1654 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō, 110th emperor of Japan, dies at 21
1867 – John Albion Andrew, American politician (25th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 49
1912 – James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912), dies at 57
1923 – Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1922-23), dies of throat cancer at 64
1957 – Fred Beebe, baseball player (b. 1880)
1984 – June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66
1996 – John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 80
2004 – Margaret O’Rene “Peggy” Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), dies at 80
2009 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French social anthropologist and ethnologist (structuralism), dies at 100
2013 – Pete Haycock, English guitarist, dies at 62
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Historical Events for 30th October 2020
1137 – Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily.
1389 – French King Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII
1871 – Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
1944 – Scots Highlanders liberate Waalwijk
1944 – Aaron Copland’s ballet score “Appalachian Spring” premieres in Washington, D.C. with Martha Graham dancing lead role
1948 – 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania
1974 – California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)
1994 – Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel’s Pentium-processor on the Internet
1997 – Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured
2015 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hit It A Bomb, Liam’s Map, Catch A Glimpse, Stopchargingmaria
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)
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
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
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
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.
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.
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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