285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler
1940 – VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
1960 – Country of Katanga forms in Africa
1961 – Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom
1974 – US House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon
1978 – “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” film, based on the Beatles’ album of the same name, premieres in NYC
1996 – “The Daily Show” hosted by Craig Kilborn premieres on Comedy Central in the US
2002 – British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Ernie Els of South Africa wins first of 2 Open titles in a playoff from Australians Stuart Appleby and Steve Elkington, and Frenchman Thomas Levet
2019 – Puerto Rico’s governor Ricardo Rosselló says he won’t seek re-election after widespread protests over misogynistic and homophobic comments in his leaked online chats
2019 – Marvel announces 10 new superhero films at Comic Con including Blade with Mahershala Ali, Natalie Portman as a female Thor and first Asian American super hero film Shang-Chi
Author: gil7
Today in History for 21st July 2020
Historical Events
1825 – Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
1940 – VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
1944 – US forces land on Guam during its recapture from the Japanese (Operation Forager)
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
1972 – 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)
1984 – USSR performs underground nuclear Test
Famous Birthdays
1797 – Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
1856 – Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania)
1903 – Theodore Karyotakis, Greek composer, born in Argos, Greece (d. 1978)
1905 – Diana Trilling, American critic and writer (d. 1996)
1935 – Julian Pettifer, English TV-host
1945 – Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler (1974-80)
Famous Deaths
1861 – Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44
1948 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American abstract painter, dies at 43
1970 – Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1991 – Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
1993 – Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56
1996 – John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50
Famous Deaths for 20th July 2020
985 – Antipope Boniface VII (974, 984–985)
1320 – King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
1453 – Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
1816 – Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
1866 – Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies at 39
1897 – Philip Dale Roddey, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 71
1944 – Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
1944 – Rudolf Schmundt, German general /Hitler’s Army adjunct, dies from wounds in attempt to assassinate Hitler at 48
1976 – Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies
2005 – James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), dies from Pulmonary fibrosis at 85
Historical Events for 20th July 2020
1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle – King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war
1749 – Earl of Chesterfield says “Idleness is only refuge of weak minds”
1907 – A train wreck on the Pere Marquette Railroad near Salem, Michigan kills thirty and injures seventy more
1944 – General Eisenhower visits Montgomery’s headquarter in Normandy
1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte
1968 – Iron Butterfly’s “In-a-gadda-da-vida” becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117
1989 – 93°F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix Arizona
1998 – Two hundred aid workers from CARE International, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and other aid groups leave Afghanistan on orders of the Taliban
2001 – “Spirited Away ” written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki is released in Japan (Academy Award Best Animated Feature 2003)
2015 – British Open Men’s Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa
Today in History for 20th July 2020
Historical Events
1495 – French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders
1609 – Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion
1911 – Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany
1944 – Violent battles in Verrieres-hill (Normandy)
2003 – France: Sixteen people are injured after two bombs explode outside a tax office in Nice.
2017 – Elon Musk tweets he has “verbal government approval” to build 29 minute Hyperloop between New York and Washington, D.C.
Famous Birthdays
1925 – Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee (1985-95)
1975 – Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
1975 – Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
1976 – Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
1978 – Jen Grubb, Elk Hart Indiana, soccer defender (Olympics 1996)
1999 – Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
Famous Deaths
985 – Antipope Boniface VII (974, 984–985)
1752 – John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar’s Opera), dies at about 85
1936 – Jose Sanjurjo, Spanish general (Morocco) and high director, dies at 64
1944 – Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
1995 – Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer, dies at 85
1997 – Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
Famous Deaths for 19th July 2020
931 – Uda, 59th Emperor of Japan (887-897), dies at 64
1700 – Hieronymus Gradenthaler, German composer, dies at 62
1844 – Heinrich Domnich, German hornist and composer, dies at 77
1939 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (Curfew Must Not Ring) and writer, dies at 89
1992 – Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79
1993 – Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist/conductor, dies at 84
1994 – Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87
1994 – Ray Flaherty, American Pro Football Hall of Fame end, coach (3 x NFL Championships; Washington Redskins 1937, 42 coach), dies at 90
1998 – Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
2011 – Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark), dies at 89
Historical Events for 19th July 2020
1551 – Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as King of Hungary/Transsylvania
1909 – Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians’ 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox
1944 – Danish resistance fails in assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen
1971 – Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
1975 – Apollo and Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate
1990 – Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California
1991 – Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington)
1992 – “Price” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances
2001 – 34th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
2013 – 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq
Today in History for 19th July 2020
Historical Events
1864 – Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia (Stephenson’s Depot) [->JUL 20]
1944 – Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Adolf Eichmann
1952 – Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford
1960 – SF Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies
1991 – With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
2009 – The Wesley Impact: black spot the size of Earth discovered on Jupiter after unknown object crashed onto the planet
Famous Birthdays
1814 – Samuel Colt, American inventor and industrialist (Colt 6 shot revolver), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1862)
1876 – John Gunn, English cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1963)
1951 – Jayson Stark, American sportswriter (The Athletic), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1958 – David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor, born in Malibu, California
1973 – Saïd Taghmaoui, French actor
1980 – Mark Webber, American actor
Famous Deaths
1545 – George Carew, English admiral, drowns
1868 – Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1842 or 1844)
1888 – Yamaoka Tesshū, Japanese swordsman and master of kendo, dies at 52
1939 – Tom Hayward, English cricketer (35 Tests for England, 1999 runs), dies at 68
1994 – Christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies
2005 – Edward Bunker, American writer (b. 1933)
Famous Deaths for 18th July 2020
1899 – Horatio Alger, American clergyman and author (Disagreeable Woman, Ragged Dick), dies at 67
1941 – Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80
1965 – Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, Russian composer, dies at 64
1966 – Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (I Fought the Law), found dead at 23
1989 – Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
1989 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (Patti-My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
1990 – Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), dies at 79
1993 – John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
2001 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1920)
2008 – Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (Hamoun), dies at 64
Historical Events for 18th July 2020
1323 – Pope John XXII proclaims theologian Thomas Aquinas a saint in Avignon
1896 – Indian born K S Ranjitsinhji completes an unbeaten 154 on Test cricket debut for England in 2nd Test against Australia at Old Trafford
1921 – Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs and becomes the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor
1930 – SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
1944 – British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range, Normandy
1947 – King George VI signs Indian Independence Act
1960 – Premier Kishi of Japan resigns
1975 – Jury can’t decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
1980 – Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn’t include women
2012 – Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People’s Army