1697 – Constantine Huygens Jr., Dutch Poet, painter and cartoonist, dies at 69 (burial date)
1874 – Thomas Anderson, Scottish chemist (discovered pyridine), dies at 55
1884 – Auguste Vaucorbeil, French composer, dies at 62
1925 – Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65
1956 – Jacob Weinberg, Russian-born Jewish composer, dies at 77
1968 – Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, dies at 56
1982 – Lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher.
1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer songwriter (Viva Las Vegas), dies of cancer at 54
1995 – Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russian Orthodox Priest, dies at 68
1995 – Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Columbian politician (helped write Colombian Constitution), assassinated at 76
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Historical Events for 2nd November 2021
1712 – Suriname government gives French hijacker Jacques Cassard, ƒ682,800
1749 – English Ohio Trade Company forms first trading post
1889 – North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state in the United States
1917 – In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay
1948 – US President Harry Truman is re-elected in an upset victory over Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey
1963 – “Tambourines to Glory” opens at Little Theater NYC for 24 performances
1985 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Aqueduct Racetrack; winners: Cozzene, Life’s Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
1993 – Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey
2003 – US sitcom “Arrested Development” Premieres created by Mitchell Hurwitz, starring Jason Bateman, Porta de Rossi, Michael Cera and an ensemble cast on Fox
2019 – 9th Rugby World Cup, Yokohama: South African fly-half Handré Pollard lands 6 penalties and 2 conversions as Springboks beat favourites England, 32-12 for their 3rd title
Today in History for 2nd November 2021
Historical Events
1889 – North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state in the United States
1898 – French government of Dupuy forms
1954 – Strom Thurmond is the 1st senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina)
1983 – US President Ronald Reagan signs bill establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
1997 – Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam
2000 – The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
Famous Birthdays
1696 – Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania’s ambassador to the Native Americans, born in Herrenberg, Germany (d. 1760)
1888 – Dutch Zwilling, American baseball outfielder (Federal League HR all-time leader), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1978)
1919 – Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1978)
1946 – Alan Jones, Australian auto racer, commentator (World Formula 1 champion, 1980), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1975 – Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie), born in Bothell, Washington
1982 – Charles Itandje, Cameroon soccer goal-keeper (12 caps; Lens), born in Bobigny, France
Famous Deaths
1717 – Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies
1877 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal, dies at 93
1909 – Wilhelm Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81
2007 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)
2007 – Henry Cele, South African Actor; best known for his onscreen portrayal of the legendary Shaka Zulu
2015 – Colin Welland, British screenwriter (Chariots of Fire) and actor (Straw Dogs), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 1st November 2021
1750 – Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55
1941 – Camille Melloy [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50
1949 – Leslie Gay, English cricket wicket-keeper and soccer goalkeeper (1 Test; 3 caps), dies at 78
1975 – Norbert Rosseau, Belgian composer, dies at 67
1993 – Anatoli Voronov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63
1994 – Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97
2003 – Joji “George” Kawaguchi Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 76
2005 – Manuel Castillo, Andalusian classical pianist and composer, dies at 75
2008 – Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
2008 – Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
Historical Events for 1st November 2021
1865 – Zutphen-Fishing Dutch railway opens
1916 – Broadway theatre owner and producer Harry H. Frazee and Hugh Ward buy MLB club the Boston Red Sox for approximately $700,000 from Joseph Lannin
1918 – Yugoslav battleship Viribus Unitis sunk by Italians
1922 – Mustafa Kemal Ataturk takes Constantinople from Mehmed VI, proclaiming the Republic of Turkey and bringing an end to the Ottoman Empire
1942 – 10th day of battle at El Alamein
1950 – Celtics’ forward Chuck Cooper becomes first African American to play in the NBA in Boston’s 107-84 loss at Fort Wayne Pistons; future Hall of Famer Bob Cousy also debuts for Celtics
1956 – Karnataka (then known as Mysore State) is formed from the merge of Kannada-speaking regions in India
1987 – New Zealand All Blacks create a rugby union international world record score when they beat Japan, 106-4 at the National Stadium in Tokyo
2017 – Boiler explosion at a NTPC government-run coal-fired power plant in Rae Bareli, India, kills 29
2020 – Slovakia completes testing two-thirds of its population for COVID-19 using quick antigen tests, 1.06% test positive out of 3.625 million
Today in History for 1st November 2021
Historical Events
1877 – Dutch government of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns
1940 – 1st US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa
1968 – Noël Coward’s “Sweet Potato” opens at Booth Theater NYC for 36 performances
1973 – “Molly” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 68 performances
1991 – Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.
2004 – “That’s What I Love About Sunday” single released by Craig Morgan (Billboard Song of the Year 2005)
Famous Birthdays
1643 – John Strype, English historian and biographer, born in Houndsditch, London (d. 1737)
1871 – Stephen Crane, American novelist (Red Badge of Courage), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1900)
1912 – Bill Bonthron, American athlete (world 1,500m record 3:48.8 1934), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1983)
1927 – Victor Pellot, Puerto Rican baseball infielder (6 x MLB All Star; 7 x Gold Glove), born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico (d. 2005)
1968 – Kent Graham, American NFL quarterback (New York Giants), born in Winfield, Illinois
1972 – Glen Murray, Canadian ice hockey right wing (1,009 NHL games; All Star 2003-04; Boston Bruins), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Famous Deaths
921 – Richard, Duke of Burgundy
1676 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
1881 – Jacques Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song), dies at 22
1962 – Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican auto racer (youngest F1 driver ever to race for Ferrari), dies in practice accident at 20
1963 – Elsa Maxwell, American author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80
1995 – Alun Pask, Welsh rugby union flanker (26 caps; British Lions 8 caps; Abertillery), dies at 58
Famous Deaths for 31st October 2021
1448 – Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies
1661 – Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian diarist and painter, dies at 25
1902 – Jean-Baptist Colyns, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 67
1976 – Linda Watkins, American actress (From Hell it Came, Harpy), dies at 68
1994 – Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76
2002 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician and 1st President of Greece, dies at 99
2005 – John “Beatz” Holohan, American drummer (Bayside), dies in an auto accident at 31
2010 – Theodore Sorenson, American presidential advisor to JFK and author (Kennedy), dies at 82
2019 – (Elizabeth) Ann Crumb, American stage and screen actress and singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 69
Historical Events for 31st October 2021
1756 – Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison in Venice by climbing onto the roof
1794 – John Dalton’s first lecture to Manchester Literary/Philosophical Society
1864 – Nevada admitted as 36th state of the Union
1940 – Battle of Britain, fought between the RAF and Luftwaffe over the English Channel and southern England, ends with a British victory
1943 – Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10)
1953 – TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
1963 – J. Edgar Hoover’s last meeting with President John F. Kennedy
1968 – Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game)
2000 – A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50
2018 – US and Great Britain call for a cease-fire in Saudi-led war in Yemen, in 3-year war that has claimed over 10,000 lives and created famine conditions
Today in History for 31st October 2021
Historical Events
1978 – Iranian oil workers go on strike
1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes first pontiff to visit Spain
1994 – American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed
1995 – American jam band Phish performs The Who’s “Quadrophenia” as a musical costume during a show at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois
1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
1999 – Finnish McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to clinch his second straight F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 2 points from Irishman Eddie Irvine
Famous Birthdays
1345 – Ferdinand I, King of Portugal (1367-83), born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1383)
1872 – James Hogan, Irish College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Yale), born in Glenbane, County Tipperary, Ireland (d. 1910)
1912 – Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney’s Nine Old Men, born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2008)
1941 – Lucas Brown Jackson, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1964), born in San Marcos, Texas
1945 – (Russell Glyn) “Russ” Ballard, British rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Argent – “Liar”; “You Can Do Magic”), born in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England
1973 – Grigorios Georgatos, Greek footballer, born in Piraeus, Greece
Famous Deaths
1926 – Harry Houdini [Erich Weisz], magician, dies in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured
1950 – Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist, dies at 72
1984 – Indira Gandhi, 4th Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84), assassinated by two of her bodyguards at 66
1991 – Johan Schmitz, actor (Gysbregt van Aemstel/Soldat van Orange), dies
1995 – Wallace Edward Rowling, Prime Minister of NZ (1974-1975), dies at 68
2009 – Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman and car collector (Donington Grand Prix Collection ), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 30th October 2021
1667 – Johann Jakob Wolleb, a Swiss organist , theologian and composer, dies in the plague at 54
1823 – Edmund Cartwright, English inventor (power loom), dies at 80
1901 – U Benson, British lt-col (Magers’ fountain), killed in battle
1956 – Pío Baroja y Nessi, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer), dies at 83
1967 – Charles Trowbridge, Mexican-American actor (Fatal Hour), dies at 85
1968 – Conrad Richter, American writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78
1982 – Angelo Ephrikian, Armenian-Italian composer, dies at 69
1993 – Paul Grégoire, French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal, dies at 82
2015 – Mel Daniels, American professional basketball player (Hall of Fame 2012), dies at 71
2019 – Don Fraser, American boxing promoter (LA venues; colourful wardrobe and offbeat PR gimmicks), dies at 92