Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1835 – Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1945 – Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
1956 – Cincinnati Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game
1957 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic
1995 – Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save

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Famous Birthdays

1935 – Lajos Papp, Hungarian composer, born in Debrecen
1957 – Denis Leary, American actor and comedian (Rescue Me), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
1967 – Tracy Tracy [Tracy Cattell], musician (The Primitives), born in Australia
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor (American History X), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1971 – Trey Ames, actor (David-A Year in the Life), born in Canton, Ohio
1981 – Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece

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Famous Deaths

1642 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (b. 1575)
1645 – Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (b. 1608)
1815 – Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759)
1887 – Orson Squire Fowler, American phrenologist and lecturer, dies at 77
1966 – Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75
2001 – David Peakall, British scientist (b. 1931)

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Historical Events

1952 – Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1959 – 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
1987 – Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games
1996 – Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
2013 – 18 people are killed in conflict between Boko Harem and Nigerian military

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Famous Birthdays

1890 – Harry L Hopkins, US politician (Loan and Lease law)
1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
1927 – Robert Moore, American director and actor (Murder by Death, Marshall-Diana), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1984)
1930 – James Gulliver, businessman
1953 – Judith Regan, American book publisher
1973 – Paul Wiggins, offensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)

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Famous Deaths

1723 – Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
1777 – Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1945 – Pater Bleijs, [Louis], resistance fighter, dies in car accident
1953 – Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
1993 – Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56
1995 – William Strethan “Wild Bill” Davis, musician, dies at 76

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Historical Events

1922 – ATandT radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (NYC)
1944 – US 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux
1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market.
1991 – US President George H. W. Bush declares recession is near an end
1993 – South Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
2009 – 12th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 100m

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Famous Birthdays

1858 – Arthur Achleitner, German writer, born in Straubing, Germany (d. 1927)
1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (Felix the Cat), born in Union City, New Jersey (d. 1983)
1933 – Julie Newmar, actress (Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll), born in Hollywood, California
1954 – James Cameron, Canadian film director and writer (Titanic, Avatar), born in Kapuskasing, Ontario
1961 – Christian Okoye, American football player
1979 – Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach

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Famous Deaths

1675 – Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies
1870 – Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80
1973 – Selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85
1986 – John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45
1997 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (b. 1948)
2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (b. 1912)

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Historical Events

1914 – Panama Canal opens (under cost)
1936 – Marshall Wayne and Elbert Root make it an American 1-2 in the 10m platform diving at the Berlin Olympics
1944 – US 12 Army corps enters Le Mans through Orleans
1964 – Mayor Daley declares “Ernie Banks Day” in Chicago
1985 – P. W. Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban, South Africa, dissapointing many by refusing to consider immediate and major reforms in the country’s apartheid system
2006 – Der Spiegel, Spiegel Online, publishes documents confirming German writer Günter Grass’ membership of the Waffen-SS in World War II

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Famous Birthdays

1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1872 – Shri Aurobindo [Aurobindo Ghose], Indian guru and nationalist, born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1950)
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer (It’ll All Come Around), born in Campbellton, Canada
1970 – Ben Silverman, American TV executive
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor), born in Berkeley, California
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers)

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Famous Deaths

1038 – Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies
1369 – Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England
1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
1968 – Edward Kilenyi, Sr. [Ede Kilényi], composer and teacher (Clipped Wings, Outside the Law), dies at 84
1978 – Harrison Kerr, American composer, dies at 80
2010 – James J. Kilpatrick, American newspaper journalist and columnist (60 Minutes), dies at 89

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Historical Events

1559 – Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay, Fla
1862 – Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of African Americans to confer with a US president
1912 – 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925
1940 – Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland
1959 – 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
1984 – West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England

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Famous Birthdays

1552 – Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher
1737 – Charles Hutton, mathematician
1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor and father of the television, born in Helensburgh, Scotland (d. 1946)
1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler
1953 – Cliff Johnson, American computer game author
1980 – Roy Williams, American football player, born in Redwood City, California

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Famous Deaths

1834 – Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer and violinist, brother of Christian Friedrich Ruppe, dies at 63
1971 – Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59
1991 – Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61
2006 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
2007 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)
2010 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923)

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Historical Events

1932 – Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers and wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
1960 – USSR withdraws advisors from China
1981 – Last broadcast of “The Waltons” on CBS-TV
1986 – KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN)
1988 – US beats Jamaica 5-1 in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
2006 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf, London Hunt CC: Christie Kerr wins by 1 shot from Angela Stanford

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Famous Birthdays

1860 – Annie Oakley [Phoebe Ann Moses], American sharp shooter (Buffalo Bill’s Wild West), born in North Star, Ohio (d. 1926)
1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1980)
1920 – Neville Brand, American soldier and actor (DOA, Love Me Tender), born in Griswold, Iowa (d. 1992)
1952 – Tom Marino, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania 2011-), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1721 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
1990 – Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86
1994 – Manfred Worner, German general/Secretary-General of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59
1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and conservative President of Portugal (1974), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 86
2007 – Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)

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Historical Events

1687 – Battle of Mohacs: Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed by forces of Holy Roman Emperor under Charles of Lorraine
1863 – 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC)
1942 – German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe
1960 – Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched by NASA
1988 – Movie “Last Temptation of Christ” is released
1988 – Richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General

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Famous Birthdays

1620 – Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
1629 – Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)
1829 – John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1902)
1838 – Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1978 – Chris Chambers, American football player, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1979 – D.J. Houlton, American baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1935 – Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (Schottky’s theorem), dies at 84
1944 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915)
1968 – Esther Forbes, American novelist (Johnny Tremain), dies at 76
2004 – Peter Woodthorpe, British actor (b. 1931)
2005 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka), dies at 73
2010 – Richie Hayward, American musician and songwriter (Little Feat), dies from complications of liver cancer at 64

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Historical Events

1860 – US’s 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1942 – – Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland
1965 – 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
1965 – Watts riots begin in Southeast Los Angeles, lasts 6 days
1976 – Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
1987 – France and Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf

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Famous Birthdays

1807 – David R Atchison, President of USA on March 3rd 1849
1860 – Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson etats de Normandie)
1929 – Alun Hoddinott, Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture)
1956 – Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician
1964 – Hamish, rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
1984 – Katie Rees, American beauty pageant contestant

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Famous Deaths

1456 – Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49
1464 – Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies
1794 – Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer, dies at 72
1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), dies of cancer at 59
2009 – Eunice Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder (Special Olympics), dies at 88

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Historical Events

1497 – John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to “Asia”
1500 – Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar
1664 – Austria and the Ottoman Empire sign the Peace of Vásvár
1877 – Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians
1977 – USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
1991 – NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53

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Famous Birthdays

1821 – Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)
1882 – Max Kowalski, composer
1908 – Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer
1946 – James Reynolds, American actor (Days of our Lives), born in Oskaloosa, Kansas
1977 – Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling)
1980 – Kaysar Ridha, Iraqi-American reality TV contestant

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Famous Deaths

794 – Fastrada, 3rd wife of French King Charles the Great, dies at 30
1886 – Eduard Grell, German composer, dies at 85
1904 – Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies
1934 – John Kane, Scottish/US miner/painter, dies at 73
1987 – I W Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87
1991 – Josef Lipski, Polish politician, dies

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Historical Events

1842 – US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1862 – Battle of Cedar Mountain [Slaughter’s Mountain], fought in Culpeper County, Virginia, Confederate victory (US Civil War)
1936 – Korean nationals representing Japan earn medals in the marathon at the Berlin Olympics; Sohn Kee-chung won gold and Nam Sung-yong bronze
1970 – Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
1990 – 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
1999 – Charles Kennedy wins the race to succeed Paddy Ashdown as the leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK

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Famous Birthdays

1890 – Eino Kaila, Finnish psychologist/philosopher
1915 – Haim Alexander, composer
1938 – Dick Anthony Williams, actor (Our Family Honor), born in Chicago, Illinois
1971 – David Merritt, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1972 – Elizabeth Vassey, actress (Emily Martin-All My Children), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1974 – Tremayne Allen, tight end (Chicago Bears)

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Famous Deaths

1516 – Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66
1919 – Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85
1938 – Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (African cultures), dies at 65
1949 – Edward Thorndike, American psychologist (father of modern educational psychology), dies at 74
1955 – Marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57
1977 – Edward Chapman, British actor (Things to Come, Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75

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