Historical Events
1862 - John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
1876 - Amiliare Ponchielli’s opera “La Gioconda,” premieres in Milan
1962 - Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France
1963 - 35th Academy Awards – “Lawrence of Arabia,” A Bancroft and G Peck win
1990 - New Democracy wins the national election in Greece.
1996 - Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
Famous Birthdays
1695 - Johann C Gunther, writer
1888 - Dennis Chavez, American politician (d. 1964)
1905 - Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side)
1974 - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Nigerian American writer
1978 - Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
1987 - Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
Famous Deaths
1759 - Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76
1919 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848)
1965 - Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
1994 - Irene Eisinger, singer, dies at 91
1995 - Maurice Allom, cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies
2007 - Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. 1928)
Historical Events
1798 - Mississippi Territory organized
1933 - 1st 2 NAZI anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal and public service
1969 - Dodgers’ Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
1985 - 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller
1994 - Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton
1996 - Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pak, Singapore
Famous Birthdays
1915 - Henry Kuttner, US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were)
1915 - Billie Holiday, [Eleanora Fagan], Balt, singer (Aint Nobodys Business)
1918 - Peter Aryans, [PCJ Vander], Dutch radio actor (Shoot Out)
1938 - Freddie Hubbard, Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
1969 - Peggy Clasen, St Paul Minn, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1975 - Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1661 - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
1862 - Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62
1934 - William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston
1939 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
1955 - Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
1982 - Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
Historical Events
774 - Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
1941 - British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
1943 - British and US army link up in Africa during WW II
1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1988 - Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
1989 - Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
Famous Birthdays
1869 - Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter
1901 - Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer
1903 - Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
1909 - Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
1969 - Jack Canfora, American playwright
1973 - Donnie Edwards, linebacker (KC Chiefs)
Famous Deaths
912 - Nottker “the Stamelaar”, benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71
1490 - Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies
1590 - Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57
1822 - Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62
1825 - Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)
1913 - Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday
Historical Events
1242 - Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia
1804 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
1905 - James Barrie’s “Alice-sit-by-the-fire,” premieres in London
1945 - Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
1979 - Balt manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper
1987 - Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children and Tracey Ullman
Famous Birthdays
1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
1885 - Dimitrie Cuclin, composer
1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
1926 - Roger Corman, Detroit, producer/director (Little Shop of Horrors)
1929 - Joe Meek, English record producer
1955 - Renate Bruemmer, astronaut/cosmonaut
Famous Deaths
828 - Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77
1943 - Aleš Hrdli?ka, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869)
1975 - Inez Courtney, dies at 67
1977 - John Marriott, dies at 83
1992 - Anthony “Tony” Papa, big band leader, dies at 65
1999 - Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
Historical Events
1940 - R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart’s “Higher and Higher,” premieres in NYC
1959 - Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
1960 - 32nd Academy Awards – “Ben-Hur,” Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win
1994 - 56th NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion: Ark Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1997 - Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
2007 - 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
Famous Birthdays
1648 - Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
1802 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
1939 - JoAnne Carner, Kirkland WA, LPGA golfer (1976 US Women’s Open)
1945 - Bryan Andrews, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74)
1971 - Felipe Lira, Miranda Venezeula, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1979 - Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Famous Deaths
1864 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)
1941 - Max Frisch, writer, dies at 29
1953 - Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author, dies at 93
1953 - Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59
1962 - James Hanratty, executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. 1936)
1996 - David Whitton, campaigner, dies at 44
Historical Events
1926 - 1st performance of Jean Sibelius’ 7th Symphony in C
1962 - Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1970 - Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
1979 - Belgium’s Martens govt forms
1994 - 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd
1998 - World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minn
Famous Birthdays
1485 - Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherland poet
1757 - Ferenc Verseghy, composer
1928 - Jennifer Paterson, English chef and TV personality (d. 1999)
1966 - Bo Orlando, NFL safety (SD Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals)
1971 - Jonathan Star
1975 - Thomas Hamilton, NBA center (Boston Celtics)
Famous Deaths
1682 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies
1695 - Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58
1728 - James Anderson, Scottish lawyer (b. 1662)
1822 - Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies
1949 - Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89
1992 - Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83
Historical Events
1792 - Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
1845 - H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
1932 - Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1960 - KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 - Tennessee Williams’ “Small Craft Warnings,” premieres in NYC
1992 - Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
Famous Birthdays
1910 - Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
1928 - Joseph “Cardinal” Bernardin, of Chicago
1963 - Dermot Reeve, cricketer (in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992)
1966 - Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
1970 - Tammi Reiss, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
1980 - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
1705 - Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
1791 - Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)
1872 - Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
1938 - Alice Berend, writer, dies
1979 - Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
1995 - Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
Historical Events
1867 - International Exhibition opens in Paris
1873 - Mehmed Kemals play “Vatan” premeres in Constantinople
1965 - Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
1971 - United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
1990 - “Ha!” comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1998 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn
Famous Birthdays
1725 - Francois Bainville, composer
1854 - Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949)
1858 - Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)
1878 - Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)
1895 - Alberta Hunter, blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
1972 - Jesse Tobias, American musician
Famous Deaths
1866 - Johannes C H de Meijere, Dutch zoologist, dies
1915 - Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82
1916 - Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1976 - Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at 73
1988 - Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
2001 - Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (b. 1919)
Historical Events
1926 - German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
1932 - Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1985 - 4th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65
1997 - “Daytime to Remember” a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
1997 - 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
Famous Birthdays
1838 - Leon Dierx, French poet
1920 - Deborah_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire, English Duchess, now Dowager Duchess
1929 - Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World)
1933 - Nichita St?nescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
1971 - Pavel Bure, Moscow Rus, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1978 - Tony Yayo, American rapper
Famous Deaths
1913 - John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75
1952 - Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (b. 1877)
1986 - O’Kelly Isley, US, singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
1996 - Dario Bellezza, poet, dies at 51
1997 - Laxmishankar Pathak, food retailer, dies at 62
1998 - Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. 1924)
Historical Events
1282 - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
1942 - 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau
1952 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women’s Golf Open
1988 - Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns and 144 to win Ranji Trophy
1992 - 64th Academy Awards – “Silence of Lamb,” A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win
1997 - Five (channel) Begins broadcasting in the UK
Famous Birthdays
1876 - Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer
1903 - Sol C Siegel, US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes)
1926 - Lord Rayner
1941 - Bob Smith, former American politician
1951 - John Gosden, racehorse trainer
1973 - Melinda Penn, Miss British virgin islands Universe (1997)
Famous Deaths
988 - Arnulf II, count of Flanders (965-988), dies
1875 - Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
1926 - Feliks E Dzerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at 48
1943 - Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
1985 - Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
2003 - Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
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