The Day 2 Day

Births

1510 - Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem
1573 - Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher
1588 - Johann Andreas Herbst, composer
1597 - Pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter
1640 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
1672 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, tsar of Russia (1682-1725) [OS=May 30]
1781 - George Stephenson, Newcastle England, inventor (RR locomotive)
1791 - John Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)
1792 - Fr‚d‚ric L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary
1810 - Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer
1812 - Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens)
1812 - Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune)
1828 - Carlo Marsili, composer
1829 - Gaetano Braga, composer
1833 - John Rogers Cooke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1836 - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1st woman mayor in England (Aldeburgh)
1843 - Bertha von Suttner, Austria, novelist/pacifist (Nobel 1905)
1849 - Joseph Vezina, composer
1854 - Gerardus J P J Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society)
1861 - Floris H Verster, [van Wulverhorst], painter/cartoonist/etcher
1865 - Alberic Magnard, composer
1865 - Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige)
1865 - Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer
1875 - Henry Dale, London, physiologist (Nobel-1936)
1877 - Rudolf Borchardt, writer
1879 - Dudley Digges
1879 - Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player
1884 - Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor
1886 - Kusaku Yamada, composer
1888 - Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer
1888 - Hugo Kauder, composer
1890 - Leslie Banks, English actor/director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours)
1892 - Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics CEO/founder (Helena Rubinstein)
1893 - Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)
1893 - Samuel N Behrman, US screenwriter (Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs)
1896 - Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)
1896 - Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute)
1898 - C Malaparte, writer
1898 - Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt)
1900 - Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender
1900 - Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot
1901 - George Price, cartoonist
1901 - Marion Gering, actress (Sarumba, Rumba, Ready for Love, 24 Hours)
1905 - Harry "Bull" Alexander, cricketer (Aus quick 1 Test Bodyline series)
1905 - Walter Kraft, composer
1906 - Tonio Selwart, Germany, actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja)
1908 - J F Williams-Wynne, Lord-Lieutenant (Gwynedd)
1908 - Robert Cummings, Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder)
1909 - Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher
1910 - Geoffrey Musson, British General
1910 - Vbilmos Demian, composer
1910 - Robert Cummings
1912 - Edgar Evans, tenor
1912 - Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso)
1913 - Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, lt-colonel of Dutch Salvation Army
1914 - Barbara Mullen, Boston MA, actress (Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners)
1914 - Hermann Haller, composer
1915 - Jane Cowan, cello teacher
1915 - Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar)
1916 - Robert S McNamara, US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head (World Bank)
1918 - Rob de Vries, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/dir/actor (Ciske de Rat)
1919 - Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player
1920 - Isobel June Braybrooke English, novellist
1921 - Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1922 - George Axelrod, playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany, Bus Stop)
1922 - P G Beazley, MEP
1923 - Gerald G”tting, German DR president (CDU)
1924 - Christine Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1964)
1924 - Peter Heatly, CEO (Commonwealth Games Federation)
1924 - Tony Britton, Birmingham Eng, actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup)
1925 - [John] Keith Laumer, [Anthony LeBaron], US, sf author (Retief's War)
1925 - Roy Hughes, MP
1926 - Mona Freeman, Baltimore, actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress)
1926 - Roy Smalley, shortstop (Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Twins, Yankees)
1927 - Franco Donatoni, composer
1927 - Norman Sisisky, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
1928 - Geraint Gruffydd, director (U of Wales Centre for Welsh Studies)
1929 - Johnny Ace, [John M Alexander Jr], Memphis Tn, R&B singer (My Song)
1929 - June O'Dell, deputy CEO (Equal Opportunities Commission)
1929 - Keith A St H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1960)
1929 - Robert E Badham, (Rep-R-CA, 1977- )
1930 - Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, US, sci-fi author (Thongor of Lemuria)
1930 - Marvin Kalb, NYC, educator/newscaster (CBS/NBC, Meet the Press)
1931 - Bill Virdon, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)/mgr (NY Yankees)
1931 - Jackie Mason, Wisc, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup)
1932 - Douglas Smith, CEO (Acas)
1933 - Dick Orkin, Williamsport Pa, actor (Tim Conway Show)
1933 - Don Young, (Rep-R-AK, 1973- )
1933 - Patrick Symons, British vice-admiral
1934 - Donald Duck, famous fowl
1934 - Helga Haase, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934 - Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops, Night)
1934 - Joe Santos, Bkln NY, actor (Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus)
1934 - Michael Mates, MP
1934 - Pal Karolyi, composer
1934 - Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist
1934 - Jackie Mason
1935 - Diana Van Der Vlis, actress (Lovespell, Girl in Black Stockings)
1937 - Sven Conrad Stayers, cricketer (WI fast bowler 1962)
1938 - Anne Kenny, Mudgee NSW, golfer (1968, 71 Australian Champ)
1938 - Charles Wuorinen, NYC, composer (Pulitzer 1980)
1938 - Jeremy Hardie, CEO (W H Smith Group)
1938 - Peter Sanders, CEO (Commission for Racial Equality)
1938 - Roger Hurn, CEO (Smith's Industries)
1939 - David Hobbs (auto racer)
1939 - Derek Hunt, CEO (MFI Furniture Group)
1940 - Dick Vitale
1940 - Dick Vitale, US, sportscaster (ESPN, ABC "Oh Baby!")
1941 - Billy Hatton, rocker
1941 - Jon Lord, England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake)
1941 - Peter Wilson, CEO (Gallaher)
1942 - Nicholas Lloyd, editor (Daily Express)
1942 - Richard Hutton, cricketer (son of Len, 5 Tests 1971)
1943 - Charles Saatchi, English magnate (Saatchi & Saatchi)
1943 - Joe [William] Haldeman, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart
1944 - 23 puppies, (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944 - Brigid Bazlen, Wisc, actress (Pam-Too Young to go Steady)
1944 - record litter of 23 puppies is born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944 - Viscount Craigavon
1945 - Faina Myelink, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1972)
1946 - Peter Kilfoyle, British MP
1947 - Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
1948 - Jim Bailey, NCAA punter (most punts in season-101, Va Milt Academy)
1948 - Nathaniel Rosen, Altadena Ca, cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978)
1949 - Douglas Henderson, British MP
1951 - Benny Neyman, Dutch singer (I Don't Know How)
1951 - Bonnie Tyler, [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart)
1951 - Dave Parker, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978)
1954 - Pete Byrne Bath England,, rocker (Naked Eyes)
1957 - Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record)
1958 - Donald Michael Santini, Mass, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1959 - Peter Fowler, Hornsby NSW, Australasia golfer
1960 - Nancy Taylor, SF CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-54th)
1961 - Michael J. Fox, st
1961 - Michael J Fox, Edm, actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf
1962 - Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian)
1963 - Johnny Depp
1963 - Johnny Depp, Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street, Ed Wood)
1964 - Gloria Reuben, Toronto, actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER)
1964 - Wayman Tisdale, NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns)
1965 - Gloria Reuben, actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER)
1965 - Jeff Williams, Santa Monica Calif, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1965 - Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner
1966 - Anthony Martino, CFL punter (Calgary Stampeders)
1967 - Robert Reading, Buffalo NY, 110m hurdler
1968 - Tom Rouen, NFL punter (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1969 - Keith Alex, NFL guard (Minn Vikings)
1969 - Mitch McLee, [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang)
1970 - Harry Van Hofwegen, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
1970 - Russ Romaniuk, Winnipeg, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
1971 - D'Marco Farr, defensive tackle (St Louis Rams)
1971 - Joey Gullion, Gallopolis OH, Nike golfer (NIKE SC Classic-18th)
1971 - Roderick Lewis, NFL tight end (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1971 - Romano Sion, soccer player (Dordrecht '90/FC Groningen)
1972 - Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler (brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995- )
1972 - Steven Salter, CFL offensive linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Wardell Rouse, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1973 - Chris Villarrial, center/guard (Chicago Bears)
1973 - Grant Marshall, Mississauga, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars)
1973 - Orlondo Steinauer, CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1973 - Tedy Bruschi, linebacker (New England Patriots)
1974 - Jana Nejedly, Prague Czech, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96)
1974 - Jon Harris, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1975 - Andrew Symonds, cricketer (Birmingham, brilliant Qld & Gloucs batsman
1975 - Carolyne Lepage, Montreal Quebec, 48 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1975 - Paul Agostino, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1977 - Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen
1978 - Elizabeth Reid, Fairfax Va, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1978 - Lucia Povraznikova, Miss Slovak republic Universe (1997)
1981 - Natalie Portman, s
1981 - Natalie Portman, actress (Professional, Everyone Says I Love You)
1982 - Amber Yoder, Miss Indiana Teen USA (1997)
1991 - Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening

Events

641 - Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
922 - French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
1075 - Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen
1456 - 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1525 - Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
1529 - Zürich declares war on Catholic kantons
1531 - Pope Clemens VII & François I sign secret treaty against Karel V
1534 - Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1549 - Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
1549 - England enforces Act of Supremacy
1572 - Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
1588 - Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England
1628 - 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass
1720 - Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
1732 - Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
1742 - Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
1752 - French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India
1772 - 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
1772 - 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI
1784 - John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
1789 - Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I
1790 - 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
1802 - US Academy at West Point founded
1822 - Charles Graham patents false teeth
1851 - SF Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)
1860 - 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter"
1862 - Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
1863 - Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
1864 - Battle of Big Shanty, GA
1864 - Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
1865 - Battle of Grand Gulf, MS
1868 - 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
1869 - Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1870 - Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
1877 - 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
1883 - 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42½
1883 - 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El)
1887 - 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43½
1888 - 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40¼
1890 - Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
1891 - Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
1892 - 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
1898 - China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1899 - James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title
1901 - NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
1902 - 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
1906 - Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
1910 - Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
1914 - Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
1919 - General steel strike in France
1919 - Red Army captures Ufa
1923 - 55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19
1923 - Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans
1923 - Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown
1924 - "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton
1928 - 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
1928 - Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their fl
1929 - Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curaçaose hostages free
1930 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
1931 - 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)
1931 - 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1933 - Spanish president Zamora takes power
1933 - Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
1934 - 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
1934 - 38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
1934 - 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
1934 - Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen")
1934 - Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for US Open
1936 - Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for US Open
1936 - Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
1938 - Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany
1940 - 44th US Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH
1940 - General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill
1940 - Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1941 - Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
1941 - Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio
1942 - Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy govt
1942 - German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe
1942 - Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice Czechoslovakia
1943 - "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized
1944 - Russian offensive in Carelia
1945 - "Gruesome Twosome," premieres in USA
1945 - -10] Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo
1945 - 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr wins in 2:07
1945 - Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint
1946 - 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque Iowa)
1946 - 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
1946 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand
1946 - Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1946 - NY Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader
1948 - WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 - Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US
1951 - "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1953 - "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV
1953 - South African premier Malan visits Netherlands
1953 - Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)
1954 - Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army
1955 - 100°F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington
1955 - Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa, Trent Bridge
1956 - Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
1957 - Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
1958 - "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1959 - 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1960 - ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
1960 - Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
1961 - Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1962 - "Bill of Hare," premieres in USA
1962 - 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
1962 - Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC
1963 - 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963 - Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open
1963 - Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1963 - Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game
1963 - Equal Pay Act enacted
1963 - JFK names Winston Churchill US honorary citizen
1963 - Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY
1964 - Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
1965 - Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
1966 - 5 Minn Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all
1967 - Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1967 - Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
1967 - Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
1968 - 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
1968 - 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
1968 - Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms
1969 - Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
1969 - Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
1970 - Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres Onganía
1970 - Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton U
1970 - Harry A Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1971 - Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
1971 - Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
1972 - 14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 237
1972 - 1st all-nite grad parties
1972 - Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
1973 - 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24
1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
1974 - Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert
1975 - 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
1975 - Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla)
1975 - House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
1975 - Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
1977 - 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
1977 - George & Patti Harrison divorce
1977 - Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1978 - Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
1978 - Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excludin
1979 - 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
1979 - 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
1979 - Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
1979 - Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time
1979 - Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
1980 - 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1980 - Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980 - Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980 - Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1982 - General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala
1982 - Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1983 - 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
1983 - M Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1983 - Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
1984 - "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
1984 - 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
1984 - 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)
1984 - Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
1984 - Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
1984 - Jürgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984 - NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed
1984 - Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 - Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
1985 - 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
1985 - 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)
1985 - Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1985 - American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon
1985 - Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
1985 - USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1986 - 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1986 - Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
1986 - Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
1986 - Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
1988 - "Bloodsport (1987)," premieres in Germany
1988 - Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
1989 - "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA
1989 - Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
1989 - Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989 - Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
1990 - 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
1990 - 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
1990 - Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990 - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit HRs in 10 games
1990 - Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
1990 - Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
1990 - Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title
1991 - 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
1991 - 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
1991 - Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa
1991 - Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
1991 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1991 - WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
1993 - "Amantes" (1991), premieres in France
1993 - "Body Snatchers" (1993), premieres in France
1993 - "Ce que femme veut" (1993), premieres in France
1993 - "Passion Fish" (1992), premieres in France
1993 - "Tout capour ca!" (1993), premieres in France
1993 - "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), premieres
1993 - Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
1993 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1
1993 - Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
1994 - "Hudsucker Proxy," premieres in Germany
1994 - 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico
1994 - Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)
1995 - Brady Bunch Movie, (1995), premieres in UK
1995 - Congo (1995), premieres in USA
1995 - Dumb & Dumber (1994), premieres in Sweden
1995 - Killer (1994), premieres in UK
1995 - Kiss of Death (1995), premieres in UK
1995 - Man of the House (1995), premieres in UK
1995 - Neak Sre (1993), premieres in UK
1995 - Party Girl (1995), premieres in USA
1995 - Smoke (1995), premieres in USA
1995 - Wigstock The Movie (1994), premieres in USA
1996 - 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)
1996 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1996 - Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311
1997 - British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1997 - Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning

Deaths

68 - Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31
1171 - Jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies
1361 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69
1382 - Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
1572 - Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44
1597 - Jos‚ de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
1656 - Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies
1681 - William Lilly, English astrologer, dies
1717 - Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69
1717 - Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64
1820 - Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68
1825 - M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44
1832 - Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57
1839 - Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89
1847 - Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orph‚e), dies
1863 - Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
1868 - James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies
1870 - Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58
1870 - Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82
1892 - Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59
1897 - Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens
1901 - Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies
1907 - Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered
1908 - Jos‚ FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46
1911 - Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies
1922 - Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56
1929 - Lewis Bennison, dies
1931 - Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79
1932 - Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76
1939 - Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52
1944 - 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS
1946 - Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21
1947 - Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62
1953 - Ugo Betti, dramatist, dies
1957 - Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56
1958 - Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53
1960 - Ren‚ Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies
1962 - Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance & Riches), dies at 65
1964 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies
1964 - W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Engl Min of Info, dies at 85
1967 - Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64
1971 - Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40
1974 - M A Asturias, writer, dies
1974 - Phillip Tead, actor (Lightnin', Fighting Blade), dies at 80
1975 - David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48
1976 - James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88
1976 - Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet/writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
1976 - Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
1977 - Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies
1977 - Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant], Dutch poet, dies at 51
1980 - Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73
1981 - Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63
1981 - Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies
1982 - Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60
1982 - Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
1987 - Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
1987 - Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies
1989 - Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
1989 - W Schnurre, writer, dies at 68
1991 - Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88
1991 - Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
1991 - Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88
1991 - Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77
1992 - Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41
1992 - Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1993 - Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72
1993 - Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
1993 - Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
1994 - Angela Lakeberg, siamese twin, dies at 11 months
1994 - Dhirendra Bhramachari, [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70
1994 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 9
1994 - Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp, dies at 63
1995 - Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), die
1995 - Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81
1995 - Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81
1996 - Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91
1996 - Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
1996 - Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81
1997 - Reid Shelton, actor (Daddy Warbucks-Annie), dies of stroke at 71