Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1612 – Last public burning at the stake in England – Edward Wrightman for heresy in Lichfield
1895 – Anaheim completes its new electric light system
1936 – First Butlins holiday camp opens in the UK at Ingoldmells, near Skegness
1968 – W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1992 – BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence
2015 – Amy Schumer hosts the 2015 MTV Movie Awards

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Famous Birthdays

1854 – Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), born in Port Fairy, Australia (d. 1938)
1913 – Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d. 2006)
1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist (Tony Brown’s Journal), born in Charleston, West Virginia
1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, English motoring journalist, broadcaster and TV presenter (Top Gear, The Grand Tour), born in Doncaster, England
1969 – Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer, born in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
1979 – Josh Server, American actor (All That), born in Highland Park, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1902 – General Jacobus Potgieter, South African Boer commander, dies in Second Boer War Battle of Rooiwal, South African Republic
1921 – Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia, wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 62
1934 – John Collier, English painter (Lady Godiva) and writer, dies at 84
1980 – Charlotte Henry, American actress (Alice in Wonderland; Babes In Toyland; Jungle Menace), dies of cancer at 66
2006 – Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
2019 – Frances Swem Anderson, American technologist (nuclear medicine), dies at 105

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Historical Events

1589 – Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City
1945 – General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of “Fort Holland”
1956 – Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
1976 – Brewers’ Don Money’s grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
1993 – BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr

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Famous Birthdays

1928 – Rosco Gordon, American RandB pianist, singer, and songwriter (“Booted”; “No More Doggin'”), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2002)
1939 – Alan Rothenberg, American lawyer and sports executive, born in Detroit, Michigan
1957 – Aliko Dangote, Nigerian Chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group, born in Kano, Kano State
1958 – Bob Bell, British engineer and Chief Technical Officer of the Renault Formula One team, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1963 – Warren DeMartini, American heavy metal guitarist (Ratt), born in Chicago, Illinois
1972 – Richard Wearne, Australian rower (Olympics 1996) and photographer, born in Sydney, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1919 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish rocker who was the original bassist for the Beatles, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 21
1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
2007 – Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (“Where Flamingos Fly”; “Sex Is A Misdemeanor”), dies at 76
2020 – Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), dies of brain cancer at 71
2022 – John Drew, American basketball small forward (NBA All-Star 1976, 80; Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz), dies from bone cancer at 67

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Historical Events

475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position
1682 – Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1935 – Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup
1947 – Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1967 – 1st Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight
1982 – LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record

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Famous Birthdays

1917 – Vincent O’Brien, Irish racehorse trainer (6 x Epsom Derby; 2 x British champion trainer; only British Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky 1970), born in Churchtown, Ireland (d. 2009)
1933 – Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1994)
1963 – Joe Scarborough, American television personality, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1964 – Charles Jenkins Jr., American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1992), born in NYC, New York
1972 – Karen Clark, Canadian synchronized swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Calgary, Alberta
1982 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman), born in Ottawa, Ontario

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Famous Deaths

1980 – Kathleen Burke, American actress (Island of Lost Souls), dies at 66
1991 – Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
1991 – Maurice Binder, American photographer and film title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1994 – Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
2002 – Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
2010 – Bob Franks, American politician (Rep-R-NJ 1993-2001), dies of cancer at 58

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Historical Events

1940 – German battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1968 – 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
1971 – 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
1975 – 47th Academy Awards: “The Godfather Part II”, Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win
1976 – 1976 NFL Draft: Lee Roy Selmon from University of Oklahoma first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1990 – King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties

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Famous Birthdays

1942 – Eduard Visser, Dutch writer (Fyffes are now called Chiquita)
1946 – Stuart Pankin, American comedian (Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1946 – Tim Thomerson, American actor (Trancers), born in Coronado, California
1947 – Tom DeLay, American politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985-2006), born in Laredo, Texas
1954 – Gary Carter, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1986; Gold Glove Award 1980–82; Montreal Expos, NY Mets), born in Culver City, California (d. 2012)
1969 – Steve Jackson, American NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers), born in Houston, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1937 – Arthur Foote, American classical organist, composer, and member of the “Boston Six” (Suite for Strings in E), dies at 84
1992 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist (1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, discovered chemotherapeutic agents including antihistamines0, dies at 85
1993 – Marian Anderson, American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), dies of congestive heart failure at 96
2004 – Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 49
2008 – Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
2010 – Dorothea “Teddy” Scholten, Dutch pop singer (“Een beetje” – “A Little Bit”), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1863 – Battle of Charleston, South Carolina failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter
1959 – Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
1968 – Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1994 – 1st night game at Cleveland’s Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2
1996 – Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pakistan, Singapore
2018 – Vegas Golden Knights suffer a 7-1 end of regular season defeat at Calgary but finish with an NHL expansion team record 51 victories; previous record 33 by Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers 1993-94

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Famous Birthdays

1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), born in Berlin (d. 2016)
1952 – Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack – “My Sharona”), born in Burbank, California (d. 2006)
1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial arts actor (Rumble in the Bronx), born in Hong Kong
1957 – Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
1958 – Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures – “Sea of Love”)
1977 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress

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Famous Deaths

1925 – Saint Tikhon of Moscow [Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin], 11th Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, dies at 60
1994 – Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), dies at 85
1997 – Georgy Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6), dies of a heart attack at 61
2002 – John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81
2013 – Andy Johns, British sound engineer and record producer (Humble Pie; Free; Joe Satriani), dies at 62
2020 – Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1905 – Germany receives invitation from Sultan of Morocco to an international conference to discuss matters relating to Morocco
1955 – Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1976 – 1st quadrophonic movie track: “Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones”
1978 – Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy
2017 – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Florida for talks with US President Donald Trump
2020 – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces state of emergency in seven prefectures and a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package as COVID-19 cases climb

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Famous Birthdays

1903 – Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer and photographer who created high-speed photography techniques, born in Fremont, Nebraska (d. 1990)
1931 – Joan Carlyle, British soprano
1934 – Reijo Jyrkiainen, Finnish composer, born in Suistamo, Finland
1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian-born serial killer
1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player
1987 – Jerrod Carmichael, American comedian and filmmaker (Rothaniel), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Famous Deaths

1605 – John Stow, English historian (Survey of London), dies
1686 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman, dies at 71
1976 – Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
1990 – Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dressed woman), dies at 73
1998 – Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
2014 – Jacques Castérède, French composer and pianist (Pandora’s Box), dies at 87

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Historical Events

1946 – 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday
1950 – Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins
1981 – Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
1983 – France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
2005 – The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation’s capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season
2012 – Severe storms in Argentina kill 14 people

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Famous Birthdays

1825 – David Rumph Jones, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 1863)
1939 – Ronald “Ronnie” White, American singer (The Miracles – “Shop Around”), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1995)
1944 – Ann Maxwell, American sci-fi author (Jaws of Menx), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1951 – Rennie Stennett, Panamanian baseball infielder (World Series 1979; SF Giants; one of 3 players to collect 7 hits in a MLB game), born in Colón, Panama (d. 2021)
1953 – John Buchanan, Australian cricketer (Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995), born in Ipswich, Queensland
1979 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer

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Famous Deaths

1419 – Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint, dies at 69
1673 – Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72
1884 – John Wisden, English cricket all-rounder (launched Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864; Sussex CCC, Kent CCC, Middlesex CCC), dies at 57
1981 – Bob “Bear” Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36
2015 – Richard Dysart, American actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law, The Last Days of Patton), dies at 86
2022 – Paul Siebel, American folk singer and songwriter (Louise; Spanish Johnny), dies from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at 84

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Historical Events

1905 – Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000
1917 – US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI
1918 – Food riot in Amsterdam
1960 – Senegal declares independence from France
1966 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 – Winston Smith in Orwell’s novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” begins his secret diary in defiance of the totalitarian government of Oceania

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Famous Birthdays

1731 – Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, born in Sant Mateu (d. 1793)
1872 – Nikolai Amani, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1904)
1945 – Walter Charles, American actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds), born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
1950 – Christine Lahti, American actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift), born in Detroit, Michigan
1969 – Anthony Tucker, American basketball forward (NY Knicks), born in Washington, D.C.
1970 – Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis star, born in Narrabri, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1874 – Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
1905 – Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 73
1951 – Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)
1986 – Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87
1996 – Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, and educator (College of Bagpipes), dies at 79
2012 – Claude Miller, French director and screenwriter, dies at 70

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Historical Events

1922 – Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by an ailing Vladimir Lenin
1923 – 2 “Black Sox” sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
1954 – Don Perry climbs a 20′ rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
1964 – US and Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations
1976 – 130th Grand National: John Burke wins aboard Rag Trade; equal record 4th winner trained by Fred Rimell and 2nd winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone
1992 – 1st exhibition game at Camden Field – Orioles beat NY Mets

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Famous Birthdays

1769 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1835)
1822 – Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1909)
1940 – Roger Burman, English head of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, born in Birmingham, England
1959 – David Hyde Pierce, American actor (Niles Crane-Fraiser), born in Saratoga Springs, New York
1962 – Simon Raymonde, British bassist, songwriter, and record producer (Cocteau Twins), born in Lewisham, London, England
1986 – Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer (Espanyol), born in Mataró, Spain

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Famous Deaths

1942 – Paul Gilson, Belgian composer, dies at 76
1951 – John C. Kielstra, Dutch economist and governor (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72
1981 – Leo Kanner, Austrian-American psychiatrist and social activist known for his work related to autism, dies at 86
2007 – Nina Wang, Chinese widow of businessman Teddy Wang (Asia’s richest woman), dies at 69
2021 – Jill Corey [Norma Jean Speranza], American pop singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 85
2022 – June Brown, British actress (EastEnders, 1985–93 and 1997–2020 – “Dot”; Sitting Target), dies at 95

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Historical Events

1645 – Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
1827 – US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils
1960 – Cuba buys oil from USSR
1989 – 8th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn, 76-60; Lady Vols forward Bridgette Gordon MOP
2000 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Tom Kite wins his lone Champions Tour major with birdie on 6th playoff hole with Tom Watson and Larry Nelson
2006 – Kraft Nabisco Championship Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Australian Karrie Webb beats Lorena Ochoa of Mexico with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole; earlier eagles same hole to force the playoff

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Famous Birthdays

1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, born in Fallersleben, Electorate of Brunswick -Lüneburg (d. 1874)
1901 – Anis Fuleihan, American composer, born in Kyrenia, Cyprus (d. 1970)
1952 – Will Hoy, English auto racer (British Touring Car C’ship 1991), born in Melbourn, England (d. 2002)
1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor (Law and Order; Runaway Bride), born in Washington, D.C.
1975 – Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer (US Masters 2007 runner-up, 6 PGA Tour titles, born in Durban, RSA

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Famous Deaths

1787 – Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
1791 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), dies of natural causes at 42
1924 – Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming, Danish botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), dies at 82
1969 – Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish actor and opera singer (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
2000 – Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
2003 – Michael Wayne, American film producer (Green Berets, McLintock), son of John Wayne, dies at 68

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