Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City.
1933 – Sidney Kingsley’s “Men in White” premieres in NYC
1950 – Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England
1961 – “From the Second City” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 87 performances
1973 – Turkey’s state of siege ends (after 2½ years)
1994 – Switzerland bans racist propaganda

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Famous Birthdays

1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician, born in Belvoir, Leicestershire (d. 1430)
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, born in London (d. 1779)
1897 – Victor Otto Stomps, German writer and publisher, born in Krefeld, Germany (d. 1970)
1927 – Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (International Baccalaureate Organisation), born in Kilkenny, Ireland (d. 1990)
1952 – Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor, born in Niš, Serbia
1984 – Thore Schölermann, German actor, born in Iserlohn, Germany

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Famous Deaths

1371 – Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies
1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, American author (Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan), dies at 54
2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (Soap, Empty’s Nest, Big Bus), dies at 67
2004 – Marianna Komlos, professional wrestling valet (b. 1969)
2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (b. 1942)
2011 – Bob Cassilly, American Artist and Founder of the St. Louis City Museum (b. 1949)

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Historical Events

1654 – England and Denmark sign trade agreement
1930 – Zoe Akins’ “Greeks Had a Word for it” premieres in NYC
1960 – For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant
1980 – Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres
1988 – American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins women’s 100m in Olympic record 10.54; beats team mate Evelyn Ashford by 0.29; 1st leg of sprint double at Seoul Games
1994 – Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

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Famous Birthdays

1766 – Armand-Emmanuel, Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815-18, 1820-21), born in Paris (d. 1822)
1823 – Thomas John Wood, American Major General (Union Army), born in Munfordville, Kentucky (d. 1906)
1862 – Leon Boellmann, French organist and composer (Variations Symphoniques), born in Ensisheim, France (d. 1897)
1896 – Roberto Gerhard, Spanish Catalan composer, born in Valls, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1970)
1949 – Jerry Costello, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
1977 – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1617 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1617)
1840 – Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier
1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, premier of Québec (b. 1832)
1953 – Dimitur Poljanov [Popov], Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies at 76
2012 – Andy Williams, American singer, dies from bladder cancer at 84
2016 – Jean Shepard, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 82

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Historical Events

1789 – President George Washington nominates John Jay for 1st Chief Justice
1919 – Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey
1948 – Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally), an American broadcaster employed by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany to proliferate propaganda during World War II, pleads not guilty to eight chargs of treason in Washington, D.C.
1988 – West German swimmer Michael Gross wins 200m butterfly in Olympic record 1:56.94 at the Seoul Games; third career gold medal
1992 – Toronto’s Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI
2017 – Plastic polystyrene rubbish discovered for first time only 1,000 miles from the north pole by international team of scientists

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Famous Birthdays

1898 – Charlotte van Pallandt, Dutch sculptress, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1997)
1945 – Catherine Burns, American actress (Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Jack Dee, British comedian ( I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue), born in Bromley, England
1964 – Rafael Palmeiro, 1st baseman (Baltimore Orioles), born in Havana, Cuba
1966 – Paul Michael Valley, American actor (Ryan Harrison-Another World), born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
1967 – Roland Jansen, soccer player (Willem II)

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Famous Deaths

1707 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
1889 – Daniel Harvey Hill, Confederate General (American Civil War), dies at 68
1954 – Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)
1990 – Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian nuclear physicist, dies at 80
2004 – Françoise Sagan [Quoirez], French novelist (Bonjour Trieste), dies at 69

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Historical Events

1884 – American Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine, the beginning of data processing
1895 – French labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms
1912 – 1st Mack Sennett “Keystone Comedy” movie released “Cohen Collects a Debt”
1941 – German air raid on Soviet naval base at Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)
1986 – Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10)
2018 – Tour Championship Men’s Golf, East Lake GC: Tiger Woods wins by 2 strokes from Billy Horschel; Woods’ 80th PGA Tour win; first in 5 years; Justin Rose wins FedEx Cup crown, $10m bonus

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Famous Birthdays

1684 – Johann Theodor Romhild, composer
1842 – Karl Munzinger, composer
1888 – Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons)
1920 – Jiri Jaroch, Czech composer, born in Smilkov (d. 1986)
1938 – Romy Schneider, actress (Bloodline, Death Watch), born in Vienna, Austria
1977 – Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008)

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Famous Deaths

1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33
1908 – Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet, dies at 74
1956 – Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75
1994 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1961), dies of mitral valve prolapse and stroke at 78
2012 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer, shot dead at 46

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Historical Events

530 – Discorus begins his reign as Catholic anti-Pope
1772 – 1st Partition of Poland is ratified by Austria, Prussia and Russia
1913 – The first batch of Indian passive resisters, consisting of 12 men and 4 women (including Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi) are arrested at Volksrust and imprisoned in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1942 – Meulenberg robs of church bells
1975 – World Football League folds
2013 – 78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan

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Famous Birthdays

1927 – Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1965-97), born in Mercedes, Texas (d. 2017)
1931 – Fay Weldon, British feminist
1966 – David Adjaye, Ghanaian British architect, born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1967 – Félix Savón, Cuban boxer (3 Olympic heavyweight gold 1992, 96, 80), born in San Vicente, Cuba
1979 – Michael Graziadei, American actor
1981 – Adam Lazzara, American singer (Taking Back Sunday)

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Famous Deaths

1197 – Petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies
1776 – Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by the British for spying at 21
1890 – Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author (Rozeken Pot), dies at 79
1987 – Dan Rowan [Daniel Hale Rowan], American comedian (Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In), dies at 65
1989 – Irving Berlin [Israel Isidore Baline], American composer and lyricist considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history (God Bless America, White Xmas), dies at 101
2004 – Big Boss Man [Ray Washington Traylor Jr.], American professional wrestler, dies at 41

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Historical Events

1913 – Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
1942 – 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
1973 – Jackson Pollocks painting “Blue Poles” sold for $2,000,000
1995 – The Hindu milk miracle occurs: statues of the Hindu God Ganesh begin drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths
2003 – 55th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, James Gandolfini and Edie Falco wins
2008 – The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.

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Famous Birthdays

1824 – Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, American Baptist Minister and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Webster, Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
1840 – Murad V, 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876), born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (d. 1904)
1947 – Marsha Norman, American playwright
1952 – Anneliese Michel, German exorcism victim (d. 1976)
1968 – Jon Brookes, English drummer (The Charlatans), born in Burntwood, Staffordshire (d. 2013)
1993 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean golfer, (US Open 2017; Women’s PGA C’ship 2018), born in Seoul, South Korea

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Famous Deaths

1217 – Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier
1519 – Hans Backofen/Backoffen, German sculptor, dies at about 49
1705 – Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, corrupt mister of Odijck, dies
1743 – Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper (b. 1688)
1973 – William Plomer, South African-British libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
1987 – Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies

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Historical Events

1859 – George Simpson patents electric range
1871 – Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia.
1893 – The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts
1919 – Booth Tarkington’s “Clarence,” premieres in NYC
1978 – Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany
1988 – American diver Greg Louganis wins the 3m springboard gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after famously hitting his head on the board the previous day

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Famous Birthdays

1744 – Thomas Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War hero (d. 1825)
1744 – Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian-Russian master builder and architect (Hermitage Theater), born in Rota d’Imagna, Republic of Venice (d. 1817)
1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika), born in Ufa, Russian Empire (d. 1859) [NS 10/01]
1869 – Marcel Cachin, French politician and co-founder of the French Communist Party, born in Plourivo, Côtes d’Armor, France (d. 1958)
1943 – Roek Williams [Willemze], Dutch singer (Roek Williams and The Fighting Cats), born in Amsterdam
1972 – Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Olympics 1996)

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Famous Deaths

1460 – Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer
1823 – Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, dies at 57
1865 – William H Revere Jr, US Union brigadier general, dies
1960 – Michel Brusselmans, composer, dies at 74
1994 – Jimmy Hamilton, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 77
2003 – Lord Williams of Mostyn, Welsh barrister, politician, and Lord President of the Council, dies at 62

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Historical Events

1926 – The San Siro is inaugurated with a match between AC Milan and Inter.
1959 – Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1961 – Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.
1968 – Nigerian federal army begins the “final offensive” against the secessionist state of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
1983 – David Slowinski on 2 CRAY-1 comp’s find 2^132049-1 prime #
2017 – New MLB record for most home runs in a season, no. 5,694 hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals

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Famous Birthdays

1737 – Charles Carroll, Wealthy Maryland planter who was the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to pass away, born in Annapolis, Province of Maryland, British America (d. 1832)
1900 – Solomon Pimsleur, French composer, born in Parigi, France (d. 1962)
1943 – Joe Morgan, American MLB 2nd baseman (Reds) and commentator (ESPN), born in Bonham, Texas
1950 – Joan Lunden, American journalist and news host (Good Morning America), born in Fair Oaks, California
1955 – Rex Smith, American actor and singer (Pirates of Penzance, You Take My Breath Away), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1978 – Nigel Mitchell, English TV presenter (Quizmania and Capital Disney), born in Kingston Upon Thames, England

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Famous Deaths

1668 – William Waller, English soldier
1719 – Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1836 – Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66
1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
1973 – Bobby Gilbert, American actor (Some Like It Hot,The Rebel Set), dies of hepatitis at 75
1989 – Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1923)

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Historical Events

1838 – Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden
1895 – Booker T. Washington delivers ‘Atlanta Compromise’ address
1919 – Dutch second chamber accepts female suffrage
1962 – Charlie Finley is denied permission to move As to Dallas-Fort Worth
1965 – “I Dream of Jeannie”, starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC
1998 – “Rush Hour” directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker released – Jackie Chan’s Hollywood breakthrough

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Famous Birthdays

1893 – William March, American writer (Company K), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1954)
1922 – Grayson Hall [Shirley Grossman], American actress (The Night of the Iguana, Dark Shadows), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
1933 – Robert “Bob” Bennett, American politician (U.S. Senator from Utah), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2016)
1951 – Dee Dee Ramone [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones), born in Fort Lee, Virginia (d. 2002)
1962 – Joanne Catherall, rock vocalist (Human League), born in Sheffield, England
1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer (Olympics 1988, silver), born in Ostend, Belgium

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Famous Deaths

1426 – Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies
1735 – Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (Euler’s Constant), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 76
1905 – George MacDonald, Scottish poet and sci-fi author (Princess and Curdie), dies at 80
1969 – Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66
2002 – Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942)

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Historical Events

1176 – At the Battle of Myriokephalon the Byzantines fail to recover Anatolia from Turkish rule.
1730 – Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
1861 – First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University).
1899 – 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa
1940 – Nazis deprive Jews of possessions
1968 – Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0

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Famous Birthdays

1748 – Robert Wainwright, English composer and church organist (d.1782)
1903 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (Olympic bronze 1928), born in Amsterdam (d. 1984)
1930 – David Huddleston, American actor (Big Lebowski), born in Vinton, Virginia (d. 2016)
1939 – Lamonte McLemore, American rock vocalist (5th Dimension), born in St Louis, Missouri
1955 – Koralia Karanti, Greek actress
1968 – Anastacia, American singer

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Famous Deaths

1652 – Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69
1868 – Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies
1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849)
1957 – John W “John” Eisenloeffel, goldsmith, dies at 81
1992 – Feodor Chaliapin Jr, actor (King’s Whore), dies after illness at 87
1994 – Paul Nicholas Young, architect, dies at 47

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