1793 – Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44
1812 – Christian G. Heyne, German scholar and archaeologist, dies at 82
1817 – Madame de Staël [Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein], French-Swiss author (De l’Allemagne), dies at 51
1876 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60
1897 – John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 77
1904 – Paul Kruger, 3rd President of South African Republic (1883-1900) and face of Boer resistance during the Second Boer War, dies of pneumonia at 78
1954 – Jackie Saunders, American silent screen actress (b. 1892)
1994 – Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
2000 – William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
2013 – Matt Batts, American MLB player, dies at 91
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Historical Events for 14th July 2021
1535 – Emperor Charles V conquers Tunis
1853 – New Zealand holds its first general election
1934 – Philadelphia Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beating Cincinnati 18-0
1938 – Benito Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish African manifesto
1951 – “Make a Wish” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 102 performances
1976 – Democratic Convention in NYC nominates former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter for president and US Senator Walter Mondale, from Minnesota, for vice president
1987 – 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
2008 – “The Dark Knight” directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, premieres in New York
2015 – Harper Lee’s 2nd novel “Go Set A Watchman”, an early 1957 version of “To Kill A Mocking Bird” goes on sale in 70 countries
2018 – Huge iceberg looming over Innaarsuit village, western Greenland prompts evacations in case it calves
Today in History for 14th July 2021
Historical Events
1698 – The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama
1934 – 116°F (47°C), Orogrande, New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)
1998 – Violence erupts in Richmond, South Africa, reflecting underlying political tensions between supporters of the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party
2008 – “The Dark Knight” directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, premieres in New York
2015 – Harper Lee’s 2nd novel “Go Set A Watchman”, an early 1957 version of “To Kill A Mocking Bird” goes on sale in 70 countries
2018 – US President Donald Trump calls the EU a “trade foe” in interview with CBS ahead of meeting with Russian President Putin
Famous Birthdays
1878 – Donald Meek, Scottish-American actor (You Can’t Take It with You, Stagecoach), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1946)
1918 – Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy), born in NYC, New York
1923 – Frances Lear, American Woman’s magazine publisher (Lears), born in Larchmont, New York (1995)
1957 – Peter Webb, NZ cricketer (batsman against West Indies 1980)
1966 – Matthew Fox, American actor (Party of 5, Lost), born in Abington, Pennsylvania
1985 – Lee Kwang-soo, South Korean actor (Inseparable Bros ), born in Namyangju, South Korea
Famous Deaths
1223 – King Philip II of France (1180-1223) dies at 57
1774 – James O’Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
1790 – Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal, dies at 73
1827 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (optics), dies at 39
1943 – Johannes “Frits” Bakker Sr, Dutch actor, dies at 74
2000 – William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
Famous Deaths for 13th July 2021
1380 – Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
1551 – John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
1859 – Rufus Choate, American lawyer (Hall of Fame), dies at 59
1877 – Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
1922 – Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
1927 – James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
1969 – Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela’s son, dies in a car accident at 24
1976 – Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
1976 – Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; b. 1915)
1988 – Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
Historical Events for 13th July 2021
1643 – Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies
1668 – Van Marco Cesti’s opera “Il Pomo d’Oro” (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
1865 – P. T. Barnum’s museum burns down
1978 – Russian dissidents Ginsburg, Piatkus and Sjtsjaranki sentenced to work camps
1980 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 – Iran launches first attack into Iraq
1986 – Zola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games, a direct consequence of Britain’s refusal to support economic sanctions against the apartheid government of South Africa
1988 – Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan
1996 – Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940)
2015 – Sandra Bland is found dead in Waller County jail, Texas after spending weekend in jail after a traffic offence. Her family disputes her supposed suicide
Today in History for 13th July 2021
Historical Events
1963 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham and St Annes GC: Bob Charles of New Zealand wins his only major championship in a 36-hole playoff, 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Phil Rodgers; becomes first left-hander to win a major title
1979 – George Harrison releases single “Faster”
1982 – All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cincinnati Reds)
2012 – Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
2014 – British Open Women’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Mo Martin wins her first major title, 1 shot ahead of runners-up Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen
2018 – Large protests in London against US President Donald Trump featuring Trump-like baby blimp as President Trump meets Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle
Famous Birthdays
1884 – Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies)
1913 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Hellerup Denmark, Danish shipping magnate, (d. 2012)
1926 – Meyer Kupferman, American composer (In Fimi Tres), born in NYC, New York
1942 – Harrison Ford, American actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner), born in Chicago, Illinois
1969 – Jamie Walter, actor (Pirate Island)
1983 – Liu Xiang, Chinese athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 2004), born in Shanghai, China
Famous Deaths
1205 – Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
1854 – José María Vargas, Venezuelan doctor, botanist and 2nd President of Venezuela (1835-36), dies at 68
1960 – Joy Davidman, American poet, writer and wife of C. S. Lewis, dies at 45
1967 – Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
1973 – Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80
2011 – Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (b. 1933)
Famous Deaths for 12th July 2021
1633 – Simon Besler, German composer, dies at 49
1814 – William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, British military leader (commander of British forces in the American Revolutionary War), dies at 84
1975 – Carl Snavely, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Bucknell, North Carolina, Cornell 180–96–16), dies at 80
1988 – Joshua Logan, Broadway producer (South Pacific), dies at 79 of palsy
1993 – Dan Eldon, British-Kenyan photojournalist, killed in Somalia while working for Reuters at 22
1994 – Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52
1995 – Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49
1999 – Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), dies from pancreatic cancer at 85
2013 – Pran Krishan Sikand, Indian actor often cast as the villain in Hindi cinema (Khandaan, Be-Imaan), dies of pneumonia at 93
2018 – Tom Gallagher, American diplomat, gay activist, and 1st Foreign Service officer to publicly come out in 1976, dies at 77
Historical Events for 12th July 2021
1561 – “Trinity Church” (now Saint Basil’s Cathedral) is consecrated in Moscow, Russia
1700 – Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700
1790 – French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state
1918 – Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed
1944 – US government recognizes authority of French General Charles de Gaulle
1953 – KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1962 – Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
1970 – Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
1987 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
Today in History for 12th July 2021
Historical Events
1850 – Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States
1934 – US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
1944 – Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased
1962 – Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
1967 – Race riot in Newark, New Jersey, 26 killed, 1,500 injured and over 1,000 arrested
2018 – World’s longest fingernails cut off; Shridhar Chillal’s nails measured 909.6cm after growing for 66 years
Famous Birthdays
1821 – Daniel Harvey Hill, Confederate General (American Civil War), born in York District, South Carolina (d. 1889)
1870 – Louis II [Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi], Prince of Monaco, born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1949)
1897 – Fred Enke, American College basketball coach (University of Arizona 1925–1961, record 522–344), born in Olmsted County, Minnesota (d. 1985)
1932 – Harold William Woolhouse, British botanist, born in Sheffield (d. 1996)
1972 – Jake Wood, English actor
1972 – Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 2000, 04, 08; World C’ship gold 2003) and coach (Hungary 2013-16), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2020)
Famous Deaths
1749 – Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France
1804 – Alexander Hamilton, US Founding Father and 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken at 49
1845 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet (Creation, Humanity, and Messiah) and author, dies at 37
1850 – Robert Stevenson, Scottish civil engineer (Bell Rock Lighthouse, Scotland), dies at 78
1996 – Gottfried von Einem, Austrian composer, mainly of opera (Der Prozeß – The Trial), dies at 78
2000 – Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 11th July 2021
1768 – Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer, dies at 66
1944 – Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
1958 – Karel Wellens, Flemish painter, dies at 69
1964 – Maurice Thorez, French politician and secretary-general (French Communist Party), dies at 64
1988 – Milton Krims, American screenwriter (Prince of Foxes), dies at 84
1991 – Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered
1992 – Antoon Hubben, Dutch Mayor of Maasbree and trade union leader, dies at 73
1994 – Charles “Lefty” Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
2007 – Glenda Adams, Australian author (b. 1939)
2013 – Eugene Wilkinson, American naval officer, dies at 94