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07-08-2004, 09:17 AM
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Today In History
On July 8 in history ..
0951 - Paris is founded 1497 - Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India 1551 - Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren 1654 - 1st Jewish colonist arrive in US (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan) 1663 - King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island 1672 - Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general 1693 - NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies 1709 - Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes 1758 - English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY 1776 - Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila) 1777 - Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage 1778 - George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army 1792 - France declares war on Prussia 1796 - US State Dept issues 1st American passport 1797 - 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment 1800 - Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox 1805 - American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England 1816 - Frost in Waltham, MA 1833 - Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty 1835 - Liberty Bell cracks (again) 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena 1838 - Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed 1849 - St Paul's Place in the Bronx named 1853 - Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay 1861 - CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory 1861 - Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked & dispersed 1862 - Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret 1870 - Congress authorizes registration of trademarks 1870 - Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection 1876 - White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5 1889 - John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout) 1889 - Wall Street Journal begins publishing 1891 - 61øF, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila 1891 - Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio 1892 - American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass 1895 - Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa 1896 - William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention 1897 - Harbor Hospital formally opens 1898 - Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1898 - US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1900 - 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids) 1902 - John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore & Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles 1905 - Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center 1907 - Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof 1909 - 1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights 1911 - Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse 1912 - G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles v Cambridge 1912 - Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight 1918 - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple 1919 - Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference 1922 - 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60) 1923 - Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla) 1923 - Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland 1928 - Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader 1932 - Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22 1932 - Herbert Sutcliffe scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Gloucs 1933 - 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63) 1933 - Public Works Administration becomes effective 1935 - 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve 1938 - Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1939 - 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62) 1941 - 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1941 - All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star 1943 - 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve 1943 - British air raid sinks U-232 1943 - NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler 1943 - US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisia 1944 - British troops march into Caen 1944 - Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan 1946 - "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances 1946 - Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary 1947 - 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1947 - Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC 1948 - 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow 1949 - Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants 1950 - 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record) 1950 - 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61) 1950 - Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea 1950 - Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea 1951 - Yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud 1952 - 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila 1953 - US stops aid to Persia 1954 - KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 - Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala 1956 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open 1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1957 - Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick 1957 - CDC incorporates 1957 - Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders 1958 - 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt 1960 - Fidel Castro ends Havana's Intl League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ 1961 - Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies 1961 - Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die 1962 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open 1963 - Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move KC A's to Oakland 1963 - US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba 1965 - Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game 1966 - US airline strike (until Aug 19th) 1967 - 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64) 1967 - Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games 1968 - Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal 1969 - Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco 1969 - US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam 1970 - SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th) 1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1972 - English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen) 1972 - US sells grain to USSR for $750 million 1973 - Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker 1973 - NY Mets are 12« games back in NL, & go on to win pennant 1974 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1974 - Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game 1975 - Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany 1975 - Pres Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for pres 1975 - Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated 1976 - Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break 1977 - Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs) 1978 - 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjrn Brg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63) 1978 - Alessandro Pertini elected pres of Italy 1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus 1979 - Congo adopts constitution 1979 - Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles 1979 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic 1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1980 - 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA 1980 - All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cin Reds) 1981 - France performs nuclear test 1981 - PM Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1981 - Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0) 1982 - "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 perfs 1982 - Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager 1982 - Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property 1983 - Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title 1984 - 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62) 1984 - Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic 1985 - 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64) 1985 - Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red 1986 - Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257') 1986 - NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance 1986 - Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy 1987 - Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years 1988 - Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3) 1988 - Miami Arena opens 1988 - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking 1988 - Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 1989 - Carlos Sa£l Menum becomes pres of Argentina 1989 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1990 - 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890) 1990 - Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning 1990 - Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome 1990 - Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph) 1990 - Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game 1990 - Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic 1990 - Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7 1991 - Pitts Pirate Pres Carl Barger becomes 1st pres of Fla Marlins 1991 - Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1992 - Florida Marlins unveil their uniform 1992 - Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria 1994 - Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson 1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36) 1994 - Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches 1994 - St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1« years 1994 - Whitney Houston suffers a miscarriage 1995 - 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75) 1995 - 1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold 1997 - 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland 1997 - NATO invites Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic to join Famous birthdays 1528 - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland 1545 - Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II 1574 - Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer 1604 - Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien) 1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) 1637 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer 1638 - Matteo Coferati, composer 1757 - Richard Wainwright, composer 1809 - Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja) 1819 - Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 1819 - Vatroslav Lisinski, composer 1821 - William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1824 - Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1826 - Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers) 1826 - Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1829 - Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer 1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies 1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid dirigibles) 1839 - John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil) 1844 - Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School) 1851 - Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete) 1857 - Rudolf Dellinger, composer 1867 - Kthe Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg) 1869 - William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer) 1870 - Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje) 1871 - Clement Harris, composer 1871 - Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam) 1882 - Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs) 1882 - Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal 1885 - Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands 1885 - Emil Bloch, German philosopher 1889 - Eugene Pallette, Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro) 1890 - W Hasenvlever, writer 1891 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd) 1891 - Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day) 1892 - Richard Aldington, writer 1893 - Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy 1894 - Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist 1895 - Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms) 1898 - Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn 1898 - Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital) 1899 - David Eli Lilienthal, US govt organizer (Wisconsin) 1900 - George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata) 1901 - Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist 1904 - Bill Challis, arranger/pianist 1906 - Philip Johnson, Cleveland Ohio, Cortalyou architect 1907 - George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73) 1907 - Kishio Hirao, composer 1908 - Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia) 1908 - Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77) 1909 - Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil) 1910 - Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP) 1911 - Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering) 1911 - Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years) 1912 - Jacques Stehman, composer 1913 - Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns) 1914 - Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) 1915 - Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers) 1917 - Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret) 1917 - Glenn Langan, Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie) 1917 - Pamela Brown, London England, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett) 1918 - Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn) 1919 - Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president 1920 - Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up) 1923 - Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52) 1926 - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author/physician/educator 1926 - John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- ) 1927 - Carlo Franci, composer 1928 - Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show) 1928 - Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats) 1929 - Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House) 1930 - Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut 1931 - Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma) 1931 - Louis Ballard, composer 1931 - Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC) 1933 - Marty Feldman, London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein) 1935 - John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957) 1935 - Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy) 1935 - Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B) 1936 - Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L) 1937 - Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show) 1938 - Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator 1940 - Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins) 1942 - Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1942 - Janice Pennington, Kansas, playmate (May 1971)/model (Price is Right) 1942 - Phil Gramm, (Sen-R Texas, 1985- ) 1943 - Faye Wattleton, St Louis Mo, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood) 1944 - Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers) 1944 - Jeffrey Tambor, SF Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders) 1946 - Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co) 1948 - Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man) 1948 - Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga) 1951 - Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough) 1951 - Anjelica Huston, LA Calif, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien) 1951 - Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot) 1951 - Pleas Ned Sublette, composer 1952 - Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80) 1953 - Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase) 1956 - Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976) 1956 - Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) 1957 - Clyde Butts, cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties) 1958 - Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It) 1958 - Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) 1958 - Kevin Bacon, Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby) 1960 - Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96) 1960 - Valarie Pettiford, actress (Courtney Walker-Another World) 1960 - Valerie Pettiford, NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live) 1961 - Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100) 1962 - Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998) 1962 - Rob Burnett, North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman) 1963 - Bob Ctvrtlik, Long Beach Cal, volleyball outsider (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96) 1963 - Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks) 1963 - Pablo Magallon, jockey 1964 - Alexei Gusarov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche) 1964 - Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991) 1965 - Corey Parker, NYC, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd) 1967 - Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998) 1968 - C B Washington, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1968 - Glen Featherstone, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers) 1968 - Michael Weatherly, NYC, actor (Cooper Alden-The City/Loving) 1968 - Michel Langerak, soccer player (Dordrecht '90) 1969 - Bobby Ayala, Oxnard CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners) 1969 - Dana Hall, NFL safety (Cleve Browns) 1969 - Ernie Young, Chicago IL, outfielder (Oakland A's) 1969 - Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-4th-1995) 1969 - Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara) 1970 - Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96) 1970 - Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury) 1970 - Todd Martin, Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18) 1971 - Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins) 1971 - John Achterberg, soccer player (NAC) 1971 - Wendy Benson, NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns) 1972 - Brandon Rock, Las Vegas Nevada, 800m runner 1972 - Jay Bellamy, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks) 1972 - Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers) 1972 - Saurav Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996) 1972 - Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Phila Eagles) 1973 - Kathleen Robertson, actress (Beverly Hills 90210) 1974 - Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons) 1976 - Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Sparta) 1976 - Staci Wilson, Livingston NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-96) 1992 - Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks Famous deaths 0810 - Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) 0975 - Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies 1115 - Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies 1153 - Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies 1249 - Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 1253 - Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies 1496 - Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies 1531 - Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 1538 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 1623 - Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 1656 - Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 1679 - Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies 1681 - Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 1695 - Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 1859 - F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 1863 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 1870 - John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 1876 - Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78 1882 - Phiz [Hablt Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies 1885 - Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 1885 - Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies 1894 - Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies 1909 - Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 1919 - Johan A Dr Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56 1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies 1939 - [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80 1941 - Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 1942 - Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83 1942 - Louis FMF Franchet d'Esprey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90 1943 - Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered 1943 - Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed 1946 - Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63 1948 - Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies 1949 - Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 1949 - Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66 1950 - Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 1956 - Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1956 - Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75 1957 - Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78 1957 - Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81 1957 - William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89 1959 - Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1961 - Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 1969 - Gladys Swarthout, opera singer/actress (Ambush), dies at 64 1973 - Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies 1979 - John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64 1979 - Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies 1981 - Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86 1982 - Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77 1984 - Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73 1984 - Franz Fhmann, writer, dies at 62 1985 - Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 1985 - Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72 1985 - Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72 1990 - Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies 1991 - James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57 1991 - Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies 1994 - Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies 1994 - **** Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64 1994 - Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer 1994 - Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82 1994 - Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75 1995 - Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65 1996 - Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41 1996 - Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81 1996 - James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80 1996 - Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90 1997 - Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack at 92
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07-09-2004, 10:44 AM
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On July 9 in history ..
0711 - Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain 1371 - Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht 1386 - Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria 1401 - Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad 1517 - Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen 1536 - French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada 1540 - England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled 1553 - Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades 1572 - 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum 1595 - Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe 1609 - Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion 1672 - Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1686 - Germany, Sweden & Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion 1755 - Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British 1755 - Brit Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War 1766 - English premier Rockingham resigns 1776 - Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY) 1780 - Denmark declares neutrality 1795 - James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt 1800 - Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US 1815 - 1st natural gas well in US is discovered 1815 - King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France 1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain 1835 - St Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France 1842 - Notary Stamp Law passes 1846 - Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US 1852 - Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada & no one die 1853 - Adm Perry & US Navy visit Japan 1860 - Temperature hits 115øF in Ft Scott & 112øF in Topeka Kansas 1862 - Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky 1863 - R Morgan's: Indiana [->JUL 13] 1863 - Union troops enter Port Hudson 1864 - Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400 1868 - 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 1869 - Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented 1872 - Doughnut cutter patents by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me 1876 - Black landowner murdered in Hamburg SC 1877 - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held 1878 - An improved corncob pipe patents by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo 1891 - Irene Coit is 1st woman admitted to Yale University 1893 - Dr Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia 1900 - Australia accepts its constitution 1904 - 10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL 1908 - CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms 1910 - Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude 1914 - 1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY 1915 - Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa 1916 - 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany 1917 - British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804 1918 - 101 killed & 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tenn 1918 - Congress creates Distinguished Service Medal 1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute 1926 - Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander 1926 - Coup under Gen Sinel de Cordes in Portugal 1927 - Atty William T Francis named minister to Liberia 1932 - Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) forms 1932 - Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record 1933 - Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles 1934 - SS-Reichs Fhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps 1940 - 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis 1940 - German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms 1940 - RAF bombs Germany 1942 - Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family & 4 other Jews 1943 - 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje 1943 - British air raid sinks U-435 1944 - In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan fell 1944 - U-740 sinks 1944 - World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1946 - 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston 1947 - Britain's Princess Elizabeth & Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement 1947 - Spain votes for Franco monarchy 1948 - Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleve 1949 - Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres 1950 - 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record) 1951 - Pres Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1953 - 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC) 1953 - Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games 1955 - "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart 1955 - 1st black executive on White House staff (E Frederic Morrow) 1955 - Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart 1955 - Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week 1956 - **** Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand 1957 - 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis 1957 - Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced 1958 - Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock & ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1959 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Open 1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1963 - 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve 1963 - All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants) 1963 - Crusher Lisowski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1963 - Federation of Malaysia forms 1965 - 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale 1965 - John Edrich completes 310* v NZ in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes 1965 - Senators Frank Howard ties record with 7 strikeouts in DH 1966 - 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane 1967 - 13th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth 1967 - WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record) 1968 - 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston 1968 - All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants) 1969 - Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th 1970 - In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn 1971 - Henry Kissinger visits China PR 1972 - 1st tour of Paul McCartney & Wings (France) 1972 - 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75) 1972 - Kathy Ahern wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic 1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1973 - 9th Maccabiah games opens in Tel Aviv, Israel 1974 - Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election 1976 - England all out for 71 v WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5 1976 - Houston Astro Larry Dierker no-hits Montreal Expos, 6-0 1976 - Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe 1977 - 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland 1978 - "Hello, Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 152 perfs 1978 - American Nazi Party, holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago 1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic 1978 - Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA 1979 - Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab 1979 - Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter 1980 - 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil 1980 - Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years 1980 - Walt Disney's "Fox & The Hound," released 1981 - Jacksons begin a 36-city tour 1982 - Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England v India at The Oval 1982 - Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster 1982 - Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner La, killing 153 1984 - 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm 1984 - Yvonne Ryding, of Sweden, crowned 33rd Miss Universe 1985 - South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong 1986 - Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740 1986 - Att Gen's Com on Pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes 1986 - Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson 1987 - 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime 1987 - Col Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence 1988 - "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble 1988 - Chris Speier hits for the cycle & Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR 1988 - Jessye Norman begins recording Bizets "Carmen" 1988 - Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3 1989 - 103rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Becker beats Stefan Edberg (60 76 64) 1989 - 96th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats M Navratilova (62 67 61) 1989 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic 1990 - 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64) 1990 - Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts 1991 - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 7 perfs 1991 - 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto 1991 - All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Balt Orioles) 1991 - South Africa readmitted to Olympics 1992 - Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1992 - Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands 1994 - 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes) 1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36) 1994 - Soyuz TM-19 lands 1995 - "Play's the Thing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 75 performances 1995 - 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62) 1995 - Jack Nicklaus wins Golf's British Open (4th to win all 4 majors) 1995 - Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic 1995 - US international postage rates rise to 60 per « ounce 1996 - 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila 1996 - All star MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers) 1996 - US Senate approves 90 raise to $4.25 minimum wage 1997 - Baseball's triple A Anerican Assn (formed in 1902) votes to disband 1997 - Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear Famous birthdays 1513 - John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist 1535 - Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian 1578 - Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37) 1589 - Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist 1764 - Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian) 1766 - J Schopenhauer, writer 1777 - Henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian 1791 - Nicolas Ledesma, composer 1802 - Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor 1805 - Henry John Gauntlett, composer 1809 - Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist 1819 - Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine 1825 - Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters) 1831 - Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer 1834 - Jan Neruda, Czech writer/poet (Povidky Malostransk) 1839 - Carl Baermann, composer 1841 - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer 1855 - Johann P Zilcher, German composer 1856 - Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor (Tesla Coil) 1857 - Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18) 1858 - Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man) 1864 - Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer 1878 - H V Kaltenborn, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Who Said That?) 1879 - Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Strgkh 1879 - Ottorino Respighi, Bologna Italy, composer (Pines of Rome) 1882 - Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/composer/conductor (Caponsacchi) 1887 - Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea) 1893 - George Geary, cricketer (sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34) 1895 - Cullen Landis, Nashville TN, actor (Soul of the Beast) 1898 - Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist (Mary, Revolt in Congo) 1898 - Marcel Delannoy, composer 1900 - Robert Oboussier, composer 1901 - Barbara Cartland, romance author (Camfield #69) 1901 - Jester Hairston, NC, actor (Thats My Mama, Rolly-Amen) 1902 - Gerhard Pohl, German writer (Crazy Ferdinand) 1905 - Clarence Campbell, Saskatchewan, 3rd NHL pres (1946-77) 1906 - Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer (Secret Resistance) 1906 - Walter Sande, Denver CO, actor (Navy vs Night Monsters) 1910 - Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician 1911 - Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/landowner 1911 - Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser 1914 - Bill Tallon, cricketer (brother of Don, Queensland leggie) 1914 - Willi Stoph, president German DR 1915 - David Leo Diamond, Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943) 1916 - Edward Heath, (C) British PM (1970-74) 1916 - Joe Liggins, US composer (Pink Champagne) 1917 - Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars) 1918 - Herbert Brun, composer 1918 - Rowley I Arenstein, S African attorney/communist/ANC'er 1919 - Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper 1921 - Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter 1922 - Rey Hassan, Morroco, King of Morocco (1961- ) 1924 - Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic) 1924 - Pierre Cochereau, composer 1925 - Alan Dale, Bkln NY, singer (Alan Dale Show) 1925 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector 1925 - Thomas A Luken, (Rep-D-OH, 1973-74, 77- ) 1927 - Ed Ames, Malden Mass, actor (Mingo-Daniel Boone) 1927 - Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, NHL hall of famer (Norris trophy) 1928 - Vince Edwards, Bkln NY, actor (Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse) 1929 - Lee Hazelwood, Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson) 1929 - Mawlai al-Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961- ) 1930 - Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orch leader (Eddie Fisher Show) 1930 - Roy McLean, cricketer (prolific S African batsman played 40 Tests) 1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, politician (involved in Watergate) 1932 - John Paul Getty II, US/British oil magnate/billionaire (Getty Oil) 1933 - Nodar Kalistratovich Gabuniya, composer 1935 - Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer 1935 - Ronnie Burns, Evanston Ill, adopted son of George Burns 1935 - Willem Duisenberg, minister of Finance (PvdA)/pres (Nethche Bank) 1936 - David Joel Zinman, NYC, composer/conductor (Balt Symphony-1983) 1936 - James Hampton, Okla City OK, actor (Bugler Dobbs-F Troop, Teen Wolf) 1936 - June Jordan, US playwright/poet (His Own Where) 1937 - Clemon Daniels, AFL player of year 1963, halfback (Oak, Dallas SF) 1937 - David Hockney, Bradford England, artist (Pop Art) 1937 - Richard Roundtree, New Rochelle NY, actor (Getting Even, Shaft) 1938 - Brian Dennehy, Ct, actor (Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants) 1938 - Paul Seiko Chihara, Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer 1940 - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees) 1941 - Don McPherson, rocker 1941 - James Scott, director (Strike it Rich) 1941 - Karin von Aroldingen, Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co) 1941 - Scotty Baesler, (Rep-D-Kentucky) 1941 - Takehide Nakatani, Japan, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1964) 1942 - Edy Williams, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Dr Minx) 1942 - Hermann Burger, writer 1942 - Paul B Henry, (Rep-R-Michigan, 1985- ) 1942 - Robert Frankel, horse trainer 1943 - Bon Scott, [Ronald Belford], Kirriemuir Scotland, rocker (AC/DC) 1943 - John H Casper, Greenville SC, USAF/astronaut (STS 36, 54, 62, 77) 1944 - Glen [Charles] Cook, US, sci-fi author (Shadowline, Star's End) 1945 - Dean R[ay] Koontz, US, sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild) 1945 - Lewis F Payne Jr, (Rep-D-Virginia) 1946 - Joe Micelli, rocker 1946 - Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience) 1947 - Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth & Fire) 1951 - Chris Cooper, Kansas City MO, actor (Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan) 1952 - John Tesh, Garden City NY, New age pianist/TV host (ET) 1952 - Rod Boll, Fillmore Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96) 1953 - Dave Camp, (Rep-R-Michigan) 1953 - Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut 1954 - Debbie Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 1955 - Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer (Howard Stern Show) 1955 - Jimmy Smits, Bkln, actor (Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, NYPD Blue) 1955 - Lisa Banes, Chagrin Falls OH, actress (Cocktail, Look Back in Anger) 1955 - Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1956 - Tom Hanks, Concord Calif, actor (Bossom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Phila) 1956 - [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist (Soft Cell) 1957 - Kelly McGillis, Newport Beach Ca, actress (Top Gun, Accused, Witness) 1958 - Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach (Olympics-bronze-96) 1959 - Jim Kerr, Glasgow Scotland, rock vocalist (Simple Minds) 1960 - Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton Mass, Major USMC/astronaut 1961 - Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman (1996 World Cup) 1963 - Frank Bello, US heavy metal bassist (Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal) 1963 - Pamela Annette Sanders, Miami Florida, playmate (November, 1985) 1964 - Courtney Love, SF, vocalist (Hole)/actress (People vs Larry Flynt) 1964 - Ronnie Grandison, NBA forward (NY Knicks) 1964 - Scott Rachal Verplank, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1985 Western Open) 1965 - Bob Hess Jr, horse trainer 1968 - Shawn Harper, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1968 - Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies at 73 1969 - Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals) 1969 - Robert Gordon, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos) 1969 - Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer) 1970 - Steve Dubinsky, Montreal, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks) 1970 - Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins) 1971 - Anthony Fieldings, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1971 - Bobby Leslie, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) 1971 - Chadrick Brown, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals) 1971 - Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, WPVA volleyballer (Best of Beach-9th-1995) 1971 - Ger Senden, soccer player (Roda JC) 1971 - Jill Simon, Miss Iowa USA (1996) 1971 - Scott Grimes, Lowell Mass, actor (Together We Stand) 1972 - Derek Mills, Wash DC, 400m runner 1972 - Pete Kendall, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks) 1973 - Katasha Artis, WNBA forward (Charlotte Sting) 1973 - Kelly Holcomb, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons) 1976 - Fred Aaron Savage, Ill, actor (Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa) Famous deaths 1441 - Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies 1639 - Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 1654 - Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies 1677 - Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies 1696 - Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies 1716 - Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 1737 - de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies 1746 - Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62 1747 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76 1755 - E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War 1755 - Gottlob Harrer, composer, dies at 52 1755 - James Braddock, English general, dies in battle at Fort Duquesne 1756 - Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72 1797 - Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1805 - Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76 1821 - Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58 1843 - Washington Allston, US painter/author, dies at 63 1845 - Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, gov of Gelderland, dies at 57 1850 - B b, [Bah '¡ prophet] executed in Tabriz Iran 1850 - Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab, Persian founder of Babism 1850 - Zachary Taylor, 12th pres (1849-50), dies in White House at 65 1875 - Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54 1883 - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67 1893 - William Scotton, cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), suicide 1909 - Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62 1932 - Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies 1934 - Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55 1949 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75 1951 - Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56 1951 - Jorgen Bentzon, composer, dies at 54 1956 - Rene Erds, Hungarian literary (Le ny lmok [Dream Girl]), dies 1957 - Alexander Fyodorovich Ge****, composer, dies at 80 1957 - Manfred Julius Susskind, S African cricketer (1924 Test series), dies 1960 - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86 1960 - Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies 1961 - Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52 1962 - Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74 1963 - Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74 1967 - Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1968 - Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53 1968 - John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62 1968 - Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Passion Spin the Plot), dies at 73 1969 - Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies 1969 - Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano/alt (La Gioconda), dies at 64 1969 - Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63 1969 - Rob de Vries, actor/director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51 1972 - Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana 1974 - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70 1974 - Ted Bowley, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1929-30), dies 1977 - Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69 1978 - Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered 1978 - Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49 1979 - Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53 1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78 1979 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies 1981 - Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61 1981 - Oscar van Hemel, composer, dies at 88 1981 - Wilhelm H C Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87 1984 - Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85 1985 - Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49 1986 - Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered 1986 - Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, dies at 78 1988 - Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60 1988 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke 1990 - Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69 1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack 1992 - Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79 1992 - Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies 1993 - Cut Meijer, [Saul Messel], historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80 1993 - Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81 1994 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57 1994 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79 1995 - Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62 1995 - James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66 1995 - John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67 1995 - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47 1995 - W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83 1996 - Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84 1996 - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76 1996 - Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88 1996 - Peter Martini, British journalist, dies at 31 1996 - Susan Cowdy, British ornithologist, dies at 81
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On July 12 in history ..
0526 - St Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1109 - Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli 1191 - Richard Coeur de Lion & Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine 1290 - Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I 1442 - King Alfonso V of Arag¢n becomes king of Naples 1542 - French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders 1543 - England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife) 1549 - English boer army occupies Norwich 1575 - Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon 1627 - English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rh [NS=June 22] 1630 - New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island 1679 - Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 1689 - Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland 1690 - Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 1691 - Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII 1691 - Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II 1700 - Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700 1704 - Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland 1730 - Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII 1745 - Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle [NS] 1771 - James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs England 1774 - Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence 1774 - Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan 1776 - Capt Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean 1785 - 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands 1801 - Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French & Spanish 1812 - US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812) 1817 - 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) 1817 - Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course 1843 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy 1850 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States 1859 - Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Mass 1862 - Congress authorizes Medal of Honor 1862 - Federal troops occupy Helena Arkansas 1874 - Ontario Agricultural College founded 1874 - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "Gloria Scott" (BG) 1878 - Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500 1882 - 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC 1898 - Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda Sudan 1900 - 114øF (46øC), Basin, Wyoming (state record) 1901 - Cy Young wins his 300th game 1902 - Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage 1906 - Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1909 - 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes) 1912 - 1st foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC 1914 - Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 1918 - Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed 1920 - Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep 1920 - Panama Canal opens 1921 - Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs 1921 - Indians (9) & Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles 1926 - Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu 1926 - Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2) 1927 - Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs 1928 - 1st televised tennis match 1930 - 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins 1930 - Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 mins, 46 fours 1930 - Hedley Verity takes 10 for 10 v Notts (19 4-16-10-10) at Leeds 1931 - 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32 1933 - Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 per hour) 1934 - US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned 1934 - Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0) 1935 - Belgium recognizes Soviet Union 1937 - -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif 1943 - Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula) 1943 - National Committee Freies Deutschland forms 1943 - Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizscker 1943 - Russian offensive at Orel 1943 - Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die 1944 - Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased 1944 - US govt recognizes authority of General De Gaulle 1945 - Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games 1946 - Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia," premieres in Glyndebourne 1946 - Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR 1948 - 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires) 1949 - 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1949 - Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence 1949 - Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die 1949 - LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin 1950 - ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws 1950 - Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Fnten & F Fischer to death 1951 - Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill 1951 - NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0 1952 - East German SED decides to form German DR army 1953 - KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 - Major League Baseball Players Assn founded 1954 - Pres Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system 1955 - 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw 1955 - Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina 1957 - 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower 1957 - US Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer 1958 - "Li'l Abner" closes at St James Theater NYC after 693 performances 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1959 - NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game 1960 - Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence 1960 - Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched 1960 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament 1960 - USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs 1960 - XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 1962 - 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) 1962 - Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London) 1964 - 19th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1966 - 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record) 1966 - 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St Louis 1966 - All star MVP: Brooks Robinson (Balt Orioles) 1966 - Race riot in Chicago 1966 - US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints 1967 - 23 die in Newark race riot 1967 - 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0 1967 - Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested 1967 - Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship 1968 - Couve de Murville forms govt in France 1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1969 - 98th British Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham 1970 - 99th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at St Andrews 1970 - Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky 1970 - Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway 1970 - Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atl Ocean in "Ra" docks in Barbados 1971 - Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders 1972 - Democrats nominated George McGovern for president in Miami Fla 1974 - John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights 1975 - 104th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 279 at Carnoustie 1975 - Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings, Derbyshire v Yorkshire 1975 - Sao Tom e Pr¡ncipe gains independence from Portugal (Natl Day) 1976 - Ian Dury & Kilburns disband 1977 - 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise 1977 - John Edrich scores his 100th 100, Surrey v Derbyshire at The Oval 1978 - Sun Bank Building opens 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 - Ian Palce joins Whitesnake 1979 - Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from UK 1979 - "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers 1981 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic 1982 - Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs 1982 - FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail 1983 - Chad govt troops reconquer Abch 1984 - Geraldine Ferraro, NY becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate 1985 - "Singin' in the Rain" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 367 perfs 1985 - Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon 1985 - STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown 1987 - 15th du Maurier Golf Classic: Jody Rosenthal 1987 - 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel 1987 - 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar 1987 - 8th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player 1987 - Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief 1988 - 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1988 - All star MVP: Terry Steinbach (Oakland A's) 1988 - Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her 1988 - USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit 1989 - NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 1990 - "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington 1990 - Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party 1990 - Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990) 1992 - 13th US Seniors Golf Open: Larry Laoretti 1992 - Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert 1992 - Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament 1993 - 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed 1993 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London 1993 - Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM) 1994 - 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts 1994 - All star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves) 1994 - Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins 1996 - Kirby Puckett, retires from Minn Twins 1996 - Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million 1996 - Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur 1997 - Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit 1997 - Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn 1998 - 16th Seniors Players Golf Championship: 1998 - Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic Famous birthdays 1644 - Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) 1675 - Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer 1730 - Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) 1757 - Christian Danner, composer 1794 - Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist 1801 - John Hill Hewitt, composer 1802 - Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer 1807 - Silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) 1821 - Cesare Dominiceti, composer 1821 - Daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889 1840 - Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist 1849 - William Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system) 1854 - George Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera) 1861 - Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer 1864 - George Washington Carver, botanist (studied the peanut) [or Jan 10] 1868 - Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal) 1872 - Emil H cha, lawyer/president (Czechoslovakia) 1881 - Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] 1884 - Amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude) 1884 - Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) 1885 - George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer 1886 - Jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan) 1888 - Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) 1895 - Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner) 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, NYC, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers 1895 - R Buckminster Fuller, architect/inventor (geodesic dome) 1900 - Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky) 1901 - Robert Allenby, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1902 - Gnther Anders, writer 1904 - Pablo Neruda, Chile, poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971) 1905 - John C F, son of English King George V 1908 - Alain Cuny, actor (Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle) 1908 - Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician 1908 - Johan Franco, composer 1908 - Milton Berle, Harlem NYC, comedian (Uncle Miltie, Mr Television) 1909 - 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader (1941-45) 1909 - Joey Faye, NYC, comedian (Joey Faye's Follies) 1909 - Souphanouvong, [Red Prince], president of Laos (1975-87) 1911 - Johanna Moosdorf, writer 1912 - Broderick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane, photographer 1915 - Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer 1917 - Andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford Pa, painter (Christina's World) 1919 - Vera Hruba Ralston, Prague Czech, actress (Dajkota) [or 6/12/1921] 1920 - Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats) 1920 - Paul Foster, singer 1921 - Trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer 1922 - Clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate) 1922 - James E[dwin] Gunn, US, sci-fi author (Station in Space, Immortal) 1922 - Mark O Hatfield, (Sen-R Oregon, 1967- ) 1924 - Jaap Geraedts, composer 1925 - Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors) 1926 - Beah Richards, Vicksburg MS, actress/playwright (Big Shot, Generation) 1927 - Gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles 1929 - Pavle Merku, composer 1931 - Andr Laporte, Flemish composer 1931 - Bob Traxler, (Rep-D-MI, 1974- ) 1931 - Lord Clinton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1932 - Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist 1932 - Otis Crandell Davis, Ala, 400m/4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960) 1934 - Van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958) 1935 - Barrie Wilson, academic 1935 - Chris Burger, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1957-58) 1936 - Jan Nemec, Prague Czech, director (Diamonds of the Night) 1937 - Bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6) 1937 - Mickey Edwards, (Rep-R-OK, 1977- ) 1938 - Connie Francis, rocker 1938 - Mickey Stratton, Meriden Ct, softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969) 1942 - Richard Stoltzman, Omaha Nebraska, clarinetist (Tashi) 1943 - Bruce Taylor, cricketer (big-hitting NZ all-rounder 1965-73) 1943 - Christine McVie, rock vocalist (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me) 1943 - Ernie Anastos, Nashua NH, news anchor (WCBS, WABC) 1943 - Paul Silas, NBAer (Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic) 1944 - Bill McCollum, (Rep-R-Florida, 1981- ) 1944 - Denise Nicholas, Detroit Mich, actress (Room 222, Baby I'm Back) 1945 - Dimitar Penev, Bulgaria soccer player/union coach (Lokomotiv/CSKA) 1946 - Graham Roope, cricketer (England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78) 1946 - Sian Barbara Allen, Reading PA, actress (Scream Pretty Peggy) 1947 - Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour) 1948 - Jay Thomas, dj/actor (Eddie LeBec-Cheers, Jerry Gold-Murphy Brown) 1948 - Richard Simmons, exercise guru (Deal-a-Meal) 1948 - Walter Egan, NYC, rock vocalist (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll) 1949 - Jay Thomas, Kermit Tx, DJ/actor (Mork & Mindy, Cheers, Murphy Brown) 1949 - John Wetton, rock vocalist/bassist (Asia, King Crisom) 1950 - Eric Carr, rock drummer (Kiss-Beth) 1951 - Cheryl Ladd, Huron SD, actress (Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts) 1951 - Jamey Sheridan, Pasadena Calif, actor (Another World) 1952 - Liz Mitchell, Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M) 1952 - Phil Kramer, Youngtown Oh, rocker (Iron Butterfly) 1956 - Mel Harris, [Mary Ellen], Bethlehem Pa, actress (Hope-30 Something) 1957 - Buddy Foster, actor (Hondo, Mayberry RFD) 1957 - Rick Douglas Husband, Amarillo Texas, USAF mjr/astronaut 1959 - Judi Adams, Phoenix Az, archer (Olympics-1980, 96) 1959 - Rolonda Watts, talk show hostess (Rolanda) 1961 - Bruce Braman, Greene NY, canoe (alt-Olympics-96) 1962 - Grecia Colmenares, Venezuela, actress (Esmeralda, Los Crinimales) 1962 - Stein Jorgesen, LA Calif, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) 1963 - Norman Alvis, Fair Oaks Calif, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1963 - Thierry Tulasne, France, tennis star 1964 - Judi Evans Luciano, Montebello, actress (Paulina Cory-Another World) 1965 - Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower) 1965 - Michael Stewart, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins) 1965 - Robin Wilson, rocker (Gin Blossoms) 1965 - Russ Bertram, Indianapolis Ind, diver (Olympics-96) 1965 - Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay Indian middle-order batsman) 1966 - Allegra Curtis, London, model/daughter of Christine Kaufmann 1966 - Annabel Croft, England, tennis star 1966 - Peter Shorts, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1967 - Bruny Surin, Cap Haitien Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Oly-gold-96) 1967 - Joan Pitcock, Fresno CA, LPGA golfer (1995 Standard Register PING-3rd) 1969 - Alan Mullally, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler 1996) 1969 - Sabine Hack, Ulm Germany, tennis star (1995 Jakarta) 1970 - Chad Brown, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers) 1970 - Jaason Simmons, actor (Baywatch) 1970 - Jerry Ostroski, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills) 1970 - Markus Thomas, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores) 1970 - Marsha Guialdo, San Juan Trinidad, 100m hurdler 1971 - Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi, Hayward Calif, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-92) 1972 - Colin Quiney, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1972 - Travis Best, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) 1976 - Tracie Spencer, rocker 1980 - Tina Tharp, Jacksonville Fla, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96) Famous deaths 0783 - Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies 1073 - Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies 1429 - John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 1450 - Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI 1536 - Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies 1545 - Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies 1575 - Rene/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies 1633 - Simon Besler, composer, dies at 49 1640 - Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies 1712 - Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 1733 - Ann-Thrse de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at 86 1742 - Evaristo EF dall' Abaco, Ital cellist/composer, dies on 67th birthday 1773 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76 1804 - Alexander Hamilton, Sect of Treasury, dies in pistol duel 1839 - Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62 1844 - Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 1874 - Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63 1882 - Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44 1883 - Hermann Zopff, composer, dies at 57 1897 - Felix Godefroid, composer, dies at 78 1898 - Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1899 - Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, gov of Suriname, dies at 67 1902 - Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74 1906 - Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer, dies at 70 1916 - Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52 1917 - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies 1926 - Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40 1929 - Robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63 1933 - Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45 1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies 1953 - Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79 1953 - Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer, dies at 79 1956 - Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 1964 - William Solomon, S Africa cricketer (Test 1898-99), dies 1966 - D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo Japan at 96 1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Wolfman), dies after long illness at 66 1976 - Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72 1977 - Ed Holmes, actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 66 1977 - Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 75 1979 - Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69 1979 - Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30 1980 - John W Davis, Pres (WV State college), dies at 92 1981 - Ben Seijes, historian (WW II), dies at 73 1982 - Kenneth More, Brit actor (Genevieve), dies of Parkinson disease at 67 1983 - Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39 1988 - Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy 1988 - Raymond W Goldsmith, US economist, dies at 83 1990 - Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71 1992 - Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies 1992 - Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies 1993 - Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78 1993 - Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91 1994 - David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56 1994 - Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52 1994 - James Bysse Joll, historian, dies at 76 1995 - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 1995 - Earl Coleman, singer, dies at 69 1995 - Ernie Furtado, bassist, dies at 72 1995 - Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62 1996 - Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist, dies at 84 1996 - Gottfried von Einem, composer, dies at 78 1996 - John Boon, publisher, dies at 79 1996 - John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68 1996 - John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68 1996 - Jonathan Melvoin, keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins), dies of heorin OD 1996 - Nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Pakistan's 1st five Tests 1952-53), dies 1996 - William Darling, journalist, dies at 73
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On July 13 in history ..
0574 - John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1174 - Scottish King William captured 1522 - Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht 1568 - Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer 1573 - Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army 1643 - Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1645 - Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia 1657 - Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert 1668 - Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna 1700 - Russian-Turkish peace 1772 - Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas 1787 - Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) 1787 - Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop 1832 - Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft) 1836 - US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels 1837 - Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace 1851 - John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton 1854 - US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua 1861 - Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 1862 - Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 1863 - Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die 1863 - Battle of Bayou La Fourche, LA 1863 - Battle of Tupelo, MS (Harrisburg) [->JUL 15] US648 CS700 1863 - Rebellion at Morgan's, Ohio [->JUL 26] 1864 - Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley 1865 - Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" 1865 - P T Barnum's museum burns down 1868 - Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana 1870 - King Wilhelm of Prussia sends "Emser Dpche" on Bismarck 1876 - 29th Postmaster General: James N Tyner of Ind takes office 1878 - Congress of Berlin discusses division of African colonization ends 1878 - Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano 1882 - 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia 1896 - Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game 1898 - Guglielmo Marconi patents radio 1898 - SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens 1900 - Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8 1908 - 4th modern Olympic games opens in London 1917 - Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of F tima, Portugal 1919 - Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas 1919 - Chic White Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support afield 1923 - Draft law passes 1924 - Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6) 1925 - French occupation force begins evacuating country 1926 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4) 1930 - 1st-ever soccer World Cup competition began in Uruguay 1930 - Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home" 1934 - Babe Ruth hits HR #700 (against Detroit) 1935 - Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer 1935 - US-Russian commerce treaty takes effect 1936 - 112øF (44øC), Mio, Michigan (state record) 1936 - 114øF (46øC), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc (state record) 1938 - Krller-Mller museum opens in Holland 1939 - Frank Sinatra made his recording debut 1941 - 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver 1941 - Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of ump Ray Snyder 1942 - 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis 1942 - German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages 1942 - SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland 1943 - 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia 1943 - Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany 1944 - Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated 1945 - 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico 1946 - "Tidbits of 1946" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 8 performances 1948 - 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis 1949 - Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics 1950 - Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow 1950 - Ren Pleven forms French govt 1954 - 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve 1954 - Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9 1956 - WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 - 13th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1958 - 87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham 1958 - Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1960 - 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1960 - KDBQ-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KYA 1960 - US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate 1962 - 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea 1962 - 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 - Early Wynn, wins his 300th & last game at 43 1965 - 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn 1965 - All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant) 1966 - Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago 1967 - Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die 1968 - 97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland 1968 - French govt-Couve de Murville forms 1969 - Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon 1969 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Ladies' Supertest Golf Open 1970 - Building begins of Amsterdam metro 1971 - 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit 1971 - All star MVP: Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles) 1972 - LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners 1973 - Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0 1973 - Hector de C mpora resigns as pres of Argentina 1974 - 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham 1974 - India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley) 1975 - 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) 1975 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic 1976 - 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila 1976 - All star MVP: George Foster (Cin Reds) 1976 - Court martial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct) 1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45 1977 - NYC experiences 25 hr black-out 1978 - Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR 1978 - Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years 1978 - BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent" 1978 - Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II 1978 - Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp 1978 - Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida 1979 - Calif's Nolan Ryan & Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th 1979 - George Harrison releases "Faster" 1980 - 35th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott 1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1982 - 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal 1982 - All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cin Reds) 1982 - Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed 1984 - Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert 1984 - Jeff Beck quits Rod Stewart's tour after 7 shows 1984 - Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m 1985 - "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief 1985 - NY Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) & Elston Howard (32) uniforms 1987 - Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1988 - 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1988 - Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan 1988 - Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert 1991 - Bob Milacki & 3 other Balt Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0 1993 - 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore 1993 - All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minn Twins) 1994 - Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan 1994 - OJ Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing 1995 - Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), launches 1996 - Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940) 1997 - 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert 1997 - 52nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas 1997 - David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265 1997 - Ford Senior Players Golf Championship 1997 - Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77 Famous birthdays 1396 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 1527 - John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician 1590 - Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76) 1608 - Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) 1773 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art) 1793 - John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar) 1815 - James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880 1816 - Gustav Freytag, writer 1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard 1826 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro) 1847 - Cornlie Huygens, feminist/author (Barthold Meryan) 1850 - Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30) 1853 - Albert U Bth, Swedish poet (Vid Allfarwg) 1859 - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter 1863 - Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells) 1872 - Alfons van de Perre, Flemish physician/MP 1877 - Karl Erb, German tenor 1883 - [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Potasch & Perlemoer) 1884 - Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies) 1884 - John Francis Larchet, composer 1888 - Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Mensagem) 1888 - Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders) 1891 - Franco Casavola, composer 1894 - Isaak Babel, Rus short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary) [or 6/13] 1895 - Sidney Blackmer, Salisbury NC, actor (Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies) 1898 - Martin David, German/Neth law historian 1900 - JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic) 1901 - Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26) 1901 - Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist (tomato queen) 1903 - Eric Portman, Yorkshire England, actor (Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale) 1906 - Harry Sosnik, Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade) 1909 - David Branson, composer 1909 - Paul Constantinescu, composer 1909 - Washington Castro, composer 1913 - Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928) 1913 - Dave Garroway, Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show) 1913 - Ladislav Holoubek, composer 1913 - Walter Landor, designer 1920 - Hans Blumenberg, philosopher 1921 - Charles Scribner Jr, music publisher (Scribner) 1921 - Ernest Gold, composer 1922 - Anchor Jírgenson, premier of Denmark (1972-82) 1922 - Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night) 1923 - Susie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising) 1924 - George Handy, horse trainer 1925 - Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist 1926 - Meyer Kupferman, NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres) 1927 - Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor 1927 - Simone Veil, Pres European parliament (France) 1928 - Bob Crane, Waterbury Ct, actor (Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed) 1928 - Donal Michalsky, composer 1929 - Red Terrill Jr, horse trainer 1931 - Bill Moor, Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky) 1932 - Per Norgard, composer 1933 - David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright (Home) 1933 - Patsy Byrne, Ashford England, actress (Stealing Heaven) 1934 - Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10) 1934 - Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests 1962) 1934 - Roger Reynolds, composer 1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, dramatist (Road, Kongi's Harvest-Nobel 1986) 1935 - Jack F Kemp, (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing (1989-93) 1937 - Charles Coody, Stamford TX, PGA golfer (1971 Masters) 1940 - Patrick Stewart, England, actor (Picard-Star Trek Next Generation) 1940 - Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef (K-Paul) 1941 - Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) 1941 - Jacques Perrin, Paris France, actress (Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon) 1941 - Lut[guard] Tomsin, actress/director (Knock on the Door) 1941 - Robert Forster, Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator) 1942 - Giancarlo Giannini, Spezia Italy,actor (NY Stories, Sensual Man) 1942 - Harrison Ford, Chic Ill, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic) 1942 - Jay Uzzell, rocker (Corsairs) 1942 - Jim McGuinn, rocker 1942 - Rod Chandler, (Rep-R-WA, 1983- ) 1942 - Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man) 1942 - Stephen Jo Bladd, Boston Ma, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold) 1944 - Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler (late 60's) 1944 - Erno Rubik, Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube) 1945 - Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner (1968-80) 1945 - Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Duvelsmoer) 1946 - Cheech Marin, [Richard], comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke) 1946 - Michael Shea, US, sci-fi author (Fat Face, Polyphemus) 1948 - Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976) 1948 - Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place) 1948 - Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montral, Green Bay) 1948 - Linda Ann Simon, airline capt 1948 - Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam) 1948 - Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island) 1949 - Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1976) 1950 - George D "Pinky" Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26) 1951 - Didi Conn, [Bernstein], Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Grease) 1953 - Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman (1976-87) 1954 - David Thompson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics) 1954 - Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) 1954 - Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86) 1956 - Mark "Animal" Mendoza, rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 1956 - Mark Mendoza, rocker 1957 - Cameron Crowe, director (Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) 1958 - Joy Scott, jockey 1959 - Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up) 1961 - Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star 1961 - Lawrence Donegan, rock bassist 1963 - Anthony Webb, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves) 1963 - Bob Carpenter, Beverly, NHL left wing (NJ Devils) 1963 - Bobby Rock, Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection) 1963 - Martin Meza, jockey 1963 - Spud Webb, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks) 1964 - Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler) 1966 - Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980) 1967 - Pat Rapp, Jennings LA, pitcher (Florida Marlins) 1967 - Tony Massenburg, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies) 1968 - Kai Bjorn, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes) 1968 - Silke Meier, Wiesbaden Germany, tennis star (1994 Futures-Bad Gogging) 1969 - Ewan Beaton, Winnipeg Manitoba, 60 kg judoka (Olympics-9-92, 96) 1969 - Jamie Walter, actor (Pirate Island) 1969 - Kim Braatz, Santa Ana Calif, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets) 1969 - Richard Roelofsen, soccer player (Vitesse/MVV) 1970 - Lou Rosselli, NYC, 114« lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-1996) 1970 - Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) 1971 - Scott Brodie, St Catharines Ontario, rower (Olympics-96) 1972 - Clint Sodowsky, Ponca City OK, pitcher (Detroit Tigers) 1973 - Gavin Hassett, Saint John New Brunswick, rower (Olympics-96) 1974 - Jean ..., Miss Suriname 1993 1975 - Danielle Boatwright, Kansas, Miss USA (Kansas-2nd-1996) 1980 - Lori Fredrickson, Aurora Ill, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96) 2305 - Jean Loc Picard, fictional capt on Star Trek Next Generation Famous deaths 0574 - John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies 0939 - Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies 1024 - Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies 1105 - Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies 1309 - Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies 1380 - Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60 1621 - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61 1755 - Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh 1762 - James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies 1777 - Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 1785 - Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78 1793 - Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday 1813 - Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67 1844 - Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 1860 - John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69 1861 - Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 1863 - John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32 1877 - Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65 1889 - Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49 1890 - John C "Pathfinder" Frmont, US explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76 1894 - Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26 1903 - August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77 1923 - Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], German(?) composer, dies at 80 1925 - Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies 1927 - James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies 1936 - Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91 1936 - Jos Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43 1943 - Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50 1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82 1947 - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies 1951 - Arnold Schnberg, Austria/US composer (Verklrte Nacht), dies at 76 1954 - Irving Pichel, dies at 63 1954 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47 1955 - Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor, dies at 59 1955 - Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging 1956 - Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54 1958 - Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday 1960 - Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55 1967 - Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51 1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67 1973 - Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80 1973 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72 1974 - Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76 1975 - Owen Wynne, cricketer (6 Tests for S Africa 1948-50), lost at sea 1976 - Max Butting, composer, dies at 87 1978 - Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78 1979 - Corine Griffith, dies at 84 1980 - Seretse Khama, 1st president of Botswana, dies 1982 - Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69 1982 - John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85 1987 - Patience Collier, dies 1988 - Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51 1988 - Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104 1989 - Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered 1989 - Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed 1990 - Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81 1991 - Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies 1992 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76 1992 - Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78 1993 - Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 1993 - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31 1994 - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79 1994 - Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50 1996 - Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer, dies at 71 1996 - Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91 1996 - Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91 1997 - Alexandra Danilova, ballet great, dies at 92
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On July 15 in history ..
1099 - 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Jerusalem 1205 - Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude & subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus 1307 - Duke Henrik van Karinthi chosen king of Bohemia 1410 - Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland 1500 - Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion 1500 - "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre 1501 - Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon 1524 - Emperor Karel I bans German national synode 1538 - Peace talks between Karel & King Franois I 1662 - England's King Charles II charters Royal Society in London 1755 - French ambassador recalled from London 1779 - US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY 1783 - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France 1787 - Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes 1795 - "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem 1806 - Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest 1808 - French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte captured 1815 - Napoleon surrendered & is later exiled on St Helena 1830 - 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, signs a treaty giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri 1840 - England, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance 1850 - John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North v South at Lord's 1856 - Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony 1862 - CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R 1863 - Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army 1864 - Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 & injuring 109 of 955 aboard 1867 - SF Merchant's Exchange opens 1869 - Margarine is patents by Hippolye Mga-Mouris for use by French Navy 1870 - Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US 1870 - Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created 1870 - Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada 1876 - Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford 1888 - Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years 1893 - Commodore Perry arrives in Japan 1900 - President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin 1901 - NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0 1902 - Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex v Surrey 1904 - 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles 1906 - Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam 1909 - Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs 1911 - 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines 1912 - British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 1914 - Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe 1916 - 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) 1916 - Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash 1918 - 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I 1920 - Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season 1922 - 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo 1922 - 26th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill 1923 - 27th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in NY 1923 - Italian parliament accepts new constitution 1926 - VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms 1927 - 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St Andrews 1929 - 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca 1932 - President Hoover cuts own salary 15% 1933 - Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world 1936 - Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget 1937 - Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens 1937 - Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China 1938 - Arthur ***g completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent 1939 - Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight 1940 - 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il 1940 - Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam 1941 - Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin) 1942 - 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz 1942 - Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps" 1944 - Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb 1945 - 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio 1946 - British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown 1948 - Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain 1948 - Pres Truman nominated for another term (Phila) 1949 - "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances 1949 - Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 1949 - WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 - 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins 1952 - Gerald D Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding 1954 - 110øF (43øC) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) 1954 - 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707) 1954 - KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 - WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 - WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 - Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational 1956 - Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8) 1957 - Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die 1957 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1958 - Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months 1958 - US marines deployed in Lebanon 1960 - Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle 1961 - "Donnybrook!" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 68 performances 1961 - 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale 1961 - Spain accept equal rights for men & women 1962 - Algeria becomes member of Arab League 1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open 1962 - Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea 1963 - KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1963 - Paul McCartney is fined 17 for speeding 1964 - Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans 1965 - "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars 1965 - Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece 1967 - "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances 1967 - LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer *** champs 1967 - Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open 1967 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1968 - "One Life to Live" premieres on TV 1968 - Commercial air travel begins between US & USSR 1968 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1968 - NJ Americans moved to Comack & become NY Nets (ABA) 1968 - Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres 1969 - Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader 1969 - Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season 1970 - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship 1971 - Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China 1972 - 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane 1972 - Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo's Four-Ball Golf Championship 1973 - Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0 1973 - Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic 1973 - Paul Getty III kidnapped 1973 - Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide 1973 - Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs 1974 - Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees 1975 - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1975 - All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pitts Pirates) & John Matlock (NY Mets) 1975 - Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz) 1975 - Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later 1976 - 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children & their bus driver in Calif 1978 - 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St Andrews 1979 - 34th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz 1979 - Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India 1980 - Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record 1982 - Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle 1982 - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas 1982 - Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 1983 - 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 1983 - Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance" 1984 - 39th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy 1984 - John Lennon releases "I'm Stepping Out" 1985 - Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe 1986 - 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston 1986 - All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox) 1987 - Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence 1987 - John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings 1987 - State of siege ends in Taiwan 1990 - 45th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King 1991 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1991 - US troops leave northern Iraq 1991 - Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit 1992 - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed 1994 - Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary 1994 - Israel & Jordan agree to talks in Wash DC on July 25th 1994 - NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit 1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64) 1995 - Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton) 1995 - Jews take Jerusalem 1995 - Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540 1996 - After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd 1996 - MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV 1996 - Prince Charles & Princess Di sign divorce papers 1996 - Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake Famous birthdays 1573 - Inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral) 1606 - Rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch) 1638 - Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, composer 1700 - Johann Christoph Richter, composer 1701 - Pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death) 1704 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in N America 1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) 1796 - Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology) 1798 - Charles H Bell, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1875 1802 - John Barnett, composer 1808 - Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) 1808 - Henry Edward Manning, cardinal/archbishop (Westminster) 1812 - Benno Adam, animal painter 1817 - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway) 1818 - Heinrich Esser, composer 1848 - Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist 1849 - Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer 1850 - Francesca Xavier Cabrini, [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint 1856 - Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain) 1864 - Marie Tempest, [Marie Susan Etherington], actress (Yellow Sands) 1865 - Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 1867 - Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist 1870 - Ernest Walker, composer 1872 - Jos Enrique Rod¢, Montevideo Uruguay, writer (Motivos the Proteo) 1875 - Frank "Pop" Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962) 1875 - Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter 1878 - Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist 1884 - Enrique Soro Barriga, composer 1889 - Marjorie Rambeau, SF Calif, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song) 1892 - Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer 1893 - Enid Bennett, Australia, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins) 1898 - Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer 1898 - Norman Demuth, composer 1901 - Pyke F C Koch, Dutch surrealistic painter (Dolores' Breakfast) 1902 - Jean Rey, Belgium, pres of European Commission (1967-70) 1902 - Raymond Hackett, NYC, husband of Blanche Sweet/actor (Faithless Lover) 1905 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist (I'm in the Mood for Love) 1906 - Edmund Davies, British lord of appeal 1907 - Paterson Fraser, British air marshal 1909 - Enid Kathleen Hutchinson, adult educationalist 1909 - Isabel Jewell, Shoshone WY, actress (Ceiling Zero, Arousers) 1909 - John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler (one Test 1931) 1910 - Ronald Binge, composer 1911 - Juliet Pannett, English portrait painter 1911 - Lord Shackelton, explorer/govt minister 1913 - Murvyn Vye, Quincy Mass, actor (Bob Cummings Show) 1913 - Ralph Hammond Innes, English author 1915 - Alexander Durie, vice president (British AA) 1915 - Ron Smith, union leader (British Postal Workers) 1916 - George Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam) 1917 - Robert Conquest, English author (Back to Life) 1918 - Lord Buxton of Alsa, CEO (ITV) 1919 - Iris Murdoch, Dublin Ireland, novelist (Severed Head, Unicorn) 1920 - Eldon Rudd, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- ) 1920 - Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal 1921 - Jack Hamilton Beeson, composer 1922 - Jef Houthuys, chairman Belgian labor union (ACV 1968-87) 1922 - Jeffrey Benson, CEO (600 group) 1922 - Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia, journalist/dissident 1924 - David Cox, warden (Nuffield College, Oxford) 1924 - Jeremiah A Denton, (Sen-R-AL, 1981-86) 1925 - Phil Carey, Hackensack NJ, actor (Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live) 1926 - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer 1926 - John Graham, British ambassador to NATO 1927 - Ann Jellicoe, theater director/playwright (Knack) 1927 - Carmen Zapata, NYC, actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City) 1929 - Larry Lamb, newspaper editor 1930 - Charles Kelly, chief constable (Staffordshire England) 1931 - Clive Cussler, writer (Raise The Titantic, Sahara) 1931 - Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs 1932 - Nina Van Pallandt, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (American Gigolo) 1933 - Frederico Davia, opera singer 1933 - James Ball, economist 1933 - Julian Bream, guitarist 1934 - Harrison Birtwhistle, Accringto Lancashire, composer (Trombeau) 1934 - Simon Gournlay, president (British National Farmer's Union) 1935 - Alex Karras, Gary Ind, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster) 1935 - Ken Kercheval, Wolcottville Ind, actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas) 1936 - Marion Roe, MP (C) 1938 - Carmen Callil, publisher 1938 - Enrique Figuerola Camue, Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1964) 1939 - Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (12 Tests 1958-62) 1939 - Patrick Wayne, LA Calif, actor (Rounder, Shirley, Beyond Atlantis) 1939 - Ronald Hadfield, chief constable (West Midlands England) 1939 - William David Hellerman, composer 1941 - Geoffrey Burgon, composer 1942 - Henry McCubbin, MEP (Labour) 1942 - Philip R Sharp, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1975- ) 1943 - Diligenti quintuplets, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1943 - Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer 1944 - Jan-Michael Vincent, Denver, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie) 1944 - Millie Jackson, Thompson Ga, model/singer (Get it out 'cha system) 1945 - Gene Upshaw, NFL offensive tackle (Oakland Raider) 1945 - Peter Lewis, LA Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape) 1946 - Hassabal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Waddaulah, sultan of Brunei 1946 - Linda Ronstadt, Tucson Az, singer (Dif Drum)/actress (Pir of Penzance) 1948 - Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame (Mexico-1968) 1949 - John Arthur Casken, composer 1949 - Kerry Short, Vineland Ont, Canad Tour golfer (Highland Amat-1981, 84) 1949 - Trevor Horn, rock producer (Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie) 1949 - WiIlliam Faure, producer 1950 - Alan Hurst, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1974-79) 1951 - Jesse "The Body" Ventura, wrestler/actor (Predator, Running Man) 1952 - David Bell, horse trainer 1952 - David Pack, rocker (Ambrosia) 1952 - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (Rep-R-Florida) 1952 - Jeff Carlisi, rock guitarist (38 Special) 1952 - Jesse Ventura, [James Janos], wrestler/actor (mayor-Brooklyn Pk-MN) 1952 - Jill Long, (Rep-D-Indiana) 1952 - Larken Collins, rocker (Rossington-Collins Band) 1953 - Cathy Larmouth Torrance Calif, playmate (Jun, 1981) 1953 - Franklyn Seales, St Vincent, actor (Dexter-Silver Spoons) 1953 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Hati (1991, 1994- ) 1953 - John Denham, MP (Labour) 1954 - Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions (Oly-20-1996) 1956 - Joe Satriani, rocker 1956 - Kathy Kreiner, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976) 1956 - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km) 1957 - Kate Kellaway, critic 1958 - Daniel Bruce Forsman, Rhinelander WI, PGA golfer (1992 Buick Open) 1960 - Alexander W Dunlap, Honolulu Hawaii, astronaut 1960 - Kim Alexis, Lockport NY, model (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover) 1960 - Willie Aames, Newport Beach Ca, actor (8 is Enough, Paradise, Zapped) 1961 - Forest Whitaker, Longview TX, actor (Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout) 1961 - Lolita Davidovich, actress (Blaze, Jungle2Jungle) 1962 - Brigitte Nielsen, Eisinore Denmark, actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV) 1963 - Joe Phillips, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs) 1963 - Shari Headley, Brooklyn NY, actress (Mimi Reed-All My Children) 1963 - Steve Thomas, Stockport Eng, NHL left wing (NJ Devils) 1964 - Leonard Stabb, actor (Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light) 1965 - Kirt Manwaring, Elmira NY, catcher (SF Giants) 1965 - Scott Livingstone, Dallas TX, infielder (SD Padres, Det Tigers) 1966 - Irene Jacob, actress (Red, Othello) 1966 - Kristoff St John, NYC, actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless) 1966 - Rickey Foggie, CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1967 - Carnell Lake, NFL strong safety (Pitts Steelers) 1969 - Christina Novak, Miss Arizona USA (1996) 1969 - John Crotty, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trailblazers) 1969 - Johnny Scott, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions) 1969 - Lorenzo Williams, NBA center (Wash Wizards, Dallas Mavericks) 1969 - Peter Ciavaglia, Albany NY, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 1969 - Richard Fletcher Pride III, Tuscaloosa AL, PGA golfer (1994 Fed Exp) 1970 - Julian Paynter, Australian 5k runner (Olympics-96) 1970 - Stephen Howard, NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics) 1971 - Dean Panaro, Knoxville Tenn, diver (Olympics-96) 1971 - Eric Lacroix, Montreal, NHL left wing (LA Kings) 1971 - Ernest Dye, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals) 1971 - James Baldwin Jr, Southern Pines NC, pitcher (Chic White Sox) 1972 - Khalid Reeves, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, NJ Nets) 1973 - Brian Austin Green, Van Nuys Cal, actor (David-Beverly Hills 90210) 1973 - Donald Willis, WLAF corner (Amsterdam Admirals) 1974 - Janice Bremner, Burlington Ontario, synchro swimmer (Olymp-silver-96) 1976 - Rebecca Snyder, Grand Junction Colo, air pistol (Olympics-1996) 1981 - Alecia Ingram, Knoxville Tenn, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96) Famous deaths 0668 - Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37 1085 - Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia & Calabria, dies at 70 1274 - John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies 1291 - Rudolf I, King of Germany & Holy Roman Empire, dies 1381 - John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged 1411 - Johannes Parvus, [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies 1416 - John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies 1417 - Willem J Eggert, financier (W E Center, Purmerend), dies 1609 - Annibale Carracci, painter, dies 1685 - James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed 1738 - Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed 1738 - Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer, dies at 84 1738 - Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1751 - John Wilson, botanist, dies 1765 - Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies 1782 - Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77 1782 - Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33 1784 - Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies 1789 - Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74 1798 - Gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66 1810 - Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75 1839 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies 1854 - Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39 1856 - Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 1857 - Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 1862 - David Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72 1865 - Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 1868 - William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies 1869 - A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated 1876 - Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 1881 - William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 1883 - Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 1885 - Rosal¡a de Castro, Spanish writer, dies at 48 1890 - Gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70 1904 - Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44 1910 - Danil Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies 1912 - Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 1915 - Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80 1929 - Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies 1930 - Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies 1933 - Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67 1934 - Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies 1935 - Alfred Archer, cricketer (England batsman in one Test 1899), dies 1935 - Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89 1937 - Walter Gay, artist, dies 1939 - Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies 1939 - Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies 1940 - Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 1940 - Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32 1942 - Denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies 1947 - Henry Kolker, dies at 76 1948 - John J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87 1952 - Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident 1957 - George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74 1957 - Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87 1958 - Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident 1958 - Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies 1959 - Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 1959 - Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies 1960 - Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63 1968 - Lura Anson, dies in Woodland at 76 1969 - Peter Van Eyck, dies after long illness at 56 1971 - Guy Wilkerson, dies of cancer at 71 1975 - Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies 1976 - Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 1977 - Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies 1980 - Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84 1980 - Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85 1982 - Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies 1982 - Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle 1983 - Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 1986 - Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87 1986 - Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 1987 - Alfie Bass, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66 1987 - Jack O'Hagan, cricketer/composer (Our Don Bradman), dies 1988 - Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 1990 - Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86 1990 - Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73 1990 - Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall 1991 - Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57 1992 - Henk van der Molen, guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bijl), dies 1993 - David Brian, US actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78 1994 - Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies 1995 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83 1995 - Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66 1996 - Dana Hill, actress (Vacation), dies at 32 1997 - Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70 1997 - Gianni Versace, designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50
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On July 16 in history ..
0390 - Brennus & Gauls defeat Romans at Allia 0463 - Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius 0622 - Moslem Era begins-Mahomet begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hejira) 0622 - Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH) 1054 - Michael Caerularius excommunicated of Constantinople 1099 - Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue & set it afire 1212 - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain 1251 - The Virgin Mary gives Simon Stork a haircut (legend) 1338 - German monarch signs Treaty of Rense 1429 - Army entered Reims 1429 - Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans 1439 - Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading) 1519 - Public debate between Martin Luther & theologist John Eck 1548 - La Paz, Bolivia is founded 1573 - Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland 1618 - Capt John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain 1659 - Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II 1661 - 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm 1683 - Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna 1769 - Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif 1775 - John Adams graduates Harvard 1782 - Mozart's opera "Das Entfhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna 1790 - Congress establishes District of Columbia 1798 - US Public Health Service forms & US Marine Hospital authorized 1801 - Pope Pius VII & 1st consul Napoleon sign concord 1845 - NY Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta 1856 - Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem 1857 - Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1861 - Manassas Campaign [->JUL 22] 1862 - David G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy 1863 - Utrecht-Swells railway opens 1867 - Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam 1867 - D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint 1867 - Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete 1894 - Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners 1894 - Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England 1895 - Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton 1902 - John McGraw named manager of NY Giants 1902 - Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji v Australia, at Old Trafford 1904 - Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs 1909 - Det & Wash play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings 1912 - Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B A Fiske 1914 - Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski & Rosa Luxemburg) 1920 - 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0) 1920 - China joins the League of Nations 1920 - Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief 1920 - Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1924 - Conference over German recovery payments begins in London 1924 - NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games 1926 - Jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc 1926 - National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1927 - Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua 1934 - Bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes 1935 - 1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok) 1936 - 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY 1936 - NY Giants are 10« games back in NL, & go on to win pennant 1938 - 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa 1940 - NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee 1941 - 100øF (38øC) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1941 - Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game 1942 - French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris 1942 - Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp 1944 - Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row 1945 - 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico 1945 - Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets 1945 - Cruiser Indianapolis leaves SF with atom bomb 1946 - Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in SF history) 1946 - US court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau 1947 - Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19 1948 - Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Phila, NY Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott & Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager 1950 - Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 1950 - Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro 1951 - 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) 1951 - King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates 1951 - Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorks v Surrey at The Oval 1951 - Novel "Catcher in Rye" by JD Salinger published 1953 - KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 - "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland 1956 - Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1956 - Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR 1956 - King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England 1956 - Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent 1957 - Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) 1960 - 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer 1960 - George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit HRs with a runner on 1961 - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open 1961 - Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1962 - NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1963 - Amazon carries 190,000 m3/sec (record) 1964 - Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as pres candidate 1965 - Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens 1966 - "Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 perfs 1967 - Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open 1967 - Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida) 1969 - Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1970 - Iraq's constitution goes into effect 1970 - Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2 1971 - Franco points prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain 1972 - Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople 1972 - Smokey Robinson & Miracles final live performance 1973 - During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes 1975 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term 1976 - Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years 1977 - Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad & Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe 1978 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic 1979 - Premier/pres al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein 1980 - Polish railway workers block railway to Russia 1980 - Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by Republicans in Detroit 1981 - India performs nuclear Test 1981 - Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously 1982 - George P Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs 1982 - NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth 1982 - Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud 1983 - 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident 1985 - 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn 1985 - All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (SD Padres) 1985 - Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent 1985 - F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph) 1987 - Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1987 - Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81) 1987 - Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1988 - Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec 1988 - Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts 1988 - Michael J Fox marries Tracy Pollan 1988 - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings 1988 - Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton 1989 - 44th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King 1990 - 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in Philippines 1990 - Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA 1990 - Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins 1990 - NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities 1990 - Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV 1990 - Ukraine declares independence 1993 - President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville 1993 - S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 in London 1993 - SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consec errorless games 1994 - "Sisters Rosensweig" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 556 perfs 1994 - 1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd) 1994 - 3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in LA 1994 - Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds « billionaire J Howard Marshall II (89) 1994 - Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games) 1994 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter 1994 - Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL home game (vs Toronto Argonauts) 1994 - Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights 1994 - Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup 1995 - "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 40 perfs 1995 - "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth NYC after 55 perfs 1995 - 13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J C Snead 1995 - 50th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam 1997 - Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker Famous birthdays 1571 - Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized 1704 - John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle 1715 - Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France 1722 - Joseph Wilton, sculptor 1723 - Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) 1725 - Georg Simon Lohlein, composer 1728 - Henri Moreau, composer 1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres) 1796 - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter 1801 - Julius Plcker, German mathematician/physicist (Plcker formulas) 1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (Science & Health) 1822 - Luigi Arditi, violinist/composer 1823 - James Isham Gilbert, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1829 - Robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 1834 - Carlo Angeloni, composer 1834 - Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914) 1839 - Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist 1848 - Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music) 1855 - Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer 1858 - Eugne Ysaije, Belgium, violinist/conductor/composer (Pierill Houou) 1860 - Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist 1862 - Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist 1865 - George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist 1872 - Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1877 - Bla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) 1882 - Edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) 1882 - Felix Locher, Switzerland, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter) 1887 - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) 1888 - Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) 1888 - Percy Kilbride, SF CA, actor (Egg & I, Ma & Pa Kettle) 1896 - Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken) 1896 - Trygve Halvdan Lie, Norway, 1st UN secretary general (1946-52) 1899 - Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney (NY) 1901 - Fritz Mahler, composer 1903 - Mary Philbin, Chicago IL, actress (Phantom of the Opera) 1904 - Goffredo Petrassi, Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines) 1904 - Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal (Belgium) 1907 - Barbara Stanwyck, Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds) 1907 - Orville Redenbacher, popcorn King (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet) 1908 - Aruna Asaf Ali, politician 1908 - Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral 1909 - Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, moral theologian 1909 - John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter 1910 - Stan McCabe, cricketer (exciting NSW & Australian batsman of 30's) 1911 - Ginger Rogers, [Virginia McMath], Independ Mo, dancer (Gay Divorcee) 1911 - Sonny Tufts, [Bowen Charleston Tufts II], Bost, actor (Variety Girl) 1912 - Ray Barr, NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show) 1913 - Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer 1913 - Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor (Brain, Wages of Fear) 1915 - Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills NY, (Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends) 1915 - Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker (House of Lords) 1915 - Edward Miller, Master (Fitzwilliam College Cambridge) 1916 - Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough 1917 - William Bishop, Oak Park Ill, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life) 1919 - Charles Graham, lord-lt of Cumbria UK 1920 - Anwar Hussain, cricketer (four Tests for Pakistan v India 1952-53) 1921 - Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe 1921 - Trevor Williams, scientific consultant 1923 - Reginald Prentice, British government minister 1924 - Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945) 1925 - Phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground) 1926 - Brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer) 1926 - Philip Randle, biochemist 1927 - John Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office 1927 - John Warr, England, cricket bowler (avg 281)/president (MCC) 1927 - Shirley Hughes, author/illustrator 1928 - Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel) 1928 - James Kilfedder, MP (Ulster Popular Unionist) 1928 - Ray Thornton, (Rep-D-Arkansas) 1928 - Robert Sheckley, US, sci-fi author (10th Victim, Mindswap) 1929 - Michael Morland, High court judge 1930 - Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet) 1930 - John Everett Watts, composer 1930 - Michael Bilirakis, (Rep-R-Florida, 1983- ) 1931 - Caroline Blackwood, writer 1932 - John Chilton, jazz trumpeter 1932 - Milly Vitale, Rome, actress (7 Little Foys, War & Peace, Juggler) 1932 - Oleg Protopopov, Russia, olympic pairs skater (Gold 1964, 68) 1932 - [****] Richard L Thornburgh, Penn, US Attorney General (1988-93) 1933 - Sollie McElroy, R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops) 1934 - Donald Payne, (Rep-D-New Jersey) 1935 - Tom Rosenthal, publisher/British broadcaster 1936 - Buddy Merrill, Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show) 1936 - V Subramanya, cricketer (Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's) 1937 - Richard Bryan, (Sen-D Nevada) 1938 - Anita Brookner, art historian/novelist 1938 - Thorkell Sigurbjornsson, composer 1939 - Corin Redgrave, London, actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons) 1939 - Marion Pitt, social worker/writer 1939 - Mary Parkinson, British broadcaster 1939 - William Bell, [Yarborough], US singer (Tryin' to Love Two) 1940 - Tony Jackson, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers) 1941 - George Young, MP/British minister of housing & planning 1941 - Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen (Frisia) 1941 - Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1942 - Desmond Dekker, [Dacris], Jamaica, reggae pioneer (Aces-Israelites) 1942 - Frank Field, MP (Labour) 1942 - Margaret Smith Court, Australia, tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam) 1943 - Jimmy Johnson, NFL coach (Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins) 1943 - Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker 1945 - Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire 1945 - Diana Warwick, leader (Assn of University Teachers) 1945 - Jos Stelling, director (Pointsman) 1945 - Kellie Everts, Kalv Germany, Miss nude Universe (1968) 1947 - O[renthal] J[ames] Simpson, SF, NFL running back (Buf Bills)/actor 1947 - Roelof P Meyer, S Afr under minister of Law & Order etc 1947 - Tom Boggs, rock drummer (Box Tops) 1948 - Pinchas Zukerman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967) 1948 - Rubn Blades, salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight) 1949 - Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Night Ranger) 1949 - Cyndy Garvey, Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host (AM LA) 1949 - Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions) 1950 - Camille Saviola, Bronx NY, actress (Nightlife) 1950 - Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1951 - Esther M Friesner[-Stutzman], US, sci-fi author (Witchwood Cradle) 1951 - Lorraine Chase, actress/model (Lame Ducks, Love & Bullets) 1952 - Phillip Carrick, cricketer 1952 - Stewart Copeland, Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne) 1953 - Mickey Rourke, boxer/actor (Wild Orchid, Barfly) 1953 - Philece Sampler, San Angelo, Tx, actress (Donna Love-Another World) 1956 - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division-Transmission) 1957 - Alan Donnelly, MP (Labour) 1957 - Wlodi Smolarek, soccer player (FC Utrecht) 1958 - Michael Flatley, Chicago Ill, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance) 1959 - Gary Anderson, NFL kickerk (Phila Eagles) 1960 - Eus van Someren, pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw) 1960 - Gisela Beyer, German DR, discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980) 1960 - Terry Pendleton, LA Calif, infielder (Florida Marlins) 1961 - Leila Kenzle, Patchogue LI NY, actress (Fran Devanow-Mad About You) 1963 - Mikael Pernfors, Sweden, tennis star 1963 - Phoebe Cates, Manhattan NY, actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High) 1964 - Miguel Indur in, Spanish bicyclist (Tour de France winner 1991-95) 1965 - Charles Smith, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs) 1965 - Claude Lemieux, Buckingham Que, NHL forward (Team Canada, Colorado) 1966 - Bonnie Bright, Redondo Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17th-) 1966 - Chip Lohmiller, NFL kicker (NO Saints) 1966 - Jyrki Lumme, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Canucks, Finland Oly-B-98) 1966 - Warren Sallenback, South Surrey BC, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1967 - Roger Duffy, NFL guard/center (NY Jets) 1968 - Ariel Solomon, NFL center/guard (Pitts Steelers) 1968 - Barry Sanders, NFL running back (Detroit Lions, 1988 Heisman Trophy) 1968 - Eric Jonassen, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1969 - Rain Pryor, actress (Head of the Class)/daughter of Richard 1970 - Fabio Casartelli, cyclist 1970 - Phil Graham, Halifax Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96) 1970 - William Van Landingham, Columbia TN, pitcher (SF Giants) 1971 - Chris Thomas, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers) 1971 - Corey Feldman, Encino Calif, actor (License to Drive, Stand by Me) 1972 - Aaron Glenn, NFL cornerback/kick returner (NY Jets) 1972 - Mindy Carson, NYC, vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue) 1973 - Karla Beteta, Miss Universe-Guatemala (1996) 1973 - Shaun Pollock, cricketer (son of Peter South African Test quick 1995-) 1974 - Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard (Olymp-bronze-96) 1975 - Jonathan Zwinkel, hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1976 - Anna Smashnova, Minsk Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Erlangen GER) 1976 - Michael Petkovic, Australian soccer goalie (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1978 - Stephanie Lee Hamilton, Williston ND, Miss America-ND (1997) 1979 - Kim[berly] Rhode, Whittier Calif, double trap (Olympics-gold-1996) Famous deaths 0276 - Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered 0599 - Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies 1099 - El Cid, [Rodrigo D¡az de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 1139 - Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies 1216 - Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies 1482 - John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies 1557 - Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41 1590 - Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], pontiff of Portugal, dies 1647 - Massaniello, [Tommaso Aniello], Napolitan rebel, murdered 1664 - A Gryphius, writer, dies at 47 1691 - Franois-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, statesman, dies 1698 - Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 1729 - Johann David Heinichen, composer, dies at 46 1730 - Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies 1736 - Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies 1747 - Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies 1762 - Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87 1764 - Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 1782 - Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61 1827 - Josiah Spode, potter, dies 1843 - Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, politician, dies at 68 1857 - Pierre-Jean de Branger, poet, dies 1864 - Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27 1868 - Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 1886 - Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies 1887 - Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 1889 - Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 1890 - Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies 1896 - Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 1896 - William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies 1897 - Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies 1916 - Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies 1916 - Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 1916 - Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies 1917 - Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 1923 - Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60 1931 - Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies 1939 - Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies 1944 - John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed 1953 - Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1955 - Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise Courtenay], Belgian princess, dies at 81 1960 - Albrecht von Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Italy), dies at 74 1960 - John Phillips Marquand, novelist, dies at 66 1961 - [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88 1962 - Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies 1971 - H T Tsiang, dies at 65 1972 - Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65 1972 - Max Zehnder, composer, dies at 70 1973 - Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91 1979 - James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93 1981 - Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38 1982 - Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies 1982 - Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine & Co), shoots self at 35 1984 - Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73 1985 - Heinrich Bll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67 1985 - Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 1989 - Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 1991 - Cornelis Z Forster, [Da Kuneisi], Suriname granman/gaanman, dies 1991 - Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 1991 - Frank Rizzo, (Mayor-D-Phila, 1972-80), dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 - Robert Motherwell, US painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76 1992 - "Gorgeous" George, [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84 1992 - Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51 1992 - Johnny Martin, cricketer (NSW & Australian chinaman bowler), dies 1994 - M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78 1994 - Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91 1995 - Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 1995 - Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83 1995 - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84 1995 - Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies 1995 - Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65 1995 - Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91 1995 - Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83 1995 - Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86 1995 - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91 1996 - Alan McGilvray, cricketer (NSW 1933-37, radio commentator 35-85), dies 1996 - John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48
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On July 19 in history ..
0064 - Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire 0532 - Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle 1195 - Battle at Alarcos: Almohaden beats Alfons VIII of Castilia 1380 - Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais 1425 - Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good 1510 - 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia 1524 - Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 1525 - Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau 1545 - King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 1551 - Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania 1553 - 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days 1572 - Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries 1575 - Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater 1590 - King Philip Ii's secretary Antonio Prez escapes jail 1599 - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java 1639 - French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan 1674 - Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer 1688 - Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo 1702 - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crack¢w 1816 - Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension 1848 - 1st US women's rights convention (Seneca Falls NY) 1848 - German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg 1850 - Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die) 1860 - 1st railroad reaches Kansas 1862 - Forrest's 1st raid 1863 - Battle of Buffington's Island (St George Creek), Ohio 1864 - Battle of Winchester, VA (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20] 1866 - Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights 1867 - Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto 1867 - Dutch Red Cross forms 1867 - Reconstruction enacted 1870 - France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 1875 - Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, NYC 1877 - 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) 1880 - SF Public Library starts lending books 1899 - National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms 1900 - Michel Thato wins 2nd olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40,260k) 1902 - NY Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw 1904 - Cleveland Nap's Neal Ball makes 1st unassisted triple play 1904 - Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber 1908 - Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam 1909 - Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play 1910 - Cy Young registers his 500th career victory 1913 - Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1 1914 - Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL 1915 - Dutch accidents at sea law enforced 1915 - Naval accident 1915 - Wash Nationals steal record 8 bases vs Cleve Indians in the 1st inning 1918 - German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) 1918 - Wash catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Sec of War Newton D Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt 1923 - WRC-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions 1926 - 2nd French govt of Herriot, forms 1927 - Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit 1928 - King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament 1933 - 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox 1933 - Rick Ferrell homers off brother pitcher Wes of Cleve, who also homers 1936 - Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1936 - Spanish premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jos Giral 1937 - Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich 1937 - Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood 1939 - 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St Louis, Mo 1939 - Dr Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures 1940 - Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders 1940 - Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald 1940 - Nazi occupiers in Neth forbid anti-nazi films 1941 - 1st US Army flying school for black cadets dedicated (Tuskegee Ala) 1941 - BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (...-) 5th of Beethoven 1941 - British PM Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign 1941 - President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee 1942 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US 1942 - German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam & Hague 1943 - 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II 1944 - 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany 1944 - 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity 1944 - 500 15th Air Force-Liberators surround Mnich 1944 - Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen 1944 - Danish defiance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort at Copenhagen 1944 - Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen 1944 - Democratic convention opens in Chicago 1944 - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem 1944 - General Bradley flies to England 1944 - Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas 1944 - NY archbishop Spellman flies to Europe 1944 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann 1945 - Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy 1945 - USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue 1948 - French govt of Schuman, resigns 1949 - Laos becomes associated state within French Union 1950 - French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh 1950 - NY Yanks obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard & Frank Barnes 1950 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris 1951 - "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 perfs 1952 - "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 289 perfs 1952 - 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford 1952 - India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day 1953 - KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 - WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 - Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 & becomes a floating museum 1955 - Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel 1956 - US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1957 - 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada 1957 - Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7) 1957 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1958 - "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 192 performances 1958 - Charly Gaul wins Tour de France 1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance 1960 - Italian Govt Tambroni, resigns 1960 - SF Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies 1961 - 1st in-flight movie shown (TWA) 1962 - Hungarian communist party expels R kosi & Ger 1963 - NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km 1963 - Phila Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300 1964 - 46th PGA Championship: Bobby Nichols shoots a 271 at Columbus CC Ohio 1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open 1964 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1965 - Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" 1966 - 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas 1966 - France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island 1966 - Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot) 1967 - 1st air conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line) 1967 - Race riots in Durham NC 1967 - US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km) 1969 - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit 1970 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Springfield Jaycee Golf Open 1971 - Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1973 - Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial) 1974 - Cleve Indian **** Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0 1974 - David Bowie's "Diamond Dog" tour ends in NYC 1974 - Soyuz 14 lands 1975 - Apollo & Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate 1975 - NY Yank catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single & RBI are 1975 - Nullified because the tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit 1976 - Rock group Deep Purple disbands 1976 - Allman Brother's roadie Scooter Herring sentenced to 75 years for providing drugs for the group, based on Gregg Allman's testimony 1977 - 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, NY 1977 - All star MVP: Don Sutton (LA Dodgers) 1977 - Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76 1978 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1978 - Yanks start 14« game comeback with 2-0 win 1979 - 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 TONS of oil spill 1979 - Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe 1979 - Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza 1979 - Patricia Harris, becomes sect of HEW 1980 - 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott 1980 - David Bowie appears in role of "Elephant Man" in Denver 1981 - 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St George 1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic 1982 - 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Wash DC 1982 - Bolivian govt resigns 1982 - David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon 1982 - 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2 1984 - 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer) 1984 - Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), wins Democratic VP nomination 1985 - Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle 1985 - Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die 1986 - Caroline Kennedy (28) marries Edwin Schlossberg (41) 1986 - Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with 1986 - Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 - 116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane 1987 - Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1989 - Cleve Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game 1989 - United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112 1990 - BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies 1990 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion 1990 - Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif 1990 - Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee 1991 - Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game 1991 - Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington) 1991 - With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better 1992 - "Price" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances 1992 - 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1) 1992 - Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife 1992 - Ebony P Warren, crowned 24th Miss Black America 1992 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic 1992 - NYC Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife 1993 - Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes 1993 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham 1993 - Pres Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions 1994 - 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles) 1994 - Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon Panama, 21 killed 1994 - Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president 1996 - Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final 1996 - Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 mins for Lancashire v Derbyshire 1996 - XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta Georgia 1998 - 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale 1998 - JAL Big Apple Golf Classic Famous birthdays 1592 - Erhard Buttner, composer 1735 - Garret Wesley Mornington, composer 1742 - Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer 1750 - Alessio Prati, composer 1782 - Jonathan Blewitt, composer 1789 - John Martin, English painter 1797 - Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer 1811 - Vincenz Lachner, composer 1814 - Samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver) 1817 - Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union) 1819 - Gottfried Keller, writer 1823 - George Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1828 - Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 1833 - John Wesley Turner, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1899 1834 - Edgar Degas, France, impressionist painter (Bouquet) 1838 - Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen) 1846 - Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist 1848 - Cornelis A Pekelharing, artist (fabric seller) 1849 - F A Alphonse Aulard, French historian 1851 - Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer (head of Jut) 1854 - Danil Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer 1860 - Lizzie Borden, murderer, gave her mother forty whacks 1863 - Hermann Bahr, Austria writer/director (New Men) 1865 - Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic) 1873 - Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building 1878 - Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament (About Plato) 1879 - Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI) 1881 - Adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer (Eindhovens Dagblad) 1881 - Friedrich J H Dessauer, German physicist (radiologist) 1888 - Eugne Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet (Ode to Revolution)[OS=7/7] 1894 - Joris [Georges] of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament 1896 - Archibald J Cronin, England, author (Citadel, Shining Victory) 1898 - Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer 1899 - Paul de Groot, Dutch communist politician (CPN)/Editor (The Truth) 1900 - Arno Breker, German sculptor (3rd Reich sculptor 1900 - Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier 1900 - Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer 1902 - Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Miraculous Life of Willem Parel) 1905 - Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor (Story of an Orch) 1905 - Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist: Red star over China 1905 - Louis Philip Kentner, composer 1906 - Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger) 1906 - Wim van Doorne, Dutch car manufacturer (DAF) 1907 - Gunter Bialas, composer 1909 - Jeno Vecsey, composer 1914 - Josef Palenicek, composer 1916 - James D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines) 1916 - Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player (NL MVP 1945) 1917 - Robert Aitken, Phila, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha) 1917 - William W Scranton, (Gov-R-Pa) 1919 - Patricia Medina, Liverpool England, actress (High-Low) 1919 - Robert Pinget, novelist/playwright 1920 - Robert Christiani, cricketer (brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests) 1920 - Robert Mann, Portland Oregon, composer/violinist (String Quartet 1952) 1921 - Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist 1922 - George McGovern, (Sen-D-SD)/pres candidate (D-1972) 1922 - Rachel Robinson, social activist/humanitarian/Mrs Jackie Robinson 1923 - Pat Hingle, Denver Colo, actor (Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama) 1924 - Sybren Polet, [Sijbe Minnema], Dutch writer/poet (Mannekino) 1926 - Helen Gallagher, Bkln, actress (Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet) 1926 - Max Sordam, Suriname warden/writer (Dictionary Sranantongo) 1926 - Sue Thompson, [Eva Sue Mckee], rocker 1927 - Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist (Albania Defiant) 1928 - John Bratby, painter/writer (Breakdown) 1929 - Sofia Muratova, USSR, gymnist,(Olympic-6 gold/3 silv/4 bronze-1952-60) 1932 - Buster Benton, singer/guitarist 1934 - Willem Nijholt, actor (De Nietsnut, Respect, Op Afbetaling) 1937 - George Hamilton IV, NC, actor (Evel Knievel, Love at 1st Bite) 1937 - Larry Boxx, founder (Land B Computer Serv) 1938 - Richard Jordan, NYC, actor (Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors) 1938 - Vikki Carr, [Florencia Casillas], El Paso Tx, singer (Let it Be Him) 1940 - Dennis Cole, Detroit, actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World) 1941 - Jennifer Dunn, (Rep-R-Washington) 1941 - Jerry Huckaby, (Rep-D-LA, 1977- ) 1941 - Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970) 1941 - Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician (VVD)/minister of Traffic 1942 - Vikki Carr, El Paso TX, singer (Let it Please be Him) 1943 - Roy Dunbard Bridges Jr, Atlanta Ga, Col USAF/astro (STS 51-F, 61-F) 1944 - Commander Cody, singer/pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen) 1945 - George Dzunda, Rosenheim Germany, actor (Deer Hunter, Law & Order) 1946 - Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist/singer (Average White Band) 1946 - Ilie Nastase, Bucharest Romania, tennis player (US Open 1972) 1947 - Bernie Leadon, Minneapolis, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy) 1947 - Brian May, London, rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions) 1947 - Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch) 1947 - Mike Dutfield, documentary prodcuer 1948 - Beverly Archer, Oak Park Ill, actress (Iola-Mama's Family) 1948 - Keith Godchaux, rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead) 1950 - Simon Cadell, English actor (Hi-Di-Hi, Pride & Extreme Prejudice) 1952 - Alan Collins, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1952 - Dominic Muldowney, composer 1952 - Howard Donald Saunders, Danbury Ct, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1954 - Kathleen Turner, actress (Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile) 1955 - Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder (early 80's) 1956 - Great [Yoshiaki] Yatsu, wrestler (NJPW/WCCW/WWF) 1956 - Peter Barton, Valley Stream LI, actor (Powers of Matthew Star) 1957 - Cathy Reynolds, Kansas City MO, LPGA golfer (1981 Golden Lights) 1959 - Terri Treas, KC Kansas, actress (Hannah-7 Brides for 7 Brothers) 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Cairo Egypt, director (Adjuster, Next of Kin) 1961 - Suzi Schott, Springfield Ill, playmate (August, 1984) 1962 - Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara Ca, actor (It Takes Two, Dr Greene-ER) 1962 - Brad Wilson, Pomona California, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 9 Pro-Am) 1962 - Campbell Scott, NYC, actor (Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky) 1962 - Craig Muni, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets) 1963 - Mark Carreon, Chicago IL, outfielder (SF Giants) 1963 - Marla Duncan, Fairfield Calif, Miss Northern Calif fitness (1990) 1963 - Sandor Wladar, Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980) 1964 - Alexandra Curtis, model/daughter of Christine Kaufmann 1964 - Gina Procaccio, Drexel Hills Pennsylvania, 5k runner 1964 - Teresa Edwards, Cairo GA, basketball forward (Oly-gold-1984, 88,92,96) 1965 - Kathleen Raine, equestrian dressage (Olympics-96) 1966 - David Segui, KC KS, infielder (Montreal Expos) 1966 - Kate Rogerson, Pitts PA, LPGA golfer (1990 Circle K LPGA Tucson-2nd) 1967 - Christian Bergstrom, Sweden, tennis star 1967 - Dale Hurley Jr, Philadelphia, rower (Olympics-1996) 1968 - Carolie DeVonne Howe, Chugwater Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America (1991) 1968 - Leroy Butler, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers - Superbowl 31) 1969 - David Goldsmith, New Brunswick NJ, actor (Eric-Models Inc) 1970 - Brooks Thompson, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Orlando Magic) 1970 - Kengy Gardiner, Providence RI, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994) 1970 - Rhona Susan Robertson, Auckland NZ, badminton player (Olympics-96) 1971 - Rick Walters, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1972 - Adriaan J Zoetmulder, author/director (Eindhovens Newspaper) 1972 - Andrew Kavovit, actor (Paul-As the World Turns) 1972 - John Paci, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 - Tamarie Ivie, Ananheim CA, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets) 1973 - Angeline Putt, Miss Universe-Singapore (1996) 1974 - Vincent Spadea, Chicago Ill, tennis star 1975 - Alexi Komarov, Yekaterinburg Rus, dance skater (& Carr-1995 Pac Champ) 1976 - R J Williams, actor (General Hospital, Full House) 1981 - Naomi Grabow, lake Arrowhead Calif, pairs skater (& Benjamin Oberman) 1984 - Holly Roffey, Englnd, youngest heart transplant Famous deaths 0514 - Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies 1054 - Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies 1234 - Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament 1346 - Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle 1374 - Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69 1534 - Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 1545 - George Carew, English admiral, drowns 1545 - Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns 1625 - Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50 1627 - Dirck R "Didericus" Camphuysen, poet/printer/vicar, dies at about 41 1688 - Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50 1700 - Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer, dies at 62 1730 - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49 1740 - Franois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71 1742 - John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45 1810 - Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34 1811 - Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76 1814 - Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 1838 - Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 1844 - Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 1847 - Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75 1850 - Giovanni Ossoli, Italian marquis/revolutionary, drowned 1850 - [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary, dies 1852 - Anne-Franois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83 1882 - Ivan S Gagarin, Catholic theologist (tudes religieuses), dies at 67 1892 - Thomas Cook, CEO (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83 1895 - Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73 1895 - Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67 1907 - Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77 1914 - Alexander Conze, German archaeologist, dies at 82 1918 - Joost van Vollenhoven, Neth, gov-gen (French West-Africa), dies 1922 - Cornelis A Pekelharing, Dutch histologist, dies on 74th birthday 1930 - Robert Stout, NZ prime minister (1884-87), dies at 85 1939 - Tom Hayward, cricketer (35 Tests for England, 1999 runs), dies 1940 - Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai 1944 - Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated 1944 - Harry CA Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania), dies at 87 1944 - Will Marion Cook, composer, dies at 75 1945 - George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80 1951 - Max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77 1954 - Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81 1955 - Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64 1957 - Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Ital author (Kaputt), dies at 59 1958 - Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32 1964 - Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69 1965 - Syngman Rhee, president of South-Korea (1948-60), dies at 90 1969 - Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28 1969 - Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies 1970 - Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61 1973 - Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29 1973 - Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 33 1974 - Earl Warren, gov of Calif/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83 1974 - Joe Flynn, actor (McHale's Navy), dies at 59 1976 - Gene Roth, actor (Rosie, Tormented, Nightfall), dies at 73 1976 - Sal Tas, Dutch journalist, dies at 70 1977 - John R Powers, US director model bureau, dies at 80 1981 - Louis Cheslock, composer, dies at 81 1984 - Carol Eberts Veazie, actress (Maude Endles-Norby), dies at 89 1984 - Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68 1989 - Carl-Heinz Schroth, dir/actor (Strafverteidiger), dies at 87 1990 - Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83 1990 - Herbert Nelson, actor (Guilding Light), dies of a stroke at 76 1990 - Johnny Wayne, comedian (Wayne & Shuster), dies of cancer at 72 1992 - Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies 1992 - Heinz Galinski, Pres (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79 1992 - Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia 1993 - Elmar Klos, Czech director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83 1993 - Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist/conductor, dies at 84 1994 - Christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies 1994 - Frederik "Frits" van der More, archaeologist/art historian, dies at 87 1994 - Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre Producer, dies at 81 1994 - Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87 1994 - Nick Banton, founder of Body Positive, dies at 37 1995 - Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen & I Can't Get Up), dies at 87 1995 - James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71 1995 - Michael Andrews, painter, dies at 66 1995 - Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin, dies at 89 1995 - Yusef Bedri, educationist, dies at 82 1996 - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician, dies at 73 1996 - Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician, dies at 77 1996 - Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest, dies at 61 1996 - Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist, dies at 87 1996 - Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer, dies at 79 1996 - Pran Nath Chhuttani, physician/teacher, dies at 81
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On July 20 in history ..
0514 - St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus 1031 - Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France 1495 - French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders 1498 - Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands 1553 - PM John Dudley captured in Cambridge 1608 - Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft 1609 - Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion 1619 - Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader 1627 - English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle [OS=June 10] 1654 - Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control 1749 - Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds" 1773 - Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) 1801 - Elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm 1808 - Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names 1810 - Colombia declares independence from Spain 1836 - Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension 1847 - German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 1849 - Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield 1855 - 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands 1858 - Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50) (NY beats Bkln 22-18) 1858 - Gathering of Plombires - Napoleon III meets Cavour 1861 - Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va 1862 - Guerrilla campaign in GA (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20] US580 CS2866 1864 - Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured 1864 - Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign 1866 - Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy 1868 - 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes 1871 - British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province 1872 - Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio 1876 - 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins 1877 - Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 1878 - 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii 1881 - Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops 1890 - "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing 1890 - Snow & hail in Calais, ME 1894 - 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike 1903 - Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X 1906 - Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cards, 2-0 1910 - Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption 1911 - Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0 1911 - Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany 1912 - Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game 1913 - Turkish troop take Adrianopel & Erdine from Bulgaria 1914 - Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster 1916 - Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds 1917 - Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia 1917 - WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn 1920 - Heerenveen soccer team forms 1922 - Togo made a mandate of League of Nations 1923 - Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2 1924 - Fderation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris 1925 - Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1925 - Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmati 1927 - Lindbergh begins NY flight (Spirit of St Louis) 1930 - 106øF (41øC), Washington, DC (district record) 1933 - Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler 1934 - 118øF (48øC), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) 1935 - 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio 1938 - Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws 1940 - Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands 1940 - Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist 1940 - Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) 1941 - Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17 1942 - 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training 1942 - Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8 1942 - Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress 1942 - Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovitch on its cover 1942 - Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines 1943 - Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) 1944 - Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy 1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France to meet Montgomery 1944 - Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs 1944 - Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andr 1944 - Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins 1944 - Fieldmarshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen 1944 - Flying Fortresses of US 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1944 - Gen Eisenhower visits Montgomery's headquarter in Normandy 1944 - Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen 1944 - Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by US air attack 1944 - July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 - Liberators of US 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach 1944 - Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention 1944 - US 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen 1944 - US 9th AF bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sabl-sur-Sarthe/Dreux 1944 - US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II 1944 - Violent battles in Verrires-hill (Normandy) 1947 - 1st political action of Neth Army on Java & Sumatra 1948 - Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ 1948 - Syngman Rhee elected president of South-Korea 1948 - US Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1949 - Israel's 19 month war of independence ends 1949 - Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria 1950 - "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 1952 - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0) 1952 - Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France 1953 - USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations 1954 - Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North & South 1954 - Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 1954 - West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR 1956 - France recognizes Tunisia's independence 1956 - Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island 1956 - Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs 1958 - 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA 1958 - Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1958 - King Hussein of Jordan breaks off diplomatic relations with UAR 1960 - 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington) 1960 - Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon 1960 - USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony 1962 - France & Tunisia recover diplomatic relations 1963 - 17 African states & Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC 1963 - 18th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills 1963 - Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1964 - 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City" 1964 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 10th String quartet 1965 - 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record) 1965 - NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam 1967 - Pablo Neruda receives 1st Viareggio-Versile prizes 1967 - Race riots in Memphis Tenn 1968 - Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV 1968 - Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1969 - 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Danbury Lady Carling Golf Open 1969 - Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France 1970 - Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks 1972 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1973 - Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ 1973 - Chic's Wilbur Wood starts & loses both games of a doubleheader with NY Yankees, 12-2, & 7-0 1974 - Heng Yo & Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage 1974 - Turkey invades Cyprus 1975 - 30th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer 1976 - Hank Aaron hits 755th & last home run off Angels Jerry Augustine 1976 - Last US troops leave Thailand 1976 - US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing 1977 - Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, kills 80 & causing $350 mil damage 1979 - 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash 1980 - 109th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 271 at Muirfield Gullane 1980 - Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France 1980 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1981 - England set for innings loss v Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls 1981 - Irene Saez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe 1982 - Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks 1982 - IRA bomb attacks in London 1982 - T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London 1983 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1984 - Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m 1984 - Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America 1985 - Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha 1986 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1987 - Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs 1988 - Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee 1989 - 93øF, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix Arizona 1989 - Burma govt puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 1990 - Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1991 - Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate NY 1991 - Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant 1992 - 121st British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 272 at Muirfield Gullane 1992 - Round World Air Race begins in Paris 1993 - Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1993 - Joe Petruzzi files for divorce from Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever) 1994 - Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) 1994 - OJ Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller 1996 - 26th Olympic games open at Atlanta, Georgia (sched) 1997 - 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon 1997 - American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272 1997 - Burnet Senior Golf Classic 1997 - Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic Famous birthdays 1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia) 1513 - Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general 1519 - Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591) 1600 - Simon Ives, composer 1663 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver 1709 - James Harris, philosopher 1720 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer 1726 - William Jones, composer 1744 - Henri Hamal, composer 1761 - Joseph Lefebvre, composer 1762 - Jakob Haibel, composer 1766 - Thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat 1779 - Ignaz Schuster, composer 1785 - Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer 1793 - Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski) 1796 - Edward Hodges, composer 1803 - Jakob Zeugheer, composer 1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet 1804 - Richard Owen, British zoologist 1806 - John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian) 1811 - James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) 1814 - Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist 1816 - William Bowman, English anatomist 1819 - Paul Henrion, composer 1824 - Alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussia, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1836 - Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart) 1837 - Hans Sommer, composer 1847 - Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter 1852 - Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-13) [or 1/20]= 1853 - Geo[rge] Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter 1860 - Johannes Walter, German geologist (Denudation of the Wilderness) 1864 - Erik Karlfeldt, Sweden, poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous) 1870 - Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice (1918-19) 1872 - Alick Maclean, composer 1872 - Deodat de Severac, composer 1873 - Witold Maliszewski, composer 1880 - Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer 1881 - Leon de Smet, Flemish painter 1885 - Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic 1887 - Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer 1889 - John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st dir-gen BBC (1927-38) 1890 - Theda Bara, [Theodosia Goodman], Cincinnati, actress (Love Goddeses) 1890 - Verna Felton, Salinas Calif, actress (Hilda-December Bride) 1893 - Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20) 1893 - Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (From Where I Came) 1897 - Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950) 1900 - Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist 1900 - Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist (Maria's Life) 1900 - Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman (England) 1901 - Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist 1902 - Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Bicycle Thiefs) 1902 - Dilys Powell, English writer (Descent from Parnassus) 1903 - Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician 1905 - Molly Mary Nesta Keane, writer 1908 - Gunnar de Frumerie, composer 1909 - Eric Rowan, S African cricketer (prolific batsman pre- & post-WWII) 1910 - Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian (William the Silent) 1911 - Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936) 1911 - William Dillard, trumpeter/singer 1912 - Andrew Long, Scottish author (Blue Book of Fairy Tales) 1912 - Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member 1912 - John Dacie, hematologist 1912 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found newspaper (The Typhoon) 1913 - Lucien Goldmann, Romania/Fren sociologist/philosopher (Le dieu cach) 1914 - William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man) 1919 - Edmund Hillary, NZ, one of 1st 2 men to scale Mt Everest 1920 - Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973) 1920 - Jack Harman, British general 1920 - Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat 1920 - Lev Aronin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1950) 1921 - Frederick Schroeder Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1942) 1922 - Miroslav "Standa" Bares, Czech/Dutch actor/director (Billy Budd) 1924 - Hans Lodeizen, [Johannes A Frederik], Dutch poet (Inner Self) 1924 - Lola Albright, Akron Ohio, actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad) 1924 - Thomas Berger, US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man) 1925 - Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee (1985-95) 1927 - Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker 1927 - Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer 1928 - Jan Meyers, (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985- ) 1928 - Pavel Kohout, writer 1928 - Peter Ind, jazz musician 1930 - Arthur U Spronken, sculptor 1930 - Sally Ann Howes, London England, actress (Dead of Night) 1930 - Yuri Petrovich Artyukin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14) 1932 - Nam June Paik, Seoul Korea, video artist (Medium is the Medium) 1933 - Aliki Vouyouklaki, actress (Madalena) 1933 - Jose Vicente Asuar, composer 1933 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets) 1934 - Doug Padgett, cricketer (England batsman twice in 1960) 1934 - Ralph C RInzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys) 1934 - Uwe Johnson, writer 1935 - Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1935 - Ted Rogers, Kennington London, comedian (Aladdin, Cinderella) 1936 - Barbara A Mikulski, (Rep-D-MD, 1977-86/Sen-D-MD, 1986- ) 1936 - Butch Baird, Chicago IL, PGA golfer (1961 Waco Turner Open) 1936 - Kaleria Fadicheva, ballerina 1938 - Diana Rigg, Doncaster England, actress (Emma Peel-Avengers, Hospital) 1938 - Jo Ann Campbell, Jacksonville Fla, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady 1938 - Lord McGowan 1938 - Natalie Wood, [Natasha Gurdin], SF, (Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause) 1939 - Judy Chicago, [Cohen], Chicago, artist (Dinner Party) 1940 - Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964) 1941 - Vladimir Afanasiyevich Lyakhov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32/34, T-9, TM-6) 1942 - T G Sheppard, [William Browder], Humbolt Tn, singer (Devil in Bottle) 1943 - Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer 1943 - John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin) 1944 - Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy 1945 - Betty Burfeindt, LPGA golfer 1945 - John Lodge, rocker 1945 - Larry E Craig, (Rep-R-Idaho, 1981- ) 1945 - Viscount Petersham, English large landowner 1946 - Kim Carnes, Pasadena Ca, rock vocalist (Bette Davis Eyes) 1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexico, rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman) 1947 - Gerd Binnig, Frankfurt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986) 1947 - James Harris, Monroe La, NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego) 1948 - Mary Dwyer, LPGA golfer 1948 - Richard H Lehman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- ) 1951 - Larry Black, Miami Fla, 4x100 runner (Olympic-gold-1972) 1954 - Jay Jay French, NYC, guitarist (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It) 1955 - Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen) 1956 - Charlie Magri, world champ flyweight boxer (1983) 1956 - Mima Jausovec, Yugoslavia, tennis player (French Open-1977) 1956 - Paul Cook, London, rock drummer (Sex Pistols) 1957 - Donna Dixon, Va, Mrs Dan Ackwoyd/actress (Couch Trip, Bossom Buddies) 1957 - Larry Rinker, Stuart FL, Nike golfer (1985 Bing Crosby Pro-Am-2nd) 1957 - Merlina Defranco, rocker (Defranco Family) 1958 - Michael McNeill, synthesizer (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me) 1958 - Mike McNeil, rocker 1959 - Radney Foster, Del Rio Tx, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You) 1960 - Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend 1960 - Lauren Gregg, Rochester Minn, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96) 1963 - Jenny Spangler, Monroe Wisc, marathoner (Olympics-96) 1963 - Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile) 1964 - Murray Craven, Medicine Hat, NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks) 1965 - Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam 1966 - Beth Coats, Albuquerque NM, biathelete (Olympics-1994) 1966 - Carlo L'Ami, soccer player (SC Heerenveen) 1966 - Mike Pero, Picton Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 CPGA Winter) 1966 - Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m) 1967 - Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) 1967 - Ian Beckles, NFL guard (Tampa Bay Bucs) 1967 - Jon Normile, Cleve Oh, fencer (Olympics-96) 1968 - Chris Kennedy, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) 1968 - Chris Tsangaris, CFL linebacker (BC Lions) 1968 - Robert Rodriguez, director (El Mariachi, Desperado) 1970 - ?, 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island 1970 - Dean Wells, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks) 1970 - Shannon Baker, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1970 - Tom Sherrer, Syracuse NY, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd) 1971 - Bernard Whittington, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts) 1971 - Charles Johnson, Fort Pierce Fla, catcher (US Olympics 1992, Marlins) 1971 - Ed Giddins, cricketer (promising Sussex pace bowler, England A 1995) 1971 - Ron Stone, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys) 1971 - Tom Tovo, WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs) 1971 - William Deering Jr, South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter 1972 - Jay Barker, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots) 1972 - Jozef Stumpel, NHL forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998, LA Kings) 1973 - Peter Forsberg, Ornskoldsvik Swe, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche) 1974 - Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist 1975 - Ray Allen, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks) 1977 - Julia Syriani, Miss Universe-Lebanon (1996) 1977 - Shany Kedmy, Israel, Women's 470 yachter (Oly-14th-1996) 1978 - Charlie Korsmo, actor (**** Tracy, What About Bob) 1978 - Denny Mendez, Miss Italy Universe (1997) 1978 - Jen Grubb, Elk Hart Indiana, soccer defender (Olympics-96) 1991 - Scout Larue Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore Famous deaths 0833 - Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63 1031 - Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies 1201 - Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18] 1322 - Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies 1454 - Johan II, King of Castili, dies at 49 1573 - Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded 1597 - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies 1607 - Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48 1609 - Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at about 69 1613 - Heinrich Julius, [von Braunschweig-Wolfenbttel], duke, dies 1636 - John Oldham, trader in Mass, murdered by indians 1732 - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51 1752 - John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85 1762 - Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies 1766 - Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies 1808 - Franois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66 1819 - John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies 1824 - Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies 1825 - Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58 1859 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies 1866 - Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide 1866 - G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies 1868 - Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 1868 - Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62 1881 - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies 1888 - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies 1893 - Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies 1898 - Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86 1903 - Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93 1908 - Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62 1914 - Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76 1923 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55 1927 - Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61 1936 - Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75 1936 - Jos Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies 1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies 1939 - Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies 1940 - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide 1942 - Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 1944 - Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 1944 - Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing 1944 - Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies 1944 - Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 - Heinz Burns, German (Olympic-gold-1936), dies in bombing 1944 - Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion 1944 - Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies 1944 - Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 - Pierre Vinot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies 1944 - Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds 1944 - Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed 1945 - Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies 1945 - Paul Valry, French poet (Le cimetire Marin, Mon Faust), dies at 73 1951 - Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem 1951 - Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death 1954 - Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52 1956 - Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies 1957 - Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46 1958 - Franklin Pangborn, dies at 69 1959 - Harry Fox II, dies at 77 1962 - Andr Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 1962 - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86 1966 - Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68 1968 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 1969 - Roy Hamilton, rocker, dies at 40 1973 - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32 1974 - Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 1976 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies 1977 - Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90 1977 - F G Jnger, writer, dies 1983 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59 1984 - Gail Kubik, US composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69 1984 - Jim [James] Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52 1986 - Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74 1987 - Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63 1989 - Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies 1989 - Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71 1990 - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies 1991 - Henri Marius Rellys, dies at 86 1993 - Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79 1994 - Kim II Sung, pres of North-Korea (1948-94), buried 1994 - Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealistisch painter, dies at 96 1994 - Reginald Hall, endocrinologist, dies at 83 1995 - Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82 1995 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer, dies at 85 1996 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70 1996 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77 1997 - Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
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On July 21 in history ..
0230 - St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0365 - Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die 0866 - John appointed bishop of the kingdom 0905 - Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured 0976 - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 1320 - Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V 1542 - Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium) 1568 - Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion 1579 - Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma 1588 - English fleet defeats Spanish armada 1595 - Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island 1669 - John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved 1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy" 1749 - Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland 1773 - Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits 1774 - Peace of Ktsjk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) 1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt 1825 - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 1831 - Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king 1836 - 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Qubec 1846 - Mormons found 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley) 1861 - 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1866 - Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London 1867 - City Gardens on Folsom opens 1873 - Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) 1877 - -27] US army breaks railroad strike 1880 - Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY 1884 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's 1896 - National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's 1897 - Tate Gallery opens in England 1898 - Spain cedes Guam to US 1900 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite 1904 - After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed 1904 - Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH 1919 - Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg & Amsterdam 1919 - Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) 1921 - Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles 1923 - Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4 1925 - Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism 1928 - 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland 1930 - 110øF (43øC) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1930 - US Veterans Administration forms 1931 - Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering 1933 - Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens 1934 - 113øF (45øC), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) 1938 - Paul Hindemith & Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London 1940 - Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 1940 - VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands 1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine 1941 - Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp 1942 - 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Va 1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1944 - General Koiso becomes premier of Japan 1944 - US forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 - Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 1945 - Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie 1946 - Jsus T Pi€erol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor 1947 - Indonesia begins 1st political election 1948 - WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 - Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) 1951 - Dalai Lama returns to Tibet 1952 - 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County Calif, 14 killed 1952 - Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns 1954 - At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam 1955 - 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf 1956 - Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins 1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak 1957 - 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson) 1957 - 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley GC Dayton Ohio 1957 - Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1959 - 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden NJ 1959 - Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green) 1960 - Country of Katanga forms in Africa 1960 - In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM 1960 - Francis Chichester arrive in NY aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing 1961 - Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 1962 - 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga 1962 - Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary 1963 - 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas 1964 - Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex 1964 - Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33) 1964 - Neth last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1965 - Pakistan, Iran & Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact 1966 - Gemini X returns to Earth 1966 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1968 - 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley TX 1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational 1968 - Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT) 1969 - Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits 1970 - Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt 1970 - Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property 1970 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1970 - Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0 1971 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1972 - 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain) 1972 - 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record) 1972 - Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast 1972 - Dodgers release & end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm 1972 - In NY, 57 murders occur in 24 hours 1973 - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR 1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific 1973 - USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet 1974 - 29th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie 1974 - Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France 1974 - House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against Pres Nixon 1975 - Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager 1975 - NY Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1976 - "Guys & Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 239 performances 1976 - 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Phila 1977 - Libyan-Egyptian border fights 1977 - Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election 1978 - Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, pres Hugo Banzer flees 1978 - US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 1978 - World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m 1979 - 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham 1979 - National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated 1980 - Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins 1981 - Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43 1982 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1983 - Polish govt ends 19 months of martial law 1983 - Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park 1983 - US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1984 - 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US 1984 - Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s 1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test 1985 - "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 120 perfs 1985 - 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St George 1985 - Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America 1985 - Bernard Hinault wins his 5th & last Tour de France 1985 - Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1986 - Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe 1986 - Pleasure Island plans unveiled 1987 - Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA 1988 - ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) 1988 - Mass Gov Michael Dukakis accepts Democratic nomination for president 1989 - Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors 1989 - Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time 1989 - Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title 1990 - Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash 1990 - Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood 1991 - 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale 1991 - Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic 1991 - Sharmell Sullivan (Gary Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America 1991 - Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY 1993 - Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93) 1995 - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent 1995 - KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings 1996 - 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham 1996 - Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic 1996 - Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers 1997 - 200-year-old USS Constitution sails under its own power 1997 - NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
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On July 26 in history ..
0811 - Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine 1267 - Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV 1497 - "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork 1499 - Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island 1519 - Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast 1524 - James I (12) becomes king of Scotland 1529 - Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru 1576 - Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst 1579 - Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean 1588 - John Hawkins becomes a knight 1656 - Rembrandt declares he is insolvent 1663 - France annexes Venaissin 1678 - England & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France 1757 - Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland 1758 - British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 1759 - French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY 1760 - Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezi 1775 - 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pa takes office 1788 - NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution 1788 - Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists 1790 - US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts 1805 - Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1822 - Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jos de San Martin 1826 - Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews 1832 - HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo 1835 - 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii 1847 - Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 1847 - Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride 1848 - 1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) 1858 - Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 1863 - Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender 1864 - -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- 1864 - -31] Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS--- 1864 - Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] 1865 - Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) 1866 - Canoe Club opens in England 1881 - French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax 1882 - Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut 1887 - 1st Esperanto book published 1891 - Henry James' "American," premieres in London 1897 - 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) 1902 - Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford 1908 - Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice 1914 - Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum 1914 - British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain 1914 - German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium 1915 - International School for Wijsbegeerte forms 1917 - J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice 1918 - Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed) 1926 - National Bar Association incorporates 1926 - Philippines govt asks US to plebiscite for independence 1928 - Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1928 - Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 1933 - Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 1938 - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC 1939 - Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs 1941 - "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers 1941 - 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague 1941 - US embargo on oil-export to Japan 1942 - RAF bombs Hamburg 1942 - RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism 1943 - 120øF (49øC), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) 1943 - Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome 1944 - Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam 1944 - Russian troops arrive in Weichsel 1944 - US offensive at St-L/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles 1945 - After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM 1945 - Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender 1945 - Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum 1945 - US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb 1945 - Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's PM 1946 - President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces 1947 - Department of Defense forms 1947 - National Security Act establishes CIA 1948 - "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance 1948 - 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show 1948 - Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a NY Giant 1948 - Pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in armed forces 1949 - WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 - Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game 1950 - KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites 1951 - Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1952 - King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] 1952 - Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer 1953 - Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba 1953 - Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime 1954 - WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 - 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit 1955 - Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester 1955 - Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers 1956 - Egypt seizes Suez Canal 1957 - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 1957 - USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile 1958 - Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV 1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1960 - Italian govt of Fanfani forms 1962 - Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 1962 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher 1963 - Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 1963 - US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1964 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open 1964 - Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy 1964 - Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die 1964 - US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud 1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) 1966 - WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1967 - Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18 1969 - Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 1970 - Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton 1971 - Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 1973 - Peter Shaffers "Equus," premieres in London 1974 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 - USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 1975 - Soyuz 18B returns to Earth 1977 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test 1978 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1978 - Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run 1979 - Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record) 1981 - 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela 1981 - 36th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley 1981 - NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 1982 - Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket 1982 - Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe 1983 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8 1983 - Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) 1983 - Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 1984 - Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single 1984 - Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction 1984 - Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use 1986 - Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco 1987 - Catfish Hunter Billy Williams & Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF 1987 - Stephen Roche wins Tour de France 1988 - Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM 1990 - General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode 1990 - President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act 1990 - Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game 1990 - US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games 1991 - CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders 1991 - Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th 1991 - Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater 1992 - "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 perfs 1992 - 47th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan 1992 - England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war 1992 - Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley weds Pamela Bowen 1992 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons 1992 - Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen 1993 - Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed 1993 - Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km 1994 - Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13 1994 - Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed 1998 - 19th US Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif 1998 - Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Famous birthdays 1467 - Ferdinand II, King of Naples 1678 - Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) 1694 - Johann Samuel Endler, composer 1739 - George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) 1782 - John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) 1791 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM 1796 - George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) 1799 - Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings 1801 - John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 1802 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician 1805 - Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) 1820 - John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1829 - August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) 1842 - Alfred Marshall, London, economist 1856 - George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) 1858 - Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) 1860 - Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) 1863 - Jazeps Witols, composer 1865 - Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel 1866 - Francesco Cilea, composer 1872 - George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies) 1874 - Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp) 1875 - Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) 1876 - Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) 1877 - Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields) 1881 - Alexander J Kropholler, architect 1885 - Andr Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer 1888 - M Jouhandeau, writer 1891 - Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian 1892 - Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist 1892 - Philipp Jarnach, composer 1893 - George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns) 1894 - Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World) 1894 - Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Henric van Veldeken) 1895 - Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd) 1895 - Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26] 1896 - Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius) 1896 - Evelyn Preer, US actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs) 1897 - Paul Gallico, NY, novelist 1899 - Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist (Italian & Roman art) 1899 - Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight) 1901 - John Bleifer, Zawiercie Poland, actor (Highway to Heaven) 1902 - Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen) 1903 - Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour) 1904 - Jack Allan Westrup, composer 1906 - Armando Jose Fernandes, composer 1907 - Gioconda de Vito, violinist 1907 - Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932) 1908 - Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73) 1909 - Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress (Dijntje & Trijntje) 1912 - Derek Riches, diplomat 1913 - Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932) 1913 - Vivian Vance, comic sidekick 1914 - Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter 1917 - Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948) 1917 - Richard Desborough Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948) 1919 - James Lovelock, scientist 1919 - Kenneth Snowman, antiquarian 1920 - Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams) 1922 - Andrzej Koszewski, composer 1922 - Blake Edwards, OK, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's) 1922 - Frank Price, CEO (British Waterways Board) 1922 - Jason Robards Jr, Chicago, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday) 1922 - Marjorie Lord, SF Calif, actress (Kathy-Danny Thomas Show) 1923 - Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI) 1923 - [James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher (Orioles) 1924 - Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant 1924 - John Kilgour, director of prison medical services (Home Office) 1924 - Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show) 1926 - Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses) 1926 - Don Carter, bowling great (1st PBA president) 1926 - James Best, Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder) 1927 - G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India) 1927 - M H W Wells, CEO (Charterhouse Japhet) 1928 - Hans Haselbock, composer 1928 - Stanley Kubrick, Bronx NY, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita) 1928 - Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa) 1929 - Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948) 1929 - Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969) 1930 - Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes 1931 - A M F (Sandy) Ross, managing-director (Mary Quant) 1931 - Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) 1933 - Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred) 1934 - Anthony Gilbert, composer 1936 - Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer 1936 - Kathryn Hays, NYC, actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns) 1938 - Keith Peters, physician 1938 - Peter Hall, diplomat 1939 - J W Howard, Prime Minister of Australia 1940 - Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party) 1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy 1941 - Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny) 1941 - Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign) 1941 - Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon) 1941 - Hans Gualthrie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1942 - Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd) 1943 - Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone) 1943 - Peter Hyams, director (2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop) 1943 - Roger Smalley, composer 1944 - Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues) 1944 - Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972) 1944 - Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut 1945 - Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes) 1946 - Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor (Sunderland U) 1946 - Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife) 1947 - Pauline Clare, Chief Constable (Lancashire) 1948 - Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) 1949 - Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody) 1949 - William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52) 1950 - Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania) 1950 - Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo) 1951 - Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open-2nd) 1951 - William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr, NC, astro (STS 58, 74, sk: 92) 1952 - Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980) 1952 - Scott David Cook, Glendale Ca, CEO (Intuit-Quicken) 1954 - Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu) 1954 - Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987) 1955 - Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital) 1956 - Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) 1957 - Jeff Blatnick, Schenectady NY, wrestling (Oly-gold-1984) 1957 - Nana Visitor, [Tucker], actress (Deep Space 9) 1957 - Wayne Desmond Grady, Brisbane Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA) 1957 - Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer 1958 - Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete (Oly-4th-80) 1959 - Kevin Spacey, South Orange NJ, actor (Dad, Henry & June, Darrow) 1960 - LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84) 1960 - Mitch Kahn, San Clemente Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96) 1961 - Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout) 1961 - Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words) 1961 - Terri Nunn, rock vocalist (Berlin-Takes My Breath Away) 1961 - Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record) 1962 - Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988) 1962 - Jody Reed, Tampa FL, infielder (San Diego Padres) 1963 - Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It) 1963 - Marianne Berglund, Sweden, cyclist (1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas) 1964 - Jeremy Piven, NYC, actor (Spence-Ellen, Grosse Pointe Blank) 1964 - Sandra Bullock, Wash DC, actress (Speed, Net, Love & War) 1965 - Jennifer Ashe, actress (As the World Turns) 1967 - David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer 1968 - Laura Leighton, Iowa City IA, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place) 1968 - Mike Mohler, Dayton OH, pitcher (Oakland A's) 1969 - Greg Colbrunn, Fontana CA, infielder (Florida Marlins) 1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder) 1969 - Marc Boutte, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins) 1969 - Patrick Alfred Bates, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1994 NIKE Dakota Open) 1970 - Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1970 - Phil Alley, cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler) 1971 - Neus Avila, Lerida Spain, tennis star (Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995) 1971 - Reggie Carthon, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1972 - Ryan Christopherson, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1972 - Sean Graham, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1972 - Tydus Winans, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Roughriders) 1973 - Jean Franois Bergeron, St Jerome Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96) 1973 - Peter Heijsteek, soccer player (DFC/Dordrecht '90) 1974 - Bubba Wells, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks) 1975 - Joe Smith, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors) Famous deaths 0796 - Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) 0811 - Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle 1342 - Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies 1471 - Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 1533 - Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima 1630 - Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 1677 - Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 1680 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies 1712 - Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 1719 - Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 1728 - John Friend, physician/politician, dies 1770 - Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 1801 - Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 1806 - K v Gnderode, writer, dies at 26 1826 - Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 1836 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 1863 - Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 1872 - Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 1881 - George Borrow, writer, dies 1910 - Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 1915 - James Murray, philologist, dies 1916 - Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 1918 - Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies 1920 - Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 1925 - William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 1941 - Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies 1941 - Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb 1942 - Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies 1944 - Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies 1946 - Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies 1948 - Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies 1952 - Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 1953 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies 1954 - Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 1956 - Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 1957 - Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered 1959 - Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 1967 - Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79 1968 - Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies 1969 - Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81 1970 - Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81 1973 - Mike Burke, Pres (NY Yankees)/dir (Madison Sq Garden), dies 1974 - Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55 1974 - Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart, actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82 1975 - Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98 1977 - Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95 1977 - Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75 1977 - Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6 1980 - Alan Hoskins, dies 1981 - Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58 1982 - Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54 1984 - Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78 1984 - George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies 1986 - Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94 1987 - Joe Liggins, US composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71 1990 - Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38 1992 - Mary Wells, US soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49 1992 - Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60 1993 - Daniel Fuchs, US, screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 1993 - Matthew B Ridgway, US Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98 1994 - Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64 1994 - Thomas Davis, US movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26 1995 - Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies 1995 - George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88 1995 - Jaime de Mora y Arag¢n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70 1995 - Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76 1996 - Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 1996 - Evelyn Levine, composer, dies at 94
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On July 27 in history ..
0432 - St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1214 - 1st battle of Bouvines - King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV 1230 - Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II & Pope Gregory IX 1280 - Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China 1298 - Albert I, son of Rudolf of Habsburg, crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1298 - Roman Catholics German King Albrecht I von Habsburg installed 1360 - Danish King Waldemar IV destroys Visby Gotland 1365 - Isabella of England marries Enguerrand of Coucy at Windsor 1501 - Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral 1563 - French army recaptures Le Havre 1586 - Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia 1641 - Prince Frederik Henry captures castle of Gennep 1643 - Cromwell defeats Royalist at Battle of Gainsborough 1655 - Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery 1655 - Netherlands & Brandenburg sign military treaty 1661 - Parliament confirms Navigation Act 1663 - English parliament accepts Staple Act 1689 - Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General MacKay 1689 - Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie 1694 - Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 1713 - Russia & Turkey sign peace treaty 1714 - Battle at Hang (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet 1714 - English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley 1789 - Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept) 1794 - Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris 1795 - Spain & France sign peace treaty 1809 - Battle at Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army 1816 - US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves 1830 - Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X 1836 - Adelaide, South Australia founded 1837 - US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC 1839 - Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England 1844 - Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC 1861 - Battle of Mathias Point, VA - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing 1861 - Battle of St Augustine Springs, NM Terr 1861 - Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico 1861 - Union Gen George McClellan takes command from McDowell of Potamic Army 1862 - Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1862 - Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico 1864 - Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains) 1866 - Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) 1880 - A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil 1880 - Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson is wounded, breaks out 1888 - Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile 1891 - Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as gov of Suriname 1897 - 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record) 1897 - Dutch govt of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns 1898 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" (BG) 1909 - Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s 1913 - Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France 1914 - Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade 1918 - Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY 1919 - Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured) 1920 - Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation 1920 - Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup 1921 - 2nd govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms 1921 - Frederick Banting & Charles Best isolates insulin at U of Toronto 1922 - International Geographical Union forms in Brussels 1924 - 8th Olympic games closes in Paris 1927 - Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver 1927 - Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park) 1928 - AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms 1929 - **** of Wieringermeerpolder finished 1930 - Andr Leducq wins Tour de France 1931 - Chilean president Carlos Ib €ez forced out 1931 - Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr & SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops 1932 - Paul Gorgoulov, French president Doumer's assassin, sentenced to death 1934 - French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1935 - Floods at Yangtzee Jiang & Hoangh, kills 200,000 1937 - 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1) 1940 - Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts 1940 - Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare" 1941 - 103øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 - German army enters Ukraine 1941 - Japanese forces land in Indo-China 1943 - 772 British bombers attack Hamburg 1944 - 1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor) 1944 - Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp 1944 - US regains possession of Guam from Japanese 1944 - US troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy 1945 - Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees 1945 - US Communist Party forms 1946 - Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs 1947 - Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak 1948 - Australia set 404 to win v England at Headingley 1948 - Bradman's 29th & last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404 1948 - Otto Skorzeny escapes anti-nazi camp at Darmstadt 1949 - 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies 1950 - Pres Truman promises aid to Taiwan 1952 - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2) 1953 - 1st insulin isolated by F Banting & C Best in Toronto 1953 - North Korea & UN sign armistice 1953 - Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory 1953 - Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, & Bill Klem & Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame 1954 - 36th PGA Championship: Chick Herbert at Keller GC St Paul Minn 1954 - Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries 1955 - Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation 1955 - Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) 1955 - Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1956 - Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester 1957 - St James' Theater in London closes 1958 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open 1959 - Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut 1959 - William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961 1960 - VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago 1962 - Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission 1962 - Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia 1962 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1963 - Fritz Von Erich beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ 1963 - General Amin al-Hafez becomes president of Syria 1965 - Pierre Harmel forms Belgium govt 1965 - Pres Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking 1967 - Arabs Federation premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns 1967 - Helmond Sport soccer team forms 1967 - LBJ sets up commission to study cause of urban violence 1967 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Canadian Golf Open 1968 - Race Riot in Gary Indiana 1969 - 15th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1969 - Pioneer 10 launched 1970 - Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game 1970 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1970 - L Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, & Jesse Haines enter Hall of Fame 1972 - NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques 1973 - 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103) 1973 - Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners 1974 - House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment 1974 - Kanhai & Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire v Gloucs 1975 - Carol Mann wins LPGA George Washington Ladies Golf Classic 1976 - 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese 1976 - Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair) 1977 - John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US 1978 - Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks) 1978 - Portuguese pres Eanes fires premier Soares 1979 - "Broadway Opry '79" opens at St James Theater NYC for 6 performances 1979 - France performs nuclear Test 1980 - Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead 1980 - Sally Little wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic 1982 - Calif catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times 1982 - Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years 1982 - Menken & Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in NYC 1983 - 104«øF (40.3øC) in Garmersdorf (German record) 1983 - Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan & Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal 1984 - Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single (vs Phila) 1985 - Steve Cram runs world record mile (3:46.78) 1986 - 14th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley 1986 - 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0) 1986 - Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France 1987 - John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel 1987 - Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive 1988 - Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years 1988 - General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as pres of Burma 1988 - Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer 1988 - Tommy John commits rec 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3 1989 - Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) 1990 - Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's 1990 - Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record 1990 - White-Russia declares independence 1990 - Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop 1991 - Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown 1991 - TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition 1992 - Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep Natl Convention 1992 - Dimitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychenko, Veniamin Taianovitch & Evgueni 1992 - Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95) 1993 - Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees 1993 - Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high 1993 - Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed 1993 - NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million 1993 - NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games 1996 - Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured 1996 - David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs 1997 - "Candide," closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances 1997 - "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 738 performances 1997 - Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16 1997 - Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship 1997 - Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267) 1997 - Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Famous birthdays 1452 - Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494 . .1500) 1502 - Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer 1518 - Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses 1609 - Heinrich Pape, composer 1612 - Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad 1625 - Edward Montagu, England 1667 - Jean Bernoulli, mathematician 1734 - Jakob Zupan, composer 1741 - Franois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer 1768 - Charlotte Corday d'Armont, murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath 1777 - Thomas Campbell, poet (Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic) 1781 - Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer 1784 - Andr-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer (chamber music) 1801 - George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal 1802 - Benedikt Randhartinger, composer 1812 - Thomas Lanier Clingman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 1820 - John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1824 - Alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille) 1835 - Giosu Carducci, Italy, poet (Nobel 1906) 1840 - Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1848 - Roland baron Etvs, Hungarian physicist 1848 - Vladimir de Pachmann, painter 1857 - Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator 1857 - Jos Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900 1867 - Enrique Granados, Lrida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen) 1870 - Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome) 1872 - Stanislav Binicki, composer 1877 - Ern [Ernst von] Dohn nyi, Hungary, composer (Msg to Posterity) 1878 - Jean F van Royen, Dutch German secretary (PTT) 1878 - Th to de Weeme, painter 1879 - Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) 1880 - Donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana) 1880 - Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo 1881 - Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930) 1890 - Judith Lowry, Ft Sill OK, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...) 1894 - Gerald F Bogan, US vice-admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean) 1898 - Audley Moore, civil rights activist, humanitarian [Queen Mother] 1899 - Harl McDonald, near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa F Trail) 1899 - Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (20's) 1900 - Charles Vidor, Budapest Hungary, direct (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl) 1900 - Hans Haug, composer 1903 - Clive Martin Douglas, composer 1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Ivan the Terrible) 1904 - Agnes Yarnall, sculptor, artist, author laa, 1987 1904 - Anton Dolin, [Patrick Healey-Kay], dancer (Girl From Petrovka) 1904 - Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, physicist 1906 - Leo Durocher, Mass, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Giants) 1907 - Denis Rickett, private secretary to Clement Attlee 1907 - Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater/judge (Olympics 1932,36) 1908 - Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts (Labour) 1909 - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor 1910 - Bea Marcia Anastasia verbrook Christoforides, writer 1910 - Julien Gracq, [Louis Poirier], French writer (Andr Breton) 1911 - Wilfrid Ewart Oulton, airman 1912 - Hilde Domin, writer 1912 - Igor Markevitch, Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdu) 1912 - Vernon Elliott, musician/composer 1913 - Eva Jones, poet/novelist 1913 - Mary Green, headmistress (Kidbrooke School) 1913 - Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria) 1915 - Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner (late 40's) 1916 - Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi 1916 - Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player 1916 - Kennan Wynn, NYC, actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor) 1916 - Siegfried Reda, composer 1917 - John Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace) 1917 - Moses Rascoe, blues Singer 1917 - Robert Cowans, executive director (British Aerospace) 1918 - Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer 1918 - Leonard Rose, Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51) 1920 - Beatrice Pearson, Dennison Texas, actress (Moving Finger) 1920 - James Munn, commissioner (British University) 1922 - Adolfo Celi, Sicily Italy, director (Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue) 1922 - Bob Thiele, record producer 1922 - Lillian Hayman, Balt Md, actress (Leslie Uggams Show) 1922 - Norman Lear, TV writer/producer (All in The Family) 1924 - Otar Vasil'yevich Taktakishvili, composer 1924 - Vincent Canby, critic (NY Times) 1925 - Doc Pomus, rocker 1926 - Peter Coker, captain 1928 - Sakari Mononen, composer 1929 - Harvey Fuqua, rock vocalist (Moonglows-Sincerely) 1929 - Jack Higgins, [Harry Patterson], novelist 1929 - Marc Wilkinson, composer 1930 - Ronald Dearing, chairman (British Post Office) 1930 - Shirley Williams, co-founder (Social Democratic Party)/labour minister 1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, Danville Ill, actor (My Mother the Car, Coach) 1932 - Beverly B Byron, (Rep-D-MD, 1979- ) 1932 - Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader 1932 - Marguerite Empey, [Diane Webber], LA CA, playmate (May 1955, Feb 1956) 1932 - Robert Cowan, CEO (Highlands & Islands Enterprises) 1933 - Nick Reynolds, rocker (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons) 1933 - Roger Harris, cricketer (NZ opening batsman vs England 1959) 1934 - John Pardoe, CEO (Sight & Sound Education)/Liberal MP 1937 - Anna Dawson, British comedienne (Violet-Keeping Up Appearances) 1937 - Chuck Jackson, Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry) 1937 - Don Galloway, Brooksville Ky, actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside) 1937 - Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator 1938 - Shirley Anne Field, England, actress (Alfie, War Lover) [or Jun 27] 1939 - Irv Cross, NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV) 1939 - James McGee, pathologist/professor (Morbid Anatomy at Oxford) 1939 - James Victor, Puerto Rico, actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA) 1941 - Johannes Fritsch, composer 1942 - Barbara Ferris, London England, actress (Nice Girl Like Me) 1942 - John Pleshette, NYC, actor (Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue) 1942 - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 1943 - Al Ramsey, NJ, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 1943 - Bill Bradley, Crystal City Mo, NY Knick/(Sen-D-NJ)/Rhodes scholar 1943 - Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company) 1944 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Dedkov, cosmonaut 1944 - Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer/songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe) 1946 - Gwynne Gilford, LA Calif, actress (Linda Harris-Waverly Wonders) 1946 - Ricardo Anasagasti, [Ricardo M Meul], Curaao, dancer/actor 1946 - Toktar Ongarbajewitch Aubakirov, Kazakhstan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13) 1947 - Betty Thomas, St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues) 1947 - Wayne Dowdy, (Rep-D-MS, 1981- ) 1948 - Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist/singer (Doe Maar) 1948 - Peggy Fleming Jenkins, San Jose Calif, figure skater (Olym-gold-1968) 1949 - David Muse, rocker (Firefall) 1949 - Jeremy Thomas, actor (Family Life) 1949 - Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After) 1950 - Michael Vaughn, rocker (Paper Lace) 1950 - Simon Jones, Willshire England, comedian (News is the News) 1951 - Janet Eilber, Detroit Mich, actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy) 1953 - Wim G J M van de Camp, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1955 - Allan Border, cricket captain (Australia) 1957 - Gezina E "Liesbeth" van Apeldoorn, Dutch actress (Composer) 1957 - Hansi Muller, skier 1958 - Christopher Dean, Olympics skater (Torvill & Dean/Olympic-gold-1984) 1959 - David East, cricketer 1960 - Christina Singer, Geoppingen Germany, tennis star 1960 - Jo Durie, England, tennis player 1960 - Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival King 1961 - Daniel C Burbank, Manchester Ct, Lt cmdr USCG/astronaut 1963 - Jason Buck, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores) 1967 - Craig Wolanin, Grosse Pointe, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche) 1967 - Emiel van Eijkeren, soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC) 1967 - Jeff Novak, NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1967 - Julian McMahon, actor (Ian Rain-Another World, John Grant-Profiler) 1967 - Neil Smith, cricketer (Warwickshire & England A all-rounder) 1967 - Sasha Mitchell, LA Calif, actor (Spike of Bensonhurst) 1968 - Christina Singer, Goeppingen Germany, tennis star (1991 Futures GBR) 1968 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Messina Sicily, actress (Postman) 1968 - Tom Goodwin, Fresno CA, outfielder (KC Royals) 1969 - Jason Woolley, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1969 - Linda Burgess, WNBA forward (LA Sparks) 1970 - Jennifer Lopez, actress (Selena) 1970 - Tom Europe, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes) 1971 - Brennon James Dowric, Australian gymnast (Olympics-92, 96) 1972 - Alph Browning, NLF/WLAF receiver (Redskins, Barcelona Dragons) 1972 - Bryce Bevill, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1972 - Clint Robinson, Brisbane QLD Australia, K-1 1k canoeist (Oly-bron-96) 1973 - Amy Linn Duncan, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Miss America-Oklahoma (1997) 1973 - Niki Jenkins, Selkirk Manitoba, 72 kg judoka (Olympics-gold-96) 1973 - Sami Alalampi, WLAF receiver (Barcelona Dragons) 1975 - Alex Rodriguez, NYC, shortstop (Seattle Mariners) 1976 - Mwadi Mabika, WNBA guard/forward (LA Sparks) 1977 - Jason Michael Zimbler, Queens NY, actor (Clarissa Explains it All)
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On July 28 in history ..
0388 - Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis 0754 - Pope Stephen II, [III] makes Pippin de Korte, King of France 1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus 1402 - Battle at Ancyra/Angora/Ankara: Timur Lenk beats sultan Bajezid I 1434 - Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon 1540 - English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife 1579 - Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid 1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe 1588 - Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I 1609 - Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda 1635 - Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans 1683 - Anne Stuart marries prince Georges of Denmark 1696 - De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance 1708 - Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC 1717 - Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs 1741 - Capt Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska 1742 - Prussia & Austria sign peace treaty 1808 - Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey 1821 - Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1830 - Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1849 - Memmon is 1st clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY 1851 - Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph 1858 - 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by 1858 - Nadar takes 1st airborne photo (in a balloon) 1858 - William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India 1862 - Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo 1864 - 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia 1864 - Battle of Atlanta GA (Ezra Church)-second sortie US700 CS4642 1866 - Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US 1868 - 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves 1882 - Opera "Parsifal" is produced (Beirut) 1883 - Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000 1886 - English Salisbury govt forms 1887 - NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs 1896 - City of Miami incorporated 1898 - Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender 1898 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman"(BG) 1900 - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut 1906 - Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4 1911 - 96øF (35.6øC) in De Bilt Netherlands 1913 - 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2) 1914 - Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox) 1914 - Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow 1914 - World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 1915 - 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings 1915 - US forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924 1917 - Silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots 1919 - Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam 1926 - US & Panamanian pact about safeguard of Panama Canal 1928 - 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam 1929 - Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich) 1930 - 114øF (46øC), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record) 1931 - Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem 1931 - White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12 1932 - Battle between unemployed war veterans & federal troops, 4 die 1932 - Pres Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment 1933 - 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), NYC 1933 - NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions 1933 - Spain recognizes the USSR 1934 - 118øF (48øC), Orofino, Idaho (state record) 1935 - Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France 1937 - Eddie Paynter scores 322 for Lancashire against Sussex 1937 - Richard Moore scores 316 for Hampshire against Warwickshire 1938 - 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead 1938 - Bradman scores 202 Aust v Somerset, 225 mins, 32 fours 1939 - 5th Dutch govt of Colijn falls 1940 - Radio Orange, London begins 1940 - Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9 1942 - Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto 1942 - Zionists partisans ZOB forms in Poland 1943 - Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns 1943 - Pres FDR announces end of coffee rationing in US 1944 - Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1944 - US 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France 1945 - Japanese premier Suzuki disregards US ultimatum to surrender 1945 - US Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die 1945 - US Senate ratifies UN charter 89-2 1947 - Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania 1948 - I G Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die 1951 - "Kiss Me, Kate" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 perfs 1951 - Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released 1952 - Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell, as Cincinnati Reds manager 1954 - Ernest Blochs 4th string quartet, premieres 1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show) 1957 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open 1957 - White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game 1958 - Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship 1959 - Great-Britain starts using postal codes 1959 - Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress 1960 - Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate 1962 - 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa 1962 - Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open 1964 - England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw 1964 - Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures 1965 - LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000) 1967 - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down 1971 - 16 time gold glover Brook Robinson commits 3 errors in 6th inning 1971 - Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie" 1972 - 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162) 1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1973 - Jane Blalock/Sandra Palmer wins Lady Angelo's 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1973 - Skylab 3's astronauts (Bean, Garriott & Lousma) launched 1974 - 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck (Belem, Brazil) 1974 - Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic 1976 - 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake 1976 - 8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die) 1976 - Eldon Joersz & Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph 1976 - White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's 1977 - 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska 1977 - Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks 1977 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham v Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings 1978 - 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY 1978 - At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees 1978 - Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time 1978 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1979 - Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game 1979 - France performs nuclear Test 1980 - Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Bela£nde Terry becomes president 1983 - AL Pres Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision & allows 1983 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1983 - George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game) 1983 - NASA launches Telstar-3A 1984 - 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles 1985 - 13th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley 1985 - Alan Garc¡a sworn in as president of Peru 1985 - L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, & H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame 1986 - Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed 1986 - NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated 1987 - 42nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies 1987 - Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races 1988 - IBM announces price hike on older models 1988 - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years 1988 - Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank 1988 - Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson 1988 - Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3 1989 - Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning 1989 - Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50 1989 - NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleve, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz 1990 - Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru 1990 - Blackout hits Chicago 1991 - "Gypsy" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 105 performances 1991 - 12th US Seniors Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus 1991 - 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1) 1991 - Buffalo Bills beat Phila Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley 1991 - Dennis Martinez pitches the 15th perfect game in baseball history 1991 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Bay State Golf Classic 1991 - Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race 1992 - Ground breaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium 1993 - Mariner Ken Griffey Jr is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games 1994 - Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994 1994 - Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1994 - Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 12th perfect game 1995 - Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore 1996 - NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR 1996 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic 1997 - Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks 1997 - Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion 2061 - 31st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet Famous birthdays 1165 - Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher 1456 - Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) 1514 - Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland 1609 - Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised 1719 - Jan Nepveu, governor-general of Suriname (1769-79) [or Aug 27] 1745 - Piotr A von der Pahlen, milt governor (St Petersburg) 1746 - Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Decl of Ind 1750 - Philippe Fabre d'glantine, France, poet/satirist/politician 1778 - Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1869 1804 - Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man is what he eats) 1808 - Charles Lucas, composer 1809 - Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General (Union volunteers) 1813 - Alberto Mazzucato, composer 1825 - William Duncan Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1833 - James Henry Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army) [or Jun 22 1814] 1835 - Jose Garcia Robles, composer 1837 - Christian Barnekow, composer 1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover) 1859 - Balington Booth, founder (Volunteers of America) 1866 - Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit) 1868 - George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor 1868 - Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran) 1870 - Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31) 1872 - Albert P Sarraut, Fren gov-gen of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36) 1874 - Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator (Essay on Man) 1887 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) 1890 - Marie Lohr, Sydney Australia, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel) 1891 - Ron Oxenham, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32) 1892 - Joe E Brown, Holgate Ohio, comedian (Buck Circus Hour) 1892 - Petro Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite) 1893 - Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer 1897 - Emmy Arbous, [Emilia J Henke], Dutch actress (Little Rascal) 1900 - Maurice Johnstone, composer 1901 - Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time) 1901 - Sandor Vandor, composer 1902 - Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher (Logic of Forschung) 1902 - Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Dead Reckoning) 1903 - Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), Louisville KY 1904 - [John] Selwyn [Brooke] Lloyd, British statsman 1905 - Charles William Hutton, architect 1906 - Gottlob Frick, singer 1907 - Earl S Tupper, inventor (Tupperware) 1907 - Vivian Vance, Cherryvale Ks, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy) 1908 - Zbigniew Turski, composer 1909 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano) 1910 - Bill Goodwin, SF Calif, announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen) 1910 - Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot 1911 - Ann Doran, Amarillo Tx, actress (Longstreet, Shirley) 1911 - Gerhard Stoeck, Germany, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1936) 1912 - Eleazar de Carvalho, Iguat£ Brazil, conductor/tuba (Tiradentes) 1916 - David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes) 1916 - Laird Cregar, Phila, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square) 1922 - Jacques Piccard, Switzerland, undersea explorer (bathyscaph Trieste) 1923 - Kent L Lee, US vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas/Palau) 1923 - Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, secretary of state 1923 - Michio Watanabe, politician 1924 - Fred Fisher, cricketer (one Test for NZ v SA 1953) 1924 - Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London) 1925 - Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive 1925 - Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West 1925 - Larry Pruden, composer 1928 - Adrian Ratiu, composer 1929 - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, NY, 1st lady (1961-63) 1929 - Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert 1930 - Darryl Hickman, Hollywood Cal, actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy) 1931 - Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's) 1934 - Jacques d'Amboise, Dedham Mass, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Company) 1934 - Norman D Shumway, (Rep-R-California, 1979- ) 1937 - Anthony Ward, writer 1937 - Peter Duchin, NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch) 1938 - Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- ) 1938 - George Cummings, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show) 1938 - Robert Hughes, [Studley Forrest], Australia, writer/critic (Barcelona) 1939 - Clem Cattini, rock drummer (Tornados London) 1940 - Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater) 1941 - Riccardo Muti, Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch) 1943 - Bill Bradley, Crystal Ms, NBA forward (Knicks, Oly-gold-64/Sen-D-NJ) 1943 - Lawrence Elkins, football player FL (Houston Oilers) 1943 - Mike Bloomfield, Chicago Ill, blues guitarist/singer (Analine) 1944 - Daniel Morelon, France, 1K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72) 1944 - Mike Bloomfield, rocker 1945 - Jim Davis, cartoonist (Garfield) 1945 - Richard William Wright, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall) 1945 - Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd 1946 - Douglas H Bosco, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- ) 1946 - Jonathan Edwards, rocker 1946 - Linda Kelsey, Minneapolis, actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day) 1947 - Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 - Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1968) 1947 - Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic-gold-1968) 1947 - Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968) 1947 - Sally Struther, Portland Oregon, actress (Gloria-All in the Family) 1948 - Andy Fraser, rocker 1948 - Georgia Engel, Wash DC, actress (Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show) 1948 - Sergei Bodrov, Khabarovsk Russia, director (Katala, Somebody to Love) 1949 - Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle (1989-93) 1949 - Simon Kirke, rock drummer (Bad Company) 1949 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker (T-Rex) 1949 - Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971) 1951 - Greg Gluffria, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara) 1952 - Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne 1952 - Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit) 1953 - Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) 1954 - Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille) 1954 - Steve Morse, rocker 1958 - Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope) 1961 - David Huff, rocker (Giant) 1961 - Scott E Parazynski, Little Rock Ark, MD/astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95) 1962 - Rachel Sweet, rocker 1963 - Patrizia Pellegrino, Naples Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980) 1964 - Bruce Wilkerson, NFL tackle (Jaguars, GB Packers-Superbowl 31) 1964 - Dave Alexander, NFL center (NY Jets) 1967 - Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998) 1967 - Lori Loughlin, Queens, actress (Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House) 1969 - Corey Raymond, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions) 1969 - Frank Lickliter, Middletown OH, Nike golfer (1993 White Rose-24th) 1969 - Garth Snow, Wrentham Mass, US hockey goalie (Olympics-1994, Flyers) 1969 - Jaimie Dawson, Geneva Switz, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96) 1969 - Jarrod Hanks, Lafayette LA, US gymnist (Olympic-92, 96) 1969 - Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa Calif, heptathlete 1970 - Paul Strang, cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994-) 1971 - Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire) 1972 - Brenda Schultz, Netherlands, tennis star 1972 - Elizabeth Berkley, Mich, actress (Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl) 1972 - Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire) 1972 - Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire) 1973 - Nixon A McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996) 1973 - Scott Bloom, Manhasset NY, actor (Keys, Stuff) 1977 - Aki Berg, Turku Fin, NHL defenseman (LA Kings) 1979 - Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1997)
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On July 29 in history ..
0362 - Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws 0626 - Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople 1014 - Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies 1030 - Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim) 1179 - Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III 1560 - Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden 1563 - League of High Nobles routes King Philip II 1565 - Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1579 - Antwerp request union with of Utrecht 1579 - King Philip II arrests plotters Antonio Perez & princess van Eboli 1585 - Friese academy opens 1588 - Attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders 1588 - Duke Farneses troops ready for invasion of England 1634 - Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curaao 1655 - Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians 1693 - Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army 1696 - French king Louis XIV & Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace 1715 - 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane 1751 - 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England 1773 - 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH 1783 - Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000 1786 - 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette 1835 - 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begins 1844 - NY Yacht Club forms 1858 - 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed 1858 - US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan 1864 - 3rd & last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia 1864 - Battle of Macon, GA (Stoneman's Raid) 1874 - Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1899 - 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY 1899 - Southern Calif Golf Assn forms 1902 - Union of Orthodox Rabbis of US & Canada forms 1907 - 1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England 1908 - St Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Phila Athletics 1910 - JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 1911 - Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0 1913 - Albania becomes sovereignty under prince Wilhelm von Wied 1914 - 1st transcontinental phone link made between NYC & SF 1914 - Austrian-Hungary bombs Belgrade 1914 - British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover 1914 - Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary 1915 - Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR 1916 - Postal check & Girodienst establishes 1920 - 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF 1920 - Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders 1921 - Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn 1921 - New rules of language assumed (equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium) 1923 - Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin 1923 - KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany 1924 - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship 1927 - 1st iron lung installed (Bellevue hospital, NY) 1927 - Bellevue Hospital in NY installs 1st iron lung 1927 - Phil Mead scores his 100th 100, Hampshire v Northants 1928 - Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released 1928 - Cleve Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game 1929 - Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France 1930 - 115øF (46øC), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) 1930 - Airship R100, 1st passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada 1934 - 17th PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Park CC Williamsville NY 1936 - RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show & monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy) 1937 - Japanese troops occupies Peking & Tientsin 1938 - Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears 1938 - Olympic National Park forms 1940 - Urk soccer team forms 1942 - Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd 1943 - 1 million inhabitants flee Hamburg 1943 - Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam 1944 - Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours 1944 - Frank McCormick (Reds) HR off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH 1944 - US 4th Armour division occupiers Avranches 1945 - After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed & sunk by a Japanese submarine 1947 - Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg Va 1948 - King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London 1949 - Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends 1949 - BBC radio begins broadcasting 1950 - Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run 1952 - 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet 1953 - US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok 1955 - Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRS to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5 1955 - USSR performs nuclear Test 1956 - 11th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Cornelius 1956 - Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) 1956 - WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, FL (IND) begins broadcasting 1957 - Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1957 - International Atomic Energy Agency forms by UN 1957 - Jack Paar's Tonight show premieres 1958 - Pres Eisenhower signs NASA & Space Act of 1958 1958 - Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running 1961 - Bob Dylan injured in car accident 1961 - Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games 1961 - Wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory 1965 - Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends 1965 - Gemini 5 returned after 12d 7h 11m 53s 1965 - Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) 1965 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1966 - Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock NY 1966 - Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup 1967 - Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 1967 - Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage 1967 - U S S Forrestal explodes kills 134. $100 million damage 1968 - Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1 1968 - Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa 1968 - Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption 1968 - Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited 1968 - Wash DC Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs Cleve 1969 - Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars 1970 - 6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct 1972 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1973 - $180,000 in Led Zeppelin receipts are robbed from NY Hilton 1973 - Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy 1974 - 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee 1974 - Episcopal Church ordained female priests 1974 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 - St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base 1975 - Ford became 1st US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz 1975 - Military coup by Gen Mohammed/Pres Jakubu Gowon fired 1976 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test 1978 - 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY 1978 - Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m 1978 - Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings 1978 - On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 & Bob Lemon will become GM 1979 - 7th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Amy Alcott 1981 - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated 1981 - Iran ex-president Bani Sadr flees to Paris 1981 - Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer 1982 - Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson 1983 - "Friday Night Videos" premieres on NBC TV 1983 - Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak 1984 - 12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster 1984 - 23rd Summer Olympics opens in LA 1985 - 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched 1986 - Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed 1986 - Dennis Amiss scores his 100th 100, Warwickshire v Lancashire 1986 - NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages 1987 - Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia 1988 - FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion 1988 - Gorbachev pushes plan electing president & parliament in March, 1989 1988 - Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit 1988 - Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes 1988 - South African govt bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" 1988 - Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson & Curt Schilling 1988 - Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home 1989 - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan 1989 - Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32 1989 - Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases 1989 - White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher & Sam Sosa 1990 - 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4 1990 - 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats USSR in Atlanta Georgia (2-1) 1990 - 36th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Beth Daniel 1990 - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 1990 - South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference 1991 - 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0) 1991 - Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7« caret engagement ring 1991 - Yankee Stadium fans throw cups & blowup dolls at Jose Canseco 1992 - "Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 18 perfs 1992 - Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00) 1992 - Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguys), arrested for narcotic possession 1993 - Cin Red pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession 1993 - Walter Koenig (Checkov-Star Trek) suffers a mild heart attack 1993 - Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible 1994 - 200,000 Moslems demand death to feminist Taslima Nasrin 1994 - Corrupt Italian ex-premier Craxi gets 8« year jail sentenced 1994 - H Emans Arubaanse Peoples Party wins parliamentary election 1994 - India army kills 27 Moslem militants 1994 - Jesse Timmedequas, rapes & murders Megan Kanka, 7 (Megan's Law) 1994 - Parliamentary election in Aruba 1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis 1995 - Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14 1997 - US Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields GC Ill Famous birthdays 1590 - Gilles Hayne, composer 1605 - Simon Dach, German poet 1620 - Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat 1646 - Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve) 1723 - Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer 1739 - Johannes Ritschel, composer 1755 - Franz Gotz, composer 1758 - Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment) 1778 - Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America) 1817 - James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 1820 - Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871 1828 - Cuvier Grover, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1885 1830 - Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 1849 - Max Nordau, [Sdfeld], German arts/writer/zionist leader 1853 - Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing) 1853 - Henry Morton Dunham, composer 1854 - Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator (Theory of Education) 1861 - Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt 1861 - Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16) 1865 - Nicola Spinelli, composer 1867 - Enrique Granados, Spain, composer 1869 - Booth Tarkington, US, novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons) 1871 - [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk 1874 - August Stramm, writer 1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge) 1878 - Don Marquis, Ill, journalist/poet (archy & mehitabel) 1883 - Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43) 1883 - Manuel Infante, Spanish composer/conductor 1884 - Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist 1887 - Rudi Stephan, composer 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time) 1888 - Niles Welch, Hartford CT, actor (Cornered) 1889 - Karl Otten, writer 1891 - Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist 1892 - Charles L Bass, actor (Business in White Slavery) 1892 - Ernst van Raalte, lawyer (Seen, heard... wrote) 1892 - Karel L Baars, Dutch actor (White Slaves Trade) 1892 - William Powell, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey) 1893 - Arre Merikanto, Finnish composer (12-tones music) 1895 - Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist (explored atom, Nobel 1944) 1900 - Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer [OS] 1900 - Don Redman, Piedmont WV, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times) 1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Sweden, novelist (Return to Ithaca-Nobel 1974) 1905 - Clara Bow, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid) 1905 - Dag Hammarskjld, Sweden, 2nd UN Sect-General (1953-61) (Nobel 1961) 1905 - Thelma Todd, [Alison Loyd], Lawrence MA, actress (Dangerous Female) 1907 - Melvin Mouron Belli, Sonora Calif, lawyer (SF's "King of Torts") 1909 - Georgy Mushel, composer 1910 - Henry Brian Boyne, journalist 1911 - Jan Cikker, composer 1913 - Stephen McNally, NYC, actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo) 1914 - "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian (Car Wash) 1914 - Abram Games, graphic artist 1914 - Dovie Hudson, community activist in rural Mississippi 1918 - Vladimir Dudentzev, Russian writer 1920 - Rodolfo Acosta, Chihuahua Mexico, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw) 1921 - Aled Eames, maritime historian 1921 - Richard Egan, SF Calif, actor (Empire, Redigo, Pollyanna) 1924 - Arnold Weinstock, English industrial/multi-millionaire (GEC) 1924 - Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, (Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2«) 1924 - Robert Horton, LA Calif, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena) 1925 - Mikis Michael George Theodorakis, Chios Greece, composer (Raven) 1926 - Don Carter, bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year (1953-54, 57-58, 60-61) 1926 - Russel Firestone, polo great (Circle F-1959 champs) 1927 - Harry K V Mulisch, writer (Message to King Rat) 1928 - Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, composer 1930 - Paul Taylor, dancer/choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company) [or 6/5] 1932 - Nancy Landon Kassebaum, (Sen-R-Kansas, 1979- ) 1933 - Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman (1960-62) 1933 - Robert Fuller, Troy NY, actor (Laramie, Wagon Train) 1934 - Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner (son of O C, Test 0-140) 1935 - Leonard Lee, rocker (Shirley & Lee) 1935 - Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor (Dresden State Opera 1961) 1936 - Elizabeth Hanford Dole, US Secretary of Transportation (1983-87) 1938 - Peter Jennings, Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News) 1939 - Annea Lockwood, composer 1941 - David Warner, Manchester NH, actor (Star Trek VI, Time Bandits) 1942 - Sharon Gans, actress (Slaughterhouse 5) 1943 - Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter) 1943 - Ingrid Kramer, Dresden Germany, diver (Olympic-gold-1964) 1943 - Roz Kelly, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Owl & *****cat, Happy Days) 1944 - Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener (387 partnership w/Turner v WI 1972) 1945 - Michelle Angelo, Kingsville Tx, actress (Funny Girl) 1946 - Bill Forsyth, director (Local Hero, Breaking In, Housekeeping) 1946 - Neal Doughty, Evantson Ill, rock keyboardist (Reo Speedwagon) 1947 - Janet LePera, LPGA golfer 1949 - Marilyn Tucker Quayle, novelist/wife of vice president Dan (1989-93) 1949 - Stephen Burleigh, Wheeling WV, actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn) 1950 - Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record) 1950 - Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Oly-silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80) 1951 - Dean Pitchford, rocker 1951 - Deborah Pryor, Calif, actress (The Godson)/(Rep-R-Ohio) 1951 - Leslie Easterbrook, LA Calif, actress (Ryan's Hope, Police Acadamy 5) 1953 - Geddy Lee, Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer) 1953 - Ken Burns, epic documentary maker (Civil War, Baseball) 1954 - Flo Hyman, Inglewood Calif, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984) 1955 - "Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player (Pogues-Straight to Hell) 1956 - Brenda Hocott, LPGA golfer 1956 - Michael Biehn, Anniston AL, actor (Rampage, Hog Wild, Aliens, Abyss) 1956 - Patti Scialfa, singer (As Long as I Can Be)/Mrs Bruce Springsteen 1959 - Brian James Claar, Santa Monica CA, PGA golfer (1991 AT&T-2nd) 1959 - Gary Springer, NYC, actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair) 1959 - John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder) 1959 - Nelli Kim, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1976) 1962 - Corinne Dibnah, Brisbane Australia, LPGA golfer (1988 Brit Open) 1962 - Steve Pelluer, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1963 - Alexandra Paul, NYC, actress (Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet) 1963 - Azeem Hafeez, cricketer (fingerless Pakistani lefty quick) 1963 - Damon Allen, CFL quarterback (BC Lions) 1963 - Michel Boerebach, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente) 1963 - Patty Dodd, Bogota Columbia, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-2nd-1988) 1963 - Steve Frey, Meadowbrook PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies) 1964 - Lisa Peluso, Phila, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Ava-Loving) 1965 - Doug Burden, Rutland Vt, rower (Olympics-5th-88, 92, 96) 1965 - Henry James, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1965 - Karen Doell, Winkler Manitoba, softball 2nd baseman (Olympics-96) 1965 - Luis Alicea, Santurce Puerto Rico, infielder (St Louis Cardinals) 1966 - Jeff Herrod, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts) 1966 - Martina McBride, country singer 1966 - Sally Gunnell, 400m hurdler, (Olympic-gold-92) 1968 - Kristen Babb-Sprague, Calif, US synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-92) 1968 - Mike Williams, Radford VA, pitcher (Phila Phillies) 1969 - Alison Dunlap, Denver Colo, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1970 - John Rennie, cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993) 1970 - Maria Checca, Bogota Colombia, playmate (Aug, 1994) 1970 - Sean LaChapelle, NFL/WLAF receiver (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores) 1970 - Steve Wojciechowski, Blue Island IL, pitcher (Oakland A's) 1971 - Bryan Dattilo, Kankakee IL, actor (Calif Dreaming, Days of Our Lives) 1971 - Jayne Fenner, Four Marks England, US sailing (Olympic-92) 1971 - Johnny Ruffin, Butler AL, pitcher (Cin Reds) 1972 - Steven Branscombe, WLAF WR (Scotland Claymores) 1972 - Wil Wheaton, CA, actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me) 1973 - Stephen Dorff, Atlanta, actor (I Know My Name is Steven) 1973 - Wanya Morris, [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men) 1974 - Derek Wilkinson, Lasalle, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1975 - Seth Greisinger, Kansas City KS, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1975 - Sheya Shipanga, Miss Namibia Universe (1997) 1977 - Greg Burgess, US, 200m individual medley (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1981 - Jennie Thompson, Wichita Falls TX, gymnast (Jr Natl-champ-93, Oly-96) Famous deaths 1030 - Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad 1095 - Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies 1099 - Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies 1108 - Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 1164 - Olaf, King of Norway, dies 1573 - Spanish prince of Eboli, dies 1596 - Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84 1632 - Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies 1644 - Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies 1649 - David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies 1669 - Christopher Simpson, composer, dies 1786 - Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58 1797 - Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 1808 - Selm III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies 1825 - Micah Hawkins, composer, dies at 48 1838 - Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53 1856 - Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 1857 - Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 1859 - Auguste Mathieu Panseron, composer, dies at 63 1863 - Edward Needle Kirk, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at about 35 1886 - Adolf Muller, composer, dies at 84 1886 - Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies 1890 - Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France 1897 - Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74 1900 - Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci 1906 - Alexandre Luigini, composer, dies at 56 1911 - Oscar Carr, circus director, dies at 64 1913 - Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies 1922 - Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 1930 - Alexander von Fielitz, composer, dies at 69 1933 - Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer, dies at 73 1941 - James Stephenson, actor (Sea Hawk, River's End), dies at 52 1956 - Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 1958 - Charles O'Malley, actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61 1960 - Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon & Shuster), dies 1963 - Dave Smith, cricketer (2 Tests in 1912 Australian side), dies 1963 - Dorian Le Gallienne, composer, dies at 48 1966 - Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44 1970 - John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70 1970 - Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69 1973 - Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72 1974 - Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas & Papas), chokes to death in London at 32 1974 - Erich Kstner, writer, dies at 75 1975 - James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 1977 - Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies 1978 - Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros & Civilization), dies at 81 1980 - Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58 1982 - Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81 1982 - Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62 1982 - Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86 1983 - David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73 1983 - J B Charles, [Willem Nagel], Dutch criminologist/writer, dies at 83 1983 - Luis Bu€uel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83 1983 - Raymond Massey, actor (Dr Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86 1984 - Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84 1984 - Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1985 - James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69 1987 - Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies 1988 - Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86 1990 - Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies 1992 - Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered 1993 - AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78 1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, chemist (B-12, Nobel 1964), dies at 78 1994 - Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68 1994 - John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill 1996 - Aruna Asaf Ali, politician, dies at 88
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On August 1 in history ..
0527 - Justinianus I succeeds Justinus I as emperor of Byzantium 0649 - Pope Martinus I chosen successor of Theodorus I [or 8/7] 0860 - Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German & Lotharius II 0902 - Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily 1021 - Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest 1086 - English barons become submissive to king Willem the Occupier 1177 - Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I & Pope Alexander III 1203 - Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium 1291 - Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence) 1404 - Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland 1485 - Henry (VII) Tudors army sails to England 1498 - Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela) 1588 - English admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada 1589 - Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III 1619 - 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 1626 - Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal 1628 - Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism 1664 - Battle at St Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed Kprl 1690 - Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye 1711 - Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov 1714 - Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England 1716 - 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) 1716 - Waterman's race on Thames 1st rowed 1732 - Foundation laid for Bank of England 1759 - Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France 1774 - Priestly discovers oxygen 1780 - Sweden declares neutrality 1781 - English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia 1785 - Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet 1789 - US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act 1790 - 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves) 1793 - France becomes 1st country to use the metric system 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins 1798 - Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet 1812 - Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY 1814 - Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat 1831 - London Bridge opens to traffic 1834 - Slavery abolished through out the British Empire 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil 1838 - Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas 1842 - Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens 1852 - SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist 1855 - Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants 1861 - Brazil recognizes Confederacy 1863 - Battle of Little Rock AK & Start of Chattanooga campaign 1863 - Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign 1864 - Battle of Petersburg, VA 1867 - Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) 1869 - 1st voyage down Colorado River 1873 - SF's 1st cable car begins service 1876 - Colorado becomes 38th state 1881 - US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay 1883 - A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for 10,000 (forgery) 1883 - Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights 1883 - Inland postal service begins in Great Britain 1886 - Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Lundi 1893 - Henry Perky & William Ford patent shredded wheat 1896 - George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (NY to England) 1901 - Burial within SF City limits prohibited 1902 - Building begins on Dutch public housing 1902 - Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die) 1903 - 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed 1906 - Bkln Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pitts for 10 2/3 loses in 13th 1907 - Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF 1907 - Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division 1909 - British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed 1911 - Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point 1914 - British fleet reaches Scapa Flow 1914 - Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I) 1914 - France & Germany mobilize 1914 - Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1916 - Hawaii National Park forms 1917 - Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT 1918 - British troops enter Vladivostok 1918 - Pitts Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings 1919 - Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam 1919 - Treffers soccer team forms in Groesbeek 1920 - Papendrecht soccer team forms 1920 - Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia 1922 - Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard 1925 - Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies 1926 - Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus 1926 - Failed assassination on Gen Primo de Rivera in Barcelona 1927 - Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards 1928 - Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 & is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace 1933 - Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1/3) 1933 - Death penality for anti fascists in Germany 1933 - Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno 1933 - NRA (National Recovery Administration) forms 1936 - Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin 1936 - Benjamin E Mays named president of Morehouse College 1941 - Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division 1941 - NY Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St L 0) 1942 - Deurne soccer team forms 1942 - German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers 1942 - Race riots in Harlem, New York 1943 - Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw 1943 - Race riot in Harlem NYC 1943 - Sunderland seaplanes sink U-454 & U-383 1944 - Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East 1944 - Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested 1944 - General Montgomery takes command of 12th & 21st army 1944 - US 90th division occupies St Hilaire-du-Harcourt 1944 - US troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir 1944 - Uprising in Warsaw ghetto 1945 - Japanese city Toyama destroyed by B-29's 1945 - Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth & Jimmy Foxx) 1945 - SVBO soccer team forms in Barger-Oosterveld 1946 - Pres Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) 1947 - "Medium & The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 211 perfs 1947 - Valleivogels soccer team forms in Scherpenzeel 1950 - 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1950 - American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule 1950 - Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act) 1950 - King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King 1950 - Territory of Guam created 1951 - David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 1953 - Calif introduces sales tax (for education) 1953 - Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba 1953 - KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 - KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 - Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1953 - Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief 1954 - Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France 1954 - WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 - 1st microgravity research begins 1955 - Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca govt 1955 - WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 - KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 - 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM) 1957 - Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln) 1957 - Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10") 1957 - US & Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) 1958 - 1st class postage up to 4 (had been 3 for 26 years) 1958 - US atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole 1959 - New Continental baseball league formed 1959 - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia 1959 - WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1960 - Aretha Franklins 1st recording session 1960 - Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France 1960 - Chubby Checker releases "The Twist" 1961 - Benaud rips through England team for Aussie win at Old Trafford 1961 - German DR limits traffic to West Berlin 1961 - New SF Hall of Justice opens 1961 - Whitney Young Jr named executive director of National Urban League 1962 - Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0 1962 - Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1963 - Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale 1963 - Germany FR annexes Elten village 1963 - WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 - ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation 1964 - Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 1965 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open 1966 - Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead 1966 - Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 & wounds 31 at U of Texas 1967 - Izak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam 1967 - WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in coins 1968 - Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo 1968 - WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 - 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival 1969 - 36th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208) 1969 - Mariner 6 sends close-up photo's of Mars 1970 - EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wi 1970 - KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 - Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game 1971 - Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison 1971 - CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII 1971 - George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in NYC 1971 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational 1972 - 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward) 1972 - Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header 1973 - H J Witteveen appointed as director of IMF 1973 - Munson & Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park 1974 - Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to NY Nets 1975 - 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord 1975 - 41st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 21, All-Stars 14 (54,103) 1975 - Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of NY Yankees 1975 - Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations 1976 - 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada 1976 - Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colo on Route 34, kills 139 1976 - Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton) 1976 - Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20) 1977 - SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer 1978 - Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games 1978 - Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead 1978 - Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL) 1979 - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms govt in Portugal 1980 - Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record 1980 - Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon (2:11:03 1981 - MTV premieres at 12:01 AM 1981 - Poland premier Jagielski resigns 1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic 1982 - Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives 1982 - H Aaron, F Robinson, T Jackson, & H Chandler inducted in Hall of Fame 1982 - Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut 1982 - Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10) 1983 - New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England 1985 - 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record) 1985 - Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time 1985 - Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74 1986 - Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 1986 - Cleveland sets AL attendance record for twi-night doubleheader, 65,934 1986 - Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia release from hospital after 3 week coma 1986 - Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal 1987 - Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart 1987 - Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada 1987 - Mike Tyson beat Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 - Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America 1988 - Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon 1989 - Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes 1990 - "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 149 perfs 1990 - Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game 1990 - Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait 1990 - Soyuz TM-10 launches 1990 - Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs 1991 - Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida 1991 - Italian/Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires 1992 - "Salome" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 9 performances 1992 - NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres 1992 - USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica 1993 - "In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 25 perfs 1993 - "She Loves Me" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances 1993 - Missie Berteott wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship 1993 - Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY 1993 - Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack 1994 - 99.9øF (37.7øC) in Berlin-Dahlem: record 1994 - The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour 1994 - Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed 1995 - Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network 1996 - M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched 1998 - -8] Gay & Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam Famous birthdays 0126 - Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor (193 AD) 0848 - Frantisek Kmoch, composer 1322 - Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian 1495 - Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect 1520 - Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) 1642 - Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643] 1659 - Antoine Mouque, composer 1685 - Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer 1686 - Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) 1714 - Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter 1744 - Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist 1753 - Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist 1755 - Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer 1766 - Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer 1766 - Jeffrey Wyatville, architect 1770 - William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition 1779 - Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) 1786 - Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister 1814 - Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1815 - Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast 1818 - Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island 1819 - Herman Melville, US, author (Moby ****, Billy Budd) 1824 - Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer 1840 - Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer 1843 - Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 1847 - Guido Papini, violinist/composer 1858 - Hans Rott, composer 1858 - Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist 1861 - Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) 1862 - Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor 1863 - Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) 1867 - William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) 1871 - Oskar Fried, composer 1877 - Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) 1877 - Jan van den Tempel, Dutch MP (SDAP) 1881 - Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer 1881 - Rose Macaulay, writer 1882 - Vaclav Klicka, composer 1886 - Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder (System Keesing) 1888 - Vito Frazzi, composer 1889 - John F Mahoney, developed pencillin treatment of syphillis 1890 - George II, king of Greece 1892 - Constantly Burniaux, Belg, art historian (Temps Inquiets) 1895 - Benjamin E Mays, SC, black educator (Morehouse, Howard University) 1898 - Morris Stoloff, Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey) 1899 - William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71) 1900 - Otto Nothling, cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26) 1901 - Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Mditerrane) 1902 - Hendrik J Kruls, Neth, general/chief military authority (1944-46) 1902 - Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor 1903 - Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan, novelist 1906 - William Hayter, diplomat 1908 - Miloslav Kabelac, composer 1909 - Nigel Henderson, admiral 1910 - Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests) 1910 - William Hayter, diplomat 1911 - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician 1911 - Ronald MacDonald, British major-general 1912 - Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist 1912 - Henry Jones, Phila Pa, actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy) 1912 - Masaya Hanai, businessamn 1913 - Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny) 1913 - Nigel Henderson, admiral 1914 - Jack Delano, composer 1915 - Ronald MacDonald, British major-general 1916 - Viscount Hanworth, barrister 1917 - Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert 1918 - Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist 1919 - Stanley Middleton, novelist 1920 - Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright 1920 - Maria Cole, Boston MA 1920 - Sammy Lee, Fresno Calif, platform diver (Oly-2 gold/bronze-1948, 52) 1920 - Viscount Hanworth, barrister 1921 - Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert 1921 - Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1947, US Open-1946) 1921 - Vic Marshall, chemist 1922 - Arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter) 1922 - Frank Hauser, British theatrical director 1922 - Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist 1923 - Gwyn Ward Thomas, British TV director 1923 - Paul Lambert, El Paso Tx, actor (Tom-Executive Suite) 1923 - Stanley Middleton, novelist 1923 - Yoshinao Nakada, composer 1924 - Frank Worrell, cricketer (one of the three W's, inspiring WI captain) 1924 - Jeffrey Segal, actor/playwright (Vanity Fair, Rest in Pieces) 1924 - Yvonne DeCarlo, actress (10 Commandments, Lily-Munsters) 1925 - Ernst Jandl, writer 1925 - Jack Kramer, actor (Kings of the Court) 1926 - Burton Stein, historian 1926 - Frank Hauser, British theatrical director 1926 - Karl Kohn, composer 1927 - Andr Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier 1927 - Gwyn Ward Thomas, Beritsh TV director 1930 - Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz) 1930 - Julie Bovasso, Brooklyn NY, actress (Willie & Phil, Just Me & You) 1930 - Karoly Grosz, politician 1930 - Lionel Bart, [Begleiter], English composer (Oliver!) 1931 - Lucien E Blackwell, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania) 1931 - Monty Losowsky, prof of medicine (St James University England) 1931 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, rocker 1931 - Sean O Riada, composer 1931 - Trevor Goddard, cricketer (S African opening batsman & opening bowler) 1933 - Dom DeLuise, Bkln NY, comedian (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso) 1933 - Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist/minister of Housing (D66) 1933 - Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary Welsh Office 1934 - J E F "John" Beck, cricketer (lefty bat in 8 Tests for NZ 1953-56) 1934 - Lionel Bart, composer 1935 - Geoff Pullar, cricketer (England opening batsman late 50's early 60's) 1936 - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster 1936 - Yves Saint-Laurent, Oran Algeria, fashion designer (Opium, Obsession) 1937 - Alfonse M D'Amato, Brooklyn NY, (Sen-R-NY 1981- ) 1937 - Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary (Welsh Office) 1939 - Stephen Sykes, Bishop of Ely 1940 - Joan Joyce, Waterbury Ct, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1983) 1940 - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster 1940 - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1941 - Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman (Democratic Party) 1942 - Giancarlo Giannini, La Spezia Italy, actor (Seduction of Mimi) 1942 - Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band) 1943 - Andy Roxburgh, manager soccer team (Scotland) 1943 - Dennis Paxton, rocker (Dave Clark Five-Glad All Over) 1943 - Stephen Sykes, Bishop (Ely) 1944 - Elske Terveld, Dutch undersecretary Social Affairs (PvdA) 1944 - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1944 - Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 26, 38, TM-2) 1946 - Frederick C Boucher, (Rep-D-Virginia, 1983- ) 1946 - J Guillermo, ex-husband of princess Christina of Netherlands 1946 - Richard O Covey, Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astro (STS 51I, 26, 38, 61) 1946 - Tom Loeffler, (Rep-R-TX, 1979- ) 1947 - Andy Roxburgh, soccer manager (Scotland) 1947 - Rick Anderson, rock bassist (Tubes) 1947 - Ricky Coonce, LA Calif, rock drummer (Grass Roots) 1948 - Robert Spink, British MP 1949 - Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV director/film-maker 1949 - Primous, III Fountain, composer 1950 - Doug Tract, Bronx NY, radio DJ (Greaseman) 1951 - David Jasper, British principal (St Chad's College Durham England) 1951 - Robin Heifetz, composer 1952 - Brian Patrick Clarke, Gettysburg Pa, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough) 1952 - C L Whittington, WLAF defensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1952 - Nancy Lopez, professional golfer 1952 - Robert Spink, British MP 1952 - Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman late 70's) 1953 - Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy) 1955 - Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman mid-80's) 1955 - David Jasper, British principal (St Chad's College Durham England) 1957 - Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10") 1957 - Laura Johnson, Burbank Calif, actress (Falcon Crest) 1958 - Taylor Negron, LA Calif, actor (Silvio-Detective School) 1959 - Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages) 1960 - Chuck D, [Chuck Ridenhour], US rapper (Public Enemy) 1960 - Marta Ch varri Figueroa, Madrid Spain, The Marquesa de Cubas 1961 - Andrew Nicholson, UK, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96) 1961 - Bart Conner, US, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984) 1961 - Bradford John Faxon Jr, Oceanport NJ, PGA golfer (1986 Provident) 1961 - Danny Blind, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/Ajax) 1961 - Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (JFK, 8 Sceonds, I Want to Live) 1961 - Mike Watkinson, cricketer (England off-spinner all-rounder v WI 1995) 1962 - Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player (SC Heerenveen) 1962 - Joetta Clark, East Orange NJ, 800m runner (Olympic-1992) 1962 - Traci Phillips, Honolulu Hawaii, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) 1963 - Coolio, rapper (Gangsta Paradise) 1963 - Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut (STS 72, sk: 92) 1964 - Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-16-92, 96) 1964 - Nick Christian Sayer, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) 1964 - Rob Camilletti, Cher's boyfriend 1966 - Darryl Hall, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers) 1966 - Ganesh Mylvaganam, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup) 1966 - Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star 1966 - Pat Carter, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals) 1967 - Gregg Jefferies, Burlingame CA, infielder (NY Mets, Royals, Phillies) 1967 - Lori Endicott, KC MO, volleyball setter (Olympics-bronze-92, 96) 1968 - Rob Carpenter, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles) 1968 - Stacey Augmon, Pasadena, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers, Hawks) 1969 - Graham Thorpe, cricketer (England LHB Century on Test debut 1993) 1969 - Kevin Jarvis, Lexington KY, pitcher (Cin Reds) 1970 - Quentin Coryatt, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts) 1971 - Fred Lester (Atlanta Falcons) 1971 - Julia Chilicki, Somers CT, rower (Olympics-96) 1971 - Lisa Flood, Scarborough Ontario, 100m Breaststroker (Olympics-96) 1971 - Shae Sloan, Huntsville TX, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets) 1972 - Karen Dalton, Mt View Calif, diver (Olympics-96) 1972 - Martin Damm, Czech Republic, tennis star 1972 - Matt Dyson, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders) 1973 - Ben Johnson, cricketer (promising South Australian opening batsman) 1973 - Gregg Berhalter, Englewood NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96) 1973 - Mario Bennett, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Phoenix Suns) 1973 - Tempestt Bledsoe, Chicago, actress (Vanessa Huxtable-Cosby Show) 1974 - Kerwin Waldroup, DL (Detroit Lions) 1975 - Mandy Leigh, Greensburg Penn, actress (Bloodscent) 1976 - David Nemirovsky, Toronto, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers) 1976 - Eryn Bulmer, Edmonton Alberta, diver (Olympics-96) 1976 - Nwankwo Kanu, soccer player (Ajax) 1978 - Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's 1st child 1990 - Landry Allbright, actress (Bridget Forrester-Bold & Beautiful) Famous deaths 0527 - Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies 1137 - Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) 1190 - Floris III, Count of Holland, dies 1457 - Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 1589 - Jacques Clment, French monk (Henri III), dies 1628 - Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 1667 - Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 1714 - Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 1743 - Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 1787 - Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 1805 - Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 1813 - Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 1821 - Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 1834 - Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies 1837 - Walter Geikie, painter, dies 1846 - Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 1857 - Charles Turner, engraver, dies 1882 - Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 1883 - Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies 1884 - Heinrich Laube, writer, dies 1902 - Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies 1911 - Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies 1916 - Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies 1920 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies 1922 - Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 1925 - John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 1926 - Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies 1929 - Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies 1932 - Arnold Fothergill, cricketer (8 wickets in 2 Tests for Eng 1889), dies 1934 - Piotr Maszynski, composer, dies at 79 1943 - Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68 1944 - Manuel Luis Quez¢n y Molina, pres of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65 1946 - Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45 1954 - Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies 1957 - Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59] 1962 - Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 1963 - Theodore Roethke, US poet (Praise to the end!), dies 1964 - Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 1965 - Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77 1966 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies 1966 - Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at U of Texas, shot by cops 1970 - Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come & Get It), dies at 55 1973 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91 1973 - Walter Ulbricht, pres German DR, dies at 80 1975 - Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68 1977 - Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47 1979 - Joseph Kotlla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 1980 - Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61 1981 - Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 1981 - Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer, dies at 49 1983 - Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 1985 - Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 1986 - Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 1987 - Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70 1987 - Pola Negri, actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92 1988 - Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 1988 - John Cardinal Dearden, US cardinal, dies at 80 1988 - Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident 1989 - John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52 1990 - Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies 1991 - Stuart Wilson, actor (Lethal Weapon 3), dies at 87 1992 - Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72 1992 - Kenny Sacha, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), dies of AIDS at 39 1992 - Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies 1993 - Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 1993 - Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered 1993 - Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 - Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, Dut author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72 1993 - Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered 1994 - George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85 1994 - Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90 1995 - Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies 1995 - Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75 1996 - John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75 1996 - Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Pres (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies 1996 - Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58 1996 - Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99 1997 - Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies 1997 - Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82
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On August 2 in history ..
0257 - St Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1057 - Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium, Pope Stephen IX [X] 1375 - 1st roller skating rink opens (London) 1492 - Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella 1542 - French troops leave Flanders 1552 - Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion 1578 - Battle of Rijmenam 1581 - Leiden University names Snellius math professor 1610 - Henry Hudson enters bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay 1665 - French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers 1704 - Duke of Marlborough beats French & Bavarians at Blenheim 1718 - Austrian joins Triple Alliance 1738 - France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1776 - Formal signing of Declaration of Independence 1782 - George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction 1786 - Utrechtse Vroedschap flees 1787 - Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc 1791 - Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine 1798 - British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 1802 - Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" 1819 - 1st parachute jump in US 1831 - Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium 1832 - 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War 1832 - Black Hawk defeated (IA) 1832 - Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc 1858 - 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets 1858 - Govt of India transferred from East India Company to Crown 1861 - Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI 1864 - 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens 1865 - Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 1865 - Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps & is lost 1873 - 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones 1875 - World 1st roller skating rink opens in London 1877 - SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes 1884 - Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent 1887 - Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire 1892 - Charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator 1894 - Death duties 1st introduced in Britain 1894 - Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter 1903 - Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey 1906 - Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak 1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit 1909 - 1st Lincoln head pennies minted 1909 - Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers 1911 - Hati's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica 1912 - 18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY 1914 - Belgian govt receives German ultimatum 1914 - German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg 1914 - German troops overthrows Luxembourg 1914 - Germany & Turkey signs secret treaty 1914 - Great Britain mobilizes 1914 - Postdam Conference ended 1914 - Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia 1914 - Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place 1920 - Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC 1921 - Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox 1922 - China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die 1924 - Joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game 1928 - Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1929 - Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR 1931 - Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status 1932 - Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chic Cubs 1934 - 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it 1934 - Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany 1934 - William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour 1938 - 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals) 1939 - Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers 1940 - Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death 1940 - KL-House of saxon & commandos focus on Gross Rosen, Silesia 1941 - German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman 1941 - Hungarian Ruthenia, expels Jews 1941 - Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia 1942 - 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp 1942 - Col-Gen Hoth' Pantser army reaches Kotelnikovo 1943 - Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka 1943 - Lt John F Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands 1943 - RAF bombs Hamburg 1943 - Sunderland seaplanes sinks U-706 & U-106 1943 - Uprising at Treblinka Concentration Camp (crematorium destroyed) 1944 - Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts 1944 - Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker 1944 - Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany 1945 - Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman & Churchill 1953 - Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash 1953 - KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting 1954 - Tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia 1955 - USSR performs nuclear test 1958 - Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months 1959 - 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC 1959 - Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples 1959 - SF Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 HRs 1961 - Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club 1961 - Cyrille Adula becomes premier of Congo 1961 - St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto 1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1963 - 30th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17 (65,000) 1964 - Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees 1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open 1964 - North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin 1964 - Race riot in Jersey City NJ 1965 - Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing 1966 - Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting 1967 - New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to LA Rams 16-77 1967 - US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 1968 - 35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917) 1969 - Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minn 10th reunion 1969 - Pres Nixon visits Romania 1970 - Baltimore defeats KC 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals 1970 - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1970 - Songwriter Sammy Cahn marries Tita Curtis in Calif 1972 - Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London 1973 - George Brett gets his 1st hit 1975 - 104øF (40øC) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record) 1975 - 107øF (42øC) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record) 1979 - "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St James Theater NYC after 6 perfs 1979 - Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway 1980 - Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1980 - US swimmers set 3 world records at National championships 1981 - Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs 1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season 1982 - Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network 1983 - STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad 1983 - US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination 1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1985 - 5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo 1985 - Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft Worth Airport, 137 die 1985 - NASA launches space vehicle S-209 1986 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts) 1986 - TODAY/PC born today 1987 - 25th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada (2-1) 1987 - Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am 1987 - Cin Red Eric Davis becomes 7th & earliest 30 HR 30 steal man 1987 - Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3") 1987 - Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in one season 1987 - Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game 1987 - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) 1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1988 - Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo 1988 - System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) 1989 - NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24 1990 - Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia 1990 - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats 1991 - Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges 1991 - Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA 1991 - Mike Jeffcoat is 1st AL pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 1991 - Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched 1992 - "Death & the Maiden" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 159 perfs 1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Welch's Golf Classic 1992 - Kevin Bacon marries Kyra Sedgwick 1992 - Tom Seaver, R Fingers, Hal Newhouser, & B McGowan enter Hall of Fame 1993 - NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes 1993 - Peter Angelos & William DeWitt purchase Orioles 1993 - Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed 1993 - Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 & WHK-AM/1420 1994 - Congressional hearings begin on White Water 1994 - Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed 1994 - NY Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure 1994 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record 3000m (7:25.11) 1998 - 26th du Maurier Golf Classic 1998 - 30th Curtis Cup: Famous birthdays 1455 - Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) 1627 - Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter 1632 - Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) 1696 - Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia 1723 - Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect 1746 - Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot 1754 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC 1775 - Jose Angel Lamas, composer 1802 - Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster 1818 - [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major 1826 - William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 1832 - Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) 1834 - Frdric Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) 1834 - Isac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist 1835 - Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) 1854 - Francis Marion Crawford, British author 1858 - A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands 1858 - Catherina van Rennes, composer 1858 - William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) 1865 - Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) 1867 - Ernest C Dowson, British poet 1868 - Constantine I, king of Greece 1878 - Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) 1878 - Princess Ingeborg, of Sweden 1881 - Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift) 1881 - Stanislaw Kazuro, composer 1882 - Johannes Tralow, writer 1882 - Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer 1882 - Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Virgin Doll) 1884 - R¢mulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist (Do€a B rbara)/pres (1947-48) 1888 - Oscar Rasbach, composer 1890 - Pauline Hall, composer 1891 - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians) 1891 - Mihail Jora, composer 1892 - Jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros) 1892 - John Kieran, NYC, columnist/author (Natural History of NYC) 1895 - Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test) 1899 - Charles Bennett, screenwriter 1899 - George Malcolm Thomson, journalist 1900 - Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause) 1900 - Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer 1905 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer 1905 - Myrna Loy, Helena Mont, actress (Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair) 1906 - Albert Goodwin, historian 1908 - George Kimble, geographer 1909 - Lord Benson, accountant 1910 - Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat) 1910 - Lawrence Josset, engraver 1910 - Lou Zara, NYC, writer (Stump the Authors) 1912 - Ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface) 1912 - Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist 1912 - George Kimble, geographer 1913 - Lord Benson, accountant 1914 - Felix Leclerc, composer 1914 - Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor (Young Dr Kildare, All About Eve) 1914 - Ismond Rosen, psychoanalyst/artist 1915 - Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter 1916 - Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story) 1916 - Reginald Murley, surgeon 1919 - John Pinkerton, compuer scientist 1920 - Louis Pauwels, writer/editor 1920 - Phyllis James, mystery writer 1920 - Theo Marcuse, WA, actor (Mara of Wilderness) 1922 - Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night) 1922 - Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary (TUC) 1922 - Paul Laxalt, (Sen-R-NV, 1974- ) 1923 - Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal 1924 - James Baldwin, NY, author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country) 1925 - Alan Wicker, British broadcaster 1926 - Betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul 1926 - Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary (TUC) 1926 - Peer Wahl, writer 1927 - Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1927 - Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician 1928 - Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist 1929 - Alan Wicker, British broadcaster 1929 - John Gale, theatrical producer 1929 - John Hannam, MP 1929 - Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda 1930 - Ron de Lugo, (Rep-D-Virgin Islands, 1973-79, 81- ) 1931 - Eddie Fuller, cricketer (South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58) 1931 - Henryck Schiller, composer 1931 - Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician 1931 - Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer 1932 - Lamar Hunt, NFL owner (KC Chiefs) 1932 - Marvin David Levy, composer 1932 - Peter O'Toole, Ireland, actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia) 1933 - Alan Tuffin, trade union leader 1933 - John Gale, theatrical producer 1933 - John Hannam, MP 1933 - Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda 1934 - Albert W Hall, actor (Apocalypse Now) 1934 - Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956) 1934 - Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31) 1935 - Brian Wolfson, CEO (Wembley Pic) 1935 - Derek Anthony Enright, politician 1935 - John MacIvor Perkins, composer 1936 - Anthony Edward Payne, composer 1936 - Christopher Hogg, CEO (Courtaulds & Reuters) 1937 - Alan Tuffin, trade union leader 1937 - Garth Hudson, rocker 1937 - Ronald Brierley, company chairman 1937 - William Cannon, football player (Heisman-1959) 1938 - Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960) 1938 - Yvonne Regg, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1960) 1939 - Brian Wolfson, CEO (Wembley Pic) 1939 - Edward Pattern, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) 1939 - Wes Craven, Cleveland OH, director (Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) 1940 - Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) 1941 - Doris Coley, rocker 1941 - Homer Banks, US singer/songwriter (Be What You Are) 1942 - Garth Hudson, rock keyboardist (The Band) 1942 - Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer 1943 - Garth Hudson, Canada, pop musician (The Band-Life is a Carnival) 1943 - Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Dutch MP (PvdA) 1943 - Kathy Lennon, singer (Lennon Sisters) 1943 - Max Wright, Detroit, actor (Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science) 1943 - Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright (Restoration) 1944 - Joanna Cassidy, [Caskey], Haddonfield NJ, actress (240 Robert) 1945 - Jewell Jackson McCabe, pres (natl coaltion of 100 black women) 1945 - John Bowis, MP 1947 - Rose Tremain, novelist/playwright 1948 - Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth) 1949 - "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band) 1949 - Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35) 1949 - John Bowis, MP 1949 - Madeleine Smith, Sussex England, actress (Vampire Lovers) 1950 - Kathryn Harrold, Tazewell Va, actress (MacGruder & Loud) 1950 - Lance Ito, judge (OJ Simpson trial) 1950 - Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor (Bay Boy, Woman in Flames) 1951 - Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy) 1952 - Angel Herrera, Cuba, FW/LW boxer (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1952 - Paul David Crews, SC, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1953 - Anne Leuchars, British TV journalist 1953 - Butch Patrick, actor (Eddie Munster-Munster) 1954 - Lisa Brown, KC, Mo, actress (Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns) 1954 - Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star 1955 - Jimmy Lowe, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake) 1955 - Roberta Wallach, NYC, actress (Civil Wars) 1956 - Bill Murchison Jr, Lake Charles LA, Nike golfer (1994 Boise Open-2nd) 1956 - Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura) 1957 - Anne Leuchars, TV journalist 1957 - Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland NZ, Smallbore rifle (Olympics-96) 1958 - Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's) 1958 - Sammy McIlroy, soccer player 1959 - Britt Helfer, Clearfield Utah, actress (Lily-Loving, Alley Cat) 1960 - Apollonia, [Patricia Kotero], Santa Monica Ca, actress (Purple Rain) 1960 - Linda Fratianne, US, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980) 1961 - Ed West, NFL tight end (Phila Eagles, Atlanta Falcons) 1961 - Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman) 1963 - Caroline Pierce, Cheshire Eng, golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple Classic-2nd) 1963 - Cynthia Stevenson, Oakland Calif, actress (Player, Bob, Hope & Gloria) 1963 - Jeff Bloom, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Montana Open) 1964 - John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1964 - Mary-Louise Parker, Ft Jackson SC, actress (Fried Green Tomatoes) 1965 - Takayuki Iizuka, wrestler (NJPW) 1966 - Joseph Wanag, Wilson Ct, US judoka (Olympic-92) 1966 - Tim Wakefield, Melbourne FL, pitcher (Boston Red Sox) 1967 - Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor Mich, tennis player (Tel Aviv 1983) 1967 - Derek Wells, LA Calif, actor (Fitzpatricks) 1967 - Martin Laamers, soccer player (Vitesse) 1968 - Sean Groom, Northford Conn, rower (Olympics-1996) 1969 - Cedric Ceballos, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Phoenix Suns) 1969 - Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Uerdingen) 1970 - Chainey Umphrey, Albuquerque NM, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96) 1970 - Elijah Alexander, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos) 1970 - Jonathan Andrew Kaye, Denver CO, PGA golfer (1995 Quad City-2nd) 1970 - Kevin Smith, director (Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks) 1970 - Philo Wallace, cricketer (WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92) 1970 - Tony Amonte, Hingham MA, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks, USA) 1970 - Wes Bender, WLAF/NFL running back (Frankfurt Galaxy, NO Saints) 1971 - **** Schreuder, Dutch soccer player (PSV/FC Groningen/RKC) 1971 - Fernando Smith, NFL defensive end (Minn Vikings) 1971 - Pete Sampras, tennis champ, US Open (1990) 1972 - Lee McClinton, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins) 1972 - Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player (Olympics-96) 1973 - Fiona Mullally, Miss Ireland Universe (1997) 1973 - George Zidek, NBA center (Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets) 1973 - Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant WV, Miss America-WV (1997) 1973 - Karina Habsudova, Bojnice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Futures Czech) 1973 - Kia Goodwin, Livingston NJ, actress (Tiffany Holloway-227) 1973 - Nancy Drolet, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98) 1973 - Susie O'Neill, Mackay Austral, butterfly swimmer (Oly-br/gold-92, 96) 1974 - Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player (Willem II) 1974 - Paul Grasmanis, defensive tackle (Chicago Bears) 1976 - Michael Weiss, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 World Champ-7th) 1977 - Edward Furlong, Pasedina Calif, actor (John Connor-Terminator 2) 1991 - Gabriel Anthony Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen 1993 - Cassidy Gifford, daughter of Frank & Kathy Lee Famous deaths 0257 - Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies 0640 - Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies 0686 - John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies 1002 - Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 1075 - John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies 1100 - William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 1332 - Christoffel II, king of Denmark (Handfstning), dies at 55 1451 - Elisabeth von Grlitz, duchess of Luxembourg, dies 1512 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 1589 - Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 1600 - Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70 1649 - Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 1655 - Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 1788 - Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 1792 - Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 1799 - Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 1811 - William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 1827 - James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 1849 - Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies 1858 - A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 1869 - Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ 1872 - Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 1873 - Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 1876 - Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's 1881 - Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 1892 - douard Joseph Stevens, Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 72 1903 - Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies 1912 - Albert U Bth, Swedish poet (Dikter), dies at 59 1914 - Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 1916 - Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 1921 - Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 1922 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies 1922 - [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, Dutch author/feminist, dies at 82 1923 - Warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57 1932 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50 1934 - Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 1936 - Louis Biriot, aviator, dies 1938 - Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76 1941 - Jos Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70 1942 - Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77 1943 - ... Galewski, Polish? leader of uprising in Treblinka, commits suicide 1943 - Zelo Bloch, Polish? Treblinka-rebel, shot to death 1945 - Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85 1945 - Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (Cavalleria Rusticana), dies at 81 1954 - Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 1955 - Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies 1955 - Wallace Stevens, US poet/writer (Owl's Clover), dies at 75 1956 - Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 1958 - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1959 - Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 1961 - Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 1963 - Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 1964 - Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 1964 - Jose Maria Castro, composer, dies at 71 1965 - Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 1967 - Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 1969 - Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 1971 - Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 1972 - Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29 1972 - Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60 1972 - Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95 1973 - Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 1976 - Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 1978 - Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 1978 - Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82 1978 - Totie Fields, [Sophie Feldman], comedienne, dies at about 48 1979 - Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 1980 - Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies 1982 - Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93 1982 - Rudolf Maros, composer, dies at 65 1985 - Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79 1985 - Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies 1986 - Roy Marcus Cohn, US lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies 1987 - Myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79 1988 - Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 1988 - Roger Vuataz, composer, dies at 90 1991 - Gabriel Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen 1991 - Helen Page Camp, 1992 - Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies 1992 - Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44 1992 - Julio C Fern ndez, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies 1992 - Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44 1994 - Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38 1995 - Brian Smith, British sportscaster, dies 1995 - Colin Gray, airman, dies at 80 1996 - Humphrey Fisher, TV Producer, dies at 72 1996 - Michel Debre, PM of France in (1959-62), dies 1996 - U Hia Than, politician, dies at 52 1997 - William S Burroughs, author (Naked Lunch), dies at 83
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On August 5 in history ..
0135 - Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome 1071 - Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe 1264 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany 1391 - Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed 1391 - Jews are massacred in Toledo & Barcelona Spain 1399 - Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers 1420 - Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina 1435 - Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Arag¢n captured by Genuezen 1543 - French & Turkish troops occupy Nice 1583 - Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 1587 - Spanish troops conquer Lock 1654 - French troops occupy Stenay 1666 - English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter 1667 - State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict 1716 - Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks 1745 - Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots 1772 - 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia 1775 - 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay 1781 - Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet 1837 - 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY 1846 - Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel 1858 - Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable 1861 - Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years 1861 - Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade 1861 - US Army abolishes flogging 1861 - US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) 1862 - Battle of Baton Rouge, LA 1864 - Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral 1864 - Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati 1877 - Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo 1884 - Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) 1890 - British & French accord to divide African colonization 1891 - 1st travelers checks issued (American Express) 1901 - Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" 1914 - 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland) 1914 - Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico & Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I 1914 - Dutch Cort Van de Linden govt issues silver bonds as money 1914 - Massive German assault on forts around Luik 1914 - Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I 1914 - US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup 1914 - US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US 1914 - Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium 1915 - German troops over run Warsaw 1915 - Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans 1917 - British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 1921 - 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 1921 - Treaty of Berlin: US & Germany sign separate peace treaty 1923 - 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan) 1924 - Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts 1926 - 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, NY 1926 - French & German trade agreement signed 1926 - Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1« hrs 1927 - Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats 1931 - Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1936 - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal 1937 - Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup 1938 - 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2) 1940 - "Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge 1940 - St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings 1942 - British govt cancels agreement of Munich 1942 - German troops cross Kuban River 1943 - Sicily: 3 US A-36's bomb British headquarter 1943 - Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod 1944 - US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne 1944 - US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne 1945 - Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) 1947 - Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure 1948 - Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) 1949 - 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die 1950 - Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title 1950 - Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23) 1951 - Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg 1953 - Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 1954 - Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers 1954 - Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio 1955 - After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games 1956 - KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open 1956 - WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 - "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) 1957 - Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut 1957 - WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions 1957 - Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1958 - Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole 1958 - Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi 1959 - 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) 1959 - Chic Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto 1960 - Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 1960 - Detroit trades mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr Joe Gordon 1961 - 118øF (48øC), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 1961 - Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal 1962 - 1st quasar located by radio 1962 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open 1962 - Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Afr 1962 - UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports 1963 - Britain, US & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty 1963 - Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH 1963 - US, USSR & Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 1964 - Actress Anne Bancroft & comedian Mel Brooks wed 1964 - Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone" 1964 - Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1964 - Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1964 - US begins bombing North Vietnam 1965 - Dave Marr wins PGA title 1966 - 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000) 1966 - Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus 1966 - Beatles' "Revolver" album is released 1966 - Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 1966 - Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march 1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1966 - Beatles release "Revolver" album in US 1966 - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" & "Eleanor Rigby" in UK 1967 - 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 1967 - Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe" 1967 - Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down 1968 - WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast 1969 - Mariner 7 flies past Mars 1969 - Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 1970 - Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London 1970 - US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail 1971 - WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 - Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin" 1972 - Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians 1972 - Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games & 331 total chances without a miscue 1973 - Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 1973 - Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0 1973 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic 1973 - USSR launches Mars 6 1974 - Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways 1974 - Pres Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in 1975 - Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 1975 - Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown 1978 - New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo) 1979 - "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 7 perfs 1979 - Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario 1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open 1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single 1979 - Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America 1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame 1980 - Expos **** Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager 1980 - NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game 1981 - Federal govt began firing striking air traffic controllers 1981 - Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago 1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 - Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager 1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 - Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic 1984 - Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) 1984 - Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium 1984 - Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR 1985 - Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1985 - Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced 1985 - Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor 1986 - Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33) 1986 - Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout 1986 - US Senate votes for SDI-project (Star Wars) 1986 - It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings & paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pa 1988 - Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat 1990 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1990 - Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame 1991 - Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record (20'¬") in Malm Sweden 1992 - 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge 1994 - Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed 1994 - Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose 1996 - Dallas Cowboys play KC Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico 1997 - Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive 1997 - Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial 1997 - Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov, launched Famous birthdays 1540 - Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating 1604 - John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized 1607 - Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer 1623 - Antonio Cesti, composer 1624 - William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America 1694 - Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer 1711 - Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer 1749 - Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence) 1797 - Friedrich August Kummer, composer 1802 - Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons) 1811 - C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (Cad, Franoise de Rimini) 1813 - Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general 1813 - Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet 1815 - Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica) 1822 - Johann Georg Herzog, composer 1823 - Joseph E Labb, French lawyer 1828 - Giovanni Rossi, composer 1828 - WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands 1829 - Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer 1829 - Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 1830 - James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America 1843 - James Scott Skinner, composer 1850 - Anton Simon, composer 1850 - Guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif) 1856 - Achad Ha'am, [Asjr Ginsberg], Hebrew philosopher/writer 1860 - Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man" 1864 - Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer 1866 - Alfred Holy, composer 1868 - Oskar Merikanto, composer 1876 - Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) 1880 - Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) 1882 - Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I) 1886 - Oscar Espla, composer 1887 - Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) 1888 - Victor Francen, Belgium, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio) 1889 - Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation) 1890 - Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) 1890 - Hans Gal, composer 1890 - Naum Gabo, [Pevsner], Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower) 1891 - Donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat) 1899 - Conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems) 1900 - Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher 1901 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer 1904 - Kenneth Thimann, botanist 1906 - Francis Walder, [Franois Waldburger], Belgian author 1906 - John Huston, Nevada Mo, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown) 1906 - Wassely Leontief, Russ/US economist (Nobel 1973) 1907 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter 1908 - Harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam 1910 - Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author (A Country) 1910 - Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38) 1910 - [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist (Aniara) 1911 - Robert Taylor, Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days) 1912 - Abb Pierre, [Henri Pierre Grous], French priest who helps poor 1913 - Nelly Aenders, [Petronella Meyer], Dutch actress (Spanish Fly) 1914 - Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse) 1914 - David Brian, NYC, actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco) 1914 - Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan) 1920 - G V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967- ) 1920 - Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court) 1921 - Nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion) 1923 - Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972) 1925 - Cor Witschge, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown) 1926 - Betsy Jolas, composer 1927 - Gunnar Bucht, composer 1930 - Neil Armstrong, Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11) 1932 - Sister Vince Otto, mental health activist 1932 - Tera de Marez Oyens, composer 1933 - Joan Weldon, SF, actress (So This is Love, Them) 1934 - Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set 'em Up Joe) 1935 - John McCartan, St Paul Minn, ice hockey player (Oly-gold-60) 1935 - John Saxon, Bkln, actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman) 1935 - Zakes Mokae, Johannesburg South Africa, actor (Comedians) 1936 - John Dancy, Jackson Tx, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday) 1938 - Hayes Wendell Jones, Sturksville Mich, 110m hurdler (Oly-gold-1964) 1938 - Ja'net Dubois, Phila, actress (Willona-Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210) 1939 - Irene, Princess of Netherlands 1941 - Leonid Denissovich Kizim, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15) 1942 - Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over) 1943 - Sammi Smith, singer 1944 - Loni Anderson, St Paul Minn, actress (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati) 1945 - Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch MP (CDA) 1945 - Jo Collins, Oregon, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1964) 1946 - Erika Slezak, Hollywood, Calif, actress (Viki-One Life to Live) 1946 - Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist (Ekseption) 1947 - Greg Leskiw, rocker 1947 - Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme) 1948 - Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield Ct, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96) 1950 - Holly Palance, LA Calif, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It) 1950 - Rosi Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976) 1953 - Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion) 1954 - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Bx NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 1956 - Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) 1956 - Maureen McCormick, actress (Marcia-Brady Bunch) 1957 - Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut 1957 - Pavel V Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26) 1959 - Pete Burns, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) 1960 - Calvin Hayes, rocker 1960 - Heidi Srenson, Vancouver BC, playmate (Jul, 1981) 1960 - Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock) 1961 - Athula Samarasekera, cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman) 1961 - Tawny Kitaen, SD Calif, actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard) 1962 - Otis Thorpe, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons) 1962 - Patrick Ewing, Jamaica, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92) 1962 - Richard De Groen, cricketer (NZ medium pacer 1993-) 1962 - William Roberts, NFL guard (NY Jets, NE Patriots) 1963 - James Wilder, Cleveland OH, actor (Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1) 1964 - M C A, [Adam Yauch], rapper (Beastie Boys) 1965 - M V Sridhar, cricketer (score 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994) 1966 - Jonathan Silverman, LA Cal, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs, Single Guy) 1967 - Mike Fox, NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers) 1968 - Andreas Lupzig, Straubing GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) 1968 - John Olerud, Seattle WA, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays) 1969 - Halle Cioffi, Cleveland OH, tennis star 1969 - James Fuller, NFL/WLAF safety (N O Saints, Frankfurt Galaxy, Scotland) 1969 - Robert Scott, Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1969 - Vasbert Conniel Drakes, cricketer (Barbados fast bowler, WI ODI 1995) 1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-) 1970 - Andy Antoine, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes) 1970 - Everett McIver, NFL guard (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins) 1970 - Travis Moore, CFL receiver (Calgary Stampeders) 1971 - Perry Carter, cornerback (Oakland Raiders) 1971 - Valeri Karpov, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL left wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) 1972 - Aaqib Javed, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1989- ) 1972 - Arthur Reid, Nashville Tenn, pairs skater (& Jennifer Darst) 1972 - Darryl Yung, Victoria BC, badminton player (Olympics-96) 1972 - John Wasdin, Ft Belvoir WA, pitcher (Oakland A's) 1973 - Brendan Todd, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96) 1973 - Ed Burman, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs) 1974 - Frankie Hejduk, La Mesa Calif, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96) 1974 - Jamie Lynn Bolding, Lakeland Florida, Miss America-Florida (1997) 1974 - Jason Shelley, WLAF wide receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1975 - Ami Foster, actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster) 1975 - Erin Gingrich, Yuma Arizona, Miss America-Arizona (1997) 1976 - Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player (Sparta) 1978 - Kristin Link, Fairfax Va, diver (Olympics-96) 1978 - Lorrie Fair, Los Altos CA, soccer defender (Olympics-96) 2184 - Christine Lauren Chapel, Davenport Heights, Vermont (Star Trek) 2186 - Kevin Thomas Riley, Tasvennir, Tarsus IV (Star Trek) Famous deaths 1157 - Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies 1644 - J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 1778 - Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 1792 - Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 1830 - Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 1834 - Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 1852 - Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 1856 - Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 1862 - Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 1863 - Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 1864 - Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 1889 - Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 1891 - Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 1895 - Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies 1900 - James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 1901 - Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 1907 - Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 1910 - Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 1916 - George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 1916 - Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer, dies at 46 1927 - Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies 1931 - Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43 1932 - Isral Querido, writer (Jordan), dies 1934 - Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26 1940 - Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 1943 - Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 1944 - Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies 1947 - Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies 1950 - Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 1955 - Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 1957 - Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 1958 - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1959 - Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77 1961 - Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 1961 - Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67 1962 - Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 1964 - Moa Martinson, writer, dies 1966 - Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies 1971 - Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 1972 - Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 1976 - Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 1977 - Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 1978 - Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 1982 - Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 1983 - Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 1984 - Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 1984 - R Hagelstange, writer, dies 1984 - Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 58 1984 - Rudolf Hagelstange, German author (Zeit fr ein Lcheln), dies at 72 1985 - Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 1987 - Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 1989 - Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68 1990 - Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies 1991 - Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 1991 - Soichiro Hondo, CEO & founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at 84 1992 - Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38 1992 - Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/President IMF, dies 1994 - Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39 1994 - Audrey Langford, sInging teacher, dies at 82 1994 - Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot, dies at 84 1994 - Terry Hibbitt, soccer star, dies at 47 1995 - Agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73 1995 - Anthony Barber Doncaster, bookseller, dies at 81 1996 - Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72 1996 - Bruce Howard Lidington, actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses), dies at 46 1996 - Frank Ulrich Marcus, playwright/critic, dies at 68 1997 - Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61
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On August 6 in history .. 0258 - St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 0523 - St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope 0768 - [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 0939 - Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors 1181 - Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers 1497 - John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America 1588 - Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors 1600 - Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 1601 - Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius 1623 - Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII 1625 - Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen 1661 - Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders 1675 - Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut 1726 - Emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty 1774 - Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY 1787 - Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate 1806 - Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire 1815 - US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli 1821 - 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels 1824 - Battle at Jun n - Sim¢n Bol¡vars army beats Spanish 1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) 1854 - Congress passes Confiscation Act 1861 - Lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state 1862 - Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack 1864 - Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd 1870 - Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France 1870 - White conservatives suppresed black vote & captured Tenn legislature 1890 - Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game 1890 - Denton True "Cy" Young pitched his 1st major league baseball game 1896 - France annexes Madagascar 1905 - 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) 1908 - St Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn 1910 - NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt 1914 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia 1914 - French cavalry enter Belgium 1914 - German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed 1914 - Serbia declares war against Germany 1918 - Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France 1918 - In WW I 2nd battle of the Marne ends 1919 - 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1919 - Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest 1921 - Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins 1926 - NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel 1926 - Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY) 1926 - Don Juan with John Barrymore shown 1930 - Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC 1930 - Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit íya Spitsbergen 1934 - US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 1936 - 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs 1937 - Franco-artillery fire on Madrid 1937 - Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest 1937 - US & USSR sign trade treaty 1939 - 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio 1940 - Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire 1941 - Detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning 1942 - -8] Riots by Dutch Jews 1942 - Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210 1942 - Churchill fires Gen Auchinlek as Middle-East commandant 1942 - Gring proclaims occupied areas "thoroughly empty to plunder" 1943 - US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily 1944 - All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died 1944 - Anti-German attack at Avranches fails 1944 - Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins 1944 - US 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes 1945 - Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" 1945 - Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1946 - US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court 1947 - 1st performance of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8" 1948 - Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics 1948 - Dreesgovt (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) forms 1948 - Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics 1949 - Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop 1951 - Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria 1952 - Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout 1953 - Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military 1954 - WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 - Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1960 - Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto 1961 - Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) 1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open 1961 - 1st case of motion sickness in space reported 1962 - Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule 1964 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam 1965 - 32nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16 (68,000) 1965 - Beatles release "Help" album in UK 1965 - Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights 1965 - Indian troops invade Pakistan 1965 - LBJ signs Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing voting rights for blacks 1966 - Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London 1966 - Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1966 - Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe) 1966 - US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1967 - Minn Twin Dean Chance perfect games Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings 1967 - Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play 1967 - Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Pro comperto sane 1969 - Balt Orioles pull their 3rd triple play (5-4-3 vs KC Royals) 1970 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1972 - Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament 1972 - Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team) 1972 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Knoxville Ladies Golf Classic 1973 - Roberto Clemente & Warren Spahn inducted into Hall of Fame 1973 - Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma 1974 - 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice 1974 - Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash 1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate European Women's Golf Open 1978 - 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont CC PA 1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Europea Golf Open 1979 - 61st PGA Championship: David Graham shoots a 272 at Oakland Hills Mich 1979 - Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel 1980 - University adm declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles & post-season play due to transcript & curriculum abuses 1981 - Argentina ex-president Isabel Per¢n freed 1981 - Due to strike, Yanks, A's, Philles & Dodgers declared 1st « champs 1981 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed 1981 - crowned Miss National Teen-Ager 1982 - 22nd Curtis Cup: US, 14«-3« 1982 - Calif Doug DeCinces hits 3 HRs again in game (did it 5 days ago also) 1982 - WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 1983 - Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo) 1983 - Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa 1984 - 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1984 - Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics 1985 - 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB 1985 - Major League Baseball Players Assn go on strike 1985 - Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1985 - STS 51-I vehicle moves to launch pad 1986 - Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) & Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams 1986 - Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM 1986 - Record 3 grand slams hit in game Tx vs Balt (Harrah, Sheets & Dwyer) 1988 - Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases 1988 - Rich Gossage 300th career save (beats Phillies) 1989 - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances 1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open 1989 - Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8 1989 - Jaime Paz Zamora inaugurated as president of Bolivia 1989 - Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines 1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats 1990 - Pres Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses premier Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan 1990 - UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstensions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq 1991 - Debbie Doom (US) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0 1992 - Harold Wilson's academy award is auctioned for $60,500 1993 - Japan Hosokawa govt begins 1993 - Pope John Paul II publishes Veritatis splendor encyclical 1994 - Algerian Moslem fundamentalists threaten school/Universities 1995 - "Damn Yankees" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 510 performances 1995 - Dottie Mochrie wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mountain 1995 - Indians & Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition) 1995 - Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb 1996 - NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars (ALH84001) 1997 - Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc 1997 - NHL Nashville Tenn names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach Famous birthdays 1504 - Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury 1619 - Barbara Strozzi, composer 1638 - Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher 1644 - Franoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV 1651 - Franois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) 1651 - Johann Michael Zacher, composer 1664 - Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer 1665 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer 1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) 1733 - Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder (Htel Maillebois Paris) 1748 - Bernhard Haltenberger, composer 1775 - Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulme/General of France 1800 - Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women) 1804 - Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58) 1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England 1811 - Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] 1819 - Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1845 - Anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist 1856 - Nestor de Tire, Flemish poet (Pink Kate) 1858 - Albert Fuchs, composer 1859 - J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) 1861 - Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt 1866 - Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger) 1868 - Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) 1871 - Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher 1873 - John Wesley Work, composer 1873 - Mary Carr Moore, composer 1875 - Marcel Labey, composer 1879 - Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) 1881 - Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954) 1881 - Leo Carrillo, LA CA, actor (American Empire, Cisco Kid) 1882 - Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party) 1883 - Francesco Santoliquido, composer 1883 - Scott Nearing, US sociologist/pacifist/author (The Good Life) 1885 - Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union 1886 - Edward Ballantine, composer 1892 - Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw) 1893 - Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset) 1896 - Cyril Mockridge, composer 1902 - Michal Vilec, composer 1902 - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory) [OS] 1904 - Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68) 1904 - M Revis, [Willem Fisherman], author (Gelakte Brain) 1905 - Clara Bow, silent screen actress (Wings) "it" girl of 1920's films 1906 - Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants) 1908 - George Singer, composer 1908 - Helen Hull Jacobs, Berkley Calif, US tennis champ (1932-35) 1908 - James Lees-Milne, architecural historian 1908 - Sol Adler, economist Sinophile 1908 - Svend Erik Tarp, composer 1910 - Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes) 1910 - Friedrich Schroder, composer 1910 - William J Law, sailor 1911 - Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame) 1911 - Norman Gordon, S Afri cricket pace bowler (against England 1938-39) 1914 - Susan Cowdy, ornithologist 1916 - Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta 1916 - Michael Burke, sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks) 1917 - Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) 1919 - Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946) 1921 - Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) 1922 - Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines) 1923 - Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show) 1923 - Jackie Kelk, Brooklyn NY, actor (Homer-Aldrich Family) 1923 - William B Williams, Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company) 1925 - Barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life) 1925 - Leland Smith, composer 1926 - Christa Reinig, writer 1926 - Frank Finlay, Farnworth Lancashire England, actor (Robbery, Lifeforce) 1926 - J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, [nee Janet Asimov], author (2nd Experiment) 1927 - Andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad) 1927 - William David Ford, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1965- ) 1928 - Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68) 1929 - Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956) 1929 - Mike Elliot, rocker 1930 - Abbey Lincoln, Chicago IL, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man) 1932 - Anneli Sauli, [Savolainen], actress (Milkmaid) 1933 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959) 1934 - John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970) 1934 - Leopold M de Beer, Dutch MP (VVD) 1934 - Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author (Chthon, Phthor) 1937 - Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror) 1938 - Carry Tefsen, Dutch actress (Say A) 1938 - Paul Bartel, Brookl |
