472 – Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
1302 – Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies
1502 – Francisco de Bobadilla, Spanish soldier and second Governor of the Indies (1499-1502), dies during a storm at sea (born about 1450)
1921 – Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist and inventor, dies at 75
1944 – Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
1953 – Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), dies at 82
1980 – Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 80
1988 – Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, dies at 91
1991 – James McCallion, Scottish actor (Coogan’s Bluff, Vera Cruz), dies of a heart attack at 72
1991 – Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered
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Historical Events for 11th July 2022
1750 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is almost completely destroyed by fire.
1848 – Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent v England)
1985 – Refurbished space shuttle Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden
1989 – 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)
1989 – President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
1990 – NYC police arrest “Dartman” (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
1991 – Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
1991 – Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
1993 – Mike Smith aboard Sky Beauty wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch thoroughbred racing’s Triple Tiara for fillies
2010 – FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title
Today in History for 11th July 2022
Historical Events
1892 – US Patent Office says Joseph Swan rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp
1939 – 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
1943 – 7th day of battle at Kursk
1974 – World Football League plays 1st games
1991 – Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
1995 – Shaggy releases his third studio album “Bombastic” (Grammy Award Best Reggae Album)
Famous Birthdays
1274 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scots (1306-1329) and national hero, born in Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire (d. 1329)
1916 – Reg Varney, English actor
1932 – Billy Davis, American music producer and songwriter (“I’d Like To Buy The World A Coke”), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
1932 – Alex Hassilev, American actor and folk musician (The Limeliters), born in Paris, France
1948 – Martin Rushent, British sound engineer (Gentle Giant; Shirley Bassey), and record producer (Buzzcocks; The Human League), born in Enfield, England (d. 2011)
1956 – Sela Ward, Meridian Miss, actress (Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters)
Famous Deaths
472 – Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
1914 – Julius Rodenberg [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies at 83
1962 – Owen D. Young, American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), dies at 87
1980 – Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 80
1987 – Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50
2007 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
Famous Deaths for 10th July 2022
1099 – El Cid [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Castilian nobleman and military leader and general strategist, dies at about 59
1776 – Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)
1838 – Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1909 – Flooi Du Toit, South African cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies at 40
1937 – Attilio Brugnoli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 56
1953 – Sidney Homer, American composer, dies at 88
1983 – Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
1987 – John H. Hammond, American music producer, talent scout, promoter, and activist, “discovered” Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, dies at 76
2005 – Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, airshow performers
2019 – Walt Michaels, American NFL linebacker, coach (5-time Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns; head coach NY Jets 1977-82), dies at 89
Historical Events for 10th July 2022
1873 – French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol
1940 – Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack shipping convoys in the English Channel
1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee
1956 – 650,000 US steel workers go on strike
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1965 – Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1971 – National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) founded in US by women including Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Myrlie Evers-Williams and Gloria Steinem
1973 – Bahamas declares Independence from UK and adopts constitution
1977 – “Happy End” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances
1991 – L’Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13
Today in History for 10th July 2022
Historical Events
1376 – English “Good Parliament” ends, longest-sitting parliament at that time
1627 – English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle [NS=June 20]
1943 – US, British and Canadian forces invade Sicily in WW II (Operation Husky)
1956 – 650,000 US steel workers go on strike
1973 – Bahamas declares Independence from UK and adopts constitution
1980 – Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5°C temperature
Famous Birthdays
1870 – Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), born in Poissy, France (d. 1953)
1925 – Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981-2003 and 2018-), born in Alor Setar, Malaysia
1927 – William Smithers, American actor (Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!), born in Richmond, Virginia
1945 – Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist, born in Kremnica, Slovakia
1952 – Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist and singer, born in Sarnia, Ontario
1962 – Mike Saxon, American NFL punter (Minnesota Vikings), born in Whittier, California
Famous Deaths
1875 – Henry L. Benning, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61
1946 – Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-American union leader (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union; Congress of Industrial Organizations), dies of a heart attack at 59
1975 – Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77
1982 – Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
1987 – John H. Hammond, American music producer, talent scout, promoter, and activist, “discovered” Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, dies at 76
1992 – Albert Pierrepoint, last and longest serving British executioner (est. 433-608 executed), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 9th July 2022
1704 – Yan Ruoqu, Chinese scholar of Qing dynasty, dies at 67
1923 – William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 74
1980 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist, dies at 66
1988 – Anthony Holland, American actor (Break Up) who suffered from HIV/AIDS, commits suicide at 60
1990 – Brigitte D’Ortschy, German author, trnslator and Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
1992 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (Australian Ballet; Bolshoi Ballet), dies of AIDS related illness at 45
2005 – Rafiq Zakaria, Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric, dies at 86
2007 – Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
2018 – Lord Carrington [Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington], British conservative politician, former British Foreign Secretary (1979-82) and NATO Secretary General (1984-8), dies at 99
2019 – William E. Dannemeyer, American politician who opposed LGBT rights (Rep-R-CA, 1979-93), dies at 89
Historical Events for 9th July 2022
1572 – 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
1893 – Daniel Williams repairs the torn pericardium of a knife wound patient, James Cornish, without penicillin or blood transfusion
1914 – 1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY
1949 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal St.George’s GC: South African Bobby Locke wins a 36-hole playoff by 12 strokes from Irishman Harry Bradshaw
1950 – 13.15″ (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)
1968 – Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76’ers to LA Lakers
1968 – 15.68″ (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Mississippi (state 24-hour record)
1971 – Henry Kissinger visits the People’s Republic of China to negotiate a detente between the US and China
1989 – Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others
2018 – Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially end the “no war, no peace” peace deal made in 2000 in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara
Today in History for 9th July 2022
Historical Events
1867 – An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young sets out to search for Dr David Livingstone (Scottish missionary and explorer)
1926 – Coup under General Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
1944 – In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan falls
1951 – US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Germany
1957 – 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman’s Park, St Louis
1986 – Attorney General’s Commission on pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes
Famous Birthdays
1577 – Thomas West, 3rd and 12th Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist and Governor of Virginia, born in Wherwell, Hampshire, England (d. 1618)
1905 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian 3rd president of the NHL (1946-77), born in Fleming, Saskatchewan (d. 1984)
1928 – Raúl Coloma, Chilean soccer goalkeeper (13 caps; Ferrobádminton, Municipal Santiago, Ferroviaros), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2021)
1971 – Kevin Grant, British reggae-rock guitarist (Musical Youth – “Pass the Dutchie”), born in Birmingham, England
1985 – Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
1986 – Kiely Williams, American singer and actress (Cheetah Girls), born in Alexandria, Virgina
Famous Deaths
1903 – Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist, dies at 60
1951 – Harry Heilmann, American Baseball HOF outfielder (4 × AL batting champion, Detroit Tigers) and broadcaster (WXYZ), dies from lung cancer at 56
1969 – Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki’s Zen Mind, dies
1974 – Earl Warren, Governor of California and 14th US Supreme Court Chief Justice (1953-69), dies at 83
2006 – Milan Williams, American keyboardist (Commodores – “Three Times A Lady”), dies of cancer at 58
2012 – Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 8th July 2022
1949 – Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
1957 – Henry Février, French composer, dies at 81
1961 – Julián Bautista, Spanish orchestral and film score composer, and conductor, dies at 60
1967 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (Gone With The Wind; A Streetcar Named Desire), dies of tuberculosis at 53
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (Versos humanos), dies at 90
1996 – (James Woodie) J.W. Alexander, American gospel and soul music songwriter, singer, and producer (Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Solomon Burke), dies of prostate cancer at 80
2004 – Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (1990-91), dies at 80
2020 – Abdelmajid Tlemçani, Tunisian soccer striker (54 caps; Espérance Sportive de Tunis), dies at 82
2021 – Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), dies at 85