands
2002 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt of Australia wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
2019 – Copa América Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro: Home team Brazil win their 9th title, beating Peru, 3-1; first title since 2007

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Today in History for 7th July 2023

Historical Events

1912 – American athlete Jim Thorpe wins 4 of 5 events to win the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982
1950 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon: Bobby Locke of South Africa retains title by 2 strokes from Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina
1957 – Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast
1986 – Jordan government shuts al-Fatah offices
2006 – Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner becomes first player in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams before the All-Star break when he homers off Baltimore’s Kris Benson
2011 – Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapses, one killed and 14 injured.

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Famous Birthdays

1861 – Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (discovered sex chromosomes), born in Cavendish, Vermont (d. 1912)
1901 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (Bicycle Thieves, Sciuscià), born in Sora, Lazio (d. 1974)
1925 – Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008)
1954 – Steve Gilchrist, Canadian politician (Cabinet Minister and Member of Provincial Parliament, in Ontario), born in Toronto, Ontario
1966 – Neil Tobin, American magician, born in Chicago, Illinois
1983 – D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane), born in Anaheim, California

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Famous Deaths

1932 – Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (Jessie and Morgiana), dies at 51
1971 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
1972 – Athenagoras, 268th patriarch of Constantinople, dies
2017 – Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor (Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 1981-96), dies at 89
2020 – Dannes Coronel, Ecuadorian soccer defender (27 caps; El Nacional), dies from a heart attack at 47
2021 – Robert Downey, Sr [Elias Jr], American filmmaker (Putney Swope; Rittenhouse Square), and actor (You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It or You’ll Lose That Beat), dies of complications from Parkinson’s disease at 85

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Famous Deaths for 6th July 2023

1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi [Giovanni], Italian composer and organist (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, 1432-80), dies at 64
1918 – Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
1950 – Harold Weekes, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Columbia University; All American 1901), dies at 70
1979 – Van McCoy, American musician and songwriter (The Hustle), dies of a heart attack at 39
1980 – Gail Patrick [Margaret Fitzpatrick], American actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy), dies of leukemia at 69
1990 – Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
1994 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (The High Chaparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
2014 – Alan J. Dixon, American politician (Sen-D-Illinois, 1981-93), dies at 86
2014 – Kathy Stobart, British jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and teacher, dies of a stroke at 89
2022 – Bryan Marchment, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1989-2006 (Edmonton Oilers, San Jose Sharks, and 7 other teams), dies at 53

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Historical Events for 6th July 2023

1641 – Battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army
1932 – Cubs’ future All Star shortstop Billy Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli; no charges laid
1933 – 1st MLB All Star Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Babe Ruth hits first All Star home run
1945 – Abbott and Costello’s film “The Naughty Nineties” released; features longest version of their “Who’s on First?” routine
1957 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Althea Gibson becomes the first black female athlete to win Wimbledon beating Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2
1969 – Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao
1977 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
1984 – New Zealand sisters Liz and Rose Signal become the first twins to play in the same cricket Test match, v England at Headingley
2013 – 3 people are killed and 181 are injured after a Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco Airport
2020 – Zoonotic diseases, which jump from animals to humans, are increasing due to unsustainable farming and climate change according to new report by the UN

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Today in History for 6th July 2023

Historical Events

1969 – Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao
1987 – USSR performs nuclear test
1990 – “Jetsons the Movie” by Hanna-Barbera with Tiffany Darwish, premieres
1996 – In a 2-0 win v Brewers, New York Yankees closer John Wetteland sets MLB record 20 consecutive saves en route to 24
2010 – “Incubus” singer Brandon Boyd announces the release of his debut solo album, “The Wild Trapeze”
2017 – France announces it will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040

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Famous Birthdays

1632 – Albert Schop, German composer, born in Hamburg (d. 1667)
1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German World Chess Champion (1851-66), born in Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1879)
1883 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), born in NYC, New York (d. 1956)
1938 – Franco Luambo [Makiadi], Congolese jazz and rumba guitarist, composer, and bandleader (TPOK Jazz), born in Sona Bata, Belgian Congo (d. 1989)
1949 – Michael Shrieve, American drummer, percussionist, and composer (Santana), born in San Francisco, California
1971 – Kenya D. Williamson, American actress and author (Depth of Focus: A Novel), born in Levittown, Pennsylvania

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Famous Deaths

1961 – Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter and illustrator, dies at 93
2000 – Rederic Coote, British Anglican Bishop (Colchester), dies at 85
2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
2004 – Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2019 – Cameron Boyce, American actor (Mirrors, Jessie), dies from an epileptic seizure at 20
2019 – Martin Charnin, American Broadway stage singer, dancer (West Side Story), director, and lyricist (Annie), dies after a heart attack at 84

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Famous Deaths for 5th July 2023

1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
1873 – John Robertson, American politician, dies at 87
1883 – Frederick Scotson Clark, English organist and composer, dies at 42
1906 – Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), committed suicide at 42
1989 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; is Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, dies at 84
1990 – Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
2014 – Rosemary Murphy, American actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner), dies from esophageal cancer at 89
2015 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2008), dies at 94
2016 – Beatrice de Cardi, British archaeologist, dies at 102
2017 – Pierre Henry, French composer (considered pioneer of musique concrète), dies at 89

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Historical Events for 5th July 2023

1750 – Slave revolt on Curacao
1841 – Thomas Cook opens first travel agency
1871 – Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
1937 – 117°F (47°C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
1946 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: In first post-WWII Championship, Sam Snead wins his only Open title, 4 strokes clear of runners-up Johnny Bulla and Bobby Locke
1947 – “Barefoot Boy with Cheek” closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 performances
1969 – Rolling Stones play a free concert in London’s Hyde Park
1981 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1991 – American jockey Ray Sibille wins his 3,000th career race, aboard Sporting Surf at Pleasanton, California
2021 – One of world’s oldest pieces of art, 51,000-year-old deer bone carved by Neanderthals, announced discovered in Harz Mountains, Germany

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Today in History for 5th July 2023

Historical Events

1715 – Ottoman troops storm citadel of Acrocorinth in the Peloponnese, massacring a large part of the population and selling the rest into slavery. Inspires Lord Byron’s poem “The Siege of Corinth”
1908 – Niazi Bey, a chief organizer of the revolutionary movement in Turkey, raises the standard of revolt at Resna, Macedonia
1958 – J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname
1973 – Test cricket debut of English umpire Harold “Dickie” Bird v NZ at Leeds (66 Tests, 69 ODI)
1989 – “Seinfield” (originally titled The Seinfeld Chronicles” screens its pilot episode starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards on NBC
2017 – Shootout between drug cartels in Las Varas, Northern Mexico kills 14

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Famous Birthdays

1546 – Johann Steuerlein, German composer, born in Schmalkalden, Germany (d. 1613)
1654 – Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Baroque composer, born in Modena, Italy (baptized date) (d. 1738)
1755 – Sarah Kemble Siddons, English tragic actress (Fatal Marriage), born in Brecon, Wales (d. 1831)
1956 – James Lofton, American NFL wide receiver (Bills, Packers, Raiders), born in Fort Ord, California
1968 – Shahid Anwar, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder 1996 England tour), born in Multan, Pakistan
1981 – Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player, born in Toronto, Ontario

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Famous Deaths

1803 – William Jackson [Jackson of Exeter], English composer and organist, dies at 73
1859 – Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
1920 – John Shuter, cricketer (scored 28 in only Test for England 1888), dies
1927 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician (Nobel 1910), dies at 73
1984 – Gaston Vandermeulen, Flemish actor (Heilig Experiment, The Arrival of Joachim Stiller), dies at 79
2004 – Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)

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