1915 – German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
1916 – Battle of Verdun: Germany launches an offensive on Fort Souville in France but are defeated by artillery and machine gunners
1921 – Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
1955 – Congress authorizes all US currency to say “In God We Trust”
1971 – Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
1984 – 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1987 – Orioles’ Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
1991 – Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
2013 – 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
Author: gil7
Today in History for 11th July 2021
Historical Events
1861 – Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia – Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender
1882 – British fleet bombards Alexandria
1900 – Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport
1921 – Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
1967 – Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
1985 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Famous Birthdays
1886 – Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)
1897 – Bull Connor, American law enforcement official (d. 1973)
1974 – André Ooijer, Dutch soccer defender (55 caps; PSV, Blackburn Rovers), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1976 – Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-born basketball player
1984 – Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer
1989 – David Henrie, American actor
Famous Deaths
1553 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Sievershausen at about 32
1994 – Charles “Lefty” Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
1996 – Martin Corbett, English gay rights activist (Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!), dies of AIDS at 51
2006 – Barnard Hughes, American actor (Tron, Where’s Poppa, Best Friends), dies at 90
2007 – Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), dies at 94
2011 – George Lascelles, English Earl of Harewood, Director of the Royal Opera House, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 10th July 2021
1559 – Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies
1621 – Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)
1776 – Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)
1851 – Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (daguerreotype), dies at 63
1909 – Flooi Du Toit, South African cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies at 40
1920 – Eugénie de Montijo, Emperor of France (1853-71), dies at 94
1963 – Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
1965 – Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1985 – Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered
2003 – Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902)
Historical Events for 10th July 2021
1898 – Jean-Baptiste Marchands expedition reaches Fashoda at White Hippo
1911 – 105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)
1934 – 1st sitting US President to visit South America, FDR in Colombia
1942 – Netherlands government in exile (London) recognizes Soviet Union
1945 – Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff
1972 – Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India
1993 – Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
2011 – British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.
2013 – 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China
2019 – Earliest evidence of modern humans outside Africa found with 210,000 year old skull from Apidima Cave, southern Greece published in “Nature”
Today in History for 10th July 2021
Historical Events
1847 – Urbain Le Leverrier and John Couch Adams, co-discoverers of Neptune, meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel
1892 – 1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio)
1938 – “Yankee Clipper” completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic
2000 – EADS, the world’s second largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA
2006 – Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board
2016 – UEFA European Championship, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Eder scores in extra time as Portugal upset France, 1-0
Famous Birthdays
1809 – Friedrich August Quenstedt, German geologist and paleontologist, born in Eisleben, Saxony (d. 1889)
1896 – Thérèse Casgrain, French Canadian politician and senator, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1981)
1925 – Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981-2003 and 2018-), born in Alor Setar, Malaysia
1928 – Jack Nel, South African cricketer (South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2018)
1938 – Paul Andreu, French architect, born in Gironde, France
1940 – Helen Donath, American soprano, born in Corpus Christi, Texas
Famous Deaths
138 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (117-138), dies at 62
983 – Benedict IV, Italian Pope (974-83), dies
1838 – Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1875 – Henry L. Benning, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61
1937 – Johan Bernard Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga), dies at 71
1989 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor, comedian best known for his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 9th July 2021
1883 – Adrien Louis Boieldieu, French composer, dies at 67
1932 – Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
1943 – Clifford Whittingham Beers, American mental hygiene pioneer, dies at 67
1960 – Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
1969 – Pierre Cardevielle, French conductor, composer (Élégie de Duino), music critic (Monde musicale), and teacher, dies at 63
1985 – Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
1988 – Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
1995 – James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66
2004 – Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2016 – Robert Nye, British novelist and poet (Falstaff), dies at 77
Historical Events for 9th July 2021
1780 – Denmark declares neutrality, joining First League of Armed Neutrality to protect shipping
1815 – King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France
1863 – Union troops enter Port Hudson
1914 – Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth’s contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles
1965 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian Peter Thomson Peter Thomson wins his 5th Claret Jug, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O’Connor Snr
1978 – American Nazi Party holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
1979 – Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
1984 – 12th Century York Minster damaged in lightning storm
1986 – Atlanta’s Dale Murphy doesn’t play ending consecutive streak at 740
2018 – Jeremy Hunt becomes UK Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson’s resignation
Today in History for 9th July 2021
Historical Events
1672 – William III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland and Zealand
1864 – Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, confederate forces led by Lieutenant General Jubal Early
1917 – British battleship HMS Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow (the result of an internal explosion of faulty cordite), killing 804
1934 – SS-Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps
1982 – Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner La, killing 153
2017 – English international footballer Wayne Rooney announces he will leave Manchester United after 13 years to rejoin his original club, Everton
Famous Birthdays
1848 – Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma, born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1907)
1900 – Robert Oboussier, Swiss composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1957)
1925 – Peter Ludwig, German businessman and art collector, born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1996)
1950 – Gwen Guthrie, American Rand*B, soul, and dance singer-songwriter (“Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent”), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1999)
1975 – Jack White [Gillis], American musician (The White Stripes; Racontuers), born in Detroit, Michigan
1991 – Spencer Elden, Baby and model on Nirvana (band)’s Nevermind album
Famous Deaths
1228 – Stephen Langton, English Cardinal and scholar, Archbishop of Canterbury (1207-1228), negotiated the Magna Carta, thought to have divided Bible into chapters (b. c. 1150)
1855 – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, British Army officer (commander of the British forces during the Crimean War), dies of dysentery in Crimea at 66
1856 – James Strang, American Mormon splinter group leader, dies of his wounds three weeks after being attacked by disaffected members at 43
1875 – Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54
1957 – Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80
1977 – Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69
Famous Deaths for 8th July 2021
1115 – Peter the Hermit, French priest, led the People’s Crusade, dies at about 64
1623 – Gregory XV [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1934 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer, dies at 1934
1939 – [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80
1946 – Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Russian composer {Alexnadrov Ensemble}, dies at 63
1973 – Harry F. V. Edward, British 100m/200m runner (Olympic bronze 1920), dies at 75
1985 – Phil Foster, American comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley), dies at 72
1985 – Simon Kuznets, American economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
2011 – Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (1974-77) and founder of the Betty Ford Center clinic, dies at 93
2016 – William H. McNeill, Canadian-born historian (Rise of the West), dies at 98
Historical Events for 8th July 2021
1663 – King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1731 – Theologian Jonathan Edwards preaches his sermon “God Glorified in Man’s Dependence” in Boston, later his first published sermon
1776 – Colonel John Nixon gives the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence to an assemblage of citizens in Philadelphia
1853 – Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade
1889 – John L. Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
1928 – Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
1933 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Denny Shute beats fellow American Craig Wood by 5 strokes in a 36-hole Saturday playoff to win his only Open title
1935 – 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1995 – NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators
1997 – 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland