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Today in History for 14th October 2022

Historical Events

1911 – Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A’s, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)
1931 – 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
1956 – Charles Ives’ overture “Robert Browning” premieres in NYC
1966 – 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1979 – 1st Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. by over 100,000 people
1987 – MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3

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Famous Birthdays

1827 – James Sidney Robinson, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Mansfield, Ohio (d. 1892)
1888 – Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry), New Zealand short story writer (The Garden Party), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1923)
1943 – Lance Rentzel, American NFL receiver (Minn, LA) and ex-husband of Joey Heatherton, born in Flushing, New York
1977 – Tina Dico [Dickow], Danish singer-songwriter, born in Åbyhøj, Aarhus, Denmark
1980 – Paul Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer
1986 – Tom Craddock, English footballer

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Famous Deaths

1552 – Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)
1610 – Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540)
1958 – Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. 1882)
1981 – Ingemar Liljefors, Swedish composer, dies at 74
2006 – Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919)
2019 – Harold Bloom, American literary critic, ‘the most notorious literary critic in America’ dies at 89

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Famous Deaths for 13th October 2022

1652 – Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies
1687 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)
1701 – Andreas Anton Schmelzer, Austrian composer, dies at 47
1706 – Iyasu I, the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (1682-1706) (b. 1654)
1825 – Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria, dies at 69
1879 – Henry Charles Carey, American economist (Principles of Poli Economy), dies at 85
1980 – Philip “Gabby” Pahinui, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer, dies of a heart attack at 59
1989 – Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), dies at 87
1992 – Hughes Rudd, American news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71
2018 – Annapurna Devi [Roshanara Khan], Indian classical surbahar (bass sitar) player, and music teacher, dies at 91

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Historical Events for 13th October 2022

1890 – The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1914 – Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which would later be refined into the gas mask
1914 – Pro-German Boers begin opposition to British authority in South Africa
1943 – Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1944 – Riga, capital of Latvia, freed
1958 – Burial of Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun”
1985 – “Sunday in the Park with George” closes at Booth NYC after 604 performances
1991 – MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
2011 – Italian conductor Ricardo Muti is awarded the second $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize
2018 – Oldest known human remains from Poland at 115,000 years from revealed to be Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave eaten by a large bird

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Today in History for 13th October 2022

Historical Events

1899 – 7,000 laid-off black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
1924 – Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
1941 – Nazis kill 11,000 Jewish children and old people
1963 – The term “Beatlemania” is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium
1989 – Bob Quinn resigns as NY Yankee VP/GM and replaced by Harding Peterson
1993 – Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew.

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Famous Birthdays

1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou, born in London (d. 1471)
1912 – Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1992)
1923 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes, Fortuna, Inter Milan), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1940 – (Farrell) “Pharoah” Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (John Coltrane groups; “Karma”), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2022)
1963 – Michael Lavine, American portrait photographer and contributor to several grunge rock album art packages (Nirvana; Soundgarden), born in San Francisco, California
1980 – Scott Parker, English soccer midfielder (18 caps; Charlton, West Ham, Fulham) and manager (Fulham, AFC Bournemouth), born in Lambeth, England

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Famous Deaths

1941 – GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies
1987 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85
2000 – Jean Peters, American actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters), dies at 73
2001 – Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers – “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing”) dies of throat cancer at 52
2007 – Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
2010 – Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)

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Famous Deaths for 12th October 2022

1730 – Frederik IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1699-1730), dies at 59
1887 – Dinah Craik, English writer (John Halifax, Gentleman), dies at 61
1934 – Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer dies aged 82
1971 – Gene Vincent [Vincent Eugene Craddock], American rock guitarist and vocalist (“Be-Bop-A-Lula”), dies of bleeding ulcers at 36
1971 – Dean Acheson, American statesman and U.S. Secretary of State (1949-53), dies at 78
1996 – René Lacoste, French tennis player (7 Grand Slam titles, Lacoste clothing), dies of heart failure at 92
2002 – Audrey Mestre, French diver (b. 1974)
2002 – Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (Ray Conniff Singers), dies at 85
2003 – Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b. 1914)
2007 – Lon “Lonny” Chapman, American actor (Investigator, For the People), dies from heart disease at 87

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Historical Events for 12th October 2022

1815 – Ex-king Joachim Murat of Naples sentenced to death
1854 – Ashmun Institute (later Lincoln University) opens near Oxford, Pennsylvania
1879 – British troops occupy Kabul, Afghanistan
1915 – Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citizens who identify themselves with dual nationalities
1924 – Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
1975 – NASA launches space vehicle S-195
1977 – 4th test of space shuttle Enterprise
1989 – Musical “Buddy” with Paul Hipp premieres in London
1995 – “Patti LuPone on Broadway” opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances
2019 – Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall on the Izu Peninsula near Tokyo, Japan, bringing record rainfall and killing at least 56 people

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Today in History for 12th October 2022

Historical Events

1891 – Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
1898 – Establishment of the first town council in Mateur.
1907 – Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park for 4-0-1 series victory; Cubs’ first Championship
1918 – Cloquet fire kills 453 and injures or displaces 52,000 people
1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 7 is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan
1995 – “Patti LuPone on Broadway” opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1813 – Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-73), born in Colchester, Connecticut (d. 1896)
1890 – Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955)
1929 – Robert Coles, American author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1947 – George Lam, Hong Kong veteran Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong
1952 – Danielle Proulx, French Canadian actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
1968 – Bill Auberlen, American race car driver, born in Redondo Beach, California

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Famous Deaths

1343 – Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies
1679 – William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
1969 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), dies from leukemia at 57
1990 – Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered
2017 – Grape-kun, a Humbolt penguin from Tobu Zoo, who gained fame from the anime series “Kemono Friends”, dies aged 21 (Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan).
2018 – Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), dies at 80

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Famous Deaths for 11th October 2022

1617 – Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
1666 – Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator who helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies of gunshot wounds at 35 under mysterious circumstances that could have been murder or suicide along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee at an inn called Grinder’s Stand
1940 – Lluís Companys, Spanish politician, 123rd President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1933-40), shot at 58
1959 – Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64
1985 – Alex La Guma, South African novelist (A Walk in the Night), and anti-apartheid activist (1956 Treason Trial), dies of a heart attack at 61
1985 – Tex Williams, American country-western singer, dies of cancer at 68
2006 – Howard Kerzner, Chief Executive Officer of Kerzner International (b. 1964)
2008 – Neal Hefti, American jazz trumpeter, arranger (Woody Herman; Count Basie); band leader (Kate Smith Show) and composer (“Li’l Darlin”; The Odd Couple; Batman theme), dies at 85
2020 – Jon Gibson, American flute and saxophone player (Philip Glass Ensemble, 1968-2019), and composer (The Voyage of The Beagle), dies at 80

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Historical Events for 11th October 2022

1864 – Slavery abolished in Maryland
1939 – NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund
1948 – “Love Life” opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 252 performances
1950 – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
1967 – World Series record 3 consecutive HRs hit by Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli as Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park
1968 – Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
1976 – Mao Zedong’s widow Jiang Qing and the “Gang of Four” are arrested and charged with plotting a coup
1984 – 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan)
1985 – President Reagan bans import of South African Krugerrands to the USA
1990 – Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel

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Today in History for 11th October 2022

Historical Events

1531 – Battle of Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich; Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed
1726 – Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1890 – First 100 yard dash under 10 seconds run by John Owen in 9.8 sec at Analostan Island, Washington, D.C.
1922 – First woman FBI “special investigator”, Alaska Davidson, appointed
1956 – 1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
2015 – Nepal’s parliament elects Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, leader of the Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist party, as Prime Minister

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Famous Birthdays

1661 – Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat, Cardinal and poet, born in Chateau de la Ronte, Haute-Loire, France (d. 1741)
1747 – Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, born in Riedenthal, Austria (d. 1775)
1897 – Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1965)
1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining, U.S. Air Force general, born in Monroe, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
1919 – Jean Vander Pyl, American voice, radio and film actress (The Flintstones, The Jetsons), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1926 – John Dewes, British cricketer (England opener late 40’s early 50’s), born in Latchford, Cheshire, England (d. 2015)

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Famous Deaths

1666 – Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator who helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies of gunshot wounds at 35 under mysterious circumstances that could have been murder or suicide along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee at an inn called Grinder’s Stand
1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), Wagner disciple and “monumental bore”, dies at 72
1967 – Ivan Isakov [Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan], Russian-Armenian military commander (Commander in Chief of the Soviet Navy during World War II), dies at 73
1977 – Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66
2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)

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