Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1848 – End of the June Days uprising in Paris by French workers
1879 – Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt
1945 – England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1952 – Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew
1968 – Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions
2012 – Animated film “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Buenos Aires

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Famous Birthdays

1893 – Big Bill Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist (Blues by Broonzy), born in Scott, Mississippi (d. 1958)
1911 – Edward H. Levi, American law professor (Intro to Legal Reasoning), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
1936 – Robert Maclennan, British MP
1942 – Orin C Smith, American businessman and CEO of Starbucks (2000-05), born in Ryderwood, Washington (d. 2018)
1973 – Aaron Jackson, actor (Mark Winkle-California Dreams), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1984 – Raymond Felton, American basketball player

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Famous Deaths

1938 – James Weldon Johnson, African American leader (NAACP), dies in a car crash at 67
1967 – Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
1990 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
1992 – Phil Rubenstein, American actor (Tango and Cash, Robocop), dies
2001 – Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
2007 – Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914)

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Historical Events

1500 – Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada
1646 – Thomas Fairfax’s New Model Army occupies Oxford
1864 – Battle of Petersburg: Union forces begin digging tunnels under Confederate lines
1950 – North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War
1951 – 1st color TV broadcast-CBS’ Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
1966 – Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

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Famous Birthdays

1907 – J Hans D Jensen, German physicist (atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963)
1925 – Ziggy Talent, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show), born in Manchester, New Hampshire
1964 – Phil Emery, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994)
1969 – Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record)
1972 – Mike Kroeger, Canadian musician (Nickelback)
1979 – Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer

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Famous Deaths

1830 – Ephraim McDowell, American Physician (pioneered abdominal surgery), dies at 58
1986 – Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1988 – Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WWII), dies
1996 – Ray Howard-Jones, artist, dies at 93
2002 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2011 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)

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Historical Events

1527 – Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking Catholic possessions
1748 – The Kingswood School is opened by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in Bristol. The school later moved to Bath
1866 – Second Battle at Custozza: the Austrian Imperial army, joined by the Venetian Army decisively defeated the Italian army, despite the Italians’ strong numerical advantage
1910 – 50th British Golf Open: James Braid shoots a 299 at St Andrews Scot
1970 – US Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1983 – 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB

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Famous Birthdays

1832 – Edward Harland, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1915)
1906 – Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (d. 1971)
1908 – Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)
1915 – Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar
1922 – Jack Carter [Chakrin], American comedian and actor, born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2015)
1973 – Alexander Beyer, German actor

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Famous Deaths

1673 – John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle
1913 – Frank Lynes, American composer, dies at 55
1938 – “Digger” Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1973 – George “Bud” Hamilton, American film make-up artist (Westmore family), dies from a heart attack at 55
2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
2013 – Alan Myers, American rock drummer (Devo), dies of cancer at 58

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Historical Events

1860 – US Congress establishes Government Printing Office
1917 – Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game
1926 – 8th government of Briand van France forms
1947 – US President Truman’s veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by Congress
1972 – 22nd Berlin International Film Festival: “The Canterbury Tales” wins the Golden Bear
1980 – West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)

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Famous Birthdays

1904 – Quintin McMillan, cricketer (South African leg spinner 1929-32)
1936 – Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece
1945 – John Garang, Sudanese leader and politician (d. 2005)
1947 – Bryan Brown, actor (F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1956 – Tony Hill, American football player
1978 – Frédéric Leclercq, French bassist (DragonForce)

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Famous Deaths

1806 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723)
1888 – Emil Naumann, composer, dies at 60
1895 – Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44
1958 – Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer, dies at 88
1982 – Vincent Chin, Chinese-American hate crime victim (b. 1955)
2001 – Corinne Calvet, French actress (Phantom of Hollywood, Apache Uprising), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 76

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Historical Events

1596 – Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java
1875 – Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000
1947 – 12″ rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
1959 – “Class” by Chubby Checker peaks at #38
1973 – Skylab 2’s astronauts land
1984 – Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins

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Famous Birthdays

1674 – Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, born in Brussels (d. 1732)
1896 – Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (Gift from the Sea), born in Englewood, New Jersey
1911 – Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
1947 – Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
1964 – Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)

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Famous Deaths

1903 – George White, African American resident of Delaware, lynched
1931 – Armand Fallières, French president (1906-13), dies at 89
1950 – Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
1996 – Arthur “T-Boy” Ross, American songwriter, brother of Diana, found murdered at 47
1996 – Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63
2014 – Teenie Hodges, American rhythm and blues guitarist, dies from complications from emphysema at 68

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Historical Events

1879 – Frank W. Woolworth opens his 1st successful “F. W. Woolworth Great Five Cent Store” on North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1913 – Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
1941 – 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria
1970 – 70th US Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 281 at Hazeltine National Minn
1975 – West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1978 – The British Army shoots dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack

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Famous Birthdays

1882 – Lluís Companys, Spanish politician, 123rd President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1933-40), born in El Tarròs, Urgell, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1940)
1896 – Dorothy Stickney, American actress (And So They Were Married), born in Dickinson, North Dakota (d. 1998)
1924 – Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalytic thinker, born in Paris (d. 2012)
1957 – Berke Breathed, cartoonist (Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland)
1961 – Joko Widodo, Indonesian politician (President of Indonesia 2014), born in Surakarta
1980 – Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1738 – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)
1979 – Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49
1997 – Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68
1999 – Karl Krolow, German poet and translator, dies at 84
2005 – Jaime Cardinal Sin, Filipino Catholic Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
2011 – Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (b. 1927)

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Historical Events

1893 – Lizzie Borden acquitted of the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts
1896 – 10th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Elisabeth Moore beats Juliette Atkinson (6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2)
1965 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
1975 – “Jaws”, based on the book by Peter Benchley, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider is released
1994 – Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran (70 killed)
1994 – US Fairchild Hospital Air Force Base massacre, former gunman kills 5 and injures 22

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Famous Birthdays

1887 – Arnaut Colnot, painter and graphic artist
1953 – Raul Ramirez, tennis player
1958 – Kelly Johnson [Bernadette], Edmonton, London, guitarist (Girlschool), (d. 2007)
1970 – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970 – Andrea Nahles, German politician
1972 – Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996)

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Famous Deaths

885 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
1846 – Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
1888 – Cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66
1953 – Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67
1984 – Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99
1995 – Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, dies at 91

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Historical Events

1269 – King Louis IX of France decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame
1807 – Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos
1846 – First offically recognised baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules) – NY Nines 23 defeat Knickerbockers 1 at Hoboken, New Jersey
1932 – Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China
1955 – Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
1963 – Greek government of Pipinolis forms

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Famous Birthdays

1606 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
1914 – Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (d. 2003)
1925 – Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), born in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2000)
1970 – Claire Mitchell-Taverner, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympics 1996)
1975 – Brandon Mitchell, defensive end (New England Patriots)
1980 – Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress

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Famous Deaths

1608 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
1949 – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian-Pakistani Prominent Muslim philosopher, dies at 64
1977 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
2010 – Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962)
2012 – Richard Lynch, American actor, dies at 76 (body found on this date)
2016 – Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (Star Trek), dies in an accident at 27

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Historical Events

1316 – Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns
1643 – Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
1928 – American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean landing at Burry Port, Wales
1948 – Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
1975 – Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
2015 – 18 vigilantes are killed and 53 are injured after an accidental detonation of an explosive device in Monguno, Nigeria

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Famous Birthdays

1897 – Henry Wadsworth, American actor (The Thin Man, Applause, Fast and Loose), born in Maysville, Kentucky (d. 1974)
1910 – E G Marshall [Everett Eugene Grunz], American actor (12 Angry Men, The Defenders), born in Owatonna Minnesota (d. 1998)
1949 – William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor
1949 – Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish lawyer and politician (head of Law and Justice party), born in Warsaw, Poland
1952 – Isabella Rossellini, actress (Big Night, Blue Velvet), born in Rome, Italy
1961 – [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)

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Famous Deaths

1291 – Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
1794 – James Murray, British military officer and administrator (b. 1721)
1980 – Terence Fisher, English film director (b. 1904)
1996 – Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
2008 – Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)

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Historical Events

1930 – Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games
1940 – General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London
1944 – -19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
1972 – Five men arrested after trying to bug Democratic National Committee office in Watergate Complex, Washington
1992 – Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day
1992 – Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns

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Famous Birthdays

1910 – Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), born in Blue Lick, Kentucky (d.1968)
1926 – Alan Walters, political economist
1927 – Martin Böttcher, German conductor
1954 – Mark Linn-Baker, American actor (Perfect Strangers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1977 – Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands
1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player

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Famous Deaths

1734 – Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle
1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726)
1974 – Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50
1990 – Dick Elffers, graphic artist, dies
1996 – Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (b. 1922)
2006 – Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka “Bussunda”, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)

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