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Today in History for 15th July 2022

Historical Events

1500 – Baglione family massacre at the “Blood Wedding” of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia
1501 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral arrives back in Lisbon after successfully discovering Brazil and returning from India
1884 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 4 consecutive Wimbledon titles for William Renshaw; beats Herbert Lawford 6-0, 6-4, 9-7
1952 – 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins
1996 – After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd
1996 – Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake

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Famous Birthdays

1849 – Moritz Heuzenroeder, German pianist and composer who settled in Australia, born in Ottersberg, Germany (d. 1897)
1901 – John Wesley Work III, African-American composer, musicologist and scholar of African-American folklore and music, born in Tullahoma, Tennessee (d. 1967)
1913 – Abraham Sutzkever, Yiddish language poet and memoirist.
1939 – Don Kojis, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1968, 69; Detroit Pistons, SD Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2021)
1954 – Boris Polak, Israel, Men’s 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions (Olympic 20-1996)
1977 – Lana Parrilla, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1854 – Wincenty Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, dies at 39
1940 – Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), dies from a heart attack at 52
1977 – Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies
1990 – Margaret Lockwood, British actress (Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 73
1992 – Henk van der Molen, Dutch guitarist, composer, and writer (Martine Bijl), dies
1995 – Willie George “Bill” Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66

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Famous Deaths for 14th July 2022

1881 – Billy the Kid [William H Bonney], American frontier outlaw, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett and dies of gunshot wounds at 21
1897 – John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 77
1907 – William Henry Perkin, English chemist and inventor (b. 1838)
1930 – William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
1951 – Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), dies at 89
1965 – Adlai Stevenson II, American politician (US Ambassador to UN, 1961-65; Governor of Illinois, 1949-53; Democratic presidential candidate, 1952 and 1956), dies at 65
1975 – [Arthur] Zutty Singleton, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five), dies at 77
1980 – Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), dies at 49
2000 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944)
2005 – Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, dies at 80

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Historical Events for 14th July 2022

1936 – 116°F (47°C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)
1944 – US assault on Coutances Cotentin
1958 – General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq overthrowing the monarchy
1966 – 53rd Tour de France won by Lucien Aimar of France
1979 – USSR performs nuclear Test
1983 – Mario Bros. is first released by Nintendo in Japan as an arcade game about an Italian-American plumber
1987 – Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
1988 – 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorporation of Nagorno-Karabak
1991 – US Open Women’s Golf, Colonial CC: Meg Mallon shoots final round 67 (−4) to finish 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Pat Bradley
2015 – Arms deal agreed between 6 world powers and Iran limiting Iranian nuclear arms but ending sanctions

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Today in History for 14th July 2022

Historical Events

1570 – Pope Pius V introduces a standardised Roman Missal (text of the Latin mass), a reform of the Council of Trent. Will remain unchanged for 400 years.
1977 – US House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1981 – Kevin Wade’s “Key Exchange,” premieres in London
1988 – WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
1988 – Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
1992 – Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery

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Famous Birthdays

1913 – Fritz Erler, German socialist politician (SDP), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1967)
1926 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, (Lucky:Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, born in West Irvine, Kentucky (d. 2017)
1952 – Bob Casale, AKA Bob 2, American Musician (Devo), (d. 2014)
1971 – Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian pop singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
1971 – Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator (WWE), born in The Bronx, New York
1971 – Bubba Ray Dudley [Mark LoMonaco], American professional wrestler (WWF, WWE), born in New York City

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Famous Deaths

664 – Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), 1st Anglo Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
1790 – Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal, dies at 73
1930 – William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
1984 – Ernest Tidyman, American writer (b. 1928)
2003 – Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
2021 – Jeff Labar, American glam rock guitarist (Cinderella, 1985-2014 – “Nobody’s Fool”; “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)”), dies at 58

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Famous Deaths for 13th July 2022

1762 – James Bradley, English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth’s nutation motion, dies at 69
1860 – John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
1877 – Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
1889 – Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
1947 – Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies at 68
1956 – Vladimir Grigor’yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
1974 – Patrick Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948 – nuclear reaction), dies at 76
2010 – Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman’s band (b. 1931)
2015 – Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, dies at 90
2016 – Héctor Babenco, film director (Kiss of the Spider Woman), dies at 70

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Historical Events for 13th July 2022

1657 – Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert
1832 – Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft
1878 – Congress of Berlin ends, redrawing the terms of Treaty of San Stefano to give Russia less influence in old Ottoman Empire
1942 – German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages
1943 – Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia’s defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany
1954 – 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
1955 – Industrialist Cyrus Eaton first offers to host a conference on dangers of nuclear weapons in Pugwash, Nova Scotia
1962 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon: Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd consecutive Open, 6 strokes clear of runner-up Kel Nagle of Australia
1971 – 42nd MLB All Star Game, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI: AL beats NL, 6-4; MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, OF
1982 – 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal

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Today in History for 13th July 2022

Historical Events

1900 – Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
1943 – Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia’s defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany
1950 – René Pleven forms French government
1978 – Albania drops diplomatic relations with People’s Republic of China
1991 – Bob Milacki and 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A’s 2-0
1997 – Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Larry Gilbert wins his lone career major title by 3 strokes from Isao Aoki, Bob Dickson, Jack Kiefer and Dave Stockton

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Famous Birthdays

1913 – Carolina Gisolf, Dutch high jumper (Olympic silver, 1928), born in Holland
1932 – Antonio Roma, football goalkeeper (42 caps), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2013)
1942 – Stephen Jo Bladd, American drummer (J Geils Band – “Centerfold”; “Freeze Frame”), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1954 – Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
1975 – Danni Boatwright, American model/beauty queen (Miss Teen USA 1992 2nd runner-up), born in Tonganoxie, Kansas
1982 – Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)

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Famous Deaths

1399 – Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
1863 – John S. Bowen, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 32
1947 – Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies at 68
2006 – Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], American comedian (The Red Buttons Show), and Academy Award-winning actor (Sayonara; The Poseidon Adventure), dies from cardiovascular disease at 87
2013 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician, dies of heroin and alcohol overdose at 31
2014 – Thomas Berger, American novelist, dies at 89

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Famous Deaths for 12th July 2022

1429 – Jean de Gerson, French theologian (Theologica mystic), dies at 65
1441 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (1429-41), assassinated in evening play by the Akamatsu family at 48
1804 – Alexander Hamilton, US Founding Father and 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken at 49
1980 – John W Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92
1999 – Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), dies from pancreatic cancer at 85
2005 – John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, British businessman and CEO of British Airways after its privatization, dies at 87
2011 – Sherwood Schwartz, American Television Writer (b. 1916)
2012 – Alimuddin, Pakistani cricket batsman (25 Tests, 2 x 100s, 7 x 50s; Rajputana, Karachi), dies at 81
2020 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch soccer right back (60 caps; Ajax 392 games) and manager (LA Heat, TB Rowdies), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 75
2020 – Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian soccer defender (37 caps; Ferencváros, Honvéd FC; Hungarian Footballer of the Year 1976; Olympic gold 1968), dies at 76

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Historical Events for 12th July 2022

1691 – Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) Ireland, William III beats James II
1776 – Captain James Cook departs Plymouth, England helming HMS Resolution, beginning his 3rd and final trip to the Pacific
1926 – Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
1944 – Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased
1967 – Race riot in Newark, New Jersey, 26 killed, 1,500 injured and over 1,000 arrested
1970 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders by 1 stroke in event’s first 18-hole playoff to win the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships
1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States
1993 – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Sunset Boulevard”, based on Billy Wilder’s 1950 film, starring Patti Lupone and Daniel Benzali, opens at the Adelphi Theatre, London
2015 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković successfully defends his title for 3rd Wimbledon crown; beats Roger Federer 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
2018 – US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK for a four-day visit amid protests

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Today in History for 12th July 2022

Historical Events

927 – King Aethelstan is the first southern English king to gain control of much of the north of Britain when various local kings accept his overlordship at Eamont, Cumbria
1916 – 3rd and 4th of 4 fatal Jersey Shore shark attacks occurs at Matawan Creek when epileptic Lester Stilwell (11) is dragged into a creek and Watson Fisher (24), believing Silwell had a seizure, is bitten while retrieving the body and subsequently bleeds to death
1987 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
1987 – 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
1990 – In Soweto, South Africa, Shanty town women strip to the waist and confront bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes
1998 – FIFA World Cup Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Zinedine Zidane scores twice as France wins first World Cup beating Brazil, 3-0

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Famous Birthdays

1937 – Mickey Edwards, American Republican congressman (Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1944 – Denise Nicholas, American actress (Room 222, Baby I’m Back), born in Detroit, Michigan
1951 – Jamey Sheridan, American actor (Another World), born in Pasadena, California
1960 – Corynne Charby [Corinne Charbit], French model, actress and pop singer (“Pile ou face” – “Heads Or Tails”), born in Paris, France
1969 – Alan Mullally, English cricket left-arm fast bowler (19 Tests, 58 wickets; 50 ODIs, 63 wickets), born in Southend-on-Sea, England
1977 – Neil Harris, English footballer

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Famous Deaths

1693 – John Ashby, English admiral
1850 – Robert Stevenson, Scottish civil engineer (Bell Rock Lighthouse, Scotland), dies at 78
1897 – Félix Godefroid, Belgian harpist and composer, dies at 78
1995 – Alan David Marks, American concert pianist, dies of cancer at 49
2018 – Tom Gallagher, American diplomat, gay activist, and 1st Foreign Service officer to publicly come out in 1976, dies at 77
2020 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch soccer right back (60 caps; Ajax 392 games) and manager (LA Heat, TB Rowdies), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 75

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