1451 – Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France
1658 – Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor
1876 – US Coast Guard officers’ training school established (New Bedford Massachusetts)
1910 – Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game
1948 – American swimmer Wally Ris wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal at the London Olympics beating team mate Alan Ford by 0.4 seconds
1987 – Baltimore first baseman Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Orioles to an 8-4 win over Texas Rangers
1988 – Last Playboy club closes in Lansing, Michigan
1992 – Three world record swims on final night session at the Barcelona Olympics; Australian Kieren Perkins 1,500m (14:43.4); Tamás Darnyi of Hungary 200m backstroke (1:59.36); China’s Yang Wenyi women’s 50m freestyle (24.79)
1994 – Netherlands’ warmest July since 1783 – average 21.4°C
2012 – Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history as part of the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team in London; Phelps’ 19th career Olympic medal and 15th overall gold
Author: gil7
Today in History for 31st July 2020
Historical Events
1970 – Daniel O’Hagan (19), a Catholic civilian, is shot dead by the British Army during a serious riot in the New Lodge Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland
1992 – Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi earns her 3rd gold medal of the Barcelona Olympics winning 200m backstroke for the 100-200 double along with 400m I/M gold
1994 – Phil Rizzuto (Yanks) and Steve Carlton (Phils) enter the Hall of Fame
2006 – Fidel Castro temporarily hands over power to brother Raúl Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated.
2016 – British Open Women’s Golf, Woburn: Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand wins by 3 from Mo Martin and Mirim Lee
2019 – US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time since 2008 by 0.25%
Famous Birthdays
1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1969)
1905 – Trenchard Cox, British museum director, born in London (d. 1995)
1929 – José Santamaría, Uruguayan soccer defender (Uruguay 20, Spain 16 caps; Real Madrid), born in Montevideo, Uruguay
1933 – Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer and journalist (Rituelen), born in The Hague, Netherlands
1969 – Richard Griffith, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1979 – Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
Famous Deaths
1653 – Thomas Dudley, British colonial governor of Massachusetts, dies at 76
1895 – Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, dies at 67
1977 – Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
1996 – Joan Warburton, Scottish painter, dies at 76
2001 – Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
2012 – Gore Vidal, American author (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln), dies from pneumonia at 86
Famous Deaths for 30th July 2020
1683 – Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France, dies at 44
1741 – Wierich PL count von Daun, gov-gen of Austria and Netherlands, dies
1916 – Albert Neisser, German physician who discovered the bacterias that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, dies of septicemia at 61
1970 – George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), dies at 73
1980 – Charles McGraw [Butters], American actor (Spartacus, The Birds, The Killers, Smith Family), dies after falling through a glass shower door at 66
1994 – Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
1995 – Harry Shorto, British philologist and linguist (A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions), dies at 75
2000 – Max Showalter, American actor and composer (Kansas, Niagara, Stockard Channing Show in Caldwell), dies of cancer at 83
2006 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (b. 1904)
2007 – Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (b. 1915)
Historical Events for 30th July 2020
1715 – Spanish gold and silver fleet disappears off St Lucie, Florida
1825 – Malden Island is discovered in the central Pacific by British warship HMS Blonde
1907 – Starting today, the French bombard Casablanca and land troops to occupy the Atlantic-coast region of Morocco after attacks on foreigners
1914 – Austrian-Hungary and Russia proclaim general mobilization
1948 – Czech distance running legend Emil Zátopek wins the 10,000m at the London Olympics in 29:59.6, an Olympic record
1954 – 5th British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games open in Vancouver, Canada
1964 – US naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam
1969 – Barbra Streisand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas
1992 – Yael Arad becomes Israel’s first ever Olympic medalist when she wins silver in the women’s 61kg judo in Barcelona; 20th anniversary of Munich massacre and 500th anniversary of Alhambra Decree
2017 – Hackers reveal they have stolen data from HBO, including episodes and scripts of Games of Thrones
Today in History for 30th July 2020
Historical Events
1914 – Austrian-Hungary and Russia proclaim general mobilization
1948 – Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont)
1965 – Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants
1987 – An ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command in Johannesburg South Africa kills 1 person and injures 68
1988 – Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO
2000 – British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal County Down: Irishman Christy O’Connor Jr. successfully defends his title by 2 shots from John Bland of South Africa
Famous Birthdays
1917 – Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet, The Silent Service, Medic), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
1928 – Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress (Hard Times), born in Amareleja, Portugal
1936 – Ralph Taeger, American actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo), born in Richmond Hill, New York (d. 2015)
1940 – Pat Schroeder, American politician (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973-97), born in Portland, Oregon
1940 – Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum), born in Richmond, Surrey
1966 – Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
Famous Deaths
1550 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
1655 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer, dies at 47
1875 – George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
1916 – Albert Neisser, German physician who discovered the bacterias that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, dies of septicemia at 61
1927 – Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies
2007 – Bill Walsh, American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (San Fransisco 49ers), dies of leukemia at 75
Famous Deaths for 29th July 2020
238 – Balbinus, Roman Emperor, ruled 3 months with Pupienus
1507 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, dies at 47
1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1838 – Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66
1839 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (Dr Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86
1994 – John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill
2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
2009 – Gayatri Devi, 3rd Maharani consort of Jaipur, India (1940-49), dies of lung failure and gastric problems at 90
2018 – Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter (Astigmatic), dies of complication from lung cancer at 76
Historical Events for 29th July 2020
1676 – Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians
1914 – Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary
1914 – 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and San Francisco
1927 – 1st iron lung installed (Bellevue hospital, NY)
1968 – Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
1974 – 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee
1984 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George’s CC: Juli Inkster wins by 1 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
1994 – Jesse Timmedequas rapes and murders Megan Kanka, 7 (results in Megan’s Law)
2009 – Temperature reaches 103°F in Seattle, Washington, the hottest day on record
2019 – Record for longest run at the top of US singles chart made by country rap single “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X remixed with Billy Ray Cyrus, No. 1 for 17 weeks
Today in History for 29th July 2020
Historical Events
1014 – Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies
1696 – King Louis XIV of France and Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy sign Peace of Turin, a turning point in the War of the League of Augsburg
1906 – 4th Tour de France won by René Pottier of France
1923 – Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin
2001 – British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal County Down: Australian Ian Stanley wins in a playoff with Bob Charles of New Zealand
2018 – Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party Hun Sen claims to have won all 125 seats in country’s general election with widespread criticism of a sham vote
Famous Birthdays
1778 – Carl Borromaus Neuner, German composer, born in Munich, Bavaria (d. 1830)
1849 – Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator
1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor
1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
Famous Deaths
1856 – Robert Schumann, German composer (Humoresque, Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik), dies at 46
1973 – Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
1992 – William Mathias, Welsh composer (wrote for 1981 royal wedding), dies at 57
1994 – Dorothy Hodgkin, British chemist who developed protein crystallography, 3rd woman to win a Nobel Prize (1964), dies of a stroke at 84
2000 – Kobie Coetsee, South African Minister of Defense (1993-94) and Minister of Justice (1980-93), dies at 69
2004 – James Hubert “Huby” Heard, American singer-songwriter (The God Squad), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 28th July 2020
1057 – Victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies
1230 – Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176)
1631 – Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (b. 1569)
1711 – Gerard Lairesse, Dutch painter, buried at 69
1864 – Samuel Benton, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at about 44
1895 – Edward Beecher, American theologian, dies at 91
1974 – Truman Bradley, American TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69
1996 – Harold Fox, American fashion designer and musician, dies at 86
1996 – Marguerite “Marge” Ganser, pop singer (The Shangri-Las), dies at 48
1999 – Rudolf Halaczinsky, German composer, dies at 78
Historical Events for 28th July 2020
1148 – Second Crusade: Crusaders abandon their siege of Damascus
1635 – Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquers Schenkenschans
1906 – Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
1945 – US Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die
1965 – LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)
1988 – Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years
1991 – Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3′ 36″ for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
1996 – NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
2014 – Missiles strike near Gaza’s main hospital and a nearby refugee camp Monday, leaving 10 dead and many wounded; Israeli Defence Force say they are not responsible
2018 – Carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with death toll at 5 having burnt 80,000 acres