1619 – Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
1631 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen of Denmark and Norway, dies at 74
1857 – Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, Polish composer, dies of tuberculosis at 33
1977 – Bing Crosby [Harry Lillis Crosby], American singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
1985 – Emil Gilels, Soviet concert pianist (Brussels Competition – 1st prize, 1938), dies at 68
1986 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor), dies at 70
1986 – Mary Lund, American women first to receive an artificial heart, dies at 40
1987 – Rodolfo Halffter, Spanish composer, and music critic, dies at 86
1988 – Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
2006 – Jared Anderson, American bassist (b. 1975)
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Historical Events for 14th October 2021
1773 – American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom’s East India Company tea ships’ cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.
1942 – Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1944 – Allied troops land in Corfu
1947 – Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
1958 – Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1968 – In NL expansion draft, Expos and Padres choose 30 players each
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on “Dick Cavett Show”
1987 – In Midland, Tx 1½-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22′ (7m) down a well
1988 – NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant by winning the Patrick Division Playoff Championship
1994 – NASA Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus
Today in History for 14th October 2021
Historical Events
1933 – Nazi Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations
1958 – Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1962 – Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs NY Titans 56-17
1969 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1970 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1992 – Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A’s to win their 1st AL pennant
Famous Birthdays
1859 – Camille Chevillard, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1923)
1902 – Shunter Coen, South African cricketer (South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28), born in Heilbron, Orange Free State (d. 1967)
1951 – Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-British rock vocalist (Boney M), born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
1970 – Jim Jackson, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers)
1980 – Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer
1985 – Daniel Clark, Canadian actor
Famous Deaths
1847 – William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53
1967 – Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright, dies at 65
1990 – Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (West Side Story), dies of heart attack at 72
2004 – Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, British historian, dies at 67
2012 – Arlen Specter, American Senator (Republican-PA, 1981- 2011), dies at 82
2020 – Fred Dean, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Pro Bowl 1979–81, 83; First-team All-Pro 1980, 81; Super Bowl 1981, 84; SD Chargers, SF 49ers), dies from COVID-19 at 68
Famous Deaths for 13th October 2021
1282 – Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222)
1673 – Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617)
1759 – John Henley, English clergyman, dies at 64
1819 – Giovanni Battista Gaiani, Italian organist and composer, dies at 61
1822 – Antonio Canova, Italian Neoclassical sculptor (The Three Graces), dies at 64
1882 – Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (b. 1816)
1959 – Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer and musicologist (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
1989 – Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), dies at 87
2000 – Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party, dies at 90
2011 – Barbara Kent, Canadian born – U.S. silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars (b.1907)
Historical Events for 13th October 2021
1307 – French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged of idolatry and corruption
1863 – Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties)
1924 – Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
1962 – Edward Albee’s play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen
1966 – Jimi Hendrix Experience debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding and British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France
1985 – During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium’s automated tarpaulin
1986 – 20th Country Music Association Award: Reba McEntire wins
1993 – Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
1997 – Andy Green’s Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH
2015 – First Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by CNN and held in Las Vegas, Nevada
Today in History for 13th October 2021
Historical Events
1724 – Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier’s letters
1899 – 7,000 laid-off black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
1964 – US sweeps medals in the men’s 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics; Jed Graef swims world record 2:10.3 to win gold ahead of teammates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett
1994 – Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)
1997 – Andy Green’s Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH
2018 – Oldest known human remains from Poland at 115,000 years from revealed to be Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave eaten by a large bird
Famous Birthdays
1878 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest, born in O’Connell Town, Yass, New South Wales (d. 1952)
1912 – Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1992)
1923 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes, Fortuna, Inter Milan), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1958 – Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian progressive journalist, author, and editor in chief (Al-Arab News Channel), born in Medina, Saudi Arabia (d. 2018)
1968 – Tisha Campbell, American actress (Gina-Martin, House Party), born in Newark, New Jersey
1971 – Irv Smith, American NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints), born in Trenton, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1415 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1805 – Johann Christoph Kuhnau, German composer (Thomaskantor in Leipzig), dies at 70
1918 – Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies fighting in WWI at 27
1947 – Sydney Webb, English socialist and economist (founded London School of Economics) and husband of Beatrice Webb, dies at 88
1970 – Julia Culp, Dutch mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
2004 – Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 12th October 2021
1646 – François de Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies at 67
1694 – Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies
1864 – Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
1926 – Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (Flatland), dies at 87
1969 – Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies
1970 – Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani Urdu poet, dies at 40
1995 – Eleanor Aller, cellist, dies at 78
2001 – Witold Szalonek, Polish composer (Satire), educator, and musicologist, dies at 74
2011 – Heinz Bennent, German actor (Possession, The Serpent’s Egg), dies at 90
2018 – Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), dies at 80
Historical Events for 12th October 2021
1549 – John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, forces the Duke of Somerset out of his office as Lord Protector.
1729 – Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland
1836 – 18″ of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY
1928 – 1st use of iron lung (Boston’s Children Hospital)
1978 – Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington
1979 – Future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Magic Johnson makes his debut for Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers; Lakers win, 103-102
1979 – Typhoon Tip becomes the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded with peak sustained winds of 305km/h (190mph) and a wind diameter of 2,220km (1,380mi)
1992 – Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
2014 – Evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia
2019 – California is the 1st US state to pass law banning sale and manufacture of new fur products
Today in History for 12th October 2021
Historical Events
1776 – British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx
1854 – Lincoln University founded in Pennsylvania as Ashmun Institute
1914 – The First Battle of Ypres begins
1944 – German army retreats from Athens
1976 – Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Zedong as chairman of Communist Party
2008 – Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, Baltimore CC: D. A. Weibring wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Fred Funk
Famous Birthdays
1832 – Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), born in St. Ives, England (d. 1914)
1884 – Godfrey Tearle, English-American actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), born in NYC, New York (d. 1953)
1895 – Alfred “Tubby” Hall, American jazz drummer (King Oliver; Louis Armstrong), born in Sellers, Louisiana (d. 1945)
1905 – Rick Ferrell, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 1995)
1916 – Alice Childress, American playwright, actress and writer, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1994)
1981 – Brian Kerr, Scottish football manager, born in Dublin, Ireland
Famous Deaths
1565 – Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)
1914 – Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (flat-bottomed paper bag), described as a “female Thomas Edison”, dies at 76
1924 – Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault], French writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921), dies at 80
1979 – Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (Man of a Thousand Faces), dies from natural causes at 82
2008 – Karl Chircop, Maltese politician (b. 1965)
2013 – Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love), dies from a heart attack at 62
Famous Deaths for 11th October 2021
1347 – Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1617 – Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
1896 – Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)
1991 – Redd Foxx, American comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
1991 – Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)
1992 – Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist/writer (Liner, Cannon), dies
1994 – Maja Bulgakova, Ukrainian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
2000 – Donald Campbell Dewar, Scottish politician (1st minister of Scotland’s first Parliament in almost 300yrs), dies from health complications at 63
2007 – Sri Chinmoy [Chinmoy Kumar Ghose], Indian guru, dies at 76
2020 – Ângelo Martins, Portuguese soccer defender (20 caps; Benfica 231 games), dies at 90