Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1888 – Philip Pratt unveils 1st American electric tricycle
1920 – Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America’s Cup
1946 – Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
1959 – William Shea announces plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961
1962 – Martin Luther King Jr. jailed in Albany, Georgia
2014 – Obama reaffirms Israel’s “right to defend itself”, but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza

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Famous Birthdays

1927 – Guy Carawan, American folk singer and folklorist (popularized “We shall Overcome”), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
1937 – Don Galloway, American actor (Arrest and Trial, Ironside), born in Augusta, Kentucky (d. 2009)
1957 – Gezina E “Liesbeth” van Apeldoorn, Dutch actress (Composer)
1971 – Brennon James Dowric, Australian gymnast (Olympics 1992, 96)
1976 – Mwadi Mabika, WNBA guard and forward (LA Sparks), born in Kinshasa, Zaire
1985 – Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress, born in Porto, Portugal

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Famous Deaths

1863 – William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1883 – Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61
1958 – Claire Chennault, American military leader, dies at 64
1961 – Theodore Chanler, American composer, dies at 59
2007 – Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
2009 – George Russell, American jazz pianist (The Jazz Workshop), dies of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at 86

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Historical Events

1805 – Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
1865 – Patrick Francis Healy is 1st African American awarded PhD (from University of Leuven, Belgium)
1977 – USSR performs underground nuclear Test
1994 – Cambodia’s Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13
2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA’s first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003
2018 – Sir Paul McCartney performs a secret gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began

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Famous Birthdays

1896 – Charles Butterworth, American actor (Mad Genius), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1946)
1906 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1943)
1949 – William M Shepherd, American Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52), born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1962 – Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988), born in Izmail, Ukraine
1970 – Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1985 – Gaël Clichy, French footballer (İstanbul Başakşehir), born in Toulouse, France

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Famous Deaths

1801 – Daniel Dal Barba, Italian composer, dies at 86
1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies at 42
1995 – George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88
1996 – Arthur McDonald, Royal Air Force officer and radar pioneer, dies at 93
2005 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
2010 – Ben Keith [Bennett Keith Schaeufele], American musician and record producer (Neil Young, Great Speckled Bird), dies at 73

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Historical Events

1360 – Jews are expelled from Breslau, Silesia
1939 – NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win
1985 – US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1993 – Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it 3 straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
2016 – Verizon announces $4.83 billion purchase of Yahoo
2018 – Multiple suicide bombings and attacks by the Islamic State in Sweida and surrounding areas of Syria kill more than 200

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Famous Birthdays

1517 – Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet and scientist, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1582)
1895 – Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), born in Ermont, France (d. 1977)
1901 – Walter Breedveld, Dutch writer (Een ship vergaat), born in Den Bosch, Netherlands (d. 1977)
1926 – Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 2014)
1954 – Walter Payton, American Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (Chicago Bears, 9-time Pro Bowl), born in Columbia, Mississippi (d. 1999)
1957 – Bogdan Musioł, German bobsledder (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Świętochłowice, Silesia, Poland

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Famous Deaths

1804 – William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies
1934 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader, dies at 45
1991 – Brian Haines, actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, It), dies at 70
2003 – John Schlesinger, British film director (b. 1926)
2009 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
2013 – Mike Shipley, Australian audio engineer (Paper Airplane), commits suicide at 56

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Historical Events

1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, rebel against ban on foreign beer
1941 – Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game
1950 – V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
1967 – PGA Championship, Columbine CC: Don January wins his only major title in 18-hole playoff with Don Messengale (69-71)
1968 – Hoyt Wilhelm’s 907th pitch breaks Cy Young’s record for pitching appearances
1994 – Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC) forms

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Famous Birthdays

1864 – Michel-Gaston Carraud, French composer, born in Le Mée-sur-Seine, France (d. 1920)
1902 – Hans Chemin-Petit, German composer, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1981)
1935 – Les Reed, English songwriter (It’s Not Unusual), born in Woking, Surrey
1947 – Peter Serkin, American pianist (Tashi), born in NYC, New York
1951 – Lynda Carter, American actress (Wonder Woman, Sky High) and Miss USA (1973), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1971 – John Partridge, English singer

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Famous Deaths

1868 – George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies
1900 – Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59
1970 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
1971 – Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
1997 – Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
2011 – Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)

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Historical Events

1827 – 1st US swimming school opens (Boston, Massachusetts)
1833 – Cornerstones are laid for the construction of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.
1943 – Battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks)
1976 – 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)
1978 – 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
2016 – Suicide bomb in Kabul kills 80 during a protest march, Islamic State claim responsibility

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Famous Birthdays

1793 – Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, Swiss composer, born in Arlesheim, Switzerland (d. 1859)
1856 – Arthur H. Bird, American composer, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1923)
1886 – Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1948)
1912 – Michael Wilding, British actor (Stage Fright, Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England (d. 1979)
1951 – Terry Davis, American actress (Stacey Winthrop-Another World), born in NYC, New York
1981 – Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum 41)

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Famous Deaths

1403 – Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (b. 1343)
1924 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64
1966 – Douglass Montgomery, American actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane), dies from spinal cancer at 56
1976 – Wilhelmina Von Bremen, American 4X100 relay sprinter (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 64
1977 – René de Vos, Dutch actor and composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79
1994 – Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80

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Historical Events

1648 – 10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre during Khmelnytsky Uprising
1947 – -8°F (-13°C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)
1959 – Natural gas found at Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
1961 – WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1994 – Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees
1994 – Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired

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Famous Birthdays

1510 – Alessandro de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)
1822 – John George Walker, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 1893)
1894 – Oskar Maria Graf, German writer, born in Berg, Bavaria (d. 1967)
1898 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor (mobiles, stabiles), born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
1917 – H. Boyd Woodruff, American microbiologist whose research led to antibiotics, born in Bridgeton, New Jersey (d. 2017)
1929 – John Barber, British racing driver

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Famous Deaths

1840 – Józef Javurek, Polish-Russian composer, dies at 83
1880 – Anna Caroline Oury, German pianist and composer, dies at 72
1929 – Bror Beckman, composer, dies at 63
1992 – Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, model, actor, and rodeo performer (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51
2000 – Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
2005 – Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)

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Historical Events

1919 – Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Jesus T Pinerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor
1956 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
1971 – Sam Giancana returns to the United States after spending seven years of exile in Mexico
1985 – “Leader of the Pack” closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 120 performances
1990 – Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood

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Famous Birthdays

1895 – H G “Nummy” Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
1923 – Henny Alma [Hendrika den Broek], Dutch actress (Soldier of Orange), born in the Hague, Amsterdam (d. 2006)
1942 – Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter
1947 – Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener (Gavaskar’s partner for a while)
1963 – Kevin Poole, English footballer
1981 – Titus Bramble, English footballer

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Famous Deaths

1888 – Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53
1941 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet, dies at 68
1968 – Ruth St. Denis, American modern dance pioneer and teacher (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
1984 – Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
1996 – James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74
2005 – Lord Alfred Hayes, British Wrestling Announcer for WWE (b. 1928)

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Historical Events

1877 – Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Baltimore, kills 9
1921 – Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives
1932 – Franz von Papen launches a coup against the Prussian government
1953 – USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations
1956 – Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments

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Famous Birthdays

1793 – Aleksander Fredro, Polish poet and comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski), born in Surochów, Poland (d. 1876)
1847 – Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter
1933 – Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
1945 – John Lodge, English bassist, vocalist, and songwriter(The Moody Blues), born in Birmingham, England
1948 – Richard H Lehman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1978 – Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player

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Famous Deaths

1859 – Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
1868 – Antoine Prumier, French harpist and composer, dies at 75
1923 – Pancho Villa [José Doroteo Arango Arámbula], Mexican revolutionary general and guerrilla leader, , murdered at 55
1973 – Bruce Lee [Lee Yuen Kam], Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
1995 – Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82
1998 – June Byers, American professional wrestler (b. 1922)

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Historical Events

1688 – Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
1867 – US Congress passes 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson’s veto
1923 – WRC-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
1944 – Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem
1958 – “Oh, Captain!” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 192 performances
1971 – Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees

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Famous Birthdays

1851 – Hendrik Jut, Dutch murderer (Head of Jut), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1878)
1873 – Louis Zimmermann, Dutch violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1954)
1907 – Isabel Jewell, American actress (Gone with the Wind), born in Shoshoni, Wyoming (d. 1972)
1926 – Helen Gallagher, American singer, dancer and actress (Ryan’s Hope, Strangers When We Meet), born in Brooklyn, New York
1963 – Marla Duncan, Miss Northern California fitness (1990), born in Fairfield, California
1966 – David Segui, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Kansas City, Kansas

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Famous Deaths

1688 – Cornelis van Aerssen, Dutch governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
1947 – Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
1949 – Frank Murphy, American politician and 56th United States Attorney General, dies at 59
1973 – Vasily Dmitriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 33
1985 – Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish sci-fi author (The Whole Truth about Planet Xi), dies at 47
1995 – Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen and I Can’t Get Up), dies at 87

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Historical Events

1814 – British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin)
1907 – French troops occupy Casablanca
1947 – US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
1947 – British seize “Exodus 1947” ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
1976 – Nadia Comăneci becomes the first gymnast in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 score (total 7) at Montreal Games
1983 – Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales

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Famous Birthdays

1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist (Vanity Fair), born in Kolkata, India (d. 1863)
1893 – Josef Hüttel, Czech composer, born in Melnik, Bohemia (d. 1951)
1895 – George Machine Gun Kelly [Georgio Barnes], American gangster, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1954)
1913 – Marvin Miller [Mueller], American actor (Space Patrol, Dead Reckoning, Millionaire), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1985)
1923 – Michael Medwin, British actor and producer (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint), born in London, England
1964 – Wendy Williams, American TV and radio host (The Wendy Williams Show), born in Asbury Park, New Jersey

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Famous Deaths

1831 – Thomas Greatorex, English composer, dies at 72
1992 – Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
1995 – Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold 1992), dies at 24
1996 – Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
2004 – Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937)
2005 – Bill Hicke, Canadian NHL right wing (3-time NHL All Star), dies of cancer at 67

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