Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1916 – National Baseball Commission orders that injured players get full pay for duration of their contracts; injury clause previously let clubs suspend players after 15 days’ pay
1954 – “Hit the Trail” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1970 – Michael Tippett’s opera “The Knot Garden” premieres in London
1978 – Anti-Shah protest in Tehran,protesters chant “Allah is great”
1987 – Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1988 – ESPN airs its 10,000th edition of ‘Sports Center’, making it the most televised cable program in history

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Famous Birthdays

1897 – Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer (Americans in China)
1929 – Jaap Boersma, Dutch minister for Social Affairs (ARP)
1941 – Tom McGuiness, rocker (McGuiness-Flint)
1958 – George Saunders, American writer (Lincoln in the Bardo), born in Amarillo, Texas
1988 – Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward
1989 – Matteo Darmian, Italian soccer full-back (36 caps; Torino, Manchester United), born in Legnano, Milan, Italy

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Famous Deaths

1515 – Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
1665 – Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
1985 – Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies
1993 – Cal Tinney, American comedian and actor (The Missouri Traveler, Stop Me If You Heard This One), dies at 85
2005 – Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
2009 – Foge Fazio, American college football coach (University of Pittsburgh), dies of leukemia at 71

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Historical Events

1954 – Nationalist China and US sign dike agreement
1954 – NY Yankees and Baltimore Orioles complete largest trade in MLB history as 17 players, including Don Larsen, Gene Woodling, Bob Turley change teams; first phase of transaction began November 18 and concludes today after the MLB draft
1986 – Musée d’Orsay opens in Paris
1988 – Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan)
2007 – Davis Cup Tennis, Portland, Oregan: Bob and Mike Bryan team to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-1) over Russia; beat Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev 7-6, 6-4, 6-2; 32nd US title
2017 – President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the F.B.I.

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Famous Birthdays

1912 – Cookie Lavagetto, American baseball third baseman, manager and coach (MLB All Star 1938-41; Brooklyn Dodgers; Washington Senators), born in Oakland, California (d. 1990)
1934 – Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker
1958 – Charlene Tilton, American actress (Lucy Ewing – Dallas), born in San Diego, California
1964 – Salvatore Schillaci [Totò], Italian soccer striker (16 caps; Messina, Juventus), born in Palermo, Italy
1966 – Steve Walsh, American NFL quarterback and CFL coach (Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Toronto Argonauts), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1976 – Brently Heilbron, American satirist

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Famous Deaths

1018 – Thietmar, German chronicler and Bishop of Merseburg, dies at 43
1729 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician, dies at 64
1808 – Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30
1892 – Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1939 – Max Fiedler, German composer, dies at 79
1943 – Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince, son of King Mongkut and brother of King Chulalongkorn and historian, dies at 81

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Historical Events

1523 – Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics
1931 – His Master’s Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI
1967 – Senator Eugene McCarthy announces he will run for the US presidency on an anti-Vietnam war platform
1978 – France performs nuclear test
1980 – Uruguay’s new constitution rejected by referendum
2015 – NBA star Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers) announces his intention to retire at the end of the season

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Famous Birthdays

1817 – Theodor Mommsen, German historian and scholar (Imperial Lives, Nobel Prize in Literature 1902), born in Garding, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1903)
1911 – Jorge Negrete [Moreno], Mexican singer and actor (The Rebel, La madrina del diablo), born in Guanajuato, Mexico (d. 1953)
1954 – Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather)
1976 – Cypher Zero, American circus innovator (New York Circus Arts)
1977 – Kazumi Saitoh, Japanese baseball player
1977 – Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer

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Famous Deaths

1761 – John Dollond, British optician and owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens, dies at 55
1792 – Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57
1947 – Ernst Lubitsch, German actor, producer and film director (To Be or Not to Be, Love Parade, Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies from a heart attack at 55
1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74
2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
2015 – Eldar Ryazanov, Russian film director and screenwriter (Carnival Night), dies at 88

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Historical Events

1887 – US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
1913 – CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Hamilton Tigers beat Toronto Parkdale, 44-2; second-largest margin of victory in a Grey Cup final
1924 – CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Queen’s University wins 3rd straight Championship; defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3
1987 – Joe Montana of SF 49ers completes NFL record of 22 consecutive passes
2008 – 73rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 36-0 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s first win in the series in seven years
2009 – CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Stadium, Calgary: Montreal Alouettes come from behind to beat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28–27 on a 33-yard Damon Duval field goal as time runs out

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Famous Birthdays

1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England, born in Antwerp, Buchy of Brabant (d. 1368)
1894 – Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1916 – Frances “Fran” Ryan, American actress (Stripes, The Long Riders), born n Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
1939 – Peter Bergman, American comedian, (d. 2012)
1956 – Eric Laakso, American football player
1983 – Pamela Brown, American television reporter and newscaster (CNN, ABC WJLA-TV), born in Lexington, Kentucky

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Famous Deaths

1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
1967 – Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47
1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert, dies of a heart attack at 83
1985 – Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
2005 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (Back to the Future), dies of breast cancer at 47
2007 – Henry Hyde, American politician (Rep (R) Illinois (1975-2007), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1934 – Winston Churchill tells British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin not to under estimate German air power
1944 – 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
1945 – Australian Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta
1955 – KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 – AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9
1973 – Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry wins AL Rookie of Year

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Famous Birthdays

1820 – Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher (Communism), born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1895)
1864 – James Allen English writer (d. 1912)
1864 – Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver
1977 – Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1987 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy), born in Inverness, Scotland
1988 – Scarlett Pomers, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1514 – Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull’s Liederbuch), dies
1716 – Gisbert Cuper, Dutch classicist and historian, dies at 72
1876 – Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84
1994 – Jerry Rubin, US anti-war activist (Youth Party) and businessman, dies at 56
1994 – Al Levitt, American jazz drummer, dies at 63
2011 – Ante Markovic, last Premier of Yugoslavia, dies at 87

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Historical Events

1864 – 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
1885 – 1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague
1941 – Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
1961 – Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
1977 – “Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)” closes at Imperial NY after 66 performances
2005 – CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Edmonton Eskimos beat Montreal Alouettes, 38-35; first time in 44 years Grey Cup goes into overtime

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Famous Birthdays

1801 – Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer
1874 – Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman (1st President)
1944 – Martin Corbett, English gay rights activist (Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!), born in London (d. 1996)
1952 – Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
1954 – Kimmy Robertson, American actress best known for her role as Lucy Moran in the TV series Twin Peaks
1970 – Todd Kelly, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)

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Famous Deaths

1198 – Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
1474 – Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74
1916 – James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer, dies at 88
1973 – Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 86
1988 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess grand master, dies at 61
2008 – V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (1989-90), dies at 77

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Historical Events

1688 – French King Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands
1953 – Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
1975 – US Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
1989 – Luis Alberto Lacalle becomes President of Uruguay
1995 – Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass
2017 – Presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests

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Famous Birthdays

1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer, born in London, England (d. 1758)
1906 – Sandro Fuga, Italian composer and painist, born in Mogliano, Veneto (d. 1994)
1917 – Adele Jergens, American actress (Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1928 – Don Tregonning, Australian tennis player and coach, born in Melbourne, Victoria
1929 – Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician, born in Begunje, Slovenia (d. 2015)
1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine painter and activist (1980 Nobel Peace Prize), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Famous Deaths

1252 – Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
1882 – Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier of Prussia, dies
1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80
1987 – Emmanuel Bondeville, French composer, dies at 89
1995 – Terri Jewell, writer, dies at 40
2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish procyclist (b. 1975)

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Historical Events

1491 – The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins
1598 – Jacob Cornelius van Neck’s merchant fleet reaches Bantam, West-Java on second Dutch expedition to Indonesia
1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
1955 – Clement Attlee resigns as leader of the UK Labour Party
1965 – Congo military coup under Gen Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown
1995 – “Patti LuPone on Broadway” closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1501 – Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty, born in Ongye-ri, Andong, North Gyeongsang Province (d. 1570)
1721 – Willem Crul, British admiral (West-Indies), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1781)
1753 – Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, Prussian composer, born in Mühltroff (d. 1817)
1858 – Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
1960 – Amy Grant, American gospel and rock singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby), born in Augusta, Georgia
1983 – Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter

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Famous Deaths

1883 – Ludwig Erk, German composer and folk song collector, dies at 76
1894 – Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist, dies at 82
1914 – Davorin Jenko, Slovene-Serbian composer, dies at 79
1948 – Kanbun Uechi, karate master (b. 1877)
1974 – Nick Drake, rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26
1997 – Fenton Robinson, US blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62

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Historical Events

1914 – Benito Mussolini leaves Italy’s socialist party
1942 – French collaborator Marquis de Brinon establishes “African Falanx”
1949 – Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
1970 – 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1986 – Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
2008 – Craig David releases his first Greatest Hits album

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Famous Birthdays

1884 – Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School)
1916 – Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term “sci-fi”
1934 – Claudio Prieto, composer
1940 – Paul Tagliabue, commissioner (NFL)
1968 – Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1970 – Marlon James, Jamaican writer (A Brief History of Seven Killings), born in Kingston, Jamaica

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Famous Deaths

1807 – Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea], Mohawk leader, dies at 64
1840 – Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
1916 – Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
1946 – Alfonso Broqua, Uruguayan composer, dies at 70
1984 – Godfrey Ridout, Canadian composer, dies at 66
2009 – Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008), dies at 74

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Historical Events

1942 – Japanese bombing of Port Darwin, Australia
1956 – Vladimir Kuts of the Soviet Union runs Olympic record 28:45.6 to win the 10,000m at the Melbourne Olympics; later also wins 5,000m gold
1975 – CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Field, Calgary: Edmonton Eskimos defeat Montreal Alouettes, 9-8; just the 3rd Grey Cup in which no TDs scored; game-time temperature -15 degrees Celsius, with a 25-kph wind
1996 – Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
2013 – “The Day of the Doctor” 50th anniversary episode of “Doctor Who” screens on BBC One, 1st episode to feature 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi
2018 – US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with $141 billion cost from heat-related deaths, $118 billion from sea level rise

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Famous Birthdays

1862 – Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism)
1923 – Daniel Brewster, American democrat (d. 2007)
1932 – Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
1938 – Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
1949 – Gayl Jones, American author/poet (Corregidora, Song for Anninho)
1958 – Martin Snedden, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer of 80’s)

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Famous Deaths

1752 – Conrad Michael Schneider, composer, dies at 79
1973 – Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64
1992 – Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
1996 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist, dies at 53
1996 – Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35
2007 – Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union utility back, selector (14 caps), dies at 71

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