Today In The Past
Events
987 - French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king
1317 - Pontifical degree “Sancta Romania” against spiritualists
1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1621 - English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament
1672 - Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth
1685 - Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
1703 - Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1809 - Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
1813 - Danzig surrenders to allied armies
1817 - 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
1835 - After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R
1853 - A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
1854 - Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC
1861 - US, banks stops payments in gold
1873 - American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money
1896 - José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila.
1897 - Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony
1903 - Electric arc lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago leaving 602 dead in one of the deadliest blazes in American history
1905 - Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
1915 - Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
1917 - -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)
1917 - -37°F (-38°C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record)
1918 - John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover
1924 - Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
1926 - Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated)
1933 - -50°F (-46°C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record)
1938 - Electronic television system patented (V K Zworykin)
1940 - California’s 1st freeway, (Arroyo Seco Parkway), opens
1952 - Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US
1953 - The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA.
1959 - George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
1963 - ”Let’s Make A Deal,” debuts on NBC-TV
1971 - Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)
1972 - Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
1973 - 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)
1979 - Rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up
1979 - Togo adopts constitution
1987 - Premier Mugabe elected president of Zimbabwe
1988 - Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet ’86 government fuel standard
1988 - North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial
1995 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982.
2000 - Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
2004 - A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2005 - Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
Births
39 - Titus, 10th Roman Emperor (79-81), conqueror of Jerusalem
1204 - Abû ‘Uthmân Sa’îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
1552 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
1644 - Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral
1722 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
1818 - James Cantey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1874
1819 - John White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873
1828 - Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1851 - Asa Griggs Candler, druggist , developed Coca-Cola
1855 - Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)
1865 - Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), (d. 1936)
Rudyard Kipling Speaking On Writing And Truth
1867 - Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)
1869 - Stephen Leacock, Canada, economist/humorist/professor
1879 - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Inst)
1884 - Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM during WW II
1905 - Emmanuel Levinas, philosopher
1906 - Carol Reed, motion picture director (3rd Man)
1914 - Bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America)
1917 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
1918 - W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden)
1919 - Jo Van Fleet, Oakland, actress (Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden)
1928 - Bo Diddley, [Ellas Bates], Miss, rock `n’ roll pioneer (Bo Diddley)
You Can’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover
1928 - Jack Lord, NYC, actor (Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God’s Little Acre)
1931 - Charles A Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut
1931 - Skeeter Davis, [Mary Penick], Dry Ridge Ky, singer (End of World)
1932 - John Hillerman, Denison Tx, actor (Magnum PI, Blazing Saddles)
1934 - Barry Briggs, NZ auto maker (World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66)
1934 - Russ Tamblyn, LA California, actor (Win Place or Steal, Twin Peaks)
1934 - John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
1934 - Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander
1935 - Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher (Cy Young ’63, ’65, ’66, perfect-1967)
1935 - Jack Riley, American actor
1937 - John Hartford, NYC, country singer , songwriter (Gentle on My Mind)
Gentle On My Mind with Glen Campbell
Steam Powered Aereo Plane with Vassar Clements and Tony Rice
1937 - Paul Stookey, singer/musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary)
1938 - Joseph Bologna, Brooklyn NY, actor (Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year)
1939 - Del Shannon, [Charles Westover], Coopersville Mich, rocker (Runaway)
1940 - James Burrows, TV producer/director (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers)
1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player
1942 - Fred Ward, SD California, actor (Chain Reaction, Thunderheart, Equinox)
1942 - Michael Nesmith, Houston, rocker (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
1942 - Guy Edwards, English racing driver
1944 - William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander
1945 - Davy Jones, Manchester England, singer (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), (d. 2012)
1945 - John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot
1947 - Jeff Lynne, rocker (ELO-Telephone Line, Travelling Wilburys)
1949 - Bruce Davidson, equestrian 3-day (Olympics-silver-96)
1950 - Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
1951 - Nancy LaMott, singer
1953 - Daniel T Barry, Norwalk Ct, PhD/MD/astronaut (STS 72)
1953 - Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
1956 - Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress (Moesia, Designing Women)
1956 - Suzy Bogguss, Aledo Ill, singer (I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart)
1957 - Matt Lauer, TV host (Today Show)
1958 - Steven L Smith, Phoenix Arizona, astronaut (STS 68, 82)
1958 - Rod Harrington, English darts player
1959 - Tracey Ullman, Slough England, singer/actress (Tracey Ullman Show)
1960 - Addy Bucek, Australian 470 class yachter (Olympics-9-92, 96)
1961 - Ben Johnson, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1988-disqualified)
1961 - Sue Malaxos, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1961 - Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
1962 - Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian
1964 - Kimberly Taylor, [Cindy], model/Penthouse Pet (1990)
1965 - David Baker, Sheffield England, UK cyclist
1965 - Heidi Fleiss, American madam
1967 - Colleen Miller, Winnipeg Manitoba, rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - Robert Walker, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1975 - Tiger Woods, Cypress, California, golfer (16 Major and 74 PGA wins)
1977 - Laila Ali, American boxer
1978 - Dikla Hamdy, Miss Israel Universe (1997)
1978 - Tyrese, American singer and actor
1980 - Eliza Dushku, Boston MA, actress (This Boy’s Life, True Lies, Journey)
1980 - Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1984 - LeBron James, American basketball player
1985 - Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
1989 - Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder
Deaths
274 - St Felix I, dies and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1218 - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
1460 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne killed in Battle of Wakefield. (b. 1411)
1525 - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66
1572 - Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60
1640 - John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
1644 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
1691 - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
1769 - Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
1893 - Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72
1894 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76
1896 - Jose Mercado Rizal, anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent, dies
1899 - James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85
1931 - Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62
1944 - Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78
1946 - Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78
1947 - Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58
1970 - Sonny Liston, World heavyweight boxing champion (1962-64), found dead at 38
1979 - Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77
1984 - Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
1992 - Ling-Ling, 1st panda China gave US, dies at 23
1993 - Mack David, US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81
1993 - [Irving Paul] “Swifty” Lazar, superagent, dies of kidney failure at 86
1996 - Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at 53
1998 - Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
1999 - Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world’s oldest living person (b. 1880)
2000 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
2003 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932)
2004 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 94
2005 - Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1932)
2006 - Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad at 69
2006 - Terry Peck, Falkland Islander (b. 1938) who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War
2009 - Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959)
2010 - Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer (Boney M) (b. 1949)
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