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Today in History for 13th October 2023

Historical Events

1792 – Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington
1944 – Riga, capital of Latvia, freed
1975 – Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery
1978 – “52nd Street” 6th studio album by Billy Joel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1979)
1981 – Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected President of Egypt
1996 – “Big” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1822 – Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1896)
1917 – Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985)
1931 – Janice Elliott, English novelist, born in Derby, England (d. 1995)
1935 – Louis LaRusso II, American playwright (Knockout; Lampost Reunion), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 2003)
1938 – Enzo Dara, Italian operatic basso buffo (The Barber of Seville – “Don Bartolo”), and author, born in Mantua, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2017)
1955 – Frans van Oostrom, Dutch jazz and blues guitarist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Famous Deaths

1708 – Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk and fieldmarshal, dies at 67
1774 – William Bentinck, British-born Dutch politician and prominent Orangist, dies at 69
2000 – Jean Peters, American actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters), dies at 73
2005 – Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
2012 – Helmut Haller, German soccer forward (33 caps West Germany; FC Augsburg, Bologna FC, Juventus), dies from Parkinson’s disease and dementia at 73
2021 – Ray Fosse, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star, Gold Glove Award 1970, 71 Cleveland Indians; World Series Oakland A’s 1973, 74) and broadcaster (Oakland A’s NBC), dies of cancer at 74

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Famous Deaths for 12th October 2023

1343 – Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies
1678 – Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
1758 – Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)
1858 – Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61
1887 – Dinah Craik, English writer (John Halifax, Gentleman), dies at 61
1940 – Tom Mix, American silent screen cowboy actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60
1972 – (Wilfred) “Billy” Williams, American pop singer (“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter”), dies at 61
1983 – Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (ring name “The Grand Wizard of Wrestling”), dies at 57
1992 – Alexander Pola [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor and writer (Farce Major), dies at 78
2002 – Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (Ray Conniff Singers), dies at 85

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Historical Events for 12th October 2023

642 – John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1576 – Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor
1925 – German-Russian trade agreement signed
1929 – Chicago Cubs blow 8-0 Game 4s lead; Philadelphia A’s score World Series record 10 runs in 1 inning in 10-8 win
1967 – Baseball World Series: Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson
1986 – California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
1989 – Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson
2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
2008 – Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund
2018 – US air strike in central Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab militants

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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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