1914 – New Zealand forces capture German Samoa
1916 – Transport ship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1,000 die
1916 – General Paul von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff
1920 – Swedish swimmer Håkan Malmrot completes the breaststroke double at the Antwerp Olympics beating teammate Thor Henning in the 200m; also beats Henning for gold in the 400m
1952 – New York premiere of history-based film “The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima”
1953 – USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb
1956 – French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
1970 – Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed)
1992 – Irish rock band U2 plays the 1st of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NYC
1997 – Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hasting in Scotts Valley, California as an online DVD rental business
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Today in History for 29th August 2022
Historical Events
1864 – William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
1941 – German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
1949 – USSR performs its first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR
1953 – KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 – Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins blue ribband 100m freestyle gold medal at the Rome Olympics; retains title won in Melbourne 1956; will win unprecedented 3rd consecutive 100m gold in Tokyo 1964
1962 – Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Valery-Nicolas Larbaud, French novelist and translator (Enfantines), born in Vichy, France (d. 1957)
1898 – Preston Sturges [Edmund Biden], American director and screenwriter (Sullivan’s Travels), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1959)
1926 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer and actress, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2018)
1941 – Robin Leach, English TV host (Life Styles of Rich and Famous), born in London, England (2018)
1949 – Peter Wiegold, British composer (Earth and Stars; Kafka’s Wound), born in Ilford, Essex, England
1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American Racing Hall of Fame jockey/broadcaster (Kentucky Derby 1993, 1996), born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Deaths
1856 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer, dies at 77
1990 – Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16
1991 – Dixie Dunbar [Charlotte King], American singer and actress, dies of heart attack at 72
1995 – Frank Perry, American film director (Diary of Mad Housewife, David and Lisa), dies at 65
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b. 1939)
2007 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet’s Coffee and Tea (b. 1920)
Famous Deaths for 28th August 2022
1930 – Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
1955 – Bob Gordon, American cool jazz baritone saxophonist, dies in a car accident at 27
1955 – Emmett Till, American lynching victim, kidnapped and lynched at 14, in Money, Mississippi
1971 – Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper and murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies at 66
1975 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
1985 – Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary’s Baby, The Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
1988 – Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78
1993 – William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914)
1996 – Al Zarilla, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1948; St. Louis Browns), dies of cancer at 77
2017 – Bobby Boyd, American NFL cornerback (5 × All-Pro 1964–1968; NFL interceptions leader 1965; Baltimore Colts), dies of bladder cancer at 79
Historical Events for 28th August 2022
1542 – Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) – Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and afterwards executed.
1951 – Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game winning streak
1956 – Australia clings on for a draw in 5th Test at The Oval, London; England retain cricket Ashes with Jim Laker’s 46 wickets a record series haul
1964 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 – National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi’s sarcoma in gay men
1986 – Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
2004 – The diving competition at the Athens Olympics concludes with the Chinese contingent dominant, winning 6 of the 8 gold medals
2013 – 70th Venice Film Festival: “Sacro GRA” directed by Gianfranco Rosi wins Golden Lion
2017 – North Korea launches missile that flies over Japan, the country’s J-Alert warning system warns people to take cover
2018 – Chinese ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing issues public apology after second Hitch passenger killed within three months
Today in History for 28th August 2022
Historical Events
1840 – Nine Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails
1914 – World War I: British General John French orders civilian evacuation of Amiens, France as German forces push in from Belgium
1957 – US Senator James Thurmond (Rep, SC) begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
1963 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I have a dream” speech addressing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
1973 – India and Pakistan sign POW accord
1981 – John Hinckley pleads innocent to attempt to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan
Famous Birthdays
1025 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan, 70th Emperor of Japan, born in Heian-kyō, Japan (d. 1068)
1582 – Taichang Emperor [Zhu Changluo], 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, born in Beijing (d. 1620)
1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, born in Versailles, France (d. 1860)
1906 – John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), born in London (d. 1984)
1949 – Hugh Cornwell, Britsh punk singer-songwriter (The Stranglers – “Dreamtime”), born in Tufnell Park, North London, England
1971 – Shane Andrews, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Deaths
1544 – Alardus Aemstelredamus, Dutch priest and humanist, dies at about 53
1969 – Clarence Hennecke, American actor (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops), dies at 74
1981 – Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (Olympic gold individual epée, team epée 1912), dies at 99
1988 – Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78
1991 – Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
2013 – Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 27th August 2022
1865 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (The Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville), dies at 68
1937 – John Russell Pope, American architect (Jefferson Memorial, National Archives and Records Administration), dies at 63
1968 – Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
1971 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer, 1st female LIFE staff photographer, dies at 67
1976 – Mukesh [Mathur], Indian “playback singer” for Bollywood films, dies of a heart attack at 53
1991 – Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies
1999 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)
2004 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 57
2005 – Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
2015 – George Cleve, Austrian-American conductor (Winnipeg Symphony, 1968-70; San Jose Symphony, 1972-92; San Francisco Midsummer Mozart Festival, 1974-2015), dies of liver failure at 79
Historical Events for 27th August 2022
1832 – Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
1957 – The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force
1969 – Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
1969 – Lindy’s Pride wins Hambletonian Stakes
1990 – Market prices plunge as OPEC nears informal agreement to increase output to cover shortfall due to invasion; cash market trading experiences abrupt decline.
1993 – Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives
1995 – 95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
1996 – Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Detroit Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning
2004 – In a huge upset in the men’s basketball semi final at the Athens Olympics, Argentina beats a star-studded but unsettled US team 89-81; they go on to take gold and US bronze
2006 – Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia killing 49 of 50 on board
Today in History for 27th August 2022
Historical Events
1913 – Lt Pyotr Nesterov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane)
1966 – Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak
1983 – Haiti adopts constitution
1984 – US President Ronald Reagan announces ‘Teacher in Space’ project
1992 – CFL revokes BC Lions franchise
2004 – In a huge upset in the men’s basketball semi final at the Athens Olympics, Argentina beats a star-studded but unsettled US team 89-81; they go on to take gold and US bronze
Famous Birthdays
1752 – Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind), born in Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1824)
1899 – C. S. Forester, English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1966)
1937 – J.D. Crowe, American bluegrass banjo player and band leader (The New South), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 2021)
1939 – Edward Patten, American soul singer (Gladys Knight and the Pips), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2005)
1943 – [Susan] Tuesday Weld, American actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country), born in NYC, New York
1979 – Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist (Arcade Fire), born in British Columbia
Famous Deaths
1828 – Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84
1871 – William Whiting Boardman, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut), dies at 76
1879 – Rowland Hill, English inventor who introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840), dies at 84
1979 – Louis Mountbatten, British naval officer and statesman, last Viceroy of India (1947), is assassinated by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland at 79
1999 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)
2003 – Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
Famous Deaths for 26th August 2022
1368 – Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies
1518 – Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio, husband of Veronica Gambara
1915 – John Bunny American film comedian, dies at 51
1943 – Ted Ray, British golfer (British Open 1912, US Open 1920), dies at 66
1957 – Umberto Saba, Italian writer, dies at 74
1967 – Dilawar Hussain, Indian cricketer (Indian wicketkeeper in the 1930’s), dies at 60
1978 – Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, American composer, pianist and lecturer (Tre Ritratti Characteristici), dies at 86
1980 – Miliza Korjus, Polish-American actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
2005 – Robert Denning, American interior designer, dies at 78
2006 – Josef Hadar, Israeli violinist and composer (Evening of Roses), dies at 79
Historical Events for 26th August 2022
1071 – Battle of Manzikert: Seljuq Turks led by sultan Alp Arslan beat and capture Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
1545 – Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese as Duke of Parma
1629 – Cambridge Agreement, Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate
1939 – 1st major league baseball telecast on W2XBS- Cincinnati Reds defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1967 – Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
1974 – Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1986 – Robert Chambers, the “Preppie Killer” murders Jennifer Levin in New York City’s Central Park, afterwards claimed “rough sex” as motive
1995 – Brian Lara completes his 7th Test Cricket century, scoring 179 at The Oval in London
1999 – Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds.
2017 – Hurricane Harvey downgraded to a tropical storm, National Hurricane Center warns of “multiday rainfall disaster”