986 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer, dies at 83
1765 – Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
1895 – Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
1930 – Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet and writer, dies at 63
1993 – Dan Seymour [Daniel Seymour Katz], American actor (To Have and Have Not, We the People, Sing It Again), dies following a stroke at 78
1996 – David W Howe, test pilot, dies at 77
2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), dies at 75
2010 – Alan Hickinbotham, Australian businessman, football player, and football coach (b. 1925)
2011 – Paul Splittorff, American MLB pitcher and broadcaster (KC Royals), dies of oral cancer at 64
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Historical Events for 25th May 2021
1720 – The Ship “Le Grand St Antoine” reaches Marseille, bringing Europe’s last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000
1944 – Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1961 – NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m
1972 – Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1977 – Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election
1983 – France performs nuclear test
1986 – KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1989 – Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
1997 – Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett’s uniform #
2002 – China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people
Today in History for 25th May 2021
Historical Events
1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1810 – The Primera Junta (local government) is established in Argentina
1955 – Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla
1967 – European Cup Final, Estádio Nacional, Lisbon: Glasgow Celtic beats Internazionale, 2-1; first British team to win the Cup
1985 – Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)
2013 – UEFA Champions League Final, London: Arjen Robben scores twice as Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 in first all-German final
Famous Birthdays
1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher (Random House) and panelist (What’s My Line), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1971)
1914 – Dorothy Sarnoff, American operatic soprano, Broadway actress (Rosalinda), author and pioneer of the self-help movement (Speech Can Change Your Life, Speech Dynamics), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
1936 – Tom T. Hall, American country singer and writer (Harper Valley PTA), born in Olive Hill, Kentucky
1944 – John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality (World’s Wildest Police Videos), born in Pendleton, Oregon
1949 – Lalith Kaluperuma, Sri Lankan cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1953 – Eve Ensler, American playwright (The Vagina Monologues), born in NYC, New York
Famous Deaths
1924 – Theodore F. Morse, American composer, dies at 51
1926 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian socialist leader (pogroms), assassinated in Paris at 47 by Sholom Schwartzbard
1958 – Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa), dies
1996 – David W Howe, test pilot, dies at 77
2010 – Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915)
2012 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer, dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 24th May 2021
1408 – Taejo of Joseon [Yi Seong-gye], King of Joseon (1392-98), dies at 72
1734 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1806 – John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)
1844 – William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
1876 – Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1966 – Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (Shell-Haus in Berlin), dies at 80
1993 – Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
1996 – Harry Campion, statistician, dies at 91
2000 – Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
2002 – Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
Historical Events for 24th May 2021
1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral
1660 – English king Charles II visits Netherlands
1861 – Union Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves “contraband of war”
1905 – 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
1909 – Bristol University granted Royal Charter
1916 – French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured
1981 – Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser crosses finish line ahead of Mario Andretti; Unser disqualified for pit lane infraction, later reinstated for his 3rd race victory
1993 – NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
2018 – Record US fentanyl seizure of 120lbs (54kg) confirmed by police in Nebraska in April, enough to kill 26 million people, one of largest drug busts in US history
2018 – US President Donald Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson for racially orientated criminal conviction – transporting a white woman across state lines
Today in History for 24th May 2021
Historical Events
1854 – Escaped slave Anthony Burns is arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act
1862 – Westminster Bridge across The Thames opens in London, England, second bridge replacing earlier bridge fallen into decay
1883 – Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland
1922 – Russian-Italian trade agreement signed
1971 – A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
1983 – Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
Famous Birthdays
1751 – Charles Emanuel IV, King of Sardinia (1796-1802), born in Turin (d. 1819)
1803 – Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French prince of Canino and Musignano, born in Paris (d. 1857)
1905 – Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), born in Žarošice, Moravia (d. 1988)
1931 – Michael Lonsdale, French actor (The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker), born in Paris, France (d. 2020)
1972 – Danny Bautista, Dominican baseball outfielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1987 – Guillaume Latendresse, French-Canadian hockey player, born in Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada
Famous Deaths
1612 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and English Prime Minister (1598-1612), dies at 48
1994 – Yehuda Mor-Mirkovsky, Israeli kibbutz-founder, dies at 96
1996 – Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at 81
2004 – Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (b. 1900)
2010 – Paul Gray, American heavy metal bassist (Slipknot), dies of a drug overdose at 38
2014 – Stormé DeLarverie, American gay rights leader (Stonewall protests), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 23rd May 2021
1304 – Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
1895 – Franz E. Neumann, German mineralogist, mathematician and physicist, dies at 96
1920 – Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, dies at 63
1937 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist, dies at 97
1938 – Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
1952 – Georg Alfred Schumann, German composer, dies at 85
1975 – Jackie “Moms” Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
1981 – David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1996 – Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber, dies of exposure on Mount Everest at 35
2015 – Anne Meara, American comedian and actress (Stiller and Meara, Archie’s Place, The Other Woman), mother of Ben Stiller, dies at 85
Historical Events for 23rd May 2021
1568 – The Netherlands declares independence from Spain
1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan
1901 – US captures leader of Filipino rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo
1911 – NY Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft
1953 – WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 – Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
1980 – ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
1988 – 41st Cannes Film Festival: “Pelle erobreren” directed by Bille August wins the Palme d’Or
1995 – 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
2010 – NHL Western Conference Finals: Chicago Black Hawks beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 0
Today in History for 23rd May 2021
Historical Events
1568 – Battle of Heiligerlee, Groningen: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, thousands killed
1750 – Carlo Goldoni’s “Il Bugiardo” premieres in Mantua
1864 – Battle of North Anna, Virginia, 1st of 3 days of fighting
1908 – Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none killed
1922 – Future World Heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney suffers his only professional defeat in 15-round unanimous points decision against Harry Greb at Madison Square Garden, NY
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
Famous Birthdays
1810 – Margaret Fuller [Ossoli], American feminist and journalist (NY Tribune), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1850)
1910 – Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers, American singer, musician (“Television Blues”), and actor (Chico and the Man; The Shining), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1986)
1919 – Ruth Fernandez, Ponce, Puerto Rico, singer (When you Return), politician, (d. 2012)
1952 – James Mankey, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1965 – James Hasty, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
1972 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver
Famous Deaths
1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1851 – Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
1887 – Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer and organist, dies at 74
1996 – Patrick Cargill, British actor (Help!, No Wreath for the General, Hammerhead), dies of a brain tumor at 77
1998 – Andreas Liebenberg, South African military commander, dies at 60
2017 – Roger Moore, British actor (The Saint, James Bond), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 22nd May 2021
1068 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan, 70th Emperor of Japan, dies at 42
1819 – Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch naval officer and founder of Dutch Marines Corp, dies at 84
1898 – Edward Bellamy, American author (Looking Backward) and socialist, dies of tuberculosis at 48
1949 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer (Palestrina), dies at 80
1990 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1947-48; famous Tony Zale trilogy) and entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Miami Undercover), dies of heart failure at 71
1991 – Catalino “Lino” Brocka, Filipino film director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
1998 – Milton Banana [Antônio de Souza], Brazilian bossa nova jazz drummer (João Gilberto and Stan Getz), dies at 63
2001 – Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-“Sanford and Son”), dies at 70
2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and bass singer (Tony the Tiger, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch), dies from prostate cancer at 91
2006 – Jack Patrick Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, dies at 90