1075 – John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian and patriarch of Constantinople, dies
1895 – Joseph Thomson, Scottish geologist and early African explorer (Thomson’s Gazelle), dies of pneumonia at 37
1916 – Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood), and teacher, dies at 48
1955 – Rupprecht, last crown prince of Bavaria and German fieldmarshall during WWI, dies at 86
1959 – Prospero Bisquertt, Chilean composer, dies at 78
1961 – Giovanni Battista Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio), dies at 64
1969 – Clarence Dickinson, American composer, dies at 96
1972 – Helen Hoyt, American poet, dies at 85
2011 – Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American immunologist (Nobel 1980 – discovery of genes that regulate immune responses and of the role that some of these genes play in autoimmune diseases), dies at 90
2014 – Rosetta Hightower, American pop singer (The Orlons – “Don’t Hang Up”), dies at 70
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Historical Events for 2nd August 2022
1832 – Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk and Fox Native Americans ending the Black Hawk War in the US
1861 – Skirmish at Dug Springs, Missouri results in Union victory
1941 – Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia
1959 – Future Hall of Fame 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
1968 – 35th Chicago College All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17, 69,917 at Soldier Field
1983 – STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 – Jeff Blatnick becomes first American to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Los Angeles Olympics, Blatnick was in remission for Hodgkin’s disease
1987 – Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
1998 – Curtis Cup Women’s Golf, Minikahda GC: US beats Great Britain and Ireland 10-8
2009 – US Open Senior Men’s Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Fred Funk wins by 6 strokes from Joey Sindelar with a tournament record score (-20)
Today in History for 2nd August 2022
Historical Events
1924 – A’s 1st baseman Joe Hauser sets AL record of 14 total bases in a game; 3 HRs and a double as Philadelphia beats Cleveland Indians, 12-4 at Dunn Field
1934 – Adolf Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of German armed forces
1942 – 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp
1986 – Lee Elder fires a record 11-under par 61 on his way to winning the Senior PGA Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative at Sleepy Hollow CC; mark stands for 11 years
1992 – “Death and the Maiden” closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 159 performances
2019 – Seven-year-old boy operated on after 526 teeth found inside his mouth in Chennai, India
Famous Birthdays
1915 – Johan Limpers, Dutch sculptor and resistance fighter, born in Heemstede, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1928 – Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990)
1954 – Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star (Manchester United), born in Belfast, United Kingdom
1954 – Lisa Brown, American actress (Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1961 – Pete de Freitas, English rock drummer (Echo and the Bunnyman), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1989)
1962 – Lee Mavers, British singer and songwriter (The La’s – “There She Goes”), born in Liverpool, England
Famous Deaths
257 – St Stephen I, bishop of Rome (Pope) (254-57) and heretic fighter, dies
924 – Ælfweard of Wessex, briefly King of the Anglo-Saxons
1921 – Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor (Faust), dies of pleurisy at 48
1939 – Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian author and mystic, dies at 55
1969 – Clarence Dickinson, American composer, dies at 96
2004 – Don Tosti, American musician (“Pachuco Boogie”), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 1st August 2022
1190 – Floris III, Count of Holland, dies
1227 – Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
1884 – Heinrich Laube, writer, dies
1926 – Israel Zangwill, Jewish author (Children of The Ghetto) and Zionist leader, dies at 62
1959 – Jean Behra, French Formula One driver, dies in a car race at 38
1981 – (Sidney) “Paddy” Chayevsky, American Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Marty; The Hospital; Network), novelist, and playwright, dies of cancer at 58
1983 – Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62
1992 – Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
2010 – Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby, cricket representative (international cricket umpire, rugby referee), dies at 99
2021 – David A. Gall, Canadian thoroughbred Hall of Fame jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1979, 81; first to ride 8 winners on single US race card), dies at 79
Historical Events for 1st August 2022
1203 – Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium
1589 – Assassination of French King Henry III by friar Jacques Clément
1901 – Burials within San Francisco City limits prohibited
1914 – Marcus Garvey and others found the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Jamaica with aim of creating black-governed nation in Africa
1924 – Brooklyn pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out a MLB record 7 consecutive batters as the Robins beat Cubs, 4-0
1933 – National Recovery Administration (NRA) is founded with Hugh S. Johnson as its first director
1965 – Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring to clinch his second F1 World Drivers Championship
1992 – USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
2012 – American Nathan Adrian clocks 47.52 in winning the 100m freestyle gold at the London Olympics, his first swim under 48 seconds
2021 – American virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci says “things are going to get worse” as US COVID-19 cases double in 10 days due to surge of Delta variant
Today in History for 1st August 2022
Historical Events
1922 – Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard
1926 – Failed assassination on General Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
1964 – Beatles’ single “A Hard Day’s Night” goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1988 – Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show.
2002 – In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a 5-year contract extension the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19m signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history
2014 – USA and UN announce a 72 hour ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, though it quickly breaks down
Famous Birthdays
1848 – František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor, born in Zásmuky, Austrian Empire (d. 1912)
1923 – Yoshinao Nakada, Japanese composer, born in Shibuya, Tokyo (d. 2000)
1929 – Ann Calvello, American roller derby queen, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2006)
1933 – Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-American voice actor and comedian, born in Venezuela
1976 – Kevin Joseph, American baseball player, born in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor (Game of Thrones, Aquaman), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Deaths
1902 – Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies
1935 – Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist (patented rayon), dies at 71
1980 – Strother Martin, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61
1989 – John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52
1995 – Robert L. “Bob” Talley, American jazz and blues pianist and composer, dies at 75
2021 – Ian Thomson, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 9 wickets; Sussex), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 31st July 2022
1556 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit) religious order, dies in Rome at about 65
1750 – John V, King of Portugal (1706-50), dies at 60
1917 – Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881)
1948 – Maria “Marie” Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70
1961 – Jesse Harper, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Notre Dame 57–17–7), dies at 77
1985 – Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test batsman through the 1950’s), dies at 55
1988 – Trinidad Silva, American character actor (Hill Street Blues -“Jesus Martinez”), killed in a car accident by a drunk driver at 38
1998 – Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer (Death of Narcissus), dies at 73
2004 – Virginia Grey, American actress, dies at 87
2015 – Gerald S O’Loughlin, American actor and director (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels), dies at 93
Historical Events for 31st July 2022
768 – [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1741 – Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
1899 – Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord’s
1938 – 32nd Tour de France: Italian cyclist Gino Bartali wins both general and mountain classifications
1955 – WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, West Virginia (NBC) 1st broadcast
1961 – Israel welcomes its one millionth immigrant
2005 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, NCR CC: Allen Doyle wins by 1 stroke ahead of Loren Roberts and D. A. Weibring for his 3rd Champions Tour major title
2006 – Fidel Castro temporarily hands over power to brother Raúl Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated.
2018 – Aeroméxico flight 2431 crash lands in Durango, Mexico, all 103 on board survive
2018 – Rihanna becomes the first black woman to appear on the cover of British Vogue’s September issue
Today in History for 31st July 2022
Historical Events
1917 – World War I: Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) begins, goes on to cause approximately 500,000 casualties
1988 – Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-21 in the American Bowl at London’s Wembley Stadium
1988 – Pittsburgh Pirates 1st baseman/left fielder and 7-time All Star Willie Stargell becomes 200th man inducted in Baseball’s Hall of Fame
1991 – Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft
1991 – Russia and US sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact
1992 – Three world record swims on final night session at the Barcelona Olympics; Australian Kieren Perkins 1,500m (14:43.4); Tamás Darnyi of Hungary 200m backstroke (1:59.36); China’s Yang Wenyi women’s 50m freestyle (24.79)
Famous Birthdays
1935 – Yvon Deschamps, French Canadian author and humorist, born in Montreal, Quebec
1962 – Wesley Snipes, American actor (Passenger 57, Money Train, Blade trilogy), born in Orlando, Florida
1967 – Rodney Harvey, actor (Salsa)
1970 – David Sacco, NHL left wing (Olympics 1994, Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Malden, Massachusetts
1976 – Marty Booker, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 2002, Chicago Bears), born in Jonesboro, Louisiana
1992 – Kyle Larson, American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series Championship 2021; 24 Hours of Daytona 2015), born in Elk Grove, California
Famous Deaths
1508 – Na’od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)
1864 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette), dies at 64
1960 – Karl Hasse, German composer, dies at 77
1961 – Jesse Harper, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Notre Dame 57–17–7), dies at 77
1998 – Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer (Death of Narcissus), dies at 73
2009 – Sir Bobby Robson, English soccer forward, coach (20 caps; England manager 1982-90), dies of lung cancer at 76
Famous Deaths for 30th July 2022
1771 – Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54
1918 – Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies
1947 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 86
1983 – Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95
1985 – Peter Knight, English musical arranger, conductor, and composer, dies at 68
1992 – Brenda Marshall [Ardis Ankerson], American actress (The Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark), dies of throat cancer at 76
1993 – Jay Scott [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43
1994 – Enid Balint-Edmonds, British psychoanalyst, dies at 90
1995 – Harry Shorto, British philologist and linguist (A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions), dies at 75
2007 – Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director (Cries and Whispers), dies at 89