Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1674 – Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes, Spinoza and Meyer
1937 – Joris Ivens’ “Spanish Earth” premieres in Hollywood
1944 – NY archbishop Spellman flies to Europe
1950 – French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
1967 – US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)
1976 – Rock group Deep Purple disbands

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Famous Birthdays

1895 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. 1953)
1907 – Gunter Bialas, composer
1917 – Robert Aitken, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1952 – Dominic Muldowney, English composer, born in Southampton, England
1965 – Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
1968 – Leroy Butler, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers – Super Bowl 31)

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Famous Deaths

1415 – Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
1811 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, German composer, dies at 76
1947 – U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
1994 – Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre Producer, dies at 81
2003 – Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908)
2016 – Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and fashion leader, dies at 93

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Historical Events

1915 – Second Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with over 80,000 casualties
1944 – Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
1954 – Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1976 – Stockhausens “Sirius” premieres in NYC
1986 – Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
1996 – The UN approves an Iraqi aid distribution plan, a major step forward in the direction of allowing Iraq to sell oil under Resolution 986

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Famous Birthdays

1711 – Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
1890 – Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983)
1938 – Paul Verhoeven, Dutch film director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1946 – Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
1954 – Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1963 – Al Snow, American professional wrestler

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Famous Deaths

1544 – René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
1650 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and physicist, dies at 74
1721 – Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies
1833 – Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1990 – Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
1993 – Davis Roberts, American actor (Westworld, Star Trek, The Killers), dies of emphysema at 76

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Historical Events

1596 – At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya
1943 – RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde
1967 – Race riots in Cairo Illinois
1981 – Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
1994 – 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
1996 – 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of NYC

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Famous Birthdays

1906 – John Carroll [Julian LaFaye], American actor (Flying Tigers, Go West), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1979)
1934 – Lucio Tan, Chinese Filipino businessman (Philippine Airlines), in Amoy China
1949 – Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
1957 – Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet)
1960 – Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
1962 – Bill Sage, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1510 – Tree of Commonwealth, beheaded at about 48
1588 – Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)
1704 – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer
1887 – Dorothea Dix, American social activist, dies at 85
1993 – Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
2016 – Gary S. Paxton [Larry Wayne Stevens], American musician and songwriter (Monster Mash, Alley Oop), dies at 77

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Historical Events

1902 – Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji v Australia, at Old Trafford
1925 – The first parliament in Iraq opened by King Feisal in Baghdad
1935 – First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1985 – All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (SD Padres)
2015 – Shootings in Chattanooga at a US military recruitment centre and a naval reserve training center kill 5 and injure others
2015 – Scientists reveal 1st close-up pictures of Pluto, sent by the New Horizons probe

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Famous Birthdays

1896 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician and 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1946-52), born in Oslo (d. 1968)
1933 – Sollie McElroy, RandB singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops)
1947 – Tom Boggs, rock drummer (Box Tops)
1960 – Terry Pendleton, infielder (Florida Marlins), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Bobby Lashley, American Professional Wrestler
1979 – Jayma Mays, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1139 – Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies
1857 – Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies
1887 – Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
1915 – Ellen White, American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, dies at 87
1931 – Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies
1996 – Adolf von Thadden, German politician, (b. 1921)

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Historical Events

1840 – Great Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia sign Quadruple Alliance
1902 – Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex v Surrey
1940 – Physicist Donald Kerst becomes the first person to accelerate electrons using electromagnetic induction, reaching energies of 2.3 MeV, when his betatron device (for particle acceleration) becomes operational
1960 – UN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis after Moïse-Kapenda Tshombé’s declaration of independence for Katanga province
1968 – Commercial air travel begins between US and USSR
1978 – 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St Andrews

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Famous Birthdays

1856 – Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa’s 1st Test captain)
1884 – Enrique Soro Barriga, composer
1931 – Clive Cussler, Aurora Illinois, American writer (Raise The Titanic, Sahara)
1933 – Julian Bream, guitarist
1961 – Forest Whitaker, actor and director (The Last King of Scotland, Platoon), born in Longview, Texas
1964 – Shari Headley, American actress (All My Children, Coming to America), born in Queens, New York

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Famous Deaths

1738 – Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Baroque composer, dies at 84
1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66
1929 – Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies
1987 – Jack O’Hagan, cricketer and composer (Our Don Bradman), dies at 88
2006 – Robert H. Brooks, founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937)
2017 – Babe Parilli, American football player, dies at 87

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Historical Events

1798 – US Sedition Act prohibits “false, scandalous and malicious” writing against government
1921 – Sacco and Vanzetti Trial: Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted murder and sentenced to death
1951 – “Courtin’ Time” closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances
1962 – US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1969 – “Easy Rider”, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released
1992 – 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD

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Famous Birthdays

1721 – John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
1903 – Ken Murray, American comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show), born in NYC, New York
1912 – Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic (d. 1991)
1967 – Leonardo Lavalle, Mexican tennis star
1967 – Glen Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1969 – Jose Hernandez, Hato Rey Puerto Rico, infielder (Chicago Cubs)

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Famous Deaths

937 – Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria
1766 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (b. 1674)
1949 – Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for South Africa), dies
1950 – Āpirana Ngata, Māori New Zealand politician and lawyer known for promoting and protecting Māori culture and language, dies at 76
1967 – Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
1990 – Philip Leacock, dies of collapsed lungs at 73

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Historical Events

1832 – Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft
1876 – 29th US Postmaster General: James N Tyner of Indiana takes office
1889 – 6th Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Blanche Bingley beats Lena Rice (4-6 8-6 6-4)
1941 – 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver
1962 – 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon
1988 – Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert

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Famous Birthdays

1859 – Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter
1863 – Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells)
1900 – JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic)
1957 – Cameron Crowe, director (Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1967 – Tony Massenburg, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1980 – Lori Fredrickson, Aurora Ill, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)

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Famous Deaths

574 – John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
1309 – Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1760 – Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania’s ambassador to the Native Americans, dies at 63
1844 – Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, dies at 66
1863 – John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32
1988 – Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104

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Historical Events

1442 – King Alfonso V of Aragon becomes King of Naples
1700 – Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700
1863 – In New Zealand, British forces invade Waikato, home of the Maori King Movement, beginning a new phase of the wars between Maori and Colonial British
1928 – 1st televised tennis match
1987 – 8th U.S. Senior Golf Open: Gary Player
1996 – Start of 1st “Super 8’s” tournament in Kuala Lumpur

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Famous Birthdays

1938 – Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
1943 – Bruce Taylor, cricketer (big-hitting NZ all-rounder 1965-73)
1951 – Brian Grazer, American film producer
1972 – Travis Best, American basketball player (1995-2002 Indiana Pacers), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1978 – Topher Grace, American actor
1981 – Adrienne Camp, South African singer/songwriter

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Famous Deaths

1536 – Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies at 69
1575 – Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies
1682 – Jean Picard, French astronomer, dies at 61
1845 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)
2008 – Tony Snow, former speechwriter for Presidents George H. W. Bush and press secretary for George W. Bush (b. 1955)
2017 – Chuck Blazer [Charles Gordon Blazer], American soccer administrator, dies from colorectal cancer at 72

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Historical Events

1346 – Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
1792 – Prussia army moves into French territory
1944 – 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
1984 – All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos) awarded for 2nd time
1991 – Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
2001 – Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution

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Famous Birthdays

1824 – Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer
1893 – Jack Durston, cricketer (England fast bowler against Australia 1921)
1969 – David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
1970 – Justin Chambers, American actor
1975 – Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer
1984 – Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress

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Famous Deaths

1540 – Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies
1909 – Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74
1944 – Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
1974 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
2007 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
2015 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55

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Historical Events

1778 – American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain
1861 – Lincoln writes to Kentucky’s militia and says Union troops will not enter that state
1923 – All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy
1956 – Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, South Africa, a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC
1971 – National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) founded in US by women including Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Myrlie Evers-Williams and Gloria Steinem
1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.

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Famous Birthdays

1797 – Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull)
1917 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1921 – Harvey Ball, American inventor (d. 2001)
1946 – Sue Lyon, Davenport Iowa, actress (Lolita, Night of the Iguana)
1952 – Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer
1958 – Béla Fleck, American musician

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Famous Deaths

1680 – Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643)
1806 – George Stubbs, British animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion), dies at 81
1889 – Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler (1841-45), dies at 69
1987 – John H. Hammond, American music producer, critic and activist, discovered Billie Holiday, dies at 76
2002 – Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
2007 – Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People’s Republic of China (b. 1944)

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