1906 – William “Buck” Ewing, American Baseball HOF catcher (NL home run leader 1883 NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds), dies of diabetes at 67
1913 – Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), dies of typhoid fever at 68
1913 – Leander Schlegel, Dutch composer, dies at 69
1929 – José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay (1899, 1903-7, 1911-15), dies at 73
1955 – Eino Roiha, Finnish composer, dies at 51
1983 – Peter Dudley, British character actor (Coronation Street, 1979-83 – “Bert”), dies after multiple heart attacks and stokes at 48
1994 – Francis Steegmuller, American biographer (Cocteau), dies at 88
1999 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian baseball team owner (Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins 1955-84), dies at 87
2011 – Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and translator (b. 1928)
2014 – Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), dies at 58
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Historical Events for 20th October 2022
1536 – King Christian III of Denmark and Norway leads reform in Catholic possessions
1587 – Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League
1839 – Margaret Fuller is appointed editor of new US Transcendental Magazine “The Dial”
1880 – Amsterdam Free University opens
1942 – “Durham Manifesto” issued by the Southern Conference on Race Relations held in Durham, North Carolina, calls for fundamental changes in race relations
1962 – Peter, Paul and Mary’s debut folk album “Peter, Paul and Mary” reaches No. 1 on US album charts
1978 – Police’s 1st US concert (NYC’s CBGBs)
1983 – IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
1991 – Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
2018 – President Trump threatens to pull the US out of an arms control agreement with Russia because Russia has violated its terms
Today in History for 20th October 2022
Historical Events
1862 – Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname
1912 – Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
1953 – WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 – Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1968 – “Her 1st Roman” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 17 performances
1991 – Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
Famous Birthdays
1740 – Belle van Zuylen, Dutch-Swiss writer (Three Women), born at Castle Zuylen near Utrecht (d. 1805)
1899 – Marnix Gijsen [baron Jan-Albert Goris], Flemish writer (Grote God Pan)
1927 – Joyce Brothers, American pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
1939 – Raymond Jones, British keyboardist and songwriter, born in Oldham, England
1950 – Elodie Lauten [Genevieve Schecroun], French-American composer (The Death of Don Juan), born in Paris (d. 2014)
1960 – Lepa Brena ‘Yugoslavia’s Madonna’, Yugoslav singer, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia
Famous Deaths
1890 – Richard Burton, English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), dies at 69
1900 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer, dies at 54
1904 – Henry Hiles, English composer, dies at 77
1926 – Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate, dies at 70
2013 – Lawrence Klein, American economist who created computer models to forecast economic trends (1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), dies at 93
2020 – Bill Mathis, American football halfback (AFL All Star 1961, 63; New York Titans/Jets), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 19th October 2022
727 – Saint Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford, England
1268 – Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded
1921 – Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
1964 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), dies at 79
1964 – Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51
1992 – Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44
1994 – Munavarsjo Nazrijev, vice-president of Tadzjikistan, dies
2001 – Jagernath Lachmon, Surinamese politician, dies at 85
2003 – Hawk [Michael Hegstrand], American professional wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom), dies at 46
2008 – Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor (Dolemite) (b. 1937)
Historical Events for 19th October 2022
1882 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley
1913 – At a meeting of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in Durban, NIC secretaries, M. C. Anglia and Dada Osman, severely criticise Mahatma Gandhi and tender their resignations
1953 – Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
1971 – A group of Northern Ireland Members of Parliament begin a 48 hour hunger strike against the policy of Internment
1980 – Steve McPeak rides 101’9″ unicycle
1993 – UN authorizes arms, military and police supply embargo against Haiti
1996 – Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
2017 – New Zealand Labour Party forms a coalition government led by Jacinda Ardern (37), youngest NZ leader in 161 years
2018 – “Halloween” film reboot starring Jamie Curtis makes a record $77m for a horror film with a female lead, biggest debut any film with female lead over 55 in US
2019 – UK parliament votes for the Letwin amendment in a special Saturday sitting, which forces Boris Johnson to ask the EU for an extension and delays vote on his Brexit deal
Today in History for 19th October 2022
Historical Events
1888 – Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs
1912 – Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
1944 – Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg
1964 – American sprinter Edith McGuire runs an Olympic record 23.0 to win the women’s 200m gold medal in Tokyo; minor place medallists Irena Szewińska of Poland and Australian Marilyn Black both record 23.1
2001 – SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks killing 353
2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity
Famous Birthdays
1866 – Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, librettist, conductor, and music professor, born in Six Nations Reserve, Ontario (d. 1947)
1932 – Robert Reed, American actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1992)
1958 – Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
1965 – Brad Daugherty, American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1988, 89, 91–93; Cleveland Cavaliers) and broadcaster (ESPN College Basketball and NASCAR), born in Black Mountain, North Carolina
1983 – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress (Elizabeth Woodville-The White Queen, Mission Impossible– Rogue Nation, Dune), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1992 – Lil Durk [Durk Derrick Banks], American rapper (The Voice of the Heroes, 7220), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1547 – Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46
1950 – Edna St Vincent Millay, American poet/dramatist/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize), dies at 58
2007 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor and novelist (Brief American), dies at 81
2008 – Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic, dies at 86
2009 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), dies at 91
2014 – Lynda Bellingham, Canadian-born English actress, dies from colon cancer at 66
Famous Deaths for 18th October 2022
1558 – Maria, Queen of Hungary as wife of Louis II and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53
1669 – Abraham Willaerts, Dutch painter (A Spanish three-decker at anchor off Naples), dies
1862 – James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
1955 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and author (The Revolt of the Masses), dies at 72
1968 – Lee Tracy, American actor (Dinner at Eight, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies of cancer at 70
1984 – Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
1993 – Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
2007 – Alan Coren, English writer and satirist (b. 1938)
2007 – Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, dies at 43
2021 – Colin Powell, American General and 1st Black US Secretary of State (2001-05), dies from complications of COVID-19, blood cancer, and Parkinson’s disease at 84
Historical Events for 18th October 2022
1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church’s foundations down to bedrock
1912 – Black boxer Jack Johnson arrested for violating the Mann Act for “transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes” due to his relationship with white woman Lucille Cameron, allegedly a prostitute. Later convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to a year in prison.
1915 – 3rd Italian offensive at Isonzo
1930 – Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day
1953 – WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 – Circus Circus hotel opens in Las Vegas, largest permanent big top in the world
1974 – 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena – Pacers beat Spurs 129-121
1979 – “Beatlemania” opens in London
1991 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at NY State Theater NYC
1992 – Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL quarterback scramble record of 3,683
Today in History for 18th October 2022
Historical Events
1386 – Opening of the University of Heidelberg
1969 – Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kanter arrested for marijuana possession
1977 – NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
1992 – 6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities
2001 – Crude Oil for November delivery falls to its lowest level since August 1999 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
2012 – Syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan
Famous Birthdays
1662 – Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
1701 – Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
1859 – Paolo Orsi, Rovereto, Italian Archaeologist (Sicilian excavations)
1925 – Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist (Heikrekels)
1938 – Dawn Wells, American actress (Gilligan’s Island -“Mary Ann”), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2020)
1966 – Alan Mills, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Lakeland, Florida
Famous Deaths
1876 – Francis Preston Blair, American journalist and newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
1953 – Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
1991 – Gunnar Sønstevold, Norwegian jazz pianist, and orchestral and film score composer (Litany In Atlanta; The Dorian Cage), dies at 78
2005 – John Hollis, British actor (b. 1931)
2010 – Marion Brown, American jazz alto saxophonist, (Marion Brown Quartet; John Coltrane -“Ascension”; Artie Schepp), avant garde composer, writer, and ethno-musicologist, dies at 79
2013 – Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D-Washington 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), dies from complications from a stroke at 84
Famous Deaths for 17th October 2022
1312 – Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies
1702 – Walraad the Old, count/sovereign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
1776 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)
1887 – Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy, coined “black body” radiation), dies at 63
1909 – Nicola Spinelli, Italian composer, dies at 44
1910 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet and author (Battle Hymn of the Republic), dies at 91
1974 – René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
1981 – David Guion, American pianist, composer, and cowboy, dies at 88
1987 – Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
1996 – Berthold Goldschmidt, German-British composer and conductor, dies at 93