1828 – Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
1854 – Grant Cuthbert, Metis leader (led conflict with Red River settlement, settled Grant Town), dies after a fall from a horse at about 61
1856 – Margaretha Jacoba de Neufville, Dutch author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
1857 – Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), student of Ludwig van Beethoven, and teacher of Franz Liszt, dies at 66
1933 – Freddie Keppard, American jazz cornetist (Original Creole Orchestra), dies of tuberculosis at 44
1983 – Eddie Foy Jr [Edwin Fitzgerald Jr], American actor (The Pajama Game, Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1987 – Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 71
2010 – James E. Akins, American diplomat and advisor to Richard Nixon (b. 1926)
2015 – Alan Curtis, American harpsichordist, musicologist and conductor, dies at 80
2021 – Dennis Murphy, American sports entrepreneur (co-founder American Basketball Ass’n, World Hockey Ass’n, original World Team Tennis, Roller Hockey International), dies at 94
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Historical Events for 15th July 2023
1207 – King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton
1830 – Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, sign fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri
1954 – 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
1956 – Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1968 – Commercial air travel begins between US and USSR
1972 – “Honky Chateau” becomes Elton John’s first No. 1 album in the US, includes hit “Rocket Man”
1973 – California Angel Nolan Ryan’s 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0
2005 – “Wedding Crashers”, starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, premieres
2007 – Copa América Final, Maracaibo, Venezuela: Defending champions Brazil win their 8th title with a 3-0 win over Argentina
2015 – Robbie Williams announces he is returning to boy band Take That
Today in History for 15th July 2023
Historical Events
1808 – French marshal Joachim Murat becomes King of Naples
1823 – A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome
1973 – Ray Davies announces his retirement from The Kinks, then attempts suicide; neither effort successful
1988 – “Die Hard” directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is released in the US
1990 – US Open Women’s Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Defending champion Betsy King wins consecutive titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan, the leader after each of first 3 rounds
2014 – 20 people are killed and 100 are injured after a train derails in Moscow
Famous Birthdays
1353 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1906 – Rudolf “Rudi” Uhlenhaut, German automotive engineer and test driver (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1989)
1906 – Edmund Davies, British judge (as Lord Justice of appeal, tried the Great Train Robbers, Edmund-Davies police pay review), born in Mountain Ash, Wales (d. 1992)
1922 – Leon M. Lederman, American experimental physicist (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1988 – for research on quarks and leptons) and author (The God Particle), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
1957 – (Lyman) “Mac” McAnally, American session and touring country music singer-songwriter, and musician (Coral Reefer Band), born in Red Bay, Alabama
1968 – Eddie Griffin, American comedian (Black Dynamite), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Famous Deaths
1750 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, dies at 73
1958 – Nuri al-Said, Iraqi politician, 8-time Prime Minister of Iraq, assassinated while trying to escape during the revolution at 69
1986 – Benny Rubin, American actor and comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87
1989 – Laurie Cunningham, English soccer left winger (6 caps; Orient, West Bromwich Albion, Real Madrid, Marseille, Rayo Vallecano), dies in a car crash at 33
1994 – Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies
2013 – Earl Gros, American NFL running back (Green Bay), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 14th July 2023
1827 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and optics pioneer (proved wave theory of light correct, invented catadioptric Fresnel lens), dies of tuberculosis at 39
1834 – Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b. 1763)
1950 – Āpirana Ngata, Māori New Zealand politician and lawyer known for promoting and protecting Māori culture and language, dies at 76
1953 – Richard von Mises, Austrian scientist and mathematician (probability theory), dies at 70
1982 – George Tremblay, Canadian-American composer, dies at 71
1993 – Robert Strong, American actor, dies at 87
2002 – Carlos Fariñas, Cuban avant-garde composer, dies at 67
2005 – Cicely Saunders, English Nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice, dies of cancer at 87
2014 – Alice Coachman, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1948), dies of cardiac arrest at 90
2022 – William Hart, American soul singer and songwriter (4 Gents; Delfonics – “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)”; “La-La Means I Love You”), dies of surgery complications at 77
Historical Events for 14th July 2023
1865 – The Chickasaw Nation is the last of the Five Tribes to surrender to the Union following the Confederate defeat
1870 – The United States Congress grants Mary Todd Lincoln a life pension in the amount of $3,000 a year
1951 – In his last race, 1948 Triple Crown champion Citation wins the Hollywood Gold Cup by 4 lengths, to become American racing’s first millionaire horse.
1984 – STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for remanifest of payloads
1986 – US Open Women’s Golf, NCR CC: Jane Geddes wins by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff with South African born Sally Little
1987 – Steve Miller’s star is unveiled on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
2012 – Suicide bomber attacks a wedding reception and kills 22 people and inures 22 in northern Afghanistan
2014 – After 7 days, Israel has struck Gaza 1320 times, while Gaza has fired 940 rockets at Israel
2015 – Arms deal agreed between 6 world powers and Iran limiting Iranian nuclear arms but ending sanctions
2018 – Civilians killed in Afghan war reaches record high with 1,692 killed in first six months of 2018 says UN
Today in History for 14th July 2023
Historical Events
1911 – 46″ of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
1941 – Jam rationed in Holland
1990 – “Howard Stern’s Summer Show” premieres on WWOR-TV (NYC)
2009 – Singapore experiences a seasonally adjusted and annualised growth of 20.4% in the second quarter as a result of increased pharmaceuticals production and construction, bringing the country out of the recession
2019 – First Ebola case on Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, city of 1 million, as toll of outbreak reaches 1600 victims
2019 – US President Donald Trump ignites racial controversy by tweeting four Democrat women of color “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”
Famous Birthdays
1874 – Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1944)
1941 – Andreas Khol, Austrian politician, born in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany
1952 – Jerry Houser, American actor (Slapshot, Summer of ’42, Class of ’44), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, American actor (Breaking Away), born in Northridge, California
1966 – Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator (The Invention of Hugo Cabret), born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey
1973 – Candela Peña, Spanish actress (Take My Eyes), born in Gavà, Spain
Famous Deaths
1711 – John William Friso, Prince of Orange and monarch of Nassau-Dietz, drowns at 23
1966 – Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
1994 – Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
2010 – Bengt Emil Johnson, Swedish author and composer, dies at 73
2010 – Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, dies of cancer at 84
2010 – Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (b. 1937)
Famous Deaths for 13th July 2023
1890 – John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer of the American West and presidential candidate, dies at 77
1951 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer (Verklärte Nacht – Transfigured Night; 2nd Quartet), and painter associated with the expressionist movement, dies at 76
1954 – Grantland Rice, American sportswriter (New York Herald Tribune 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37), dies from a stroke at 73
1969 – Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela’s son, dies in a car accident at 24
1976 – Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
1988 – Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
1994 – Bob Payton, American pizza magnate (The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory), dies at 50
1995 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group), dies at 75
1996 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer, dies at 91
2020 – Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster, dies of a brain aneurysm at 49
Historical Events for 13th July 2023
1558 – Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines
1881 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw beats defending champion John Hartley 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 for first of his 7 Wimbledon singles titles
1926 – Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4)
1930 – David Sarnoff reports in NY Times “TV would be a theater in every home”
1936 – 112°F (44°C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
1976 – 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
1977 – NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
1985 – New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniform numbers
1991 – Bob Milacki and 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A’s 2-0
2013 – Ten people are killed after a bus crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Today in History for 13th July 2023
Historical Events
1668 – Van Marco Cesti’s opera “Il Pomo d’Oro” (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
1794 – Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria
1923 – American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews discovers the first recognised dinosaur eggs, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
1936 – 112°F (44°C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
1951 – Great Flood: 2.000,000 acres in Kansas and Missouri in central US are flooded from rain swollen Missouri and Kansas Rivers
1969 – North Ireland loyalist Ian Paisley addresses a crowd at Loughgall, County Antrim, and is reported to have said: “I am anti-Roman Catholic, but God being my judge, I love the poor dupes who are ground down under that system.”
Famous Birthdays
1901 – Eric Portman, Yorkshire England, actor (Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale), (d. 1969)
1948 – Alf Hansen, Norwegian rower Olympic gold, double sculls 1976; World C’ship gold double sculls 1975, 78, 79, 82), born in Oslo, Norway
1957 – Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera
1969 – Ken Jeong, American comedian and actor (Community, The Hangover), born in Detroit, Michigan
1982 – Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
1982 – Simon Clist, English footballer (Bristol City), born in Bournemouth, England
Famous Deaths
1705 – Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator, dies at 55
1793 – Jean-Paul Marat, French journalist and revolutionary (Friend of the People periodical), is murdered by Charlotte Corday in a bath at 50
1997 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
2006 – Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], American comedian (The Red Buttons Show), and Academy Award-winning actor (Sayonara; The Poseidon Adventure), dies from cardiovascular disease at 87
2008 – Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)
2010 – Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman’s band (b. 1931)
Famous Deaths for 12th July 2023
1749 – Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France
1835 – David Douglas, Scottish botanist (Douglas fir), dies from falling in to a pit trap while surveying Mauna Kea in Hawaiʻi at 35
1945 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (German Air Force-WW II), dies at 49
1989 – Sidney Hook, American philosopher (The Paradoxes of Freedom), dies at 86
2004 – Jean Ruth Adams, American entomologist (insect pathogens and viruses), dies at 75 or 76
2007 – Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947)
2007 – Mr. Butch, Iconic Boston street figure (b. 1951)
2010 – Buff Cobb [Patrizia Cobb Chapman], American actress and TV personality (Masquerade Party), dies at 82
2013 – Alan Whicker, British journalist and TV broadcaster (Whicker’s World), dies at 91
2020 – Rod Bernard, American “swamp pop” singer (“Allons Danser Colinda”), dies at 79