Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1870 – Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
1976 – Syrian army conquers Beirut
1978 – Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
1982 – Funeral service held in Moscow’s Red Square for Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
1994 – Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
2015 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Czech pair Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová beats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for a 3-2 win and 9th title for the home country

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Famous Birthdays

1604 – Davis Mell, English composer, born in Wilton (d. 1662)
1661 – Christoph von Graffenried, British peer from Switzerland who founded New Bern, Carolina, born in Worb Castle, Bern, Switzerland (d. 1743)
1930 – Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-“Sanford and Son”), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
1930 – Robert Cohen, French boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles 1954-56), born in Bône, Algeria (d. 2022)
1941 – Adnan Al Sharqi, Lebanese soccer manager (Lebanon 1974–76, 1987–93, 2006–08; Ansar 11 x league titles), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2021)
1993 – Saaya [Irie], Japanese actress and singer (Sweet Kiss), born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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Famous Deaths

655 – Penda, King of Mercia, Anglo Saxon King
1629 – Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
1934 – Anton Dreesmann, German-Dutch manufacturer (Vroom and Dreesman), dies at 80
1993 – Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
1993 – Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
2010 – Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78

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Historical Events

1832 – First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets
1920 – American Pro Football League’s Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded
1976 – Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten captured one day after fleeing
2007 – the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
2018 – Attempt to move 720,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar from Bangladesh refugee camps amid international criticism. They refuse to go.

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Famous Birthdays

1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pippi Longstocking), born in Vimmerby, Sweden (d. 2002)
1921 – Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1997)
1948 – Charles III [Charles Philip Arthur George], King of the United Kingdom (2022-) Prince of Wales (1958-2022), born in London, England
1966 – Curt Schilling, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Anchorage, Alaska
1966 – Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1979 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress who played Bond girl Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

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Famous Deaths

1909 – Joshua Slocum, Canadian-American seaman and adventurer, departs from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, sailing south for the winter, and is lost at sea, at 65
1914 – Frederick Sleigh “Bobs” Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1990 – Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1994 – John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric and Stoflongen), dies at 83
2002 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young and Willing), dies at 87
2005 – Jeno Takacs, Austrian composer, dies at 103

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Historical Events

1642 – Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament
1918 – Prince Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, abdicates
1968 – William Craig, Home Affairs Minister, bans all marches, with the exception of ‘customary’ parades, in Derry, Northern Ireland; the exception of ‘customary’ parades meant that Loyalist institutions could parade but civil rights marches could not
1973 – “Gigi” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
2020 – British strategist and chief advisor to the PM Dominic Cummings is let go by Boris Johnson
2020 – Kylie Minogue becomes the first woman to top the UK album chart over five consecutive decades with “Disco”

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Famous Birthdays

1856 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1941)
1882 – John Lowry, American NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1962)
1940 – Jack Birkenshaw, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 1 x 50, 13 wickets; Yorkshire CCC, Leicestershire CCC) and umpire (2 Tests, 6 ODIs), born in Rothwell, England
1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American TV host and producer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), born in Brooklyn, New York
1980 – Monique Coleman, American actress (High School Musical), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
1990 – Jibbs [Jovan Campbell], American rapper (Chain Hang Low), born in St. Louis, Missouri

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Famous Deaths

1726 – Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle, repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain, and mother of George II, dies at 60
1996 – Kenneth Watkins, British woodland conservationist and founder (The Woodland Trust), dies at 86
1997 – André Boucourechliev, Bulgarian-French composer, dies at 72
2007 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman, dies at 47
2016 – Leon Russell, American musician and singer-songwriter (Carny), dies at 74
2020 – Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer of 13 women “The Yorkshire Ripper”, dies in prison of COVID-29 complications at 74

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Historical Events

1933 – 1st NFL football game on a Sunday at Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl – sporting events on Sunday had been illegal on Sundays; Eagles tie Chicago Bears, 3-3
1936 – St Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt
1966 – 18-year-old US High schooler Robert Smith kills 5 people at Arizona’s Rose-Mar Beauty College for fame
1970 – Cyclone Bhola makes landfall in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded
1981 – Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
1996 – Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collide in midair over Charkhi Dadri in India, killing 349 people, the third-deadliest aviation disaster in history

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Famous Birthdays

1853 – Oskar Panizza, German writer (Das Liebeskonzil), born in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria (d. 1921)
1865 – Frans “Sas” van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), (d. 1939)
1921 – Robert Fleming, Canadian composer, born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (d. 1976)
1931 – Bob Crewe, songwriter and producer (“Big Girls Don’t Cry”; “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)”), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014)
1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride), born in England, United Kingdom
1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress, born in Bucharest, Romania

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Famous Deaths

1720 – Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero, dies at 30
1739 – Ludwig Ernst, German composer, dies at 71
1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) and founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, dies of a stroke at 61
1969 – Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77
1976 – Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)
1994 – Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer, dies at 88

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Historical Events

1811 – Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
1957 – Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde, San Francisco
1971 – Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
1996 – Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award; Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays claims AL Award
2014 – An Italian appeals court overturns a manslaughter conviction against 6 scientists for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly earthquake
2020 – UK becomes the first European country to record over 50,000 Covid-19 related 50,000; 5fth country, after the US, Brazil, India, and Mexico

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Famous Birthdays

1696 – Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist, born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona Province (d. 1757)
1731 – Carl Joseph Toeschi, German composer, born in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 1788)
1743 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist, born in Jönköping, Sweden (d. 1828)
1945 – Chris Dreja, British rock guitarist and bass player (Yardbirds – “For Your Love”), born in Surbiton, Surrey, England
1978 – Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer, born in Warkworth, New Zealand
1980 – Willie Parker, American football running back (Pro Bowl 2006, 07; Super Bowl 2005, 08; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Clinton, North Carolina

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Famous Deaths

683 – Yazid I [Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya Lanatullah], second Umayyad caliph (680–683), dies at 36
1968 – Janet Sobel [Jennie Olechovsky], Ukrainian-American abstract expressionist and drip-paint pioneering artist (Milky Way), dies at 75
1994 – John Volpe, American politician (61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts) and U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1969-73), dies at 85
1999 – Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923)
2012 – Rex Hunt, British diplomat and Governor of the Falkland Islands (1982-1985), dies at 86
2013 – Eddie McGrady, Northern Irish politician (SDLP) unseated Enoch Powell, dies at 78

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Historical Events

1444 – Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders
1950 – Jacobo Árbenz elected President of Guatemala
1980 – Iraq captures southern port of Khorramshahr
2013 – Spaniard Marc Márquez wins the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20
2019 – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces the discovery of a new oil field with an estimated 53 million barrels of oil in Khuzestan province
2019 – Bolivian President Evo Morales resigns amid widespread protests after national election considered irregular and manipulated

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Famous Birthdays

1888 – Andrej Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, born in Pustomazovo, Russia (d. 1972)
1919 – Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo (Zaire), born in Musumba (d. 1969)
1935 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
1956 – Scott Columbus, American heavy metal drummer (Manowar, 1983–91 and 1994–2008), born in USA (d. 2011)
1980 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer (Fahrenhiet), born in Taipei, Taiwan
1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer (Bristol City), born in Forest Gate, England

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Famous Deaths

1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet Leader, General Secretary (1964-82), dies of a heart attack at 75
1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and electrical engineer, dies at 76
1995 – Clairmonte Depeiaza, West Indian cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955), dies at 67
2010 – Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2010 – Nicolo Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian organized crime figure, killed at his residence by a sniper at 86
2015 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist who designed the IBM mainframe, dies at 92

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Historical Events

1857 – Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published
1900 – China has resumed nominal control of Manchuria, but in a secret agreement the Chinese governor of Manchuria grants Russia such rights as keeping troops along the railroad lines and controlling civil administration
1912 – Ottoman garrison surrenders Thessaloniki / Salonika to the Greek army (OS Oct 27)
1996 – 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill
1999 – TAESA Flight 725, crashes a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident.
2019 – YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul’s second boxing match; KSI wins by split decision

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Famous Birthdays

1879 – Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician, born in Lepoglava, Croatia (d. 1931)
1903 – Leon-Etienne Duval, French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church in Algeria, born in Chênex, Haute-Savoie, France (d. 1996)
1909 – H. M. van Randwijk, Dutch author and founder (Vrij Netherland), born in Gorinchem, Netherlands (d. 1966)
1919 – Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter (“Hawaiian Cowboy”), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 1992)
1925 – Bill Bruton, American baseball outfielder (NL stolen bases leader 1953-55 Milwaukee Braves), born in Penola, Alabama (d. 1995)
1984 – French Montana [Karim Kharbouch] American rapper, born in Casablanca, Morocco

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Famous Deaths

1829 – Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66
1911 – Howard Pyle, American author (b. 1853)
1952 – Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 66
1956 – Aino Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales), dies at 78
2002 – William Schutz, American psychologist (b. 1925)
2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71

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Historical Events

1900 – David Beatty takes part in the successful relief of the naval brigade and is promoted to captain
1935 – “Mutiny on the Bounty” directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936)
1942 – Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US
1988 – Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
2018 – CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle the microphone off him
2018 – Mass grave of 200 people discovered on border of Somali and Oromia regions, Ethiopia, in investigation into atrocities by former regional president Abdi Mohammed

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Famous Birthdays

1879 – King Baggot, American actor and director (Tumbleweeds), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1948)
1938 – Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian military ruler, born in Bendel State, Colonial Nigeria (d. 1976)
1967 – Frantisek Kaberle, Czech ice hockey forward (Team Czech Rep), born in Kladno, Czechia
1967 – Jay Taylor, American NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs), born in San Diego, California
1983 – Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper, born in Split, Croatia
1986 – Aaron H. Swartz, computer programmer and internet activist (Demand Progress), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013)

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Famous Deaths

1171 – Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (1120-71), dies at about 63
1880 – Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, dies at 66
1992 – Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic silver 1952), dies at 65
1995 – Country Dick Montana [Daniel McLain], American rock drummer and vocalist (The Beat Farmers – “Happy Boy”), dies on stage during a performance in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada at age 40
2010 – Jack Levine, American social realist painter, dies at 95
2011 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist (The Family Circus), dies at 89

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Historical Events

1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria as a revolutionary uprising spreads throughout Germany
1929 – Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building in New York
1942 – Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
1963 – New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard is first African-American to be voted AL MVP
1997 – “Bean” film directed by Mel Smith and starring Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean opens in the US
2017 – Danica Roem becomes the first US transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the US in North Virginia

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Famous Birthdays

1955 – Detlef Ultsch, German judoka (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Sonneberg, Bezirk Suhl, East Germany
1969 – Tanya Dubnicoff, Canadian cyclist (Olympic 6th 1992, 96), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1970 – Morgan Spurlock, American director and documentary producer (Super Size Me), born in Parkersburg, West Virginia
1981 – Muhammad Hassan, American professional wrestler, born in Syracuse, New York
1990 – Courtney Marie Andrews, American singer-songwriter (Old Flowers), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1995 – Bethany Mota, American video blogger, born in Merced County, California

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Famous Deaths

1802 – Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, Austrian composer, dies at 50
1960 – Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
1967 – Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
1974 – Sandra Rivett, English nanny to John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, allegedly bludgeoned to death by Mr Lucan at 29 before he mysteriously disappeared
1979 – Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
2006 – Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89

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Historical Events

1928 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor
1939 – WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st commercial TV station, begins service
1941 – USA lends Soviet Union $1 million
1941 – Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
1950 – King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
1983 – Turkey Turgut Özals Moederland party wins elections

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Famous Birthdays

1753 – Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1802)
1906 – James D. Norris, American sports businessman (Chicago Black Hawks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
1955 – Maria Shriver, American newscaster (Sunday Today) and ex-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Chicago, Illinois
1961 – Daniele Gatti, Italian conductor, born in Milan, Italy
1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor and author (Dead Poets Society, Before trilogy), born in Austin, Texas
1982 – Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1795 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 73
1922 – Morgan Bulkeley, American politician (US Senator – Connecticut 1905-11) and Baseball HOF administrator (NL President 1876), dies at 84
1997 – Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, British Labour Party politician, dies at 82
2004 – Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack and television personality, dies at 66
2007 – Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician, killed in a bomb attack at 47 or 48
2018 – Hugh McDowell, British cellist (Electric Light Orchestra – “Strange Magic”; “Evil Woman”), dies of cancer at 65

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