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Today in History for 30th October 2020

Historical Events

1768 – First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
1905 – “October Manifesto” Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties and accepts the first Duma (Parliament)
1918 – WWI: Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies, agreeing to end hostilities at noon on 31 October
1944 – Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen
1948 – 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania
1967 – Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)

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Famous Birthdays

1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), born in Iburg Castle, Osnabrück, Hanover (d. 1705)
1848 – Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Russian vice-admiral (d. 1909)
1896 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (Camille, The Sunshine Trail, In for Thirty Days), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1928)
1905 – Christian Darnton, British composer, born in Leeds, England (d. 1981)
1915 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcast executive, born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
1966 – Quin Snyder, American basketball head coach (Utah Jazz 2014-19; University of Missouri 1999-2006), born in Mercer Island, Washington

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Famous Deaths

1915 – Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada, dies of heart failure at 94
2000 – Steve Allen, American comedian, composer, actor and TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show), dies of a heart attack at 78
2002 – William Mitchell, British physicist, dies at 77
2002 – Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)
2013 – Pete Haycock, English guitarist, dies at 62
2018 – Hardy Fox, American member of avant-garde band The Residents, dies at 73

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Famous Deaths for 29th October 2020

1268 – Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)
1873 – Leonardus Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship, dies at 78
1919 – A. B. Simpson, Canadian preacher (b. 1843)
1957 – Louis B. Mayer, American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM), dies at 71
1966 – [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83
1983 – Sten Broman, Swedish composer, dies at 81
1987 – Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57
1996 – J. Edward Day, 55th U.S. Postmaster General (1961), dies at 82
2003 – Hal Clement [Harry Clement Stubbs], American sci-fi writer (Mission of Gravity), dies at 81
2016 – John D. Roberts, American chemist, received American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2013), dies at 98

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Historical Events for 29th October 2020

1859 – Spain declares war on Morocco
1867 – Mail packets “Rhone” and “Wye” capsize off St Thomas, Virgin Islands
1929 – “Black Tuesday” Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the “Great Depression”
1930 – 1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs Toronto Balmy Beach
1956 – International zone of Tangier returns to Morocco
1964 – The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar renamed The United Republic of Tanzania
1972 – Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
1982 – Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release “Girl is Mine”
1987 – “Don’t Get God Started” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 performances
1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras.

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Today in History for 29th October 2020

Historical Events

1923 – Army move SPD/KPD-government to German part of Saxon
1923 – Gibbs/Grey/Wood’s revue “Runnin’ Wild” (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway, New York City
1942 – Branch Rickey named president and General Manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
1947 – Trial of art forger Han van Meegeren begins in Amsterdam
1990 – 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria
1998 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.

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Famous Birthdays

1875 – Marie, last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I (1914-27), born in Eastwell Park, Kent, England (d. 1938)
1898 – Emmanuel Bondeville, French composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1987)
1938 – Ralph Bakshi, American animator (Lord of the Rings, Fritz the Cat, Mighty Mouse), born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
1954 – Herman Ronald Frazier, 400m/4x400m runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1968 – Tsunku [Mitsuo Terada], Japanese music producer and former singer (SHARAM Q), born in Osaka, Japan
1970 – Marquez Pope, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)

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Famous Deaths

1883 – Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68
1931 – Luciano Gallet, Brazilian composer, dies at 38
1951 – De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered
1968 – Marius Ulfrstad, Norwegian composer, dies at 78
1994 – Pearl Primus, Trinidad-born American dancer (poplularized African dance), dies at 74
1996 – J. Edward Day, 55th U.S. Postmaster General (1961), dies at 82

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Famous Deaths for 28th October 2020

1138 – Boleslaw III Wrymouth [scheefmond], Duke of Poland, dies at 52
1676 – Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
1969 – Constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49
1971 – Yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74
1975 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (world light heavyweight champion, 1st $1m gate v J Dempsey), dies of a heart attack at 81
1991 – John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51
1997 – Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71
2005 – Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
2006 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican professional boxer, dies at 52
2019 – Al Bianchi, American basketball guard, coach and general manager (Philadelphia 76ers, Virginia Squires; GM NY Knicks), dies from congestive heart failure at 87

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Historical Events for 28th October 2020

1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola
1612 – Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I
1646 – First Protestant church assembly for American Indians established in Massachusetts
1740 – Ivan VI becomes Tsar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]
1922 – Italian fascists conduct the March on Rome, leading to the assumption of power by Benito Mussolini
1946 – German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
1954 – N Richard Nash’ “Rainmaker” premieres in NYC
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2017 – Twin car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 27, Islamist militant group al-Shabab claim responsibility
2018 – Political crisis in Sri Lanka after President Sirisena sacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and the cabinet, suspends parliament for two weeks with one man killed in protests

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Today in History for 28th October 2020

Historical Events

1516 – Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza
1939 – Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia
1953 – Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1976 – Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees)
1984 – 14th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
2012 – 15 people are killed and 33 injured by a series of Baghdad car bombings

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Famous Birthdays

1798 – Henri Bertini, French classical composer and pianist, born in London (d. 1876)
1842 – Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, American orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
1897 – Edith Head, Hollywood costume designer (8 Oscars), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1981)
1916 – Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, born in Inverness (d. 1994)
1962 – Bobby Tate, fictional character on Soap
1974 – Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1138 – Boleslaw III Wrymouth [scheefmond], Duke of Poland, dies at 52
1412 – Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)
1916 – Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891)
1918 – Edward Bouchet, American Physicist, 1st African American to receive US Ph.D, dies at 66
1996 – Jack Tinker, British drama critic, dies at 58
2001 – Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)

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Famous Deaths for 27th October 2020

939 – King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
1573 – Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
1822 – Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German pianist, composer and publisher, dies at 55
1938 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
1942 – Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (b. 1925)
1962 – Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi), dies at 58
1973 – Allan “Rocky” Lane, American western cowboy actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder), dies from cancer at 64
1990 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, dies at 90
1992 – David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
2008 – Bernard W. Rogers, United States Army general who served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, dies at 87

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Historical Events for 27th October 2020

625 – Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva
1780 – Samuel Williams and the first U.S. astronomical expedition to record an eclipse of the sun observes the event at Penobscot Bay
1920 – League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
1955 – “Rebel Without a Cause”, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean and Natalie Wood, is released
1955 – Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows and takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 – NLF leaves People’s Republic of South-Yemen
1980 – William Safire’s column entitled “The Ayatollah Votes” is published in the New York Times, and was later quoted in a campaign ad for Ronald Reagan in that year’s presidential election
1997 – Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million

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Today in History for 27th October 2020

Historical Events

1924 – The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union
1957 – Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey
1973 – 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2
1974 – French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:46:24) in Neuf-Brisach, France
1979 – Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide
1985 – KC Royals beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 82nd World Series

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Famous Birthdays

1928 – Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2013)
1946 – Leslie Byrne, American politician (Rep-D-Virginia), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
1958 – Manu Katché, French drummer (Peter Gabriel, Preface), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
1960 – Tom Nieto, American baseball player, born in Downey, California
1968 – Vinny Samways, English footballer, born in Bethnal Green, London
1971 – Mike Ricci, Canadian NHL center (Colorado Avalanche), born in Scarborough, Ontario

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Famous Deaths

1675 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
1944 – Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies
1965 – French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21
1988 – Hannah Tillich, German-American writer (Harbor Mouse) and wife of Paul Tillich, dies at 92
1995 – Susi Hush, English television producer, dies at 49
2010 – Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (2003-2007), dies of heart failure at 60

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