355 – Roman Emperor Constantius II proclaims his cousin Julian as Caesar
1153 – Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda)
1864 – Battle of Droop Mountain, West Virginia (Averell’s Raid)
1935 – 1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft
1943 – Soviet troops land on Kertsj peninsula
1950 – Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pittsburgh Pirates
1976 – Benjamin Hooks elected to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1988 – Steve Jones wins 19th NYC men’s marathon (2:08:20); Grete Waitz wins record 9th women’s title
1997 – “Proposals” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
2016 – New York City Marathon: Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea wins men’s race in 2:07:51; defending women’s champion Mary Keitany wins her 3rd NYC crown in 2:24:26
Author: gil7
Today in History for 6th November 2022
Historical Events
1928 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor
1939 – WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st commercial TV station, begins service
1941 – USA lends Soviet Union $1 million
1941 – Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
1950 – King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
1983 – Turkey Turgut Özals Moederland party wins elections
Famous Birthdays
1753 – Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1802)
1906 – James D. Norris, American sports businessman (Chicago Black Hawks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
1955 – Maria Shriver, American newscaster (Sunday Today) and ex-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Chicago, Illinois
1961 – Daniele Gatti, Italian conductor, born in Milan, Italy
1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor and author (Dead Poets Society, Before trilogy), born in Austin, Texas
1982 – Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1795 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 73
1922 – Morgan Bulkeley, American politician (US Senator – Connecticut 1905-11) and Baseball HOF administrator (NL President 1876), dies at 84
1997 – Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, British Labour Party politician, dies at 82
2004 – Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack and television personality, dies at 66
2007 – Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician, killed in a bomb attack at 47 or 48
2018 – Hugh McDowell, British cellist (Electric Light Orchestra – “Strange Magic”; “Evil Woman”), dies of cancer at 65
Famous Deaths for 5th November 2022
1872 – Thomas Sully, American portrait painter (Queen Victoria), dies at 89
1941 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
1975 – Lionel Trilling, American literary critic and author (1969 Poses Award, The Liberal Imagination), dies at 70
2000 – Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Special Friendships), dies at 93
2005 – John Fowles, British novelist (Collector, French Lieutenant’s Woman), dies at 79
2006 – Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (between 1974 and 2002), dies at 81
2008 – Paul Greening, Royal Navy officer and master of Queen’s household, dies at 80
2012 – Charles V. Bush, African-American pioneer (1st African-American US Air Force Academy Graduate and US Supreme Court Page), dies from colon cancer at 72
2015 – Guido Masanetz, German composer (In Frisco ist der Teufel Los), dies at 101
2021 – Russell Ebert, Australian Rules midfielder (4 x Magarey Medals; 6 x Port Adelaide FC BandF; Australian Football HOF) and coach (SA 1996-98), dies of leukemia at 72
Historical Events for 5th November 2022
1883 – Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi’s army destroys Egyptian army
1911 – Italian forces take Tripoli and Cyrenaica, declaring suzerainty over Ottoman-controlled Libya
1932 – Benito Mussolini frees 16,000 convicts
1942 – Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez’s final transmission
1944 – German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
1955 – Date returned to in “Back to the Future” by Marty McFly
1983 – NY Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
1996 – Bill Clinton is re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
1997 – 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns he is named AL Manager of Year
2012 – Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million
Today in History for 5th November 2022
Historical Events
1499 – Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). Breton-French-Latin dictionary written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc was first Breton and French dictionary
1811 – El Salvador’s 1st battle against Spain for independence
1873 – Due to the fallout from the Pacific Scandal, John A. Macdonald resigns as Prime Minister of Canada
1973 – Arab producers announce 25 percent cut in oil production
1992 – “Revenge Match of the 20th century” American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky to win an unofficial match in Belgrade
2000 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is laid to rest 25 years after his death after a funeral procession through Addis Ababa
Famous Birthdays
1885 – Will Durant, American author and historian (The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization), born in North Adams, Massachusetts (d. 1981)
1911 – Roy Rogers, American cowboy actor and singer (“Happy Trails”; Roy Rogers Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1998)
1920 – Douglass North, American economist, (Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 1993), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
1930 – Clifford Irving, American novelist and investigative reporter (hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1951 – Tony Evers, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (2019-), born in Plymouth, Wisconsin
1974 – Chris Sununu, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (2017-), born in Salem, New Hampshire
Famous Deaths
1680 – Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57
1828 – Maria Feodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia, dies at 69
1860 – Carl Binder, Austrian composer, dies at 43
1989 – Barry Sadler, American singer (“Ballad Of The Green Berets”), dies from complications of being shot at 49
1990 – Herbert Berghof, Austrian actor (Belarus File, Harry and Tonto, Target), dies of heart failure at 81
1991 – Robert Maxwell, Czech-British billionaire publisher, politician and fraudster (Mirror Group, NY Daily News), drowns at sea at 68
Famous Deaths for 4th November 2022
1698 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician and physicist, dies at 73
1914 – Georg Trakl, Austrian poet, dies of a drug overdose at 27
1940 – Manuel Azaña, Prime Minister of Spain (1931-33) and 2nd President of the Spanish Republic (1936-39), dies of a heart attack at 60 while in exile in France
1950 – Grover Cleveland Alexander, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1926 Chicago Cubs; Triple Crown 1915, 16, 20; 6 × NL wins and strikeout leader; Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 63
1953 – Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American pianist and philanthropist, dies at 89
1968 – Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author, dies at 78
1997 – Richard Hooker [Heister Richard Hornberger], American army surgeon, and novelist (MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors – inspiration for film and TV series), dies of leukemia at 73
2006 – Frank Calder, Canadian politician (British Columbia’s first indigenous cabinet minister), dies at 91
2009 – Hubertus Brandenburg, Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (b. 1923)
2013 – Hakon Barfod, Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion, dies at 87
Historical Events for 4th November 2022
1631 – Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
1864 – Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
1968 – Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O’Neill meets British Prime Minister Harold Wilson for talks on Northern Ireland; Wilson states no change of constitutional position of Northern Ireland possible without consent of the its people
1977 – UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1989 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence
2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate John McCain
2014 – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive
2015 – Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canadian Prime Minister with a cabinet split equally between men and women
2017 – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara opens in Jakarta with items from the collection of Indonesian tycoon Haryanto Adikoesoemo
2017 – Scottish champions Celtic sets new all-time British record (63) for matches undefeated in all domestic football competitions beating St. Johnstone, 4-0 at McDiarmid Park
Today in History for 4th November 2022
Historical Events
1501 – Philip de Blank and Juana “la Loca” depart to Spain
1929 – John L. Balderston’s play “Berkeley Square” starring Leslie Howard premieres in NYC
1981 – Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart” premieres in NYC
1990 – Iraq says it is preparing for a “dangerous war”
2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate John McCain
2009 – Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win Bronx Bombers’ record 27th title; MVP: NY outfielder Hideki Matsui
Famous Birthdays
1590 – Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1656)
1790 – Carlos Antonio López, 1st President of Paraguay (1844-62), born in Asunción, Paraguay (d. 1862)
1927 – Vittorio Fellegara, Italian composer, born in Milan (d. 2011)
1968 – Domingo Cedeno, Dominican infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in La Ramona, Dominican Republic
1969 – Tommy Henry, American CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1977 – Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress (Emmerdale), born in Jersey
Famous Deaths
1968 – Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author, dies at 78
1984 – Merie Earle [Ireland], American film and television character actress (The Waltons – “Maude Gormley”), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
2003 – Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
2006 – Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), dies at 95
2020 – Ken Hensley, British rock songwriter, keyboardist, and singer (Uriah Heep, 1970-80 – “Easy Livin'”; Blackfoot, 1982-84), dies at 75
2021 – (Henry) Lionel Blair [Ogus], Canadian-British choreographer, tap dancer, actor, and television presenter, dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 3rd November 2022
1324 – Petronilla de Meath, Irish maidservant, first person in Ireland or Great Britain to be burnt at the stake for witchcraft and heresy, at about 24
1584 – Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan (1564-84), dies at 46
1711 – Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian Baroque composer, dies at 60
1794 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman, dies at 79
1919 – Terauchi Masatake, Japanese soldier and politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1916-18), dies at 67
1959 – Friedrich Niggli, Swiss composer (Buechfinkeliedli; Nach dem Regen), dies at 83
1960 – Paul Willis, American actor (The Little Lumberjack; Little Kaintuck), dies at 59
1969 – Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish soccer striker (16 caps; Fenerbahçe), dies at 71
1986 – E. Cuyler Hammond, American epidemiologist (first to link smoking with lung cancer), dies at 74
2001 – Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English art historian (The Story of Art), dies at 92
Historical Events for 3rd November 2022
1796 – John Adams elected as 2nd president of the United States of America
1856 – A British fleet bombards Canton
1868 – John Willis Menard from Louisiana is elected the first black US Congressman (opposition to his election means he never sits in Congress)
1888 – Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes
1908 – William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th U.S. President over William Jennings Bryan (D)
1937 – Howie Morenz Memorial Game, Montreal Forum: NHL All-Stars beat Montreal All Stars, 6-5
1943 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1954 – Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe
1956 – Suez Crisis: After several days of fighting, Israeli forces capture the Gaza Strip
1969 – Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium