1911 – Howard Pyle, American author (b. 1853)
1938 – Edward Murray East, American botanist and geneticist who developed hybrid corn, dies at 59
1948 – Edgar Kennedy, American actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58
1953 – Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, Founder and first King of Saudi Arabia (1932-53), dies of a heart attack at 78
1974 – Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austrian-English composer, teacher and musicologist, dies at 89
1978 – Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75
1993 – Stanley Myers, English movie composer (The Deer Hunter), dies at 63
1994 – Ralph Michael, British actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), dies at 87
2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71
2018 – Paula Wayne [Watkins], American stage and Emmy Award-winning actress (Golden Boy; Everglade!), pop vocalist (“Everything’s Great”), and civil rights activist, dies of cancer at 84
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Historical Events for 9th November 2022
1330 – Battle of Posada, Wallachian voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush
1858 – 1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra
1925 – Robert A. Millikan confirms the existence of cosmic rays from outer space in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences at Madison, Wisconsin
1950 – Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
1962 – Catharina Lodders of the Netherlands elected Miss World
1965 – 1st NY Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St Louis
1971 – John List kills family and moves to Colorado
1980 – Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1984 – Most shots in a NY Islander game (88 – Isles 45, NY Rangers 43)
2013 – 8 people are killed by a gunman in Cali, Columbia
Today in History for 9th November 2022
Historical Events
1857 – Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published
1900 – China has resumed nominal control of Manchuria, but in a secret agreement the Chinese governor of Manchuria grants Russia such rights as keeping troops along the railroad lines and controlling civil administration
1912 – Ottoman garrison surrenders Thessaloniki / Salonika to the Greek army (OS Oct 27)
1996 – 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill
1999 – TAESA Flight 725, crashes a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident.
2019 – YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul’s second boxing match; KSI wins by split decision
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician, born in Lepoglava, Croatia (d. 1931)
1903 – Leon-Etienne Duval, French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church in Algeria, born in Chênex, Haute-Savoie, France (d. 1996)
1909 – H. M. van Randwijk, Dutch author and founder (Vrij Netherland), born in Gorinchem, Netherlands (d. 1966)
1919 – Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter (“Hawaiian Cowboy”), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 1992)
1925 – Bill Bruton, American baseball outfielder (NL stolen bases leader 1953-55 Milwaukee Braves), born in Penola, Alabama (d. 1995)
1984 – French Montana [Karim Kharbouch] American rapper, born in Casablanca, Morocco
Famous Deaths
1829 – Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66
1911 – Howard Pyle, American author (b. 1853)
1952 – Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 66
1956 – Aino Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales), dies at 78
2002 – William Schutz, American psychologist (b. 1925)
2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 8th November 2022
397 – Martin of Tours [St Martin], bishop of Tours and French Saint, dies
1658 – Pieter Floriszoon, Dutch admiral, dies at sea in the Battle of the Sound at about 50
1890 – Caesar Franck, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonic Variations), dies at 67
1920 – Salomon Anski, Russian-Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57
1941 – Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83
1974 – Ivory Joe Hunter “The Baron of the Boogie”, American RandB singer, piano player, and songwriter (“Since I Met You Baby”), dies of lung cancer at 60
1989 – Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67
2002 – Jaun Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher, dies at 70
2006 – Basil Poledouris, American film score composer, dies of cancer at 61
2021 – Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricket administrator (Secretary and Chief Executive Marylebone Cricket Club; CEO South Australian Cricket), dies from multiple myeloma at 58
Historical Events for 8th November 2022
392 – Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion
1322 – Pope John XXII names John van Diest as Bishop of Utrecht
1620 – Battle of White Mountain, Prague – 1st major victory of the Catholic Habsburgs over the Protestant Alliance in The Thirty Years’ War
1933 – US President FDR creates Civil Works Administration
1956 – Biblical drama film “The Ten Commandments”, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner opens in the US
1962 – Canada’s government orders the nickel changed back to round shape
1979 – ABC broadcasts “Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage” with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to “Nightline”)
1987 – 11 are killed in an IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2005 – Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia, the first woman to lead an African country
2013 – At least 6,000 people are killed after Typhoon Haiyan, tied with Typhoon Meranti as being the strongest storm ever recorded at landfall, hits the Philippines
Today in History for 8th November 2022
Historical Events
1900 – David Beatty takes part in the successful relief of the naval brigade and is promoted to captain
1935 – “Mutiny on the Bounty” directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936)
1942 – Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US
1988 – Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
2018 – CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle the microphone off him
2018 – Mass grave of 200 people discovered on border of Somali and Oromia regions, Ethiopia, in investigation into atrocities by former regional president Abdi Mohammed
Famous Birthdays
1879 – King Baggot, American actor and director (Tumbleweeds), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1948)
1938 – Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian military ruler, born in Bendel State, Colonial Nigeria (d. 1976)
1967 – Frantisek Kaberle, Czech ice hockey forward (Team Czech Rep), born in Kladno, Czechia
1967 – Jay Taylor, American NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs), born in San Diego, California
1983 – Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper, born in Split, Croatia
1986 – Aaron H. Swartz, computer programmer and internet activist (Demand Progress), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013)
Famous Deaths
1171 – Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (1120-71), dies at about 63
1880 – Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, dies at 66
1992 – Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic silver 1952), dies at 65
1995 – Country Dick Montana [Daniel McLain], American rock drummer and vocalist (The Beat Farmers – “Happy Boy”), dies on stage during a performance in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada at age 40
2010 – Jack Levine, American social realist painter, dies at 95
2011 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist (The Family Circus), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 7th November 2022
1573 – Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies
1857 – Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, dies at 62
1859 – Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, German kappelmeister and composer, dies at 61
1965 – Friedrich Wildgans, Austrian composer, dies at 52
1978 – Janet Flanner, American journalist (New Yorker), dies at 86
1980 – Wolfgang Weyrauch, German writer, dies at 73
1990 – Lawrence Durrell, Indian-British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet), dies of a stroke at 78
2002 – Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (b. 1923)
2007 – Earl Dodge, American politician (Prohibition Party) (b. 1932)
2020 – Cándido Camero, Cuban American percussionist (congo drum) and bandleader, dies at 99
Historical Events for 7th November 2022
1861 – Battle of Belmont, fought in Mississippi County, Missouri begins, first combat test for Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, Union victory (US Civil War)
1885 – Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie
1917 – British capture Gaza, Palestine, from Turks
1942 – Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
1984 – STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
1985 – Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota’s Palace of Justice
2001 – 35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack and Toby Keith win
2009 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Pounced, California Flag, Dancing In Silks, Vale of York, Goldikova, Furthest Land, Conduit, Zenyatta
2015 – Sierra Leone is declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (death toll 4,000)
2020 – Kamala Harris makes US history as the 1st woman and 1st woman of color to be elected to the vice presidency (date election called)
Today in History for 7th November 2022
Historical Events
1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria as a revolutionary uprising spreads throughout Germany
1929 – Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building in New York
1942 – Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
1963 – New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard is first African-American to be voted AL MVP
1997 – “Bean” film directed by Mel Smith and starring Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean opens in the US
2017 – Danica Roem becomes the first US transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the US in North Virginia
Famous Birthdays
1955 – Detlef Ultsch, German judoka (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Sonneberg, Bezirk Suhl, East Germany
1969 – Tanya Dubnicoff, Canadian cyclist (Olympic 6th 1992, 96), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1970 – Morgan Spurlock, American director and documentary producer (Super Size Me), born in Parkersburg, West Virginia
1981 – Muhammad Hassan, American professional wrestler, born in Syracuse, New York
1990 – Courtney Marie Andrews, American singer-songwriter (Old Flowers), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1995 – Bethany Mota, American video blogger, born in Merced County, California
Famous Deaths
1802 – Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, Austrian composer, dies at 50
1960 – Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
1967 – Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
1974 – Sandra Rivett, English nanny to John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, allegedly bludgeoned to death by Mr Lucan at 29 before he mysteriously disappeared
1979 – Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
2006 – Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 6th November 2022
1796 – Catherine the Great [Catherine II], German-born Empress of Russia (1762-96) who expanded the Russian empire, dies of a stroke at 67
1822 – Hendrik van Stralen, Secretary of Interior of the Netherlands, dies at 71
1822 – Claude-Louis Berthollet, French chemist, dies at 73
1944 – Walter Guinness, Lord Moyne, Anglo-Irish politician, British prefect (Middle-East), assassinated by Jewish terrorists at 64
1955 – Cornelis GN de Vooys, translator, dies at 82
1972 – Billy Murcia, Colombian born American rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (Sleuth), dies at 75
2006 – Federico (Fico) López, Puerto Rican basketball player, dies of a heart attack at 44
2007 – Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), dies at 82
2014 – Rick Rosas, American session and touring bassist (Neil Young; Joe Walsh; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), dies of a heart attack at 65