Today In The Past
Events
337 - St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1189 - Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England
1508 - Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor
1577 - King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots
1626 - Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle
1693 - Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va
1778 - England declares war on France
1778 - France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
1788 - Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
1815 - NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)
1820 - US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland
1832 - US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy
1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
1861 - 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
1861 - English Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships
1862 - Gen Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
1862 - Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
1862 - Ulysses S. Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi
1864 - -7] Skirmish at Barnett’s Ford Virginia
1865 - 2nd day of battle at Dabney’s Mills (Hatcher’s Run)
1865 - Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief
1869 - Harper’s Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
1891 - 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
1899 - Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate
1900 - Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
1904 - Russian-Japanese war began
1911 - 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Ariz
1911 - Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
1918 - Britain grants women (30 & over) vote
1921 - ”The Kid,” starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released
1932 - 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
1933 - -90°F (-68°C), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)
1933 - 112′ ocean wave observed near Manila
1933 - 20th Amendment goes into effect: Pres term begins in Jan not March
1933 - 20th amendment (terms of office) passed
1933 - Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane
1935 - ”Monopoly” board game goes on sale for 1st time
1935 - 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
1941 - Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed
1941 - British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
1943 - 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down
1943 - Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio’s “Your Hit Parade”
1945 - 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz
1945 - Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
1948 - 1st radio-controlled airplane flown
1951 - ”Broker Special” train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84
1951 - Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into
1958 - Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid
1959 - 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM
1964 - France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel
1965 - Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” hits #1
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
1968 - Former Pres Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one
1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
1973 - 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution
1978 - Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54″ (137cm))
1982 - ”Centerfold” by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart
1984 - Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
1987 - No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
1987 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1989 - Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish government
1990 - Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
1990 - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles’ new $102 million stadium
1990 - Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen’s album “A Night At The Opera” in 9 minutes & 58.44 seconds backwards!
1992 - The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence.
1993 - Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1996 - Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
1997 - Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm
1998 - Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years
1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming Britain’s Monarch becoming only the second to do so
Births
1461 - Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet
1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
1577 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
1608 - Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher
1611 - Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
1637 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
1732 - Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782)
1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
1748 - Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811)
1756 - Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler
1818 - William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901
1830 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
1832 - John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1833 - James Ewell Brown “JEB” Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)
1834 - William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1853 - Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
1874 - Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel)
1875 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
1892 - William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
1895 - George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, Maryland, baseball great (NY Yankees)
1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (d. 1944)
1899 - Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
1900 - Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist
1907 - Sam Green, industrialist/inventor
1908 - Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden
1911 - Ronald Reagan, IL, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo)/40th pres (R) (1981-89)
1912 - Eva Braun, mistress (Adolph Hitler)
1913 - Mary Nicol Leakey, palaeontologist
1916 - Bill Doggett, rocker
1916 - John Crank, British mathematician (d. 2006)
1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, [Zsa Sari], Budapest, actress (Queen of Outer Space)
1922 - Patrick MacNee, London England, actor (Jonathan Steed-Avengers)
1926 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer
1929 - Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64), (d. 2012)
1931 - Rip Torn, Tx, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
1932 - Francois Truffaut, Paris, director (Jules & Jim, Fahrenheit 451)
1932 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959)
1933 - Leslie Crowther, English TV-comic/quizmaster
1933 - Mamie Van Doren, Rowena SD, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) [or 2/2]
1934 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
1936 - Otis Williams, rocker (Charms)
1936 - J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
1939 - Mike Farrell, St Paul Minn, actor (BJ Honeycutt-M*A*S*H, Battered)
1940 - Tom Brokaw, Yankton SD, news anchor (NBC Nightly News 1982- )
1942 - Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist
1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, Fort Worth Tx, actress (Legend of Hell House, Dallas)
1943 - Fabian, American singer
1945 - Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae musician and singer-songwriter (Whalers-No Woman)
1946 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter
1947 - Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968)
1950 - Natalie Cole, LA California, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy)
1953 - Susie Hutchison, Flintridge California, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-96)
1957 - Jerry Marotta, rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time)
1957 - Kathy Najimy, actress (Sister Act, Veronica’s Closet)
1957 - Robert Townsend, Chicago, comedian/actor (Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy)
1957 - Simon Phillips. Drummer of Toto (band)
1958 - Mark Hamilton, Louisville KY, sprint kayak Olympics-96)
1962 - Axl Rose, [William Bailey], Lafayette In, vocalist (Guns & Roses)
1963 - Kevin Trudeau, American entrepreneur
1966 - Rick Astley, rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up)
1970 - Jeff Rouse, US, 50m/100m backstroke swimmer (Olymp-gold/silver-92, 96)
1971 - Lance Bade, Vancouver BC, US double trap (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1972 - Mark Labbrook, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics-96)
1976 - Elina Zisi, Miss Greece Universe (1997)
1976 - Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
1976 - Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
1976 - Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
1981 - Calum Best, American model
1982 - Tank, Mandopop singer.
1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
1983 - Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model
1985 - Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
1985 - Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
Deaths
743 - Hisham ibn ‘Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
891 - Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
1140 - Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1497 - John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
1585 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)
1593 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
1612 - Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
1617 - Prosper Alpinus/Prospero Alpini, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
1783 - Lancelot “Capability” Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
1816 - Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)
1833 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)
1834 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)
1865 - John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1945 - Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1945 - Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1950 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
1958 - Walter Crickmer, English football club secretary and manager
1960 - Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
1964 - Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. 1869)
1972 - Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
1973 - Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
1976 - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
1981 - Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. 1925)
1986 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. 1912)
1989 - Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77
1991 - Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79
1991 - Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
1993 - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
1994 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk), dies at 76
1994 - Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88
1995 - James Ingram Merrill, US poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68
1996 - Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74
1998 - Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
1998 - [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
1998 - Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
2002 - Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
2007 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
2008 - Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)
2011 - Gary Moore, Ireland, bluesman, guitarist (b. 1952)
Still Got The Blues
Parisienne Walkways
Separate Ways
I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
2012 - Janice Voss, American astronaut, dies from breast cancer at 55
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