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)
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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
Today in History for 28th July 2020
Historical Events
1696 – De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance
1862 – Confederate forces defeated at More’s Hill, Missouri
1940 – Radio Orange begins broadcasting from London
1952 – Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell as Cincinnati Reds manager
2017 – General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump
2019 – Evian Championship Women’s Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by 2 strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
Famous Birthdays
1910 – Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter pilot who shot down 28.5 aircraft during WWII, born in Lewisham, Australia (d. 1994)
1915 – Charles Hard Townes, American Physicist and inventor (Nobel Prize 1964 for mazer-lazer principle), born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2015)
1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 2006)
1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60’s)
1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
1983 – Juan Guaidó, Venezuelan politician recognized by 54 countries as the President of Venezuela but disputed with Nicolás Maduro, born in La Guaira, Vargas
Famous Deaths
1794 – Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary (President of the National Convention, Member of Committee of Public Safety), executed by guillotine at 36
1940 – Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer, dies at 66
1967 – Karl W. Richter, American Air Force pilot during Vietnam War (youngest to shoot down a MiG), shot down at 24
1976 – Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
1991 – Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
2013 – Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, dies from a intracranial hemorrhage at 88
Famous Deaths for 27th July 2020
1101 – Conrad II, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 – King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1833 – William Bainbridge, American naval officer, dies at 59
1968 – Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies
1971 – Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83
1976 – Ray Brennan, retired US Air Force captain, American Legion bookkeeper and the 1st American to die of “Legionnaire’s Disease”, dies of an apparent heart attack at 61
1988 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
1999 – Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
2011 – Richard Rutt, English bishop of Leicester, dies at 85
2011 – Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer (The Notebook), dies at 75