Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1192 – Sultan Saladin and King Richard the Lionheart of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade
1870 – Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies at the Battle of Sedan
1914 – The US Treasury Department establishes the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to provide up to $5 million worth of insurance for merchant ships and their crews
1951 – Australia, NZ and US sign ANZUS-pact
1957 – 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die
1990 – Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb throws MLB record 9th no-hitter of the season; beats Cleveland, 3-0

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Famous Birthdays

1850 – Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)
1854 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
1925 – Ronnie Stevens, actor (Rodney-Dick and Duchess), born in London, England
1947 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan), (d. 2013)
1969 – Russell Freeman, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1971 – Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)

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Famous Deaths

1896 – Nat Thompson, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1st batsman dismissed in first Test match 1877), dies at 57
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist, dies at 64
1982 – Tom Baker, American actor, dies of a drug overdose in New York at 42
2001 – Christiaan Barnard, South African cardiac surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant), dies from a severe asthma attack at 78
2006 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, dies of cancer at 75
2015 – Alan Kurdi, 3 year old Syrian refugee drowns off the coast of Turkey, his death and photograph prompt international reaction

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Historical Events

462 – Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
1863 – Rail and ferry connection between San Francisco and Oakland inaugurated
1931 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and 6th homer in consecutive games in NY Yankees’ 5-1 win v Boston Red Sox
1981 – Mike Brearley’s last day as England cricket captain in 6th Test draw v Australia at The Oval; maintains his unbeaten record at home as England’s 3-1 series win confirmed
1990 – “Heidi Chronicles” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 621 performances
1996 – The Carolina Panthers outgun the Atlanta Falcons 29-6 in their first regular season NFL game at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Famous Birthdays

1732 – Thomas Erskine 6th Earl of Kellie, Scottish composer and musician, born in Kellie Castle, Scotland (d. 1781)
1931 – Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer (King of the Road), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1999)
1933 – Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin’)
1951 – David Bairstow, English cricket wicket keeper, broadcaster (4 Tests; father of England Test ‘keeper Jonny), born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1998)
1968 – Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
1982 – Ryan Gomes, American basketball player

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Famous Deaths

1940 – Lillian Wald, American pioneering nurse and social activist who started American community nursing with the Henry Street Settlement in NYC, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73
1982 – Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies at 76
1992 – Morris Carnovsky, American actor (Dead Reckoning), dies at 94
1995 – Ernest Marke, Sierra Leonean seaman and club owner, dies at 93
2008 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
2012 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician (Rural Development Minister), dies at 85

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Historical Events

1850 – California pioneers organized at Montgomery and Clay Streets
1907 – Britain, Russia and France form Triple Entente
1928 – Brecht and Weil’s play ” The Threepenny Opera ” premieres
1942 – Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault
1944 – Allied offensive at “Gothen-linie” Italy
1976 – George Harrison found guilty of plagiarising “My Sweet Lord”

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Famous Birthdays

1869 – Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1890-93) and Scottish rugby union player, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1919)
1874 – Edward Thorndike, American psychologist (father of modern educational psychology), born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts (d. 1949)
1923 – Larry Grayson, British comedian (Generation Game), born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1995)
1934 – Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor
1942 – Carole Wells, actress (Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1948 – Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (d. 1982)

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Famous Deaths

1762 – Emperor Momozono, 116th Emperor of Japan, dies at 21
1832 – Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, French violinist and composer, dies at 53
1942 – Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
1994 – Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88
1995 – John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
2011 – Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)

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Historical Events

1481 – 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Casimir IV
1776 – Continental Army evacuates Long Island and falls back to Manhattan, NYC
1933 – Air France forms from five French airlines
1956 – Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
1995 – Cable News Network joins the internet
2012 – Cholera outbreak kills 229 people in Sierra Leone

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Famous Birthdays

1705 – David Hartley, English philosopher and Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology, born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (d. 1757)
1944 – Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author, born in Monterey, California (d. 2007)
1945 – Fred Tackett, American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Little Feat), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
1949 – Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
1956 – Jayne Irving, English TV hostess (Live at 3), born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
1964 – Gavin Fisher, British engineer

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Famous Deaths

1580 – Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1751 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
1862 – Charles Bernard Desormes, French Physicist and Chemist (carbon monoxide and carbon disulphide compositions), dies at 91
1896 – Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
1943 – A[braham] Merritt, American sci-fi author (The Moon Pool, Burn Witch Bun ), dies from a heart attack at 58
1994 – Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42

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Historical Events

1918 – Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive
1925 – After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him
1932 – United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops
1945 – British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
1963 – Harmon Killebrew (Twins) HRs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
1991 – JFK Jr wins his 1st battle as an attorney

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Famous Birthdays

1912 – Sohn Kee-chung, Korean athlete and long-distance runner, born in Sinuiju, North Korea (d. 2002)
1945 – Wyomia Tyus, American 100m runner (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Griffin, Georgia
1965 – Will Perdue, American NBA center (San Antonio Spurs), born in Melbourne, Florida
1967 – Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre), born in Newport Beach, California
1976 – Kasia Kulesza, Canadian synchronized swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Warsaw, Poland
1981 – Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist, born in Montreal, Canada

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Famous Deaths

1910 – Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
1910 – John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
1991 – Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies
1995 – Frank Perry, American film director (Diary of Mad Housewife, David and Lisa), dies at 65
2002 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (To Serve Them All My Days), dies at 82
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939)

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Historical Events

1640 – Second Bishop’s War: King Charles I’s English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn
1949 – 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1970 – “I’ll Be There” single by The Jackson 5 is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1970)
1981 – National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi’s sarcoma in gay men
1988 – 40th Emmy Awards: Thirtysomething, The Wonder Years and Richard Kiley win
1994 – 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods

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Famous Birthdays

1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, born in Versailles, France (d. 1860)
1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant, born in Aberlour, Scotland (d. 1900)
1924 – Margaret O’Rene “Peggy” Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)
1940 – Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind), born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
1981 – Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver
1982 – LeAnn Rimes [Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian], American country singer (Blue), born in Jackson, Mississippi

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Famous Deaths

1677 – Wallerant Vaillant, French painter and engraver, dies at 54
1793 – Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies
1990 – Patience Strong [Winifred Emma May], English poet and journalist, dies at 83
1995 – Michael VerMeulen, journalist, dies at 38
2009 – DJ AM [Adam Goldstein], American DJ and musician, dies of a drug overdose at 36
2010 – William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida AandM University

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Historical Events

1232 – The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
1569 – Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici as grand duke of Tuscany
1626 – Battle of Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
1965 – The Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley
1975 – 1st night match at US Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith)
2004 – German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in K-4 500m and silver in K-2 500m in Athens; first woman in any sport to win gold medals at 6 different Olympics, gold 24 years apart, and 1st person to win 2 or more medals in 5 different Games

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Famous Birthdays

1878 – Joseph John Richards, American composer, born in Cwmafan, Wales (d. 1956)
1911 – Kathleen “Kay” Walsh, British actress (The Horse’s Mouth, Oliver Twist), born in Chelsea, London, England (d. 2005)
1944 – G W Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, American actor (Police Academy, The Closer)
1947 – John Morrison, cricketer (“Mystery” NZ batsman 1973-82)
1962 – Scott Davis, tennis star, born in Santa Monica, California
1972 – Mike Smith, Canadian actor

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Famous Deaths

827 – Pope Eugene II, Italian Pope (824-827)
1450 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
1782 – John Laurens, American soldier, diplomat and abolitionist, killed in battle at 27
1975 – Haile Selassie [Ras Tafari Makonnen], Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74), dies of suspected assassination by strangulation at 83
1995 – Marty Paich, American musician, conductor, producer and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson), dies of colon cancer at 70
2010 – Luna Vachon, Professional Wrestler (b. 1962)

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Historical Events

1967 – Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
1972 – Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
1977 – Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
1989 – Trumbull, Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS
2004 – Lindsay Tarpley and Mary Wambach score as the US beats Brazil 2-1, maintaining an undefeated record to win the women’s football gold medal at the Athens Olympics
2014 – Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry informs the WHO of an outbreak of Ebola; later confirmed as a different strain to that affecting west Africa

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Famous Birthdays

1627 – Thomas Bullis, English composer (baptized) (d. 1708)
1900 – Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)
1921 – David Begelman, film producer
1957 – Alex Trevino, catcher (LA Dodgers)
1974 – Huang Bo, Chinese actor (Cow) and singer, born in Qingdao, China
1976 – Zemfira, Russian singer

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Famous Deaths

1712 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, German composer, dies at 80
1958 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (Hugh the Drover), dies at 85
1992 – Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies
2000 – Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (b. 1939)
2006 – Rainer Barzel, German politician CDU-CSU) and minister, dies at 82
2018 – Rosa Bouglione, French circus performer, dies at 107

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Historical Events

1698 – Tsar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through Western Europe
1829 – President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1908 – National Association of Colored Nurses forms
1920 – Russia suffers a final decisive defeat in the Battle of Warsaw against Poland
1943 – German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
1968 – NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches second 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in second game and homered

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Famous Birthdays

1691 – Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1736)
1916 – Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, born in Saga District, Japan (d. 2000)
1946 – Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and children’s books author (Tickle Day: Poems from Father Goose), born in Bayside, New York
1955 – Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician, born in Thirumangalam, India
1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
1971 – Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)

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Famous Deaths

1791 – Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies
1908 – Eyre Massey Shaw, British first chief of London Fire Brigade, dies at 78
1942 – W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
1984 – Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
1984 – Andy Varipapa, American ten-pin bowler (BPAA All-Star champion 1947-48), dies at 93
2005 – Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)

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Historical Events

1828 – Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
1911 – Manuel d’Arriaga elected first president of Portugal
1937 – In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
1963 – 24th Venice Film Festival: “Hands Over the City” directed by Francesco Rosi wins Golden Lion
1968 – France becomes the world’s fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific
2000 – Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki by Finnish scientists.

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Famous Birthdays

1531 – Ercole Bottrigari, Italian composer, born in Bologna (d. 1612)
1579 – John Amner, English composer, born in Ely, Cambridgeshire (d. 1641)
1891 – Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, Russian composer, born in Moscow (d. 1969)
1942 – Karen Uhlenbeck, American mathematician and founder of modern geometric analysis, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1959 – Adrian Kuiper, South African cricketer (South African all-rounder), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
1979 – Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer, born in Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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Famous Deaths

1103 – Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies
1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
1912 – Alfred Berger, Austrian playwright, dies at 59
1972 – Carlos Wesley “Don” Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
1997 – Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist, dies at 90
2004 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926)

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