1624 – Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor and Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
1847 – Scot Robert Thompson patents rubber tyre
1878 – 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1952 – “Of Thee I Sing” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
1966 – Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore’s Memorial Park, by Oriole OF Frank Robinson
1973 – Indians holding South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1984 – Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
2008 – Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, Chris Botti, Feist, Roberto Alagna, and Natalie Clein
2013 – Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United’s manager at the end of the season
2014 – World’s oldest astrolabe (mariner’s navigator tool) c. 1498 from Portuguese shipwreck of explorer Vasco da Gama found near Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman
Author: gil7
Today in History for 8th May 2022
Historical Events
1821 – Greek War of Independence: Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia
1895 – China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1924 – Memel territories given to Lithuania
1942 – Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea
1989 – US space shuttle STS-30 lands
1994 – President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
Famous Birthdays
1786 – Thomas Hancock, British engineer, founded British rubber industry, born in Malborough, Wilshire (d. 1865)
1893 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer (US Open 1913, US Amateur 1914, 31), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
1921 – Graham Leonard, Bishop of London, most senior Anglican to convert to Catholicism since the reformation (d. 2010)
1932 – Phyllida Law, Scottish actress (Much Ado About Nothing, The Time Machine), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1977 – Joe Bonnamassa, American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (“Dust Bowl”; “Redemption”), born in New Hartford, New York
1981 – Stephen Amell, Canadian actor (Arrow), born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1941 – Heinrich Zöllner, German composer, dies at 86
1974 – Graham Bond, British RandB musician, dies jumping under a train at 36
1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist who lead Germany Red Army Faction ( “Baader-Meinhof gang”), dies in uncertain circumstances in prison at 41
1976 – Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (US Open 1908), dies at 94
1992 – Richard Derr, American actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
2004 – John Peel, British politician (C), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 7th May 2022
1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer, dies at 73
1673 – Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
1793 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer, dies at 71
1934 – Edward Naylor, English composer, dies at 67
1983 – Peter Edel, writer, dies
1985 – Dawn Addams, British actress (A King in New York, Star Maidens) who married the Prince of Roccasecca, dies of cancer at 54
2002 – Kevyn Aucoin, Makeup Artist and Photographer (b. 1962)
2009 – David Mellor, English cutlery designer (b. 1930)
2018 – Tore Torell, Norwegian magician, dies of cancer at 76
2018 – Roman Toi, Estonian-Canadian composer, choral conductor and organist, dies at 101
Historical Events for 7th May 2022
1355 – 1,200 Jews of Toledo, Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
1775 – Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
1848 – Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
1919 – A draft of the Versailles Treaty is shown to Germans
1941 – British House of Commons votes for Winston Churchill (477-3)
1947 – Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt
1947 – “Kraft Television Theater” premieres on NBC
1956 – Pulitzer Prize for Drama awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett for their play “The Diary of Anne Frank”
1965 – WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1979 – Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
Today in History for 7th May 2022
Historical Events
1908 – Emperor Franz-Joseph celebrates his golden jubilee with festivities throughout the Austro-Hungarian empire
1965 – WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1980 – Yugoslav President Josip Tito is buried
1982 – Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
1995 – Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes
2003 – Arsenal thrash Southampton, 6-1 at Highbury to start Gunners’ amazing English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak; ends 24 October, 2004 with 2-0 defeat at Manchester United
Famous Birthdays
1883 – Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ’s Church) and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, born in Halle (Saale), Germany (d. 1956)
1900 – Ralph Truman, British actor (Henry V, Treasure Island, Web of Evidence), born in London, England (d. 1977)
1938 – Johnny Caldwell, Irish flyweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 2009)
1959 – Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong (d. 1985)
1980 – Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
1986 – Mark Furze, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Orange, New South Wales
Famous Deaths
1928 – Alexander Spendiaryan, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 56
1950 – Bertha “Chippie” Hill, American blues and vaudeville singer (King Oliver’s Jazz Band), struck and killed by a car in New York City at 45
1968 – Lurleen Wallace, American politician (46th Governor of Alabama, 1967-68), dies at 41
1986 – Gaston Defferre, French Socialist politician, dies at 75
1996 – Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
2005 – Peter W. Rodino, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey (1949-89), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 6th May 2022
1596 – Giaches de Wert, Franco-Flemish composer of madrigals, dies at approximately 60
1620 – Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)
1841 – John Thomson, Scottish composer, dies at 35
1970 – Wharton Esherick, American artist and sculptor who worked primarily in wood, dies at 82
1993 – Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77
1995 – Clarence Paul [Pauling], American songwriter, and record producer (Motown; Stevie Wonder – “Fingertips”), dies at 67
1996 – Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
2002 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor (Saskatoon Symphony), and teacher (University of Saskatchewan), dies at 96
2017 – Steven Holcomb, American Bobsledder (Olympic gold, 2010), dies in his sleep, with mix of alcohol and prescription medication found in his blood, at 37
2018 – Brad Steiger, American author and paranormal researcher, dies at 82
Historical Events for 6th May 2022
1733 – First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Figg’s academy amphitheatre in Marylebone, London
1902 – Zulu assault at Holkrantz, South Africa
1950 – “Great to Be Alive” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
1957 – Last broadcast of “I Love Lucy” on CBS-TV
1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England
1967 – Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
1968 – Street battle between students and troops in Paris, 1,000 injured
1994 – Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on The Tonight Show
1997 – US Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence in military prison for 18 counts of rape, and other offenses (part of the Aberdeen Scandal)
2002 – “The Good Stuff” single released by Kenny Chesney (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)
Today in History for 6th May 2022
Historical Events
1527 – Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome, ending the Renaissance
1753 – French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1851 – Dr John Gorrie patents a “refrigeration machine”
1915 – The Allies on Cape Helles launch three attacks to enlarge their beachheads; after terrible losses, they advance about three miles
1950 – 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
1974 – West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns amidst controversy over his aide Günter Guillaume’s ties with the Stasi (East German secret service)
Famous Birthdays
1713 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher, born in Alland’Huy-et-Sausseuil, Ardennes (d. 1780)
1801 – George Sears Greene, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Apponaug, Rhode Island (d. 1899)
1861 – Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and freedom fighter, born in Agra, British India (d. 1931)
1921 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter, born in London (d. 1999)
1941 – Fred J. Eckert, American politician (U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, Tuvalu, Kiribati and Tonga), born in Rochester, New York
1970 – Emerson Martin, NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers)
Famous Deaths
1527 – Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
1862 – Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist and pacifist (Walden Pond), dies of tuberculosis at 44
1910 – Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
1975 – József Mindszenty [József Pehm], Hungarian cardinal who opposed fascism and communism in Hungary, dies at 83
1995 – Leonard “Red” Truss, American RandB singer (The Steelers – “Get It From The Bottom”), dies at 47
2007 – Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
Famous Deaths for 5th May 2022
1678 – Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet, spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
1840 – Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, German composer, dies at 67
1909 – Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies
1927 – Charles Boissevain, Dutch editor of Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad (1885-1908), dies at 84
1942 – Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
1945 – Peter Van Pels, Jewish Refugee (b. 1926)
1988 – Michael Shaara, American author (Killer angels), dies of a heart attack at 59
1997 – Walter Gotell, German actor (James Bond, From Russia With Love), dies at 73
2015 – Craig Gruber, American rock bassist (Rainbow), dies of cancer at 63
2020 – Millie Small, Jamaican ska singer, and songwriter (“My Boy Lollipop”), dies of a stroke at 72
Historical Events for 5th May 2022
1814 – British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
1917 – Eugene Bullard gains his pilot’s license from Aéro-Club de France and becomes the 1st African-American military pilot (French Air Service)
1951 – “Out of This World” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances
1958 – KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 – The Kinks release “Waterloo Sunset” as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts
1970 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1980 – Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building
1984 – 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
1992 – American country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
2002 – Jacques Chirac wins the French Presidential election for a second term defeating Jean-Marie Le Pen leader of the far-right National Front