1712 – Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies
1812 – Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63
1862 – Martin Van Buren, 8th US President (1837-41), dies of heart failure at 79
1868 – George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies
1987 – Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
1995 – Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64
1995 – Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer (Wonderful Land), dies at 61
1997 – Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
2005 – Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems), dies at 92
2012 – Robert Ledley, American scientist (invented the CT scanner), dies at 86
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Historical Events for 24th July 2020
1877 – 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers
1944 – US troops land on Tinian
1950 – V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
1957 – KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 – Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row
1974 – “Death Wish”, based on the novel by Brian Garfield, directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson is released in the US
1983 – “Mame” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
1987 – USSR performs underground nuclear Test
2007 – Libya frees all six of the Medics in the HIV trial in Libya
2011 – Copa América Final, River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires: Diego Forlán scores twice as Uruguay beats Paraguay, 3–0 to earn their 15th title
Today in History for 24th July 2020
Historical Events
1911 – American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas
1959 – US Vice President Richard Nixon argues with Nikita Khrushchev, known as “Kitchen Debate”
1983 – 70th Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France
1988 – US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1991 – Ottawa Rough Riders Board of Directors resign
2012 – Danielle Steel’s novel “Friends Forever: A Novel” is published
Famous Birthdays
1815 – Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1893)
1841 – Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta, Spanish Realistic painter, born in Rome (d. 1920)
1925 – Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer (Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica), born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (d. 1969)
1958 – Mick Karn [Andonis Michaelides], English musician (Japan), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2011)
1977 – Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
1979 – José Valverde, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1971 – Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
1973 – Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in NYC
1979 – Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
1997 – William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
2004 – Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
2009 – E. Lynn Harris, American Author (b. 1955)
Famous Deaths for 23rd July 2020
1875 – Isaac Singer, American inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), dies at 63
1904 – John Simon, British pathologist, public health officer, and 1st Chief Medical Officer (1855-76), dies at 87
1920 – Conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)
1942 – Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer who invented devices for radio broadcasting, dies at 72
1974 – Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90
1982 – Betty Parsons, American artist and art dealer, dies at 82
1995 – Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
2011 – Amy Winehouse, British singer songwriter, dies from alcohol poisoning at 27
2013 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer, dies from complications from pneumonia at 84
2013 – Emile Griffith, American boxer, (world welterweight, middleweight and junior middleweight champion), dies of dementia complications at 75
Historical Events for 23rd July 2020
636 – Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
1949 – Test Cricket debut of England’s Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
1956 – Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
1973 – US President Richard Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation
1976 – USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 – Israeli government rejects Sadat’s call for return of 2 Sinai areas
1990 – South Africa workers’ union leader Billy Nair arrested
1994 – Goodwill Games open in St Petersburg
1995 – British Open Men’s Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his 2nd major title by 4 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy
2000 – 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
Today in History for 23rd July 2020
Historical Events
1868 – All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as The All England Croquet Club; 1877 name changed to The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club
1930 – Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
1956 – Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph
1976 – 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)
1990 – Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
2019 – US Senate passes bill championed by comedian Jon Stewart to ensure 9/11 first responders fund never runs out of money
Famous Birthdays
1904 – Adone Zecchi, Italian composer, born in Bologna (d. 1995)
1931 – Guy Fournier, French Canadian author and screenwriter, born in Waterloo, Quebec
1938 – Ronny Cox, American actor (RoboCop, Total Recall), born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico
1969 – Fernanda Ribeiro, Portuguese 10k runner (Olympic gold 1996), born in Penafiel, Portugal
1975 – Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress
1988 – Pippa Bennett-Warner, English actress
Famous Deaths
1905 – Jean-Jacques Henner, French painter, dies at 76
1942 – Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880)
1943 – Emanuel Querido, Dutch author and publisher (N.V. Em. Querido Uitgeversmaatschappij), murdered in the Nazi extermination camp at Sobibor at 71
1980 – Mollie Steimer, American political prisoner and anarchist agitator, dies at 82
1986 – Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, Finnish composer, dies at 73
2007 – Tor Kamata, American/Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1937)
Famous Deaths for 22nd July 2020
1362 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
1676 – Clement X [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
1916 – James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b. 1849)
1918 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian World War I flying ace, dies at 19
1990 – George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56
1990 – Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
1996 – Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81
1996 – Robert Collins, keyboard player, dies at 33
2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, dies at 74
2012 – George A. Miller, American psychologist, dies at 92
Historical Events for 22nd July 2020
1925 – NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League)
1937 – US Senate rejects FDR’s proposal to enlarge Supreme Court
1950 – Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
1958 – US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
1965 – Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Home as leader of the British Conservative party
1969 – USSR launches Sputnik 50 and Molniya 1-12 communications satellite
1981 – Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome, Italy court to life
1990 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty and Payne Stewart
1994 – 23rd and last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16th)
2014 – News broadcaster Al Jazeera claim that its office in Gaza is under attack by the Israeli Defence Force
Today in History for 22nd July 2020
Historical Events
1901 – Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro
1934 – Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents
1968 – Sir John Newsome recommends public schools should take 50% of their intake from the state school system
1983 – Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games
1990 – 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
2013 – Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists)
Famous Birthdays
1804 – Victor Schoelcher, French writer (abolitionism), born in Paris (d. 1893)
1923 – Bob [Robert] Dole, American politician (Senate Republican leader, 1985-96, Presidential candidate in 1996), born in Russell, Kansas
1941 – Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
1944 – Guich Koock, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country), born in Austin, Texas
1972 – Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor
1983 – Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
Famous Deaths
1461 – Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58
1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (found 1st asteroid-Ceres), dies at 80
1852 – Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77
1908 – William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1979 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
2016 – Thomas Sutherland, American hostage (Lebanon) and academic, dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 21st July 2020
1878 – Sam Bass, American Old West train robber and outlaw, dies at 27
1928 – Ellen Alice Terry, British Shakespearean actress and director (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1941 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet, dies at 68
1948 – Donald Nichols Tweedy, American composer, dies at 58
1962 – G. M. Trevelyan [George Macaulay Trevelyan], British historian and academic, dies at 86
1967 – Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies
1970 – Bob Kalsu, American football player, dies at 25
1996 – Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet, dies at 79
2010 – Ralph Houk, American baseball catcher, coach, manager and executive (World Series champion 1947, 52-53, coach, 58; mgr 1961-62; NY Yankees), dies at 90
2019 – Ben Johnston [Benjamin Burwell Johnston Jr], American microtonal composer (Gambit), dies at 93