Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1245 – Pope bans Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time
1856 – The Great Train Wreck of 1856 between Camp Hill and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania kills over 60 people
1867 – 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established
1968 – The Beatles’ animated film “Yellow Submarine” premieres in London
1987 – 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
2005 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf, Glen Arbour GC: South Korean Meena Lee wins by 1 from Australian Katherine Hull

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Famous Birthdays

1902 – Christina Stead, Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children)
1962 – Jay Barrs, archer (Olympic gold 1988, 92, 96), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1967 – Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
1971 – Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist, born in Izegem, Belgium
1983 – Brooke Kinsella, British actress (Eastenders), born in London, England
1984 – Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume), born in Hokkaido, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1025 – Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies
1845 – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1830-34), dies at 81
1864 – Daniel McCook Jr, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 29
1912 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician (Poincaré conjecture), dies at 58
1947 – Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved thousands of Jews), dies at 34
1985 – Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93

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Historical Events

1863 – Utrecht-Swells railway opens
1867 – D.R. Averill of Ohio patents ready-mixed paint
1900 – Russia launch an offensive against the Chinese in Manchuria
1924 – Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
1950 – FIFA World Cup Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay beats Brazil, 2-1
1990 – Rick Dee’s “Into the Night” premieres on ABC-TV

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Famous Birthdays

1889 – Larry Semon, American comedian and director (The Wizard of Oz), born in West Point, Mississippi (d. 1928)
1941 – George Young, Baron Young of Cookham, British minister of housing and planning, born in Oxford, England
1960 – Gisela Beyer, German discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980), born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany
1966 – Warren Sallenback, Canadian cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in South Surrey, British Columbia
1968 – Barry Sanders, American NFL running back (Detroit Lions, 1988 Heisman Trophy), born in Wichita, Kansas
1975 – Ana Paula Arósio, Brazilian actress (Domingão do Faustão), born in São Paulo, Brazil

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Famous Deaths

1843 – Hubert Matthijs Adriaan Jan van Asch van Wijck, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 68
1961 – [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88
1985 – Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1992 – Patrick Meaney, British businessman and CEO (Rank Organization), dies at 67
2001 – Maurice De Bevere, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
2002 – John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)

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Historical Events

1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign
1870 – Hudson’s Bay and Northwest Territories transferred to Canada
1884 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 4 consecutive Wimbledon titles for William Renshaw; beats Herbert Lawford 6-0, 6-4, 9-7
1991 – Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men’s pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
1992 – The Security Council of the UN examine violence in South Africa
2017 – Australian Justine Damond killed by Minneapolis police officer after calling 911 for a disturbance

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Famous Birthdays

1353 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1907 – Paterson Fraser, British air marshal
1930 – Charles Kelly, chief constable (Staffordshire England)
1941 – Geoffrey Burgon, composer
1965 – Scott Livingstone, infielder (San Diego Padres, Det Tigers), born in Dallas, Texas
1984 – Vice Cooler, American musician

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Famous Deaths

1912 – Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21
1937 – Walter Gay, artist, dies
1940 – Robert Wadlow, world’s tallest man (8’11.1″), dies at 32
1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (b. 1911)
1989 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
1996 – Dana Hill, actress (Vacation), dies at 32

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Historical Events

1863 – Battle of Falling Waters, Maryland (Beaver Creek)
1921 – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Massachusetts, of killing their shoe company’s paymaster
1964 – Oriole Bob Johnson’s 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter
1969 – “Easy Rider”, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released
1973 – British Open Golf, Royal Troon GC: American Tom Weiskopf wins wire-to-wire by 3 strokes from Johnny Miller and Neil Coles
1995 – LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0

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Famous Birthdays

1874 – ‘Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914)
1901 – George Tobias, American actor (Bewitched), born in NYC, New York (d. 1980)
1942 – Javier Solana, Spanish European Union foreign policy chief
1949 – Lukas D Barnard, head of South Africa secret service (NIS)
1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, Northridge California, actor (Breaking Away)
1967 – Leonardo Lavalle, Mexican tennis star

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Famous Deaths

1876 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60
1904 – Paul Kruger, the face of Boer resistance against the British during the South African or Second Boer War (1899–1902), dies of heart failure at 78
1966 – Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
1968 – Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76
1996 – Kim Besly, activist, dies at 69
2014 – Alice Coachman, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1948), dies of cardiac arrest at 90

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Historical Events

1836 – US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
1941 – Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of umpire Ray Snyder
1968 – British Open Golf, Carnoustie: South African Gary Player wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes clear of Bob Charles and Jack Nicklaus; 5th of Player’s 9 major titles
1979 – George Harrison releases single “Faster”
2004 – 75th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
2013 – Ten people are killed after a bus crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Famous Birthdays

1770 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman, born in Moscow (d. 1837)
1859 – Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter
1928 – Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist
1942 – Roger [Jim] McGuinn, American musician (the Byrds), born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Richard “Cheech” Marin, Mexican-American stand-up comedian, actor, and activist (Cheech and Chong-Up in Smoke, Nash Bridges), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 – Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star

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Famous Deaths

1760 – Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania’s ambassador to the Native Americans, dies at 63
1777 – Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
1982 – Michael Blankfort, American writer, producer and director, dies at 74
1996 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer, dies at 91
1997 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
2013 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician, dies of heroin and alcohol overdose at 31

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Historical Events

1817 – 1st flower show held in Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland
1927 – Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
1968 – Couve de Murville forms government in France
1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States
1982 – Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
1993 – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Sunset Promenade” opens in London

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Famous Birthdays

1925 – Yasushi Akutagawa, Japanese composer (Orpheus of Hiroshima, Ellora Symphony), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1989)
1925 – Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors), born in Colombus, Ohio (d. 2007)
1939 – Phillip Adams, Australian humanist and broadcaster (Late Night Live), born in Maryborough, Victoria
1974 – Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation)
1977 – Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler (WWE), born in Webster, South Dakota
1988 – Inbee Park, South Korean golfer (7 major titles; US Open 2008, 13), born in Seoul, South Korea

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Famous Deaths

1693 – John Ashby, English admiral
1814 – William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, British military leader (commander of British forces in the American Revolutionary War), dies at 84
1945 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)
1990 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager, dies at 73
1993 – Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91
2013 – Alan Whicker, British journalist and TV broadcaster (Whicker’s World), dies at 91

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Historical Events

1588 – French King Henri III accept demands of Catholic League
1931 – NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
1954 – 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Mississippi
1982 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Portland GC: Miller Barber wins by 4 strokes from Dan Sykes and Gene Littler; his first of 3 Senior Open titles
2013 – 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
2018 – Oldest stone tools outside Africa discovered in Lantian country, western China, estimated 2.12 million years old made by hominins

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Famous Birthdays

1885 – Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter
1906 – Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1922 – Eugene “Gene” Evans, American actor (My Friend Flicka, Johnny Ringo, Alamo), born in Hollbrook, Arizona (d. 1998)
1940 – Terry Patchett, politician
1953 – Peter Bergman, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, actor (Eat or Be Eaten)
1984 – Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer

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Famous Deaths

1302 – Jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies
1686 – Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75
1882 – Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday
1916 – Rik Wouters, Belgian painter and sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies at 33
1953 – Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), dies at 82
2015 – Claudia Alexander, Canadian-born American NASA Scientist (led Galileo mission to Jupiter), dies of cancer at 56

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Historical Events

1925 – USSR’s official news agency TASS forms
1932 – Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A’s beats Indians in longest relief job
1934 – 1st sitting US President to visit South America, FDR in Colombia
1974 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1992 – Spaceship Giotto (Halley 1986) approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup
2000 – Coldplay release their debut album “Parachutes” (Grammy Award Best Alternative Album 2002)

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Famous Birthdays

1899 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist, born in Gränichen, Switzerland (d. 1978)
1923 – Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actress (Othello), born in Ottawa, Ontario (d. 2003)
1938 – Lee Morgan, American hard-bop trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1972)
1942 – Ronnie James Dio [Ronald James Padavona], American singer, songwriter and musician (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven and Hell), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 2010)
1950 – Prokopis Pavlopoulos, 7th President of Greece, born in Kalamata, Greece
1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)

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Famous Deaths

1683 – François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
1690 – Domenico Gabrielli, Italian Baroque composer, dies at 39
1910 – Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
1963 – Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
2005 – Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
2006 – Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965)

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Historical Events

1672 – William III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1955 – The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London on the need to avoid nuclear war
1958 – Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
1991 – All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Baltimore Orioles)
1996 – “Blue” debut album by LeAnn Rimes is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1997)
2015 – 48th San Diego Comic-Con begins (till 12th) – includes preview of new Star Wars film by J.J. Abrams

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Famous Birthdays

1689 – Alexis Piron, French dramatist (La Métromanie), born Dijon, France (d. 1773)
1786 – Sophie Hélène Béatrix, Princess of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, born in Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1787)
1950 – Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player (French 1976, Italian 1976), born in Rome, Italy
1964 – Ronnie Grandison, American NBA forward (NY Knicks), born in Los Angeles, California
1970 – Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
1978 – Mark Medlock, German singer

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Famous Deaths

1957 – Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80
1969 – Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki’s Zen Mind, dies
1986 – Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered
1994 – Bill Mosienko, Ukrainian-Canadian National Hockey League player, dies at 72
2002 – Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
2010 – Jessica Anderson, Australian novelist (b. 1916)

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Historical Events

1836 – Charles Darwin reaches Saint Helena in HMS Beagle and takes up lodgings near the tomb of Napoleon
1876 – White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg South Carolina, killing 5
1905 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: May Sutton becomes first American player to win the singles title at Wimbledon; beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-4
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
1986 – NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain and Quality Assurance
1994 – Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches

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Famous Birthdays

1545 – Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
1918 – Craig Stevens [Gail Shikles Jr.], American actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn), born in Liberty, Missouri (d. 2000)
1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (d. 1995)
1926 – John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- )
1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician, born in Tel Aviv
1976 – Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer

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Famous Deaths

1930 – Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906-12), dies at 74
1943 – Jean Moulin, French hero of the Résistance during World War II, executed at 44
1967 – Vivian Leigh, English stage and film actress (Scarlet, in Gone with the Wind; Blanche DuBois, in A Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 53
2001 – John O’Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
2006 – June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
2017 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress (Indian Fighter), dies at 82

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