Category: On This Day

Historical Events

1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a “difference engine” in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled “Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables”
1908 – Fourth German Navy Bill is passed authorising the financing of the building of another four major warships
1923 – Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1953 – Eisenhower condemns McCarthy’s book burning proposal
1981 – No Nukes concert at Hollywood Bowl
1989 – Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams

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Famous Birthdays

1883 – Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert
1939 – Steny H Hoyer, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- )
1944 – Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
1963 – Chris DeGarmo, guitarist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
1970 – Willie Beamon, American former-NFL cornerback (New York Giants), born in Belle Glade, Florida
1977 – Massimiliano Neri, Italian Supermodel

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Famous Deaths

1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1962 – Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim
1964 – [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor and director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81
1969 – Wynonie Harris, American rhythm and blues singer, dies of cancer at 53
1982 – Marie Rambert, [Cyviam Ramberg], Polish/British ballerina, dies at 94
2016 – Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), dies at 72

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Historical Events

1942 – Germany lands 4 saboteurs on Long Island
1944 – German counter attack on Villers-Bocage, Normandy
1974 – IMF establishes its “oil facility”, a special fund for loans to nations whose balance of payments have been severely affected by high oil prices
1978 – Film “Grease” opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical
1981 – 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany
1988 – George Harrison releases “This is Love”

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Famous Birthdays

1763 – Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil
1854 – Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine)
1869 – Ede Poldini, Hungarian composer (La poupée valsante), born in Pest (d. 1957)
1951 – Jonathan Hogan, actor (House on Carroll St), born in Chicago, Illinois
1970 – Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)
1990 – Aaron Johnson, British actor

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Famous Deaths

1550 – Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, dies at 64
1810 – Johann Gottfried Seume, German writer (Spaziergang nach Syrakus), dies at 47
1865 – Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brigadier general, dies at about 29
1905 – Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered
1944 – Christopher Heseltine, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1895-96), dies
2002 – John Hope, American meteorologist (b. 1919)

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Historical Events

1903 – The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music
1942 – Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1952 – 2nd Berlin International Film Festival: “One Summer of Happiness” wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
1957 – Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
1973 – Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
1977 – Groundbreaking ceremony for John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

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Famous Birthdays

1577 – Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)
1908 – Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian TV pioneer and president of the CBC (d. 1988)
1910 – Bill Naughton, English playwright (d. 1992)
1928 – Michael Wishart, artist
1968 – Sherry Stringield, actress (ER)
1992 – Allie DiMeco American musician and actress (The Naked Brothers Band)

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Famous Deaths

1687 – Jurriaen van Streeck, Dutch still life painter, buried
1878 – Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26
1972 – Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63
1986 – Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76
1986 – Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66
1994 – Ron Goldman, waiter, murdered with wife of O.J. Simpson at 27

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Historical Events

1919 – 51st Belmont: J Loftus riding Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 and Trip Crown
1940 – Italy declares war on Allies
1964 – Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
1978 – 24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1988 – “Everything Your Heart Desires” by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3
1992 – Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame

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Famous Birthdays

1917 – James Bostock, painter/engraver
1927 – Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman (1922 Committee)
1940 – Joey Dee, singer (Hey Let’s Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris), born in Passaic, New Jersey
1962 – Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)
1968 – Sophie Okonedo, English actress (Hotel Rwanda), born in London
1982 – Diana Taurasi, American basketball player

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Famous Deaths

1216 – Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire
1949 – Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
1988 – Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89
1990 – Clyde McCoy, American jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86
2008 – Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
2015 – Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Free Jazz), dies at 85

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Historical Events

1794 – Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia forms
1865 – Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” 1st performance Munich, Germany
1890 – 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes riding Burlington wins in 2:07.75
1946 – Italian Republic established
1990 – 89th Women’s French Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (7-6, 6-4)
1999 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

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Famous Birthdays

1844 – Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1914)
1888 – Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)
1928 – Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
1961 – Kim Deal, American musician (Pixies), (The Breeders)
1962 – Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander)
1994 – Nicholas Santo Pietro, son of Vanna White

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Famous Deaths

1247 – Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada, archbishop Toledo/advisor Alfonso VIII, dies
1424 – Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
1839 – Nathaniel Pryor, sgt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies
1996 – Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
2003 – Dr Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939)
2007 – Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (b. 1940)

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Historical Events

1456 – 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
1772 – 1st Protestant church west of Pennsylvania (in Ohio) holds communion
1914 – Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
1933 – Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
1959 – 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1962 – 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8

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Famous Birthdays

1781 – George Stephenson, English engineer known as the “Father of Railways” (Locomotion No. 1, Standard Guage), born in Newcastle, England
1833 – John Rogers Cooke, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1891)
1910 – Robert Cummings, American actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1990)
1931 – Jackie Mason, Wisc, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup)
1954 – Gregory Maguire, American fantasy writer
1975 – Andrew Symonds, cricketer (Birmingham, brilliant Qld and Gloucs batsman)

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Famous Deaths

1929 – Lewis Bennison, American actor, dies at 44
1947 – Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62
1960 РRen̩ Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies
1976 – James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88
1991 – Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer’s related illness at 88
1997 – Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)

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Historical Events

1929 – 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
1944 – Allies occupy Port-en-Bessin Normandy
1963 – 95th Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:30.2
1965 – US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1991 – Warren Schutte is 1st non American to win NCAA Division 1 golf title
2017 – British General Election results in a hung parliament, Prime Minster Theresa May and the Conservative party lose their majority

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Famous Birthdays

1854 – Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician, born in Hawkesbury, Ontario (d. 1921)
1912 – Ian Morrow, company director
1926 – Anatol Vieru, composer
1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and captain, born in Yorkshire, England
1943 – J C A Barrett, Headmaster (Leys School-Cambridge)
1949 – Hildegard Falck, German FR, 800m runner (Olympic gold 1972)

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Famous Deaths

1042 – Harthacnut/Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018) Lambeth
1809 – Thomas Paine, English American writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54
1924 – George Mallory, English mountain climber (“because it is there”), dies in a climbing accident at 37 (b. 1886)
1966 – Joseph A. Walker, WWII and NASA test pilot (1st spaceplane flights to edge of outerspace), dies in an aircraft collison at 45
1987 – Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33

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Historical Events

1340 – Rotterdam Netherlands founded
1527 – Pope Clement VII surrenders to Emperor Charles V’s armies
1905 – Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
1924 – 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8
1987 – 86th Men’s French Open: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6)
1991 – Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time

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Famous Birthdays

1897 – George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1970)
1909 – Jessica Tandy, British actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included), born in London, England (d. 1994)
1925 – Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer (Thunder and Lightning)
1933 – Henk E Koning, Dutch sect of Finances (VVD)
1935 – Thomas Kailath, American engineer
1973 – Robert Barr, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)

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Famous Deaths

1555 – Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76
1654 – Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright and actor (L’adamo), dies at 76
1863 – Franz Xaver Gruber, composer (“Silent Night”), dies at 75
1976 – Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orchestra leader (Air time ’57), dies at 61
1993 – Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
1995 – Joseph Tomelty, Irish actor and playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba), dies at 85

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Historical Events

1903 – President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France
1936 – Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey
1965 – Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1972 – Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
2012 – 46th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan wins
2015 – 114th Women’s French Open: Serena Williams beats Lucie Safarova (6-3, 6-7, 6-2)

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Famous Birthdays

1661 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer
1772 – Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress consort (d. 1807)
1894 – Violet Trefusis, English writer and socialite who had a famous affair with writer Vita Sackville-West, born in London England (d. 1972)
1902 – Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer
1907 – Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43) and manager, born in Bastrop, Louisiana (d. 1993)
1973 – Jamie Wilson, tackle (Carolina Panthers)

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Famous Deaths

1799 – Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, dies at 63
1928 – Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer, dies at 67
1941 – Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer (b. 1878)
1951 – Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
1956 – Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 74
1999 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)

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Historical Events

1806 – Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
1925 – 29th US Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass
1940 – Battle of France begins in WW II
1955 – NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550′ HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1970 – Chile becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
1985 – Steve Cauthen wins aboard Slip Anchor at Epsom Downs to become the only jockey to win both the Kentucky Derby (1978) and The Derby

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Famous Birthdays

1915 – Lancelot Ware, founder (MENSA)
1920 – Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim)
1943 – Ann Craft, researcher/writer
1954 – Peter Erskine, jazz drummer (Weather Report)
1971 – Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
1987 – Charlie Clements, English actor

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Famous Deaths

1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
1568 – Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47
1667 – Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies
1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence
1967 – Edna Park Edwards, American stage and vaudeville actress, dies at 72
2009 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter, dies at 31

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