1531 – Louis de Brézé, seigneur d’Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers
1568 – Don Carlos, son of Spanish King Philip II, dies at about 23
1690 – Richard Gibson, English painter of portrait miniatures and a court dwarf, dies at around 75
1923 – Charles Dupuy, French statesman, 3 times Prime Minister of France (1893, 1894-95, 1898-99), dies at 71
1924 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64
1961 – Esther Dale, American actress (Curly Top; The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), dies after surgery at 75
1966 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (From Here to Eternity, Judgement at Nuremberg), dies of a heart attack at 45
1994 – Hans J Salter, Austrian-American film composer (The Wolf Man, Christmas Holiday, This Love Of Ours), dies at 98
1996 – John Corner, scientist, dies at 80
2020 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian politician, President of Tanzania (1995-2005), dies at 81
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Historical Events for 23rd July 2021
1888 – John Boyd Dunlop applies to patent pneumatic tire
1964 – Kansas City As’ Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat
1978 – Franklin Bradshaw is murdered in Salt Lake City by his grandson Marc Schreuder at the instigation of his mother Frances Schreuder
1997 – The US State Department rules that Turkey’s agreement to purchase $23 billion worth of natural gas from Iran does not violate the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act
1999 – Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father
2000 – US Open Women’s Golf, Merit Club: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon; third of Webb’s 7 major titles
2008 – Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member.
2016 – Suicide bomb in Kabul kills 80 during a protest march, Islamic State claim responsibility
2017 – 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win
2020 – US President Trump says he could send 75,000 federal agents to deal with violence in American cities like Portland, drawing backlash
Today in History for 23rd July 2021
Historical Events
1874 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa
1968 – Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt
1972 – 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched
1984 – KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
1989 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon: American Mark Calcavecchia wins his only major title in first ever 4-hole aggregate playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady
2013 – 19 people are killed and 22 are injured after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Walter Burle Marx, Brazilian pianist and composer, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1990)
1950 – Blair Thornton, Canadian rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1961 – Antoine Carr, American NBA forward and center (Utah Jazz), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1961 – Martin Gore, English rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can’t Get Enough), born in Dagenham, Essex, England
1965 – Slash [Saul Hudson], English-American rock guitarist and songwriter (Guns N’ Roses-Sweet Child o’ Mine), born in London, England
1986 – Nelson Philippe, French racing driver, born in Valence, France
Famous Deaths
1844 – Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office
1955 – Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55
1988 – Jahangir Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests India; Pakistan selector), dies at 78
1994 – Henry William Collins, English artist, dies at 84
2009 – Danny McBride, American musician (Sha Na Na), dies at 63
2020 – Jean Brankart, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1955, Giro d’Italia 1958 runner-up; Belgium national track pursuit champion 1956, 58, 59), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 22nd July 2021
1676 – Clement X [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
1922 – John Motley Morehead III, American chemist (commercial production of calcium carbide, important for welding), dies at 67
1932 – Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71
1937 – Ted McDonald, cricketer (43 wickets for Australia), dies in car crash
1950 – Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-30, and 1935-48), dies of pneumonia at 75
1969 – Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
1979 – Tony “Two-Ton” Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, dies at 74
2006 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2011 – Linda Christian, Mexican actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone), dies at 87
Historical Events for 22nd July 2021
1934 – Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents
1937 – Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections
1942 – Gasoline rationing using coupons begins
1942 – 4th Soviet army forms with 80 tanks
1959 – Benjamin Britten’s “Missa Brevis” in D premieres
1960 – Cuba nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories
1987 – Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
1994 – 23rd and last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16th)
2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. See 7 July 2005 London bombings and 21 July 2005 London bombings
2019 – US President Donald Trump says US could win war in Afghanistan in a week “I just don’t want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth”
Today in History for 22nd July 2021
Historical Events
1865 – Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancashire in a county cricket match at Old Trafford, Manchester
1923 – 17th Tour de France won by Henri Pelissier of France
1943 – US forces led by General George S. Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily
1979 – 66th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
1990 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty and Payne Stewart
1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
Famous Birthdays
1892 – John MacBryan, cricketer (one Test Eng v South Africa 1924 DNBat, DNbowl)
1907 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore’s national anthem (d. 1987)
1914 – Cecil Effinger, American composer, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1990)
1916 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
1921 – William Roth, American politician (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971-2001), born in Great Falls, Montana (d. 2003)
1944 – Sparky Lyle, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1973, 76, 77; World Series 1977, 78; AL Cy Young Award 1977; NY Yankees), born in DuBois, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1852 – Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77
1864 – James Birdseye Mcpherson, US Union gen-major, dies in battle at 35
1922 – John Motley Morehead III, American chemist (commercial production of calcium carbide, important for welding), dies at 67
1990 – Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
1996 – Peter Ludwig, German businessman and art collector, dies at 71
2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 21st July 2021
1793 – Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, French explorer, dies of scurvy in the Pacific at 55
1796 – Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, dies at 37
1821 – Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
1928 – Ellen Alice Terry, British Shakespearean actress and director (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1950 – Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, musicologist, and founder of America’a oldest Bach Festiva, dies at 71
1967 – Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80
1976 – Earle Combs, American MLB baseball centerfielder, 1924-35 (New York Yankees), dies at 77
1994 – John Ernest, American constructionist artist, dies at 72
1996 – John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50
2005 – Long John Baldry, British blues musician (Don’t try to Lay No Boogie), dies at 64
Historical Events for 21st July 2021
1669 – John Locke’s Constitution of English colony Carolina is approved
1919 – Anthony Fokker’s establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam
1930 – US Veterans Administration forms
1944 – Field Marshal Günther von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy
1954 – Geneva Accords for Indochina signed, dividing French colonial territories into the countries of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
1970 – Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1980 – Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
1985 – Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America
1989 – Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
Today in History for 21st July 2021
Historical Events
1966 – Gemini X returns to Earth
1970 – Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1987 – Guns and Roses debut album “Appetite for Destruction” is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold
1990 – Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood
2002 – Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the then largest such filing in United States history
2013 – 12 people are killed in a clash between two Muslim families in Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Famous Birthdays
1882 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
1895 – H G “Nummy” Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
1908 – Harold “Jug” McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), born in Monticello, Kansas (d. 1996)
1943 – Edward Herrmann, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds), born in Washington, D.C.
1945 – Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (d. 2008)
1960 – Matt Mulhern, American actor (Biloxi Blues), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1540 – John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies
1948 – Donald Nichols Tweedy, American composer, dies at 58
1982 – Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound at 69
1985 – Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
1996 – James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74
2001 – Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
Famous Deaths for 20th July 2021
1824 – Joan Melchior Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book), dies at 48
1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1939 – Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
1941 – Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1951 – Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan’s King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1966 – Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia and the Phantom), dies of burns at 68
1973 – Bruce Lee [Lee Yuen Kam], Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
2001 – Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
2007 – Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC’s Wide World of Sports), dies at 80
2015 – Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, dies at 80