1191 – Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1913 – F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies
1940 – George C. Pearce, American actor (The Shadow Sinister, British Agent, Valiant), dies at 75
1953 – Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80
1973 – Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75
1974 – Kate O’Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76
1994 – Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, French violinist and composer, dies at 75
1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-British psychologist and writer, dies at 68
2008 – Dino Toso, American Formula-1 engineer (b. 1969)
2008 – Jack Weil, American oldest working CEO (b. 1901)
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Historical Events for 13th August 2020
1642 – Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap
1907 – 1st taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen
1921 – Simon Kaufman and Marc Connelly’s “Dulcy” premieres in NYC
1932 – Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers and wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
1948 – Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game
1954 – 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470)
1979 – Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
1984 – Morocco and Libya sign “Arabic-African Union” treaty
2017 – More than 60 children reported to have died at Gorakhpur Hospital, India, prompting an investigation
2019 – Entertainment companies CBS and Viacom announce they will merge with a combined 28 billion revenue
Today in History for 13th August 2020
Historical Events
1326 – Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult and subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria, later known as the Malandanti.
1608 – John Smith’s story of Jamestown’s first days submitted for publication
1948 – Johan Gren scores twice as Sweden beats Yugoslavia 3-1 to win the football gold medal at the London Olympics
1981 – American swimmer Mary T. Meagher breaks her own world women’s 200 m butterfly record (2:05.96) in Brown Deer, Wisconsin
1988 – Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
1991 – Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
Famous Birthdays
1867 – William Alexander Craigie, Scottish lexicographer (Skotlands Rimur), born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1957)
1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor (Danny-Partridge Family), born in Broomall, Pennsylvania
1965 – Mark Lemke, American MLB infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Utica, New York
1969 – Alex Fernandez, Cuban-American baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Miami, Florida
1973 – Molly Henneberg, American journalist (Fox News Channel)
1973 – Kamila Shamsie, Pakistani British writer (Home Fire), born in Karachi, Pakistan
Famous Deaths
1912 – Jules Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70
1959 – Henri Garat, French actor and singer (Les dieux s’amusent, Congress Dances), dies at 57
1961 – Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78
1973 – Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75
1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-British psychologist and writer, dies at 68
2006 – Tony Jay, British-American actor, voice artist, and singer (Frollo- The Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 12th August 2020
1546 – Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1750 – Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
1810 – Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist, dies at 84
1848 – George Stephenson, English engineer known as the “Father of Railways” (Locomotion No. 1, Standard Gauge), dies of pleurisy at 67
1943 – Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
1973 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), dies at 74
1994 – Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist, dies at 59
1997 – Jack Delano [Jacob Ovcharov], Russian-born American composer and photographer, dies at 83
1997 – Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57
1999 – Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
Historical Events for 12th August 2020
1121 – Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi
1915 – “Of Human Bondage” by William Somerset Maugham, published
1936 – 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)
1960 – Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched by NASA
1970 – Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1971 – Syrian President Hafez al-Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1990 – 12th annual Macy’s Tap-o-mania
1999 – Shakira records her first live album in New York City, titled “MTV Unplugged”
2017 – “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia turns violent when car rams protesters killing 1, injuring 19
2018 – Mali’s Presidential run-off election held, eventually won by current President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita with opposition disputing outcome
Today in History for 12th August 2020
Historical Events
1121 – Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi
1549 – French troops conquer Ambleteuse, in the Pas-de-Calais, and kill all the English prisoners.
1865 – Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery
1920 – Battle of Warsaw between Poland and Russia begins
1970 – Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
2005 – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE (Tamil Tigers) sniper at his home.
Famous Birthdays
1720 – Konrad Ekhof [Hans Konrad Dieterich Eckhof], German actor and director, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1778)
1925 – Norris McWhirter, English author (founded Guinness Book of World Records), born in Winchmore Hill, England (d. 2004)
1935 – Karl Mickel, German writer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2000)
1954 – Pat Metheny, American jazz and fusion guitarist (As Wichita Falls, So Falls Whichita), born in Lee’s Summit, Missouri
1959 – Lynette Woodard, (Olympic gold 1984, Harlem Globetrotter), born in Wichita, Kansas
1978 – Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
Famous Deaths
1484 – Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
1654 – Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
1812 – Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, dies at 81
1883 – Last Quagga, (zebra with less slashes), dies in Amsterdam zoo
1985 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor, dies in JAL 123 crash at 43
1989 – William Shockley, American physicist who helped invent the transistor (1956 Nobel), who was also known for his racist eugenics views, dies of prostate cancer at 79
Famous Deaths for 11th August 2020
1522 – Martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded
1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1901 – Francesco Crispi, Italian statesman, dies at 82
1939 – Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
1956 – Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)
1975 – Howard Wendell, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Murder Your Wife), dies at 67
1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), dies of cancer at 59
1988 – Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25
2001 – Percy Stallard, English racing cyclist (b. 1909)
Historical Events for 11th August 2020
1597 – Germany throws out English sales people
1863 – Cambodia becomes French protectorate
1874 – Harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head
1928 – Carl Hubbell’s 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
1950 – Ethel Rosenberg testifies before grand jury on allegations of spying for the Soviet Union
1965 – 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
1979 – Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year
1986 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Inverness Club: Bob Tway holes a famous bunker shot on the 18th to beat Australian Greg Norman by 2 stokes
2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
2015 – Greek Debt crisis: European Commission announces a bailout with Greece and its creditors has been agreed “in principle”
Today in History for 11th August 2020
Historical Events
1943 – Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov
1949 – 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
1970 – Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues
1984 – A British 1-2 in the 1,500m at the Los Angeles Olympics with Sebastian Coe edging teammate Steve Cram to become the only man to successfully defend his Olympic 1,500m title
1988 – Al-Qaeda formed at a meeting between Osama Bin Laden, Zawahiri and Dr Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan
1993 – NY Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke
Famous Birthdays
1892 – Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve), Scotland, poet (Scots Unbound)
1907 – Ted a’Beckett, cricketer (Australian Test player)
1928 – Bill Bartholomay, American businessman and MLB owner (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves 1962-76), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
1933 – Jerry Falwell, American TV evangelist (Moral Majority)
1949 – Eric Carmen, rocker (All by Myself), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1961 – Frederick W Sturckow, USMC capt/astronaut (sk: STS 88), born in La Mesa, California
Famous Deaths
1774 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
1901 – Francesco Crispi, Italian statesman, dies at 82
1988 – Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach, dies in a car accident at 66
2016 – Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer “Little Master” (1952-69), played the longest test innings – 16 hours, dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 10th August 2020
258 – Saint Lawrence, Christian martyr, burned to death
1250 – Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1806 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer, dies at 68
1886 – Eduard Grell, German composer, dies at 85
1920 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician, dies at 84
1948 – Montague Summers, English clergyman and writer (Malleus Maleficarum), dies at 68
1948 – E Ball-Hennings, writer, dies at 63
1973 – Douglas Kennedy, American actor (Dark Passage, The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer at 57
1991 – Josef Lipski, Polish politician, dies
2007 – Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)