1726 – Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap’s molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in London are executed by hanging at Tyburn, England
1738 – Britain sends fleet to the Mediterranean Sea and West Indies
1862 – Battle of Farmington, Mississippi
1882 – Telegraph Hill RR Co (Cable Cars) in San Francisco organized
1944 – Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
1950 – French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1967 – Gijs van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
1992 – Final episode of “Golden Girls” airs on NBC-TV
2012 – United States President Barack Obama officially states his support for same-sex marriage
Author: gil7
Today in History for 9th May 2021
Historical Events
1766 – John Byron back in England after trip around the world
1966 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1977 – Patty Hearst let out of jail
1989 – NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War
1994 – Mass murderer Joel Rifkin found guilty in New York
Famous Birthdays
1540 – Maharana Pratap, Rajput king of Mewar (1572-1597), born in Kumbhargal Fort, Mewar (d. 1597)
1924 – Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
1939 – Bruce Mather, Canadian pianist and composer, born in Toronto, Ontario
1944 – Richard Furay, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield; Poco), born in Yellow Springs, Ohio
1957 – John Stuper, baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 – Amber [Marie-Claire Cremers], Dutch-born German singer-songwriter, born in Ubbergen, the Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1884 – Hermanus Willem Witteveen, Dutch theologist, dies at 69
1915 – Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player (Wimbledon 1910-13), dies on the Western Front at 31
1942 – Graham McNamee, American early sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl), dies at 53
1970 – Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician, dies at 86
1987 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian statesman and nationalist, dies at 78
1995 – Marshall Royal, American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist (Count Basie Orchestra), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 8th May 2021
1788 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1846 – Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, dies at 59
1925 – Frank L. Gillespie, American founder of Supreme Life Insurance Company, dies at 48
1957 – Johannes C B “Jan” Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
1985 – Redmond “Edmond” O’Brien, American actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies of Alzheimer’s at 69
1991 – Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
1992 – Gul Mahomed, Pakistani cricketer (8 Tests for India and one for Pakistan), dies at 70
1996 – Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
2012 – Nicholas Katzenbach, American Attorney General, dies at 90
2018 – Mahmoud Hammoud, Lebanese politician and diplomat, dies at 82 or 83
Historical Events for 8th May 2021
1871 – British-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
1895 – China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1899 – Ernest Rutherford publishes his discovery of two different kinds of radiation (Alpha and Beta Particles)
1942 – German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1957 – South Vietnamese President, Ngô Đình Diệm, arrives in the United States on a state visit
1974 – 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
1994 – Ernesto Perez Balladares elected president of Panama
2013 – Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United’s manager at the end of the season
2019 – Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp signs new abortion law, the so-called “heart-beat bill” (comes into effect Jan 2020)
2019 – Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that Facebook should be split up and regulated in “New York Times” Op-Ed essay
Today in History for 8th May 2021
Historical Events
1881 – Henry Morton Stanley signs the first of many contracts with the Congolian monarch
1907 – Boston’s Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0
1926 – Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Sox baseball team
1979 – The Cure release their debut album “Three Imaginary Boys” (Boys Don’t Cry in US, Australia)
1994 – President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
2018 – Ebola outbreak declared in north-west Democratic Republic of Congo with 2 confirmed cases and 17 deaths
Famous Birthdays
1828 – Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese Maronite monk, born in Bekaa Kafra, North Governorate, Lebanon (d. 1898)
1895 – Jose Gomez [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
1948 – Don “Red” Young, American session, touring keyboard and piano player, band leader, and jazz Hammond B3 organist, born in Fort Worth, Texas
1952 – Beth Henley, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker), born in Jackson, Mississippi
1976 – Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American musician and songwriter, born in Montréal, Quebec
1983 – Matt Willis, British singer
Famous Deaths
1864 – James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
1975 – Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1984 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
1999 – Dana Plato, American actress (Kimberly-Diff’rent Strokes), dies at 34
2008 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (“Make The World Go Away”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 7th May 2021
1805 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1782-83), dies at 68
1814 – Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, dies at 79
1863 – Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian political reformer (Patriote movement), dies at 84
1915 – Alfred G. Vanderbilt Sr., American businessman and sportsman (New York Central Railway), dies aboard the RMS Lusitania during World War I at 37
1929 – Albert Anselmi, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1940 – George Lansbury, British politician, Labour Party Leader and pacifist, dies at 81
1967 – Judith Evelyn [Evelyn Morris], American actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window), dies of cancer at 54
2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b.1943)
2007 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
Historical Events for 7th May 2021
1873 – US marines attack Panama
1957 – Indians’ pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald
1961 – “Young Abe Lincoln” closes at Eugene O’Neill NYC after 27 performances
1963 – SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
1974 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)
1979 – Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
1982 – IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
1992 – 5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge, Long Island, for selling cocaine
2015 – British General Elections: Conservative Party win outright majority and David Cameron returns as Prime Minister
2017 – MTV becomes 1st major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories – Emma Watson best film actor, Millie Bobby Brown best TV actor
Today in History for 7th May 2021
Historical Events
1867 – Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
1943 – Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps
1966 – Mamas and Papas “Monday Monday” hits #1
1980 – Yugoslav President Josip Tito is buried
1992 – Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
2013 – The Dow Jones Industrial average and SandP 500 set record highs
Famous Birthdays
1763 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general and marshal of France, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1813)
1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher, poet, writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1913), born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1941)
1897 – Kitty McKane (Godfree), English tennis player (Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 24), born in Bayswater, England (d. 1992)
1944 – Richard O’Sullivan, British comedy actor (Man About the House), born in Chiswick, London
1974 – Breckin Meyer, American voice actor and actor (Robot Chicken), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1976 – Nicholas Butcher, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1092 – Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)
1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer, dies at 73
1922 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer, dies at 64
1942 – Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1976 – Alan Baxter, American actor (Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches), dies at 67
2009 – David Mellor, English cutlery designer (b. 1930)
Famous Deaths for 6th May 2021
1124 – Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered
1727 – Catharine I of Russia [Marta Samuilovna], wife of Peter the Great, dies at about 42
1891 – Thomas Hare, English barrister and political reformer, dies at 85
1994 – Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
1995 – Clarence Paul [Pauling], American songwriter, and record producer (Motown; Stevie Wonder – “Fingertips”), dies at 67
1999 – Johnny Morris, British broadcaster and actor (Once in a Lifetime), dies at 82
2000 – Leonard Salzedo, British composer, mostly for ballet (The Witch Boy), dies at 78
2002 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player and 10th president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club, dies at 71
2006 – Lillian Asplund, last American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1906)
2009 – Valentin Varennikov, Soviet-Russian general and statesman, dies at 85
Historical Events for 6th May 2021
1672 – Brandenburg monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
1851 – New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
1902 – Zulu assault at Holkrantz, South Africa
1951 – Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
1957 – Italian government of Antonio Segni resigns
1965 – Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
1975 – Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
1989 – 34th Eurovision Song Contest: Riva for Yugoslavia wins singing “Rock Me” in Lausanne
1996 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM
2017 – France bans too thin fashion models and makes labeling of digitally enhanced photos mandatory