Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
1925 – Greek premier Papanastasiou orders gen Pangulos arrested
1941 – German army occupies Briansk, USSR
1980 – Guyana adopts constitution
1996 – Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate
2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.

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Famous Birthdays

1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1507)
1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-American baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book, born in Exeter, Devon, England (d. 1908)
1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
1908 – Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
1921 – Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
1932 – Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder (Women’s International Center)

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Famous Deaths

1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman, dies at 35
1935 – Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83
1947 – Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60
1973 – Arnold Maria Walter, Canadian composer, dies at 71
1996 – Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57
2000 – William Putnam Bundy, American attorney and intelligence expert (9th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1813 – Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
1924 – 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
1930 – Homecoming of the bodies of Swedish polar balloon expedition (1897) led by Salomon August Andrée
1942 – St Louis Cardinals win club’s 4th Baseball World Series; beat NY Yankees, 4-2 in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium for 4-1 series victory
1957 – Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
1991 – USSR reduces nuclear weapons arsenal

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Famous Birthdays

1808 – Winand Staring, Dutch geologist (Geology of Netherlands), born in Wildenborch, Vorden, Netherlands (d. 1877)
1920 – Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian
1935 – Arlene Saunders, American soprano, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter (AC/DC), born in Dunston, Gateshead
1963 – Laura Davies, British golfer (4 major titles; US Open 1987), born in Coventry, England
1970 – Thomas Randolph, American NFL cornerback (NY Giants), born in Norfolk, Virginia

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Famous Deaths

1919 – Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66
1981 – Jud Strunk, American singer and comedian (Laugh-In), dies in a plane crash at 48
1986 – James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
2003 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)
2007 – Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)
2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights activist, dies at 89

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Historical Events

1918 – Musical “Sometime” with Mae West premieres in NYC
1957 – Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
1962 – Willie Mays scores in the 2nd inning for the Giants ending Whitey Ford’s record Baseball World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak at ​33 2⁄3; Yankees beat Giants, 6-2 in Game 1 and 4-3 in the series
1966 – Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1985 – Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA
1996 – BPAA US Bowling Open by Dave Husted

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Famous Birthdays

1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (Du calcul des derivations), born in Mutzig, France (d. 1803)
1935 – Jimmy Orr, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1959, 65; Super Bowl 1971; Baltimore Colts), born in Seneca, South Carolina
1935 – Eddie Applegate, American actor (Patty Duke Show), born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
1940 – Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey left wing (1,004 NHL games; NY Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins), born in Oakville, Ontario
1951 – Alan Rosenberg, American actor (Civil Wars, LA Law, Cybill), born in Passaic, New Jersey
1957 – Kyra Schon, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1862 – William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 36
1944 – Alfred “Al” Smith, American politician, 4 time Governor of New York (1919-20 and 1923-28), and 1st Roman Catholic presidential candidate (D, 1928), dies at 70
1975 – Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist (co-founder and majority owner of MLB’s New York Mets), dies at 72
1975 – May Sutton, American tennis player (first American woman to win Wimbledon singles title 1905), dies at 89
1995 – Peter Nicholson Gunn, Australian writer (The Churches of Rome), dies at 81
1999 – Bernard Buffet, French painter (Expressionism), dies at 71

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Historical Events

1890 – Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo
1949 – WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta
1970 – “Coco” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 333 performances
2001 – San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds Is walked for the 171st time in 11-8 win at Houston; breaks Babe Ruth’s 1923 MLB single-season record for walks
2012 – Miguel Cabrera goes 0 for 2 in a 1-0 Tigers win v Royals to end the season as MLB’s first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967; leads AL with .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBI
2013 – Chinese President President Xi Jinping announces plans for a ‘21st Century Maritime Silk Road’, linking China to Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean (Belt and Road Initiative / One Belt One Road) while in Indonesia

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Famous Birthdays

1881 – Ludomir Michał Rogowski, Polish composer, born in Lublin, Poland (d. 1954)
1938 – Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer, born in Konavle, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1951 – Jack Grondin, rock drummer (.38 Special)
1951 – Dave Winfield, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (12-time All Star), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1992; AL MVP 1992; Oakland A’s), born in Oakland, California
1963 – Marion Peck, American artist and painter

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Famous Deaths

1653 – Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, Dutch historian, dies at 41
1703 – Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1838 – Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)
1862 – Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 47
2002 – John Weitz, American author and fashion designer (Friends in High Places), dies at 79
2017 – Jalal Talabani, Iraqi-Kurdish politician and President of Iraq (2005-2014), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1614 – French King Louis XIII declared an adult at 13
1919 – 1st edition “Volkskrant” (People’s newspaper) published in Neth
1920 – Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates play first and only MLB triple header in the 20th century; Reds win the first two games, 13-4 and 7-3; Pirates avoid the sweep in the finale, 6-0
1950 – 1st strip of Charlie Brown, “Li’l Folks”, later “Peanuts”, by Charles M. Schulz published in seven nationwide papers
1968 – St. Louis pitcher Bob Gibson establishes a new Baseball World Series mark by striking out 17 batters as the Cardinals beat Detroit, 4-0 in Game 1 of the Fall Classic
2009 – “Stan Lee Day” declared by County of Los Angeles and the City of Long Beach

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Famous Birthdays

1833 – William Corby, American Catholic priest and President of the University of Notre Dame, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1897)
1839 – Hans Thoma, German painter, born in Bernau, Black Forest (d. 1924)
1895 – Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1986)
1911 – Jack Finney, American sci-fi and thriller author (The Body Snatchers, Time and Again), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1995)
1954 – Greg Jennings, American country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1973 – Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician

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Famous Deaths

1707 – Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1961 – Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), dies at 80
1970 – Bo Linde, Swedish composer, dies at 37
1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish middle and long distance runner (9 Olympic gold 1920, 24, 28), dies of Atherosclerosis at 76
1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)
2006 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)

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Historical Events

1908 – Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)
1948 – Radio Denmark begins transmitting
1950 – Philadelphia Phillies clinch NL pennant on Dick Sisler’s 3-run home run in a season ending 4-1 win v Brooklyn Dodgers; Phillies first pennant since 1913
1953 – KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1978 – Comoros adopts constitution
1986 – New Zealand’s Labour Government introduces a Goods and Services Tax (GST), adding 10% to the cost of most goods and services

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Famous Birthdays

1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1974)
1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1945 – Donny Hathaway, singer-songwriter (Where is the Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1979)
1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor (The Hangover, Birdman), born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina
1970 – Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
1975 – Kim Suna, Korean actress

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Famous Deaths

1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
1770 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64
1929 – Lee Richmond, American baseball pitcher (first ever MLB perfect game, 1880), dies at 72
1936 – Oscar Da Costa, West Indian cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), dies at 29
2009 – V. M. Muddiah, Indian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests), dies from stroke complications at 80

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Historical Events

1626 – Battle between King Bethlen Gabor and Earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
1818 – Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England
1942 – Admiral Chester Nimitz’s B-17 finds Guadalcanal using National Geographic map
1958 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1979 – Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout
1985 – Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM (NY)

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Famous Birthdays

1879 – Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, born in Zurich (d. 1944)
1917 – Yuri “Petrovich” Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)
1920 – Ghazar Saryan, composer
1936 – James R Sasser, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1977- )
1946 – Claude Vorilhon, founder of Raelism, a ufo religion
1949 – Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut (Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS 93)

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Famous Deaths

1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar, dies at 65
1888 – Catherine Eddowes, English woman murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45
1921 – Oskar Panizza, German writer (Das Liebeskonzil), dies at 77
1987 – Robert Schollum, Austrian composer, dies at 74
1994 – Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69
2017 – Monty Hall, Canadian-American TV game show host (Let’s Make a Deal), dies at 96

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Historical Events

219 – Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome
1848 – Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence
1920 – Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1958 – “Texan” debuts on CBS-TV
1979 – “Lonesome Loser” by Little River Band peaks at #6
1984 – “Drive” by Cars peaks at #3

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Famous Birthdays

1402 – Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint
1547 – Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Spanish author (Don Quixote), born in Alcalá de Henares, Habsburg Spain (d. 1616)
1898 – Trofim Lysenko, Soviet biologist and agronomist, born in Karlovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1976)
1928 – Lord Avebury [Eric Reginald Lubbock], English politician (Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70)
1934 – Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor
1966 – Hersey Hawkins, NBA guard (Seattle Supersonics, Olympic bronze 1988)

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Famous Deaths

1927 – Arthur Achleitner, German writer, dies at 69
1927 – Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist and inventor of the electrocardiodiogram (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1924), dies at 67
1937 – Ray Ewry, American track and field athlete (8 Olympic golds 1900, 04, 08), dies at 63
1959 – Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist, dies
1962 – Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx
1967 – Ludwig Donath, Austrian actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco, Jolson Sings Again), dies of leukemia at 67

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Historical Events

1066 – William the Conqueror invades England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex
1923 – Radio Times 1st published
1932 – 1932 Baseball World Series opens with the Chicago Cubs vs. NY Yankees (6-12)
1955 – 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
1957 – “Honeycomb,” by Jimmie F. Rodgers hits #1
1969 – Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!

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Famous Birthdays

1926 – Jerry Clower, Amite County Miss, country comedian (Nashville on Road)
1946 – Helen Shapiro, Bethnal Green London, rock vocalist
1950 – Brian Keenan, Irish author (An Evil Cradling), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1961 – Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100m hurdler (world record)
1964 – Janeane Garofalo, American comedienne (SNL, Truth about Cats and Dogs), born in Newton, New Jersey
1984 – Melody Thornton, American singer and dancer

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Famous Deaths

1911 – Louis Pincoffs, Dutch businessman and politician (1st-Chamber), dies
1938 – Charles Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), dies at 76
1948 – E. J. Ratcliffe, English stage and screen actor, dies at 85
1993 – Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
2002 – Patsy Mink, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1927)
2013 – Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricket all-rounder (4 Tests), dies at 81

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Historical Events

1940 – Yankees, lose to A’s and eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
1983 – Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs
1988 – Canadian Finn class sailor Lawrence Lemieux abandons race 5 to assist injured competitor after being in 2nd place; selfless act is awarded with the Pierre de Coubertin medal
1989 – Oakland wins AL West and SF wins NL West title
1992 – ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals
2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.

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Famous Birthdays

1862 – Louis Botha, 1st Prime Minister of South Africa (1910-19), born in Greytown, South Africa (d. 1919)
1931 – Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer
1939 – Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer, born in Amersham
1961 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
1976 – Jason Phillips, American baseball player
1983 – Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress

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Famous Deaths

1641 – Francois van d’aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk and diplomat, dies at 69
1891 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
1915 – Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57
1940 – Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1991 – Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O’Neill and wife of Charlie Chaplin, dies at 66
2007 – Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957)

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