1644 – Second Battle of Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies
1913 – President Woodrow Wilson says US will never attack another country
1922 – 1st commemoration of Navy Day (USA)
1952 – “My Darlin’ Aida” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 performances
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 – Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to John Tinbergen
1973 – 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2
1985 – Baseball World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen
1986 – Paul McCartney releases single “Pretty Little Head”
1990 – “Michael Feinstein in Concert” closes at Golden NYC after 30 performances
Author: gil7
Today in History for 27th October 2022
Historical Events
312 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross
1946 – Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
1950 – Paul Creston’s 3rd Symphony, “Triumph of St Joan” premieres
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 – Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
2001 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Tiznow, Johannesburg, Unbridled Elaine, Fantastic Light, Val Royal, Banks Hill, Tempera, Squirtle Squirt
Famous Birthdays
1763 – William Maclure, Scottish-American Geologist (first geological map), born in Ayr, Scotland (d. 1840)
1932 – Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (Trout), born in Paris, France (d. 2007)
1938 – Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2013)
1946 – Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1964 – Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1967 – Jaren Jackson, American NBA guard and forward (Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1955 – Clark Griffith, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB ERA leader 1898 Chicago Colts/Orphans) and manager (Chicago WS, NY Highlanders, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Sens [owner]), dies at 85
1966 – Nigel Haig, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; 1,000 runs and 100 wickets 1921, 27, 29 Middlesex), dies at 78
1977 – Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
2004 – Lester Lanin, American orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits), dies at 97
2006 – Joe Niekro, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1979; NL wins leader 1979; Houston Astros; World Series 1987; NY Yankees), dies from a brain aneurysm at 61
2010 – Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (2003-2007), dies of heart failure at 60
Famous Deaths for 26th October 2022
900 – Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon monarch who was King of Wessex and King of the Anglo-Saxons, dies at 50 or 51
1132 – Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered
1773 – Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)
1864 – William T. Anderson [Bloody Bill], American Civil War Pro-Confederate rebel guerrilla leader (Lawrence Massacre, Centralia Massacre), killed in battle by union troops at 23 or 24
1867 – John Fawcett, English composer, dies at 77
1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian Soviet children’s writer, killed in combat at 37
1961 – Milan Stojadinović, Serbian-Yugoslav political figure and 12th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73
1995 – Bernhard Heiliger, German artist and sculptor, dies at 79
2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
2021 – Glen Tuckett American college basbeall coach (Brigham Young Uni 1959-76) and administrator (BYU athletic director 1976-94), dies at 93
Historical Events for 26th October 2022
1859 – Steam clipper Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, Wales;, in a storm that took down over 100 vessels; approximately 450 passengers and crew killed on voyage returning to Liverpool from Australia
1869 – 1st American steeplechase horserace at Westchester, NY
1951 – Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles
1952 – Pakistan’s 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India
1958 – PanAm flies first transatlantic jet from New York to Paris
1988 – Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 months’ advisory service
2003 – The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in Californian history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego
2015 – World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic
2015 – “Spectre”, 24th James Bond film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig premieres in London
2015 – 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits northern Pakistan and Afghanistan killing over 300
Today in History for 26th October 2022
Historical Events
1863 – Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby
1916 – American sex educator Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1926 – Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 “Belga”)
2003 – The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in Californian history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego
2015 – 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits northern Pakistan and Afghanistan killing over 300
2018 – Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer
Famous Birthdays
1483 – Hans Buchner, German composer, born in Ravensburg (d. 1538)
1823 – Karl Weinhold, German sociologist (founder of Journal of the Association of Folklore), born in Dzierżoniów, Poland (d. 1901)
1916 – François Mitterrand, 21st President of France (1981-95), born in Jarnac, France (d. 1996)
1937 – Dave Gavitt, American basketball coach, formed Basketball’s Big East Conference (1979), born in Westerly, Rhode Island (d. 2011)
1952 – Abbas al-Musawi, influential Lebanese Shia cleric, and founder and leader of Hezbollah, born in Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon (d. 1992)
1959 – François Chau, Cambodian actor, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Famous Deaths
900 – Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon monarch who was King of Wessex and King of the Anglo-Saxons, dies at 50 or 51
1881 – Billy Clanton, brother of outlaw Ike Clanton, dies in the gunfight at the OK Corral at 19
1943 – Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British archaeologist, dies at 80
2004 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (MLB All-Star 1952, 54, 55; AL batting champion 1954; Cleveland Indians), dies of diabetes and lung ailment at 80
2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
2021 – Glen Tuckett American college basbeall coach (Brigham Young Uni 1959-76) and administrator (BYU athletic director 1976-94), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 25th October 2022
1415 – Philip of Nevers, French earl, dies at the Battle of Agincourt
1415 – Anton van Bourgondie, French son of Philip the Stout, dies at 31
1495 – John II, the Perfect/Consummate, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies
1845 – Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral, dies at 81
1934 – Frank Sprague, American inventor who installed the first U.S. electric trolley system, dies at 77
1957 – Henry Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect (Art Nouveau), dies at 94
1971 – Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor and director (Wilton’s Zoo; Little Rascal), dies at 82
1985 – Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
1986 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (F Troop, Dusty Trail, The Crawling Eye), dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 67
2004 – John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster dies of a heart attack aged 65
Historical Events for 25th October 2022
1596 – Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland
1942 – Field Marshal Rommel back in North Africa
1947 – Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M
1947 – “Under the Counter” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 27 performances
1968 – Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon’s baby; she later suffers a miscarriage
1984 – West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption
1985 – Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
1991 – Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
1992 – “Jake’s Women” closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 245 performances
2009 – MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4 games to 2
Today in History for 25th October 2022
Historical Events
1521 – Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam
1780 – John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts
1944 – Battle at Samar-island
1962 – American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
1963 – Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Karlstad, Sweden
1968 – Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler
Famous Birthdays
1612 – James Graham, Marquis of Montrose “the Great Montrose”, Scottish general and poet, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1650)
1825 – Johann Baptist Strauss Jr., Austrian composer (Waltz King), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1899)
1843 – Gleb Uspensky, Russian author (Power of the Soil), born in Tula, Russian Empire (d. 1902)
1909 – Whitner “Whit” Bissell, American actor (Time Machine, Soylent Green, The Magnificent Seven), born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
1929 – Peter Rohmkorf, German writer, born in Dortmund, Germany (d. 2008)
1964 – Pat Swilling, American NFL defensive end and linebacker (Oakland Raiders), born in Toccoa, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer), dies at 39
1957 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish sci-fi writer (Time and Gods), dies at 79
1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian distance athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1960 WR [barefoot], 64 WR; Africa’s first WR breaking athlete in any sport), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 41
2000 – Don Brooks, American session and touring harmonica player (Waylon Jennings; Ken Burns’ “The Civil War”), dies of leukemia at 53
2013 – Bill Sharman, American Basketball HOF guard (8 × NBA All-Star; 4 x NBA C’ship; Boston Celtics) and coach (NBA C’ship 1972 LA Lakers), dies from stroke complications at 87
2019 – Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer (Mode of Shang), dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 24th October 2022
1537 – Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England (1536-7), dies of postnatal complications at 28
1669 – William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)
1789 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet, dies at 68
1889 – Loisa Puget, French composer, dies at 79
1902 – Władysław Zaremba, Ukrainian pianist and composer, dies at 69
1938 – Ernst Barlach, German writer and artist, dies at 68
1972 – Jackie Robinson, American Baseball HOF second baseman (1st African-American MLB player Brooklyn Dodgers; 6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1955; NL MVP 1949), dies from a heart attack at 53
1982 – James Philbrook, actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at 58
1996 – Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, British politician and diplomat, dies at 96
2016 – Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive, “Spin Me Round”), dies of a cardiac arrest at 57
Historical Events for 24th October 2022
1861 – First US transcontinental telegram is sent (from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.)
1931 – Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
1946 – Netherlands and Indonesia sign cease fire
1960 – Disaster on USSR’s Baikonoer launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); USSR claims killed in plane crash
1980 – Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
1984 – 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested
1988 – Typhoon Ruby sinks Philippine ferry; hundreds drown
1988 – NY Islander’s and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires
2002 – Twyla Tharp’s rock ballet “Movin’ Out”, set to songs of Billy Joel, opens at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC; runs for 1,303 performances
2012 – Libyan militias capture Bani Walid resulting in 130 civilian deaths