Births
1296 - John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg
1556 - Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, composer
1567 - Girolamo Giacobbi, composer
1589 - Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
1652 - Peterus I Scheemaeckers, Flemish sculptor (tomb stones)
1654 - Bernard Nieuwentyt, Dutch physician/theologist
1657 - Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch colonial director
1699 - Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer
1708 - John Stinstra, baptist vicar
1720 - Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer
1740 - Samuel Arnold, composer
1750 - Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer
1762 - Santiago Ferrer, composer
1782 - Charles Napier, London, soldier
1793 - Heinrich August Neithardt, composer
1794 - Leopold Zunz, German scientist (Synagogical Poetry)
1801 - Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
1808 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer
1810 - Cornelis Outshoorn, Dutch architect
1810 - Camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM
1814 - John Clifford Pemberton, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1881
1814 - William Lowndes Yancey, MC (Confederacy), died in 1863
1814 - Jacob Edvard Gille, composer
1823 - Ant“nio G Dias, Brazilian poet
1823 - Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist
1823 - Charles Thomas Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1835 - Gyula Beliczay, composer
1836 - Jose Teodor Vilar, composer
1845 - Kunanbajew, writer
1854 - J Scott Lidgett, London, theologist
1856 - Paul Geisler, composer
1861 - Almroth Wright, Yorkshire England, bacteriologist
1865 - Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)
1869 - Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds)
1874 - Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933)
1874 - James (Tod) Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style
1877 - Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance
1878 - Alfred D”blin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm
1880 - Clarence Cameron White, composer
1881 - Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder
1882 - Max Kowalski, composer
1883 - Carlos Lavin, composer
1886 - Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement
1888 - Johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)
1889 - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer
1889 - Irene Steer, England, 4 X 100m relay swimmers (Olympic-gold-1912)
1891 - Henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)
1893 - Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia (1959-61)
1893 - Voranc Prezikov, [Lovro Kuhar], Slovenian author (Samorastniki)
1893 - Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard)
1895 - Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author
1897 - Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch novelist (Ciske the Rat)
1897 - Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1924)
1899 - Jack Haley, Boston Mass, actor (Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue
1900 - Norma Shearer, Montreal Quebec, actress (Divorcee, Idiot's Delight)
1900 - Arthur Porritt, NZ, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924)
1900 - Ren‚ Crevel, French author (Mon corps et moi, D‚tours)
1903 - Lisle, British lord
1905 - Richard F Kahn, baron of Hampstead/British economist
1905 - Bernard Benjamin Gillis, British judge
1906 - Era Bell Thompson, [Dakota Dick], US actress (Ebony)
1908 - Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer
1909 - Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker (Fender guitars)
1909 - Mohammed V ibn Yusuf, King of Morocco (1953, 1955-61)
1909 - Julio A Abraham, president (Democratic Party Bonaire)
1909 - George W Crockett Jr, (Rep-D-MI, 1980- )
1909 - Frank Bowden, industrialist/landowner
1909 - Claude Thornhill, composer
1909 - Brian Easdale, composer
1910 - Angus Campbell, US, psychologist (Elections & Political Order)
1912 - Iza„k Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice (PvdA)/mayor of Amsterdam
1912 - Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist (Tour de France 1935)
1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval)
1912 - Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/composer/conductor
1912 - Richard Reeves, NYC, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel)
1913 - Noah Beery Jr, NYC, actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot)
1913 - Steven Nagy, bowler, 1st to bowl 300 on TV (1954)
1914 - Jeff Corey, NYC, actor (Getting Straight, Superman & Mole Men)
1916 - John Clark, Hampton IA, actor (Graveyard of Horror)
1919 - Elizabeth Thomas, literary consultant
1920 - William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers, 754 wins)
1921 - Leonard Lickorish, dir-gen (British Tourist Authority)
1923 - Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler (1951-52 Indian tour)
1923 - Gillian Brown, diplomat
1923 - Rhonda Fleming
1923 - Rhonda Fleming, [Marilyn Louis], Hollywood Calif, actress (Spellbound
1924 - Martha Hyer, TX, actress (Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly)
1925 - Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher
1925 - George Cooper, general
1925 - Lawrence Byford, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary
1926 - Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer
1926 - Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer
1928 - Jimmy Dean
1928 - Eddie Fisher
1928 - Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
1928 - Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain)
1929 - John Alldis, composer/conductor
1930 - Saeedi Sirjani, poet
1930 - Barry Unsworth, novelist (Pascali's Island)
1932 - Alexander Goehr, composer
1933 - David Rowland, chairman (Lloyd's)
1933 - Butler-Sloss, British Lady Justice
1933 - Alan Hardcastle, chairman (Lloyds Regulatory Board)
1933 - Bill Nieder, shot putter, (Olympic-gold-1960)
1933 - Rocky Colavito
1933 - Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game)
1934 - James Carl Tenney, composer
1935 - Jerrie Anthony Hulme, British major-general
1935 - Lord Stewartby
1935 - Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer (Night Prayers)
1936 - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Cura‡ao
1937 - Lucinda Williams, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 - Kate O'Mara, Leicaster England, actress (Caress Morell-Dynasty, AbFab
1939 - Charles Rose, (Rep-D-North Carolina, 1973- )
1940 - Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody)
1940 - Richard Wells, Chief Constable (South Yorkshire)
1940 - Barbara Mills, QC, British Director of Public Prosecutions
1941 - Kees van Kooten, Dutch TV host/founder (Simplistic Union)
1941 - Anita Lonsbrough, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Oly-gold-1960)
1942 - Betsy Johnson, fashion designer (1971 Winnie Award)
1943 - Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman (5 Tests 1964-69)
1943 - Veronica Bennett, rocker
1943 - Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Little Baby)
1945 - Larry Larden, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
1945 - Harry Thomas, Dutch founder (Schlager Festival Gay Party)
1947 - Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle)
1947 - Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler (1969-76)
1947 - Ian Anderson
1948 - Patti Austin, soul singer/actress (Real Me)
1948 - Pal Gerevich, Hungary, fencer (Olympic-bronze-1972, 80)
1949 - Gene Johnson, Sugar Grove Pa, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1950 - Eric Braunn, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
1950 - James Reynolds, Oskaloosa Ks, actor (Abe Carver-Days of our Lives)
1950 - A L Harris, clinicaloncologist
1951 - Maria Combs, LPGA golfer
1952 - Pepsi Nunes, marine biologist
1952 - Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut
1952 - Ashley Putnam, NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978)
1955 - Marja-Liisa H„m„l„inen, Finnish cross country skier (Oly-gold-1984)
1956 - Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star
1956 - Tugboat, [Fred Ottman], WWF wrestler
1958 - Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper (mid-80's)
1959 - Rosanna Arquette
1959 - Rosanna Arquette, NYC, actress (Desperately Seeking Susan, After Hour
1959 - Mark Price, bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged)
1960 - Antonio Banderas
1960 - [James] Kenneth Perry, Elizabethtown KY, PGA golfer (1991 Memorial)
1960 - Antonio Banderas, Malaga Spain, actor (Phila, Evita, Mambo Kings)
1961 - Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist/drummer (INXS-Kiss the Dirt)
1961 - Beatrice Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Lisa-Four Seasons)
1962 - Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad)
1964 - Andy Stankiewicz, Inglewood CA, infielder (NY Yankees, Montreal Expos
1965 - Patricia Spurgin, US scherpschutser (Olympics-gold-1984)
1965 - Carolyn Schuwalow, Australian distance runner (Olympics-96)
1965 - John Starks, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1966 - Gerald Williams, New Orleans LA, outfielder (NY Yankees)
1967 - Riddick Bowe, Brooklyn NY, HW boxing champ (Olympic-silver-1988)
1967 - Lorraine Pearson, rocker
1967 - Lori Tatum, LPGA golfer
1967 - Reinout Scholte, cricketer (Netherlands batsman 1996 World Cup)
1967 - Peter Murphy, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Carlos Briceno, Fountain Valley, CA, beach volleyball (Oly-br-92, 96)
1968 - Michel Doesburg, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1968 - Michael Bivins, Boston, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe)
1968 - Alex Andrievski, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1968 - Miroslav Mosner, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1968 - Jennifer Horton, Dover NJ, team handball goalie (Olympics-92, 96)
1968 - Moe Gardner, NFL nose tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1969 - Earl of Iveagh
1969 - Iain Fraser, Scarborough, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1970 - Bret Hedican, St-paul, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1970 - Gino Torretta, quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1992, Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Brendon Julian, cricketer (in NZ Australian left-arm quickie 1993-)
1971 - Craig Newsome, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1971 - Roy Keane, soccer player
1971 - Martin Quinney, Quesnel BC, Canada Tour golfer (1994 Glen Meadows-2nd
1971 - Paul Newlove, rugby league player
1971 - Mike Morreale, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1971 - Sal Fasano, Chicago IL, catcher (KC Royals)
1972 - Julann Vadnais, Miss Maine USA (1996)
1973 - Sherriden May, NFL fullback (NY Jets)
1973 - Lisa Raymond, Norristown Penn, tennis star (1995 Indian Wells doubles
1973 - Jessica Grieco, Englewood NJ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973 - Mark Doubleday, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1973 - Keisha Delancy, Miss Turks & Caicos islands Universe (1997)
1974 - Miro Simonovic, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
1974 - Walt Harris, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
1974 - Dave Fiore, tackle (San Francisco 49ers)
1975 - Lise Mackie, Te Kuiti NZ, Australian swimmer (Olympics-96)
Events
70 - "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)
654 - Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
843 - Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divide France
955 - Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians
1304 - -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet
1461 - Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
1497 - John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
1500 - Diego Diaz discovers Madagascar
1511 - Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka
1512 - Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1519 - Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1557 - Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France
1566 - Iconoclasm begins
1585 - English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
1622 - County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges
1627 - Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
1628 - Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
1653 - Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch
1664 - Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vásvár
1675 - King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1675 - Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam
1678 - Netherlands & France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen
1680 - In N Mex, Popé leads rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spaniads
1743 - Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
1759 - Carlos III becomes king of Spain
1774 - 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
1787 - Turkey declares war on Russia
1787 - Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"
1790 - Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage
1792 - Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI
1809 - Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1821 - Missouri admitted as 24th US state
1822 - Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die
1827 - Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
1831 - Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery
1833 - Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200
1835 - Mob of whites & oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH
1846 - Congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution
1856 - Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana
1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed
1862 - Battle of Nueces River TX
1866 - Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria
1869 - O B Brown patents moving picture projector
1876 - 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada
1877 - Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
1877 - Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Percé indians
1885 - Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)
1887 - Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois)
1888 - NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record
1889 - Dan Rylands patents screw cap
1893 - Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act
1895 - 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi")
1897 - Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club)
1900 - 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0)
1901 - Chic White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
1904 - Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games
1904 - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest
1904 - Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur
1904 - Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock
1906 - Pope Pius X bans Associations cults
1907 - Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally
1909 - Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins
1911 - Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords
1913 - 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
1914 - German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
1914 - At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary
1914 - German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas
1914 - Royal Nationally Steuncomité forms
1916 - Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia
1919 - Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine
1920 - Treaty of Sèvres (Allies & Turkey)
1920 - Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia & Romania
1920 - Turkish Govt renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
1921 - FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
1925 - Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die
1926 - Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
1929 - Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd & last NL win
1934 - Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
1936 - 114°F (46°C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)
1936 - 120°F (49°C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
1938 - 119°F (48°C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)
1939 - 2nd Dutch De Geer govt forms (1st with Social Democrats)
1940 - Prince Bernhard Fund forms
1941 - FDR & Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland
1942 - Gen B Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in N Africa
1943 - Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali
1943 - Gen Patton calls injured soldier "cowardly"
1943 - Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots
1944 - US/French offensive at Alençon
1944 - Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0
1944 - Race riots in Athens Alabama
1944 - US recaptures Guam from Japanese
1945 - Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remaine
1948 - Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
1948 - Bradman scores 133* Aust v Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours
1948 - WABC TV channel 7 in New York, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 - ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY)
1949 - Natl Military Establishment renamed Dept of Defense
1949 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament
1954 - Neth Indonesian Union breaks up
1954 - Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
1956 - 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000)
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open
1960 - Nicolaas Jouwe forms PANA in New-Guinea
1960 - Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space
1961 - England applies for membership in European Common Market
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1964 - WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 - Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km
1966 - 1st lunar orbiter launched by US
1966 - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosph
1968 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Concord Golf Open
1968 - Race riot in Miami, Chicago & Little Rock
1969 - Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
1969 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Stroh's-WBLY Golf Open
1970 - Jim Morrison is tried in Miami on "lewd & lascivious behavior"
1971 - 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
1971 - Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 HRs, & adds his 501st
1972 - Paul & Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession
1972 - 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada
1973 - 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station
1974 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open
1975 - David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon
1975 - 57th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 276 at Firestone Akron
1977 - US & Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord
1977 - USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
1977 - Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 calib
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1979 - Ecuador adopts its constitution
1979 - Wings release "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request"
1980 - 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill NY
1980 - 8th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Pat Bradley
1980 - Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx
1981 - Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes
1981 - Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record
1981 - Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
1984 - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
1985 - Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47½ million
1985 - Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
1985 - A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 HRs (off Matt Young at Seattle)
1986 - Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates
1986 - "Me & My Girl" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 1420 performances
1986 - Betsy King wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1986 - Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired
1986 - Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway NYC
1987 - Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball
1987 - Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully
1988 - UN estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion
1988 - Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador
1988 - Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec)
1989 - Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1989 - A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning
1990 - US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
1991 - NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53
1991 - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 7 perfs
1992 - Soyuz TM-15 lands
1992 - Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched
1993 - Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA
1994 - Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
1995 - Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
1996 - Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
1996 - Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex
1996 - Dare & Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16
1996 - Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate
1997 - Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf
1997 - Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Friendly's Classic
1997 - Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal
1997 - Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine
1997 - 36th Walker Cup: US, 18-6
Deaths
794 - Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
955 - Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
1002 - Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of C¢rdoba, dies
1250 - Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1589 - Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
1628 - Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1653 - Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55
1655 - Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50
1717 - Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies
1723 - Abb‚ Dubois, French archbishop of Canbrier/premier (1722-23), dies
1730 - Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74
1759 - Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46
1784 - Allan Ramsay, artist
1802 - Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77
1806 - Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68
1821 - Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
1841 - Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37
1843 - Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies
1857 - John Wilson Croker, politician
1859 - George Staunton, writer
1861 - Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43
1867 - Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867
1875 - Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66
1886 - Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85
1896 - Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
1902 - George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies
1904 - Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies
1905 - Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged
1911 - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70
1921 - John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
1929 - Aletta Henri‰tte Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75
1930 - William H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies
1932 - Slang, writer, dies
1934 - John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73
1938 - Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
1943 - J Posthuma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
1943 - J Janzen, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
1943 - C Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
1944 - Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies
1945 - Robert H Goddard, US, rocket pioneer, dies at 62
1948 - E Ball-Hennings, writer, dies at 63
1960 - Frank Lloyd, director (Berkeley Square, Blood on the Sun), dies at 72
1960 - Oswald Veblin, mathematician
1960 - Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies
1962 - Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60
1963 - Patrick Kennedy, son of President Kennedy, dies at only 3 days
1963 - M ty R kosi, [Rosencranz], premier of Hungary (1952-53), dies at 71
1963 - Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn), dies at 60
1965 - Rayford Robinson, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1937), dies
1966 - Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79
1966 - Jacobus C Bloem, poet (Cinders), dies
1967 - John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83
1970 - Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 5
1973 - Douglas Kennedy, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies at 57
1974 - Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's « Comedy Hour), dies at 92
1974 - Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64
1974 - Ivor Dean, British actor (Theatre of Death), dies at 57
1976 - Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
1976 - Bert Oldfield, cricketer (54 Tests, 52 stumpings), dies
1977 - Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75
1979 - Dick Foran, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69
1985 - Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72
1987 - Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies
1987 - Raquel Torres, actress (Duck Soup, Sea Bat), dies
1987 - Clara Peller, actress (Where's the Beef), dies at 86
1987 - I W Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87
1988 - Adela Rogers St John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94
1988 - Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama, dies at 86
1990 - Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies
1991 - Josef Lipski, Polish politician, dies
1993 - Ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82
1994 - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Cura‡ao, murdered at 58
1994 - Bill Baker, singer, dies at 58
1994 - Kay Petre, early racing driver, dies at 91
1995 - Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist, dies at 81
1995 - Fay Honey Knopp, activist, dies at 76
1996 - Rex Tucker, TV writer/director, dies at 83
1996 - Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78
1997 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43
442 Events for 10th August