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939 Battle at Andernach: King Otto & Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France & Giselbert of Lutherans 976 Hisham II appointed kalief of Cordoba 1134 Storm flood ravages Zeeland county Event of interestEvent of Interest 1187 Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders 1st Sultan of Egypt and Syria 1263 The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots. 1492 King Henry VII of England invades France 1518 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey makes European plan DiscoveryHistoric Discovery 1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal) French Explorer Jacques Cartier French Explorer Jacques Cartier 1540 Venice and Turkey signs peace Event of interestEvent of Interest 1552 Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible 1572 Spanish army occupies, plunders and destroys Mechelen 1608 Hans Lippershey applies for patent for first known early telescope in the Netherlands 1614 French King Louis XIII declared an adult at 13 1656 English North American colony of Connecticut passes law against Quakers 1700 Spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne 1760 Russian and Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13] 1787 Maagden House opens in Amsterdam Event of interestEvent of Interest 1789 George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification First US President George Washington First US President George Washington 1792 Baptist Missionary Society forms in London 1795 Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao 1799 Duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands 1804 Britain mobilizes to protect against French invasion 1833 NY Anti-Slavery Society organized 1835 Battle of Gonzales fought between Texan settlers and Mexican forces. First engagement of the Texas revolution Event of interestEvent of Interest 1836 After 5 years at sea Charles Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle Naturalist Charles Darwin Naturalist Charles Darwin 1851 The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass(a contraption built to test the pseudo-scientific hypothesis that snails create a permanent telepathic link when they mate) is demonstrated but proves to be a fake. 1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 1861 Former US VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky 1864 Battle of Saltville, VA 1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener 1870 Italy annexes Rome & Papal States; Rome made Italian capital Event of interestEvent of Interest 1871 Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrested for bigamy Founder of Salt Lake City and President of the LDS Church Brigham Young Founder of Salt Lake City and President of the LDS Church Brigham Young 1872 Morgan State University founded Event of interestEvent of Interest 1872 Phileas Fogg sets out on his journey as depicted in Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days" Novelist Jules Verne Novelist Jules Verne 1879 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" (BG) 1889 1st Pan American conference (Washington, D.C.) 1889 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West. 1899 Orange Free state mobilizes 1901 First Royal Navy submarine launched at Barrow-in-Furness Book releaseHistoric Publication 1902 Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London Children's Author Beatrix Potter Children's Author Beatrix Potter 1904 German General Lothar von Trotha issues order to exterminate Herero people of Namidia, first genocide of the 20th Century, will kill 65,000 Herero and 100,000 of the Nama tribe 1904 White Sox left-hander Doc White's streak of 45 consecutive MLB scoreless innings is snapped by the New York Highlanders in Chicago; White Sox win, 7-1 at South Side Park III 1908 Cleveland Naps and future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss hurls a classic perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the White Sox, 1-0 1910 1st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy) 1910 Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record) Event of interestEvent of Interest 1912 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at invitation of Gandhi, arrives in South Africa on a 26-day tour; he also visits Tolstoy Farm Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 1916 Pitching in his 3rd start in 5 days, Philadelphia Phillies right hander Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 20th century MLB record 16th shutout of year, a 2-0 win v Boston Braves 1916 San Diego Zoo founded 1919 1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Neth Event of interestEvent of Interest 1919 US President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed 28th US President Woodrow Wilson 28th US President Woodrow Wilson 1920 Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates play first and only MLB triple header in the 20th century; Reds win the first two games, 13-4 and 7-3; Pirates avoid the sweep in the finale, 6-0 1920 The Chinese sign an agreement with the Russo-Asiatic Bank, largely French and Russian controlled, which will oversee the Chinese Eastern Railway, but give local supervision to China 1923 British occuping army leaves Constantinople 1924 League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva 1926 Bert Gibb kicks 9 singles as Hamilton Tigers beat Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 12-10 in Montreal in Canadian Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union opening round 1928 "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", known as Opus Dei, founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá 1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical On economic crisis Event of interestEvent of Interest 1935 Mussolini's Italian army attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini 1935 NY Hayden Planetarium, 4th in US, opens 1936 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas 1936 Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject nazism 1936 French franc devalued, relatively late and after Britain (1931) and the US (1933) Event of interestEvent of Interest 1937 FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940 17 German aircraft shot down over England 1940 British Council receives Royal Charter 1940 British liner Empress, loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk 1941 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo 1941 Germans launch attack on Moscow 1942 RMS Queen Mary, carrying thousands of US troops, slices cruiser HMS Curacao in half, killing 239 1943 Japanese troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island 1943 New York Yankees sweep 14th MLB doubleheader of year, beating St. Louis Browns, 5-1 & 7-6 at Yankee Stadium 1944 Polish resistance fighters capitulate in the Warsaw Uprising, with some 250,000 people killed 1944 US B-17's drops pamphlets on Walcheren 1947 Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted 1949 USSR recognizes People's Republic of China Book releaseHistoric Publication 1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks", later "Peanuts", by Charles M. Schulz published in 9 papers Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz 1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal, India 1955 Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania 1956 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC 1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores 1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1960 Mickey Wright becomes first player in LPGA Tour history to average fewer than 74 strokes per round to win the Vare Trophy after a season average of 73.25; first of 5 consecutive Vare Trophies for Wright 1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1962 San Francisco Giants beat rival LA Dodgers, 8-7 in 4 hours 18 minutes in Game 2 NL tie-break series; longest 9-inning game in MLB history; Giants win series, 2-1 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island Event of interestEvent of Interest 1963 West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to USSR Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer 1965 Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20 1965 Pope Paul VI named MR Perey bishop's helper of New Orleans 1966 Australian Robert 'Nat' Young puts on a dominating performance to win the World Surfing Championship at Ocean Beach, San Diego; Joyce Hoffman of Capistrano Beach, California takes women's title 1967 Groundbreaking begins on Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia Event of interestEvent of Interest 1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice First Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall First Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall 1968 1st London performance of "Promises, Promises" presented 1968 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed 1968 Republic Guinea forms (day of republic) 1968 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards Bob Gibson beat Tigers Denny McLain 4-0 1969 Seattle Pilots' last game in Seattle; crash to 98th season loss, 3-1 to Oakland in front of just 5,473; move to Milwaukee as the Brewers next season 1969 US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians 1970 Detroit general manager Jim Campbell gives controversial Billy Martin a 2-year deal (1971-72) to manage the Tigers at a well above MLB average annual salary of $65,000 1970 14 members of the Wichita State University Football team as well as 17 administrators and supporters are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains 1971 Homing pigeon averages a record 133kph in an 1100km race in Australia 1972 Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105 1972 Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0 1972 Danish population votes for membership of the European Common Market 1972 Ron Johnson becomes 1st NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs Philadelphia) 1975 The Ulster Volunteer Force kill 7 civilians in a series of attacks across Northern Ireland; 6 were Catholic civilians and 1 was a Protestant civilian 1975 Four Ulster Volunteer Force members killed after a bomb they are carrying prematurely explodes in Farrenlester, near Coleraine 1977 Pakistani general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition 1978 Syrian & Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed BeatificationPapal Visit 1979 Pope John Paul II visits New York City, and at the U.N. denounces all concentration camps and torture 264th Pope John Paul II 264th Pope John Paul II 1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM) 1981 Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran 1981 17 year old gelding Behavin Jerry, the oldest winning racehorse in modern times, sets record for most career starts by a thoroughbred, 307 1982 Bomb attack in Tehran, kills 60, injures 700 Event of interestEvent of Interest 1982 The Portland Building, designed by Michael Graves, considered the 1st postmodern building is opened in Portland Oregon Architect Michael Graves Architect Michael Graves 1983 Carl Yastrezemski's last at bat 1983 Green Bay Packers erupt for NFL record 49 points in the first half (35 in the second quarter) to clobber the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 55-14 at Tampa Stadium 1984 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit 1984 Richard Miller becomes 1st (former) FBI agent to be charged with espionage 1985 Russian party leader Gorbachev visits Paris (his first trip abroad) 1985 Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 HR seasons in both leagues 1985 A Mayor Richard Caliguiri led coalition of public and private groups committed to keeping the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates in town for at least 5 years reach agreement to buy the baseball team for $22 million 1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 In a season ending 7-5 win in St. Louis, NY Mets' outfielder Kevin McReynolds establishes a MLB record swiping 21 bases without being caught stealing during the season 1990 WW2 Allied nations cede any remaining rights as occupiers of Germany 1990 Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die 1990 US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter's appointment to Supreme Court 1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors 1992 VP Itamar Franco becomes President of Brazil 1992 The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil 1994 Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test 1994 Legendary Miami head coach Don Shula beats Cincinnati head coach and his son David in the first-ever NFL meeting between father and son; Dolphins defeat the Bengals, 23-7 1994 Pakistan cricket batsmen Inzamam-ul-Haq & Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs in 8 overs for highest last-wicket partnership ever to win a Test, as the home team beats Australia by 1 wicket in the 1st Test in Karachi 1998 With his team struggling at 28 for 3, Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh smashes a brilliant 157 to guide the tourists to an innings & 99 run win over Pakistan in the 1st Test in Rawalpindi 1999 #21 University of Alabama football team beats #3 Florida, 40-39 in overtime to snap the Gators' 30-game home win streak; future Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander crosses for 4 touchdowns for the Crimson Tide Battle of Interest9/11 Attack on New York's World Trade Towers 2001 NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11 UA Flight 175 flies toward the south tower of the World Trade Center while the north tower burns UA Flight 175 flies toward the south tower of the World Trade Center while the north tower burns 2001 Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa becomes first player in MLB history to total 60 home runs in three seasons; Chicago slugger connects off Reds starter Lance Davis to reach milestone in 5-4 loss 2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks 2004 American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan 2004 Montreal Expos earn the last win in the franchise's MLB history, beating New York Mets, 6 - 3 at Shea Stadium; Brad Wilkerson hits the Expos' final home run in 9th inning, his 32nd of the year 2004 Jeff Kent becomes all-time home run leader for MLB 2nd basemen when he hits 2 in Astros' 9-3 win v Rockies; 302 overall HR to break Ryne Sandberg's major league record established in 1997 2005 The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people 2006 Charles Carl Roberts murders five schoolgirls in a shooting incident at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; he then commits suicide. 2007 President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il 2009 The economic crisis in Ireland is considered to be the driving force behind the largest migration of Irish people to London in 20 years, it is reported today 2012 20 students are gunned down in Mubi, Nigeria 2012 10 people are killed after a minibus and truck collide in Ilocos Norte, Philippines 2013 8 people are killed and 14 are injured after an accident involving an SUV, church bus, and tractor trailer in Jefferson County, Tennessee 2014 15 people are killed after a gun powder plant explodes in Gorni Lom, Bulgaria 2014 Siege of Syrian town Kobani and its surrounds by ISIS prompts 130,00 people to flee the area 2016 Colombia votes against a peace agreement with rebel group FARC in a national referundum 2017 US scientists Jeffrey C. 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1452 Richard III, King of England (1483-85), born in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England (d. 1485) 1470 Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (1489-1494), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1524) 1538 Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan (1564-84), born in Arona, Milan, Italy (d. 1584) 1595 Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver, born in Antwerp (d. 1668) 1616 Andreas Gryphius, German lyric poet and dramatist, born in Glogau, Silesia (d. 1664) 1644 François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l'immortalité de l'âme), born in Paris (d. 1724) 1722 Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier, born in Horn, Austria (d. 1776) 1752 Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle at Kamperduin), born in Maasbommel, Dutch Republic (d. 1811) 1756 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist and graphic artist, born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1815) 1768 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician, born in Bedgebury, Kent, England (d. 1854) 1798 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1849) Person of interestNat Turner 1800 Nat Turner, American leader of a major slave rebellion in 1831, born in Southampton County, Virginia (d. 1831) Rebel Slave Nat Turner Rebel Slave Nat Turner 1819 George Washington Getty, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1901) 1821 Alexander P. Stewart, American Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), born in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee (d. 1908) 1822 Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1877-79), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1895) 1827 Edmund Jackson Davis, American lawyer, soldier, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in St. Augustine, Florida (d. 1883) 1828 Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896) 1832 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist 1832 Julius von Sachs, botanist and naturalist 1833 Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (d. 1897) 1835 Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian 1839 Hans Thoma, German painter, born in Bernau, Black Forest (d. 1924) Person of interestPaul von Hindenburg 1847 Paul von Hindenburg, German WW1 general and President of Germany (1925-34), born in Posen, Duchy of Posen, Prussia (d. 1934) German President and WWI General Paul von Hindenburg German President and WWI General Paul von Hindenburg 1851 Ferdinand Foch, French Allied military commander and hero during WW I 1852 William Ramsay, chemist 1857 Marthinus T Steyn, President of Orange-Free state (1896-1902) 1866 Charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist Person of interestMahatma Gandhi 1869 Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi], Indian pacifist and spiritual leader, born in Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, India (d. 1948) Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 1871 Cordell Hull, US Secretary of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945) 1871 Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscape architect, born in NYC, New York (d. 1959) 1873 Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (d. 1924) 1878 Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist 1879 Wallace Stevens, poet (Ideas of Order), born in Reading, Pennsylvania 1882 Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945) 1885 Ruth Bryan Rohde, American (Rep), minister to Denmark 1886 Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter 1895 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian 1896 Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law) 1896 Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951) Person of interestCoco the Clown 1900 Coco the Clown [Nicolai Poliakoff], Famous Russian clown, born in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (d. 1974) Famous Clown Coco the Clown Famous Clown Coco the Clown 1901 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot 1901 [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet (Flowering Rifle) 1901 Charles Stark "Doc" Draper, American Scientist and Engineer who headed the team that invented the Apollo Guidance Computer and inertial navigation technology for aircraft, space vehicles, and submarines, born in Windsor, Missouri (d. 1987) 1902 Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist 1902 Leopold Figl, premier of Austria 1904 Dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF) 1904 Godfrey Baseley, radio executive 1904 Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1964-66), born in Mughalsarai, British India (d. 1966) Person of interestGraham Greene 1904 [Henry] Graham Greene, English novelist (Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory), born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire (d. 1991) Writer Graham Greene Writer Graham Greene 1906 John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language & literature 1907 Alexander Robertus Todd, British organic chemist (Nobel Prize 1957), born in Glasgow (d. 1997) 1911 Stuart Rose, designer (British Post Office) 1911 Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995) 1912 Eric Wilson, VC/British Lt Col 1913 Vivian Ridler, printer (Oxford University) 1914 Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist, author, and occultist (d. 1952) 1917 Christian de Duve, Thames Ditton, Surrey, cytologist and biochemist (Nobel, 1974), (d. 2013) 1919 Geoffrey Luttrell, Lord-Lt of Somerset 1920 William Cramond, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor (Stirling University) 1921 A Scott Crossfield, US Test pilot (XS-1) 1921 Robert Runcie, [Kennedy], Archbishop of Canterbury, born in Liverpool, England 1922 Thomas T Nkobi, South African ANC-leader (Alexandra-bus boycott 1957) 1922 Wolfhart U Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl) 1923 Jack Dellal, English immovables-goedbezitter/multi-millionaire, (d. 2012) 1924 Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman (British Post Office) 1925 Brian Dilton, British lord justice of appeal 1926 Jan Morris, travel writer (Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys) 1928 Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support 1928 Clay Felker, journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire), born in St. Louis, Missouri 1928 George Emmett McFarland, Dallas, act (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals) 1928 James Porter, CEO (Commonwealth Institute) 1928 Robin Duthie, CEO (Britoil) 1928 Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian 1929 John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate 1930 Dave Barrett, Premier of British Columbia 1932 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish paramilitary and political leader of Sinn Féin, born in Longford, Ireland (d. 2013) Person of interestJohn B. Gurdon 1933 John B. Gurdon, English developmental biologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), born in Dippenhall, Hampshire Developmental biologist John B. Gurdon Developmental biologist John B. Gurdon 1934 Duncan Thompson, keeper (Scottish National Portrait Gallery) 1934 Richard Scott, British high court judge Person of interestRobert Henry Lawrence, Jr. 1935 Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., USAF/astronaut, born in Chicago, Illinois Astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. Astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. 1936 Johnnie Cochran, attorney (O.J. Simpson defense attorney) 1936 Roger Sainsbury, bishop of Barking 1938 Lloyd Turner, journalist 1939 Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 24) 1940 Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player 1941 Zareh Baronian, Armenian theologian 1943 Franklin Rosemont, American artist 1944 Peter Hobson, headmaster (Giggleswick School) 1944 Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, American sci-fi author (Witling, True Names) 1945 Frank Tejeda, (Rep-D-Texas) 1945 Vladimir Ivanovich Kozlov, cosmonaut 1948 Donna Karan, fashion designer (Coty Award-1977), born in Forest Hills, New York 1948 Leslie Frankenheimer, set designer (4 Emmy Awards), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013) 1950 Philip Wilson, Australian Catholic bishop, jailed for concealing sexual abuse, born in Cessnock, Australia 1952 George Meegen, England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska 1953 Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leonean politician, President of Sierra Leone (2007-), born in Makeni, Sierra Leone 1956 Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader (spent 3 yrs in Robbeneiland Jail) 1968 Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter 1970 Colin Rivas, Galician artist 1973 Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian entertainer 1973 Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician 1974 Paul Teutul Jr., co-star of American Chopper 1976 Jason Dodson, American political consultant and teacher of esotericism 1976 Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005) 1980 Shane Andrus, National Football League kicker 1983 Huda Kattan, American-born make-up artist and beauty entrepreneur, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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472 Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies 939 Gilbert (Giselbert), Duke of Lorraine drowns trying to cross the Rhine at about 49 1113 Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies 1264 Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies 1517 John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 1564 Andreas Vesalius [Andries van Wesel], Flemish-Netherlandish physician and anatomist (De humani corporis fabrica), dies after being shipwrecked at 49 1588 Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies 1617 Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies 1626 Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567) 1629 Pierre the Barulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies 1678 Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them 1707 Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57 1721 Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies 1724 François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l'immortalité de l'âme), dies at on his 80th birthday 1729 Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60 1746 Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty 1764 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 5th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1756-57), dies at 44 1775 Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703) 1780 John Andre, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) at 30 1782 Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732) 1786 Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral, dies at 61 Person of interestSamuel Adams 1803 Samuel Adams, American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politician (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94), dies at 81 US Revolutionary Samuel Adams US Revolutionary Samuel Adams 1804 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French inventor who designed & built 1st automobile, dies at 79 1809 Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59 1817 Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744) 1842 William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies 1846 Benjamin Waterhouse, American physician co-founder of Harvard Medical School and smallpox vaccine pioneer, dies at 92 1850 Sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies 1853 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies 1860 Louis Hersent, painter, dies 1863 Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 1872 Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies at 78 1873 Cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies 1883 Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 88 1905 José Maria de Heredia, Cuban-French sonnet poet (Les Trophées), dies at 62 1916 Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58 1920 Winthrop M. Crane, American politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 67 1927 Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies 1938 Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859) 1944 Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries 1947 Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878) 1956 Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73 1958 Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies 1962 Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859) 1965 [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies Person of interestMarcel Duchamp 1968 Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81 Painter and Sculptor Marcel Duchamp Painter and Sculptor Marcel Duchamp 1969 Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85 1974 Ina Seidel, writer, dies at 89 1975 Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903) 1980 Valentin Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46 1981 Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902) 1982 William Bernbach, American advertising creative director, dies at 71 1987 Peter Brian Medawar, medical scientist, dies 1988 Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906) 1989 Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies 1991 Dimitrios I, patriarch/primus interparis orthodox Christians, dies 1991 Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies 1993 Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83 1994 Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity & Hope survive), dies at 95 1994 Ronald James Herron, architect, dies at 64 1995 Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher, dies at 67 1996 Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician (40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria), assassinated at 58 1996 Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer, dies at 89 1996 Robert Bourassa, PM of province of Quebec (1970-76, 85-93), dies at 63 1996 Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79 1996 Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian, dies at 93 1999 Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921) 2002 Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911) 2003 John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914) 2005 Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931) 2005 August Wilson, American playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987), dies at 60 2006 Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938) 2006 Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916) 2007 Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902) 2007 Christopher Derrick, British writer, dies at 86 2007 Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 94 2008 Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950) 2010 Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920) 2015 Brian Friel, Irish dramatist "Irish Chekhov" (Dancing at Lughnasa), dies at 86 |
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