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2333 BC State of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao Victory in battleVictory in Battle 52 BC Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia Roman Military Commander and Political Statesman Julius Caesar Roman Military Commander and Political Statesman Julius Caesar BattleBattle of Interest 42 BC First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar Roman Senator Gaius Cassius Roman Senator Gaius Cassius 1143 Cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II 1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor 1264 Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen 1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd, Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered 1430 Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia 1569 Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots 1574 The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen and the forces of Admiral Boisot 1605 Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre 1657 French troops occupy Mardyke 1683 The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu. 1691 English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland Event of interestEvent of Interest 1712 The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor Folk Hero and Outlaw Rob Roy Folk Hero and Outlaw Rob Roy 1735 France & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord 1739 The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739. Event of interestEvent of Interest 1778 Captain James Cook anchors at Alaska Explorer James Cook Explorer James Cook 1789 Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 1835 Staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany. Event of interestEvent of Interest 1849 American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death. Author Edgar Allan Poe Author Edgar Allan Poe 1862 -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Skirmish at Bardstown, Kentucky 1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day 1872 Bloomingdale's department store in NY opens 1873 Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War. 1884 British Open Golf, Prestwick GC: Jack Simpson wins in windy conditions by 4 strokes from fellow Scots Douglas Rolland and Willie Fernie 1885 British Open Golf, St Andrews: Bob Martin wins his second Championship by 1 stroke from fellow Scot Archie Simpson 1888 New Zealand Natives, a privately organised and mainly Māori rugby team, plays first game in UK; beats Surry 4-1; first national rugby team to wear all-black & perform the 'haka' Event of interestEvent of Interest 1888 Explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his team complete first known crossing of Greenland interior, arriving in Godthaab Arctic Explorer and Diplomat Fridtjof Nansen Arctic Explorer and Diplomat Fridtjof Nansen 1890 Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo 1899 J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner Event of interestEvent of Interest 1900 Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham Composer Edward Elgar Composer Edward Elgar 1904 France & Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence 1904 NY Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson strikes out 16 Cardinals in a 3-1 Giants victory; new MLB record; finishes the game in 1 hour, 15 minutes 1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal & Industrial School 1906 US regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba 1906 William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide" premieres in NYC Event of interestEvent of Interest 1908 Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky Event of interestEvent of Interest 1913 US Federal income tax signed into law (at 1%) by President Woodrow Wilson 28th US President Woodrow Wilson 28th US President Woodrow Wilson 1915 7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley, Nevada 1918 Boris becomes king of Bulgaria 1918 Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria abdicates the throne in favour of his eldest son Tsar Boris III 1918 Selwyn Theater opens at 229 W 42nd St NYC 1919 Cuban Dolf Luque becomes first Hispanic player to appear in Baseball World Series; pitches 1 inning of relief in Reds' 3-0 defeat to Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park 1919 Serbian, Croatian & Slavic parliment accord for 8 hr work day 1920 St Browns 1st baseman George Sisler collects his 257th hit of the season to set MLB record that lasts until the 21st century.; Browns beat White Sox, 16 - 7 1920 American Pro Football Association (later the NFL) plays 1st full round of games; Dayton Triangles beat Columbus Panhandles, 14-0 in first official game at Triangle Park, Dayton 1922 1st facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C. 1922 Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes 1st woman in Senate 1923 Germany's Stresemann resigns 1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz abdicts throne 1926 1st congress of Pan European Movement (Pan-Europese Beweging) opens in Vienna 1926 English long distance runner Violet Piercy sets first recognised female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London 1928 French submarine "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42 1929 British Labour government recovers diplomatic relations with USSR 1929 Julius Curtius succeeds Stresemann as German foreign minister 1929 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia 1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations 1933 Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia, starting the Second Italo-Ethiopian War 1936 NY Yankees set new attendance record of 64,482 in Game 3 of World Series at Yankee Stadium; 66,669 following day Game 4; win series v NY Giants, 4-2 1939 Lemmer-Urk Dike closes 1940 France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status 1940 Cincinnati Reds' win Game 2 of the Baseball World Series, 5-2 v Detroit Tigers at Crosley Field; snap 10-game losing streak for NL going back to Game 6 in 1937; Reds win series, 4-3 1940 US forms parachute troops Event of interestEvent of Interest 1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is "already broken and will never rise again" in a broadcast to the German people Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1941 All elderly Jewish men of Kerenchug Ukraine, are killed by SS 1941 Nazis blow up 6 synagoges in Paris Film release premierFilm Premier 1941 "The Maltese Falcon" directed by John Huston and based off Dashiell Hammett's 1929 novel of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, premieres in New York City Actress Mary Astor Actress Mary Astor Actor Humphrey Bogart Actor Humphrey Bogart Event of interestEvent of Interest 1942 FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942 Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km) 1942 NY Yankees shortstop Frank Crosetti shoves umpire Bill Summers in Game 3 of the Baseball World Series; he is fined $250 & suspended for first 30 days of 1943 season 1942 Triple Crown winner Whirlaway, ridden by George Woolf wins the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park to become the first thoroughbred to amass more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings 1943 British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy 1943 Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1944 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland 1944 RAF bombs West Kapelse Event of interestEvent of Interest 1945 Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance at the age of 10 Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley 1945 Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs meet in Baseball World Series for the 4th time; Hank Borowy pitches a 6-hit shutout as Cubs win Game 1, 9-0 at Briggs Stadium; Detroit wins series , 4-3 1945 World Federation of Trade Unions forms; CIO a member 1947 "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances 1947 1st telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed 1947 WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins 1948 Columbia University reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo 1949 WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta 1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) 1950 Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas 1950 Philadelphia Phillies choose not to request MLB rule on star left-hander Curt Simmons' eligibility to play in World Series despite being on furlough from Army; Phillies swept, 4-0 by NY Yankees 1951 Shot Heard 'Round the World': Bobby Thomson hits 3-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, bottom 9th inning, 1 out, to give New York Giants dramatic 5-4 playoff win and NL pennant 1951 CBS-TV airs the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prize fight; Australian light-heavyweight Dave Sands outpoints Carl 'Bobo' Olson in 10 rounds at Chicago Stadium 1952 1st British nuclear test at Monte Bello Island in Australia 1952 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca 1953 Ryder Cup Golf, Wentworth: San Snead wins 6 of 7 matches to lead US to 6th consecutive Cup win, 6½-5½ over Great Britain 1953 7th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum: NY Rangers RW Wally Hergesheimer scores twice as All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1 1953 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres 1954 KFVS TV channel 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain! 1955 "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres 1955 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira becomes President of Brazil 1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea 1955 WDBJ TV channel 7 in Roanoke, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Sal Maglie pitches a complete game as Brooklyn Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 6-3 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Ebbets Field; Yankees win series, 4-3 Electoral defeatElection of Interest 1957 German statesman Willy Brandt is elected mayor of West Berlin (1957-1966) Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt Event of interestEvent of Interest 1957 Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene. Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg Event of interestEvent of Interest 1959 13th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum: Habs center Jean Beliveau scores twice as Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 6-1 NHL Legend Jean Beliveau NHL Legend Jean Beliveau 1960 "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke 1960 Janio Quadros elected president of Brazil 1960 San Francisco's White House department store is the 1st to accept BankAmericard 1960 New York Yankees beat rival Boston Red Sox, 8-7 at Yankee Stadium, ending season on 15 game win streak & MLB record 193 HRs 1960 US sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" premieres in CBS (runs till 1968) Event of interestEvent of Interest 1961 "The Dick Van Dyke Show" created by Carl Reiner starring Dick van Dyke premieres on CBS-TV Actor, Comedian, Writer and Director Carl Reiner Actor, Comedian, Writer and Director Carl Reiner 1961 TV sitcom "Mr Ed" premieres on CBS 1961 "Sail Away" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 167 performances 1961 KMED (now KTVL) TV channel 10 in Medford, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1962 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert NYC for 886 performances 1962 SF Giants (103-62) beat rivals LA Dodgers (102-63), 6-4 in season ending NL pennant decider; Dodgers set MLB record season attendance 2,755,184 1962 Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit 1963 "Here's Love" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 338 performances 1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured 1964 NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 8-3 to clinch Bronx Bombers 5th consecutive AL pennant, and 29th in club's history Sports record brokenBaseball Record 1965 Cubs lose season finale 6-3 to Pirates; Ernie Banks-Don Kessinger combine to tie MLB record of 3 triple plays in a season MLB shortstop Ernie Banks MLB shortstop Ernie Banks Event of interestEvent of Interest 1965 Whitey Ford notches win #232 in season ending 11-5 victory v Boston Red Sox; becomes Yankees' winningest pitcher MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford 1965 Dual Melbourne Cup winning Australian jockey Pat Glennon rides French colt Sea Bird to victory in the Prix de l'Arc De Triomphe to claim an impressive double after the thoroughbred's English Derby win 1966 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president 1967 KGSC (now KICU) TV channel 36 in San Jose, CA (IND) begins 1967 King Boudouin inaugurates world's biggest floodgate (Antwerp) 1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72 1968 Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope" premieres in NYC 1968 Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaúnde Terry in Peru 1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1968 The proposed civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland, is banned from the area of the city centre and the Waterside area; the banning order is issued under the Public Order Act by William Craig, then Home Affairs Minister 1970 "Coco" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 333 performances 1970 First umpires strike in MLB history lasts one day during League Championship Series; AL and NL presidents recognise newly-formed MLB Umpires Association; negotiate labor contract 1970 WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting Event of interestEvent of Interest 1971 American tennis star Billie Jean King becomes first female athlete to win $100,000 in prize money in a single year; wins the $4,000 Virginia Slams Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Tennis Legend Billie Jean King 1971 Scotsman Jackie Stewart finishes 5th in the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen to claim his second Formula 1 Drivers Championship with 62 points, 29 ahead of Swede Ronnie Peterson 1972 Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown 1972 Future Baseball Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher Steve Carlton wins 27th game as Philadelphia beats Cubs, 11-1 at Wrigley Field; almost half Phillies' 59 wins 1972 USSR performs nuclear test 1972 Roric Harrison homers as Baltimore beats Cleveland, 4-3; last AL pitcher to homer until MLB inter-league play 25 years later 1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader Event of interestEvent of Interest 1974 Ted Bundy victim Nancy Wilcox disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah Serial Killer Ted Bundy Serial Killer Ted Bundy 1974 Watergate crinimal trial begins 1974 39-year old Frank Robinson becomes MLB’s first African-American manager when he signs as player-manager for Cleveland Indians; agrees to 1-year contract estimated at $180,000 Event of interestEvent of Interest 1974 Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Jerry West (“Mr. Clutch”) retires after 14 NBA seasons with the LA Lakers; West has 25,192 career points; averages 29.1 ppg in 153 playoff games NBA Guard Jerry West NBA Guard Jerry West Music releaseAlbum Release 1975 George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in UK Singer-Songwriter George Harrison Singer-Songwriter George Harrison 1975 Ireland AKZO director Tiede Herrema kidnap Event of interestEvent of Interest 1976 Future Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder Hank Aaron singles in his last MLB at-bat & drives in his 2,297th run as Milwaukee Brewers lose, 5-2 v Detroit Tigers Baseball Player Hank Aaron Baseball Player Hank Aaron 1976 Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial NYC for 66 performances Event of interestEvent of Interest 1977 Indira Gandhi arrested 4th Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi 4th Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi 1978 Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London 1980 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris 1981 Milwaukee Brewers and Montreal Expos clinch their first-ever postseason appearances; Brewers beat Detroit, 2 - 1, for AL East title; Expos defeat NY Mets, 5 - 4, for NL East second playoff spot 1981 Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-mo hunger strike Sport defeatBoxing Title Fight 1981 After a year's inactivity, American boxer Mike Weaver outpoints countryman James 'Quick' Tillis in 15 rounds in Chicago to retain his WBA heavyweight title WBA World Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver WBA World Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver 1982 Centre fielder Robin Yount homers twice as Milwaukee whips Baltimore, 10-2 at Memorial Stadium to win the Brewers only AL East Championship Event of interestEvent of Interest 1983 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in UK King of Pop Michael Jackson King of Pop Michael Jackson 1984 US government shuts down due to lack of agreement over passage of bills 1985 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched 1985 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) adopts constitution BeatificationBeatification 1985 Pope John Paul II beatifies Titus Brandsma 264th Pope John Paul II 264th Pope John Paul II 1985 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution 1985 Walter Polovchak becomes a "free man" upon turning 18 1986 Baltimore loses 6-3 to Detroit Tigers, assuring Orioles of club's first ever last-place finish in AL East standings 1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die 1986 TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, was officially opened. 1987 San Diego catcher Benito Santiago's MLB rookie record 34-game hitting streak ends as Padres snap 9-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory v LA Dodgers 1987 Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile 1987 USSR performs underground nuclear test 1988 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days 1988 Criterion Center Theater opens at Broadway bet 44th & 45th Sts NYC 1988 Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months) 1988 WBMW-FM, Washington, D.C. changes calls to WJFK & begins airing Howard Stern BattleCoup d'état 1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails Panamanian General and Dictator Manuel Noriega Panamanian General and Dictator Manuel Noriega 1989 Oakland Raiders promote 42 year old Art Shell as the first African-American to be an NFL head coach in modern times; takes over from Mike Shanahan Hall of fameHall of Fame 1989 Darryl Sittler, Vladislav Tretiak, and Herbie Lewis are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players, along with builders Alan Eagleson and Father David Bauer NHL Legend Darryl Sittler NHL Legend Darryl Sittler 1990 Reunification of East and West Germany. West German flag is raised above the Brandenburg Gate on the stroke of midnight. Event of interestEvent of Interest 1990 Kansas City 3rd baseman George Brett becomes first in MLB history to win a batting title in 3 different decades; goes 1 for 1 in Royals, 5-2 loss v Cleveland to win AL batting title with .329 average; AL batting champion 1976, 80 MLB Third Baseman George Brett MLB Third Baseman George Brett 1990 Detroit 1st baseman Cecil Fielder becomes 11th player in MLB history to hit 50 HRs in a season; 50th & 51st in 10-3 win v NY Yankees at Yankee Stadium 1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records Music awardsMusic Awards 1991 25th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Tanya Tucker & Vince Gill wins Country Music Singer and Songwriter Garth Brooks Country Music Singer and Songwriter Garth Brooks 1992 Atlanta Braves end season with 1-0 victory v San Diego Padres at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for franchise record 98th MLB win (old record 95 in 1957) Event of interestEvent of Interest 1992 Madonna premieres her "Erotica" video on MTV Pop Star Madonna Pop Star Madonna Event of interestEvent of Interest 1992 Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live" Singer-Songwriter Sinead O'Connor Singer-Songwriter Sinead O'Connor Television Producer Lorne Michaels Television Producer Lorne Michaels 1993 "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion NYC after 38 performances RussiaOstankino Tower 1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino, Moscow townhall, about 25 killed More >> Ostankino Tower, Moscow Ostankino Tower, Moscow Event of interestEvent of Interest 1993 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow Russian President Boris Yeltsin Russian President Boris Yeltsin 1993 Harry Belafonte performs in Tivoli Copenhagen 1993 Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox Chicago 1993 Somali General Aidids arm forces kill 18 US Rangers 1993 Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting. 1994 Fernando Henrique Cardoso elected president of Brazil Event of interestEvent of Interest 1994 Gary Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon Cartoonist Gary Larson Cartoonist Gary Larson 1995 1st first-class match at Hurstville Oval, Sydney (NSW vs Western Australia ) MurderMurder of Interest 1995 O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in Los Angeles, California NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal O.J. Simpson NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal O.J. Simpson 1995 In a huge 3-way hockey trade, Claude Lemieux went to Colorado Avalanche, Steve Thomas to New Jersey Devils and Wendell Clark to the New York Islanders in a swap of high profile NHL forwards 1996 Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field 1997 Carolina Hurricanes lose the NHL franchise's 1st home game, 4-3 vs Pittsburgh Penguins at the Greensboro Coliseum 1997 Gordie Howie, 69, plays in 7th decade, with IHL'S Detroit Vipers 1997 Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph 1997 NHL games played outside North America for the first time; Vancouver Canucks beat Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 3-2 in Tokyo, Japan 1999 St Louis 1st baseman Mark McGwire hits his 65th homer of the season in a rain shortened 9-5 win over Cubs at Busch Stadium; wins 2nd straight HR title over Sammy Sosa, who hits his 63rd HR in same game 1999 Chelsea scores massive upset when they humble English Premiership champions Manchester United, 5-0 at Stamford Bridge; Gus Poyet sets the tone scoring after just 27 seconds; Nicky Butt is sent-off for United 2001 After a 21-season career, Paul Coffey officially retires from the NHL, having won 4 Stanley Cups with Edmonton Oilers, finishing 2nd on all-time list for points by defensemen (1,531 in 1,409 games), and playing in 14 All-Star Games Event of interestEvent of Interest 2001 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds Is walked for the 171st time in 11-8 win at Houston; breaks Babe Ruth's 1923 MLB single-season record for walks MLB Legend Barry Bonds MLB Legend Barry Bonds 2001 San Diego outfielder Rickey Henderson scores a run in the 3rd inning of the Padres' 12-5 loss to LA Dodgers to tie the MLB record of 2,245 runs scored held by the legendary Ty Cobb 2003 Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the shows tigers, canceling the show for good. 2004 New England Patriots win their 18th consecutive NFL game, beating Buffalo Bills, 31-17 at Ralph Wilson Stadium; Tom Brady 17-for-30 for 298 yards & 2 TDs 2004 Final game in Montreal Expos team history is played in NYC against the Mets at Shea Stadium, an 8-1 defeat; Jamey Carroll scores the final Expos run and Endy Chavez is the last Expos batter 2004 Seattle Mariners Japanese right fielder Ichiro Suzuki adds 2 more singles in a 3-0 defeat to Texas, to finish the season with a MLB record 262 hits 2007 South Africa's Mark Boucher breaks Ian Healy's record to become the wicketkeeper with most dismissals in Test cricket (395); stumps Umar Gul off Paul Harris in 2nd innings of 1st Test win v Pakistan in Karachi Event of interestEvent of Interest 2008 The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President George W. Bush 43rd US President George W. Bush 43rd US President George W. Bush 2008 O.J. Simpson found guilty of charges of kidnapping and armed robbery 2008 American surfer Kelly Slater clinches his record 9th world championship after round 3 of Billabong Pro in Mundaka, Spain; accrues enough points with 5 victories to win title with 2 scheduled ASP Tour contests to be surfed 2010 19th Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, India 2012 34 people are killed by a series of bombings in Aleppo, Syria 2012 Miguel Cabrera goes 0 for 2 in a 1-0 Tigers win v Royals to end the season as MLB's first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967; leads AL with .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBI 2013 325 people are killed after a migrant ship catches fire and shipwrecks of the coast of Lampedusa, Italy 2013 13 people are killed after a passenger plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria 2014 83 million accounts are compromised after a cyber attack on JP Morgan Chase & 9 other financial institutions 2015 US airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing around 19 2015 Flash floods on the French Riviera kill at least 19 people 2015 Host nation England crashes out of Rugby World Cup in pool stage; loses to Australia, 33-13 at Twickenham; Bernard Foley scores 2 tries and kicks 4 penalties & 3 conversions for the Wallabies 2016 Yoshinori Ohsumi from Japan wins Nobel Prize for Medicine for research into autophagy 2017 King Felipe of Spain speaks out against the Catalan referendum saying organizers have "broken the rule of law" Event of interestEvent of Interest 2017 US President Trump visits Puerto Rico devastated by hurricane Maria 45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality Donald Trump 45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality Donald Trump 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. 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85 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (d. 42 BC) 1292 – Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1337) 1390 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447) 1458 – Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484) 1554 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (d. 1628) 1610 – Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649) 1631 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (d. 1712) 1713 – Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (d. 1797) 1716 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781) 1720 – Johann Uz, German poet and judge (d. 1796) 1790 – John Ross, American tribal chief (d. 1866) 1797 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870) 1800 – George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891) 1804 – Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1878) 1804 – Allan Kardec, French author, translator, educator and founder of modern Spiritism (d. 1869) 1828 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (d. 1897) 1837 – Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (d. 1885) 1846 – James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic (d. 1918) 1848 – Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (d. 1929) 1858 – Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress (d. 1924) 1862 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902) 1863 – Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935) 1865 – Gustave Loiseau, French painter (d. 1935) 1866 – Josephine Sabel, American singer & comedian (d. 1945) 1867 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter (d. 1947) 1869 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942) 1875 – Dr. Atl, Mexican painter (d. 1964) 1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938) 1882 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1974) 1885 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970) 1886 – Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914) 1888 – Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943) 1889 – Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938) 1890 – Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, President of Mexico 1928-1930 (d. 1978) 1894 – Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982) 1894 – Walter Warlimont, German general (d. 1976) 1895 – Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet (d. 1969) 1895 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925) 1896 – Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman (d. 1961) 1896 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987) 1897 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (d. 1982) 1898 – Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (d. 1969) 1898 – Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (d. 1944) 1899 – Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966) 1900 – Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938) 1901 – Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959) 1904 – Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998) 1905 – Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (d. 1993) 1906 – Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997) 1908 – Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964) 1911 – Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995) 1915 – Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004) 1916 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995) 1919 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) 1921 – Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996) 1923 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (d. 2004) 1924 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993) 1924 – Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012) 1925 – Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012) 1925 – George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival 1928 – Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986) 1928 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (d. 2006) 1928 – Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General 1931 – Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1932 – Terence English, South African-English surgeon and academic 1933 – Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player 1934 – Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist 1934 – Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015) 1934 – Harold Henning, South African golfer (d. 2004) 1934 – Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (d. 1990) 1935 – Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut 1936 – Steve Reich, American composer 1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960) 1938 – David Hart Dyke, English captain 1938 – Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic 1938 – Dave Obey, American lawyer and politician 1939 – Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer 1940 – Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) 1940 – Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1940 – Mike Troy, American swimmer 1941 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter 1941 – Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster 1941 – John Elliott, Australian businessman 1943 – Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico 1943 – Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat 1944 – Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic 1944 – Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor 1945 – Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster 1945 – Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer 1945 – Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education 1946 – P. P. Arnold, American soul singer 1947 – John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist (d. 2018) 1947 – Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (d. 2015) 1947 – Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (d. 2015) 1947 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014) 1947 – Takis Michalos, Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010) 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1949 – J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter 1949 – Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter 1949 – Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director 1950 – Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player 1951 – Keb' Mo', American blues musician and songwriter 1951 – Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut 1951 – Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster 1952 – Bruce Arians, American football coach 1952 – Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer 1954 – Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster 1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1990) 1955 – John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006) 1955 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2000) 1955 – Buket Uzuner, Turkish author 1956 – Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1957 – Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization 1957 – Tim Westwood, English radio and television host 1958 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor 1958 – Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer 1959 – Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach 1959 – Fred Couples, American golfer 1959 – Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter 1959 – Jack Wagner, American actor and singer 1961 – Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer 1961 – Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist 1962 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer 1962 – Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist 1963 – Benny Anders, American basketball player 1963 – Dan Goldie, American tennis player 1964 – Clive Owen, English actor 1965 – Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer 1965 – Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player 1966 – Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster 1967 – Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator 1967 – Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1968 – Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager 1968 – Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach 1968 – Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager 1968 – Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower 1969 – Garry Herbert, English rower and sportscaster 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer 1969 – Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer 1970 – Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter 1970 – Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1971 – Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach 1971 – Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor 1972 – Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014) 1972 – G. Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player 1972 – Guy Oseary, Israeli–American talent manager and businessman 1973 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress and producer 1973 – Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach 1973 – Lena Headey, British actress 1973 – Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist and composer 1974 – Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1974 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater 1975 – India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1975 – Phil Greening, English rugby player and coach 1975 – Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1976 – Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer 1976 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer 1977 – Daniel Hollie, American wrestler 1977 – Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach 1977 – Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer 1978 – Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer 1978 – Neil Clement, English footballer 1978 – Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer 1978 – Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter 1979 – Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1979 – John Morrison, American wrestler and actor 1979 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer 1980 – Anquan Boldin, American football player 1980 – Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player 1980 – Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author 1980 – Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer 1980 – Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (d. 2013) 1981 – Danny Coid, English footballer 1981 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer 1981 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer 1981 – Jonna Lee, Swedish singer and musician 1981 – Matt Sparrow, English footballer 1983 – Fred, Brazilian footballer 1983 – Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist 1983 – Andreas Papathanasiou, Cypriot footballer 1983 – Tessa Thompson, American actress 1984 – Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress 1984 – Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player 1984 – Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress 1984 – Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer 1984 – Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress 1985 – Courtney Lee, American basketball player 1986 – Lewis Brown, New Zealand rugby league player 1986 – Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer 1987 – Robert Grabarz, English high jumper 1987 – Martin Plowman, English race car driver 1987 – Starley, Australian pop singer 1988 – Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress 1988 – Dustin Gazley, American ice hockey player 1989 – Nate Montana, American football player 1989 – Alex Trimble, Irish singer 1990 – Johan Le Bon, French cyclist 1991 – Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter 1991 – Aki Takajo, Japanese singer 1993 – Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer 1994 – Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player 1997 – Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater |
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42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC) 818 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks 900 – Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir 959 – Gérard of Brogne, Frankish abbot 1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024) 1226 – Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181) 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238) 1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) 1399 – Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (b. 1360) 1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545) 1596 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541) 1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554) 1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570) 1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576) 1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612) 1656 – Myles Standish, English captain (b. 1584) 1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648) 1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633) 1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724) 1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754) 1838 – Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767) 1860 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778) 1867 – Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819) 1873 – Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837) 1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814) 1881 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811) 1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824) 1891 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842) 1896 – William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834) 1907 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835) 1917 – Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865) 1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894) 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878) 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865) 1936 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869) 1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883) 1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892) 1963 – Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877) 1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914) 1966 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896) 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912) 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895) 1969 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902) 1979 – Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936) 1980 – Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907) 1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887) 1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912) 1987 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910) 1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947) 1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915) 1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960) 1990 – Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914) 1993 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940) 1993 – Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960) 1993 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958) 1994 – John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923) 1995 – Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906) 1997 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908) 1998 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (b. 1928) 1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921) 2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947) 2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) 2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943) 2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924) 2003 – William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907) 2004 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960) 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927) 2005 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) 2005 – Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918) 2006 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919) 2006 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916) 2006 – Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942) 2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937) 2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930) 2009 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929) 2009 – Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (b. 1917) 2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925) 2010 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921) 2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931) 2012 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916) 2012 – Billy Hullin, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942) 2012 – Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921) 2013 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978) 2013 – Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944) 2013 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940) 2013 – Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932) 2013 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927) 2013 – Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922) 2014 – Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963) 2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933) 2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931) 2014 – Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954) 2014 – Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929) 2015 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917) 2015 – Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943) 2015 – Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925) 2015 – Gerald Squires, Canadian painter and illustrator (b. 1937) |
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