Births
1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey)
1565 - Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket)
1573 - Michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter
1573 - Caravaggio, Italy, painter
1596 - Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor
1605 - Boulliau, mathematician
1612 - Michel Anguier, French sculptor
1679 - Mihael Omerza, composer
1681 - Johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer
1698 - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick)
1705 - Johann Peter Kellner, composer
1735 - August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier
1746 - William Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist
1748 - Johann Michael Demmler, composer
1761 - Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician
1780 - Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure
1785 - David Walker, Wilmington NC, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens
1789 - Richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis)
1793 - Denis-Auguste Affre, Franc, archbishop/opponent of King Louis-Philipp
1793 - Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48)
1803 - Prosper M‚rim‚e, Paris France, playwright (Carmen)
1807 - Arnold Henry Guyot, Switzerland, US geologist/geographer/meteorologis
1811 - Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician
1813 - Anton Wallerstein, composer
1819 - Jacob G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist
1820 - Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher
1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet (Golden Treasury)/prof (Oxford)
1824 - Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06)
1825 - Rafael N£¤ez, Colombia, 3 times president (188?..94)
1828 - Friedrich A Lange, Prussia, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism)
1833 - James Deering Fessenden, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1839 - Frances E C Willard, NY, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
1840 - Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)
1840 - Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking song
1841 - Georges Clemenceau, France, PM (1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss)
1844 - Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, NZ prime minister (1884-87)
1844 - Michael Hertz, composer
1849 - Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)
1851 - Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah)
1852 - John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall
1852 - [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris France, chemist (Nobel 1906
1854 - Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)
1855 - Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography
1856 - Edward Herbert Thompson, Mass, archaeologist (Mayan civilization)
1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggins, author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
1861 - Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)
1863 - Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908)
1864 - Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
1870 - Florent Schmitt, Blƒmont France, composer (Fr‚d‚gonde, Salom‚)
1871 - Pietro Badoglio, Italy, gen/Libya gov (1928-33)/PM of Italy (1943-44)
1872 - Tom Terriss, London England, director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru)
1872 - Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway)
1873 - Julian Lowell Coolidge, Mass, mathematician (Study-Segre school)
1873 - Waclaw Rawicz, [Berent], Warsaw Poland, biologist/writer
1877 - Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona)
1879 - Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery)
1880 - Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT)
1881 - Henry Geehl, composer
1881 - Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang)
1882 - Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman (1917-18 NY Yankees)
1882 - Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher
1885 - Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)
1887 - Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72)
1888 - Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond
1889 - Carlos I FLMVMRGGXF of Assisi JS, king of Portugal
1889 - Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, Dutch violinist/actor (Hippie)
1889 - D P "Dad" Carter, baritone (Chuck Wagon Gang)
1892 - Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer
1892 - Elmer Rice, NYC, playwright/director/novelist (Pulitzer-Street Scene)
1892 - Ruth Stonehouse
1893 - Marie V Felix, prince of Luxemburg/Bourbon-Parma
1895 - Charles Petrie, Liverpool, historian
1895 - Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Mass, US architect (UN, Lincoln Center)
1895 - Lawton Whitey Witt, outfielder (NY Yankees, 1922-25)
1895 - Dave Franklin, NYC, composer (Hop-a-long Cassidy)
1897 - Muchtar Auesow, writer
1901 - William Samuel Paley, Chicago Ill, pres/CEO of CBS (1928-90)
1901 - Friedrichs, mathematician
1901 - Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress/comedienne (Pygmalion)
1901 - Ed Sullivan
1902 - Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show)
1904 - Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance (PvdA)
1905 - William Northam, Austria, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1964)
1905 - Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32)
1907 - Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins)
1907 - Heikki Savolainen, Finland, pommel horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1948)
1907 - John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist
1907 - Ida Turay, Budapest, actress (Deryne, Ida Regenye)
1908 - Marin Goleminov, composer
1909 - Stephen Spender, poet [or Feb 28]
1909 - Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde)
1909 - Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin], New Haven Ct, cartoonist (Li'l Abner
1910 - Diosdado Macapagal, Philippines president (1961-65)
1910 - Fran Lee, NYC, actress (Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway)
1911 - Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr, tennis (US Open 1931, 32)/golfer
1913 - Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author
1913 - Vivian Fine, Chicago Ill, composer (Women in the Garden)
1913 - Alice Marble, Beckworth Calif, tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40)
1914 - Lord Abinger
1914 - Harold Taylor, Canada, educator (Art & the Future)
1914 - Jim Boyd, country/western performer
1915 - Julius Rosenberg, NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage
1916 - Peter Finch, London, actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe)
1916 - Lord Cockfield
1917 - Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer/conductor
1917 - Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer (Royal Ballet)
1919 - Lenn Hjortzberg, Karlskrona Sweden, director (Persona, Devil's Eye)
1919 - Tom Harmon, Rensselaer Indiana, sportscaster/NFL tailback (Heisman)
1921 - Ilhan Usmanbas, composer
1922 - Frederik JW "Fried" L”wensteyn, [Stephan Styrmarck], lawyer
1922 - Joe Silver, Chicago Ill, actor (Mr I Magination, Fay)
1922 - Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer (DHSS)
1923 - Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector
1923 - Fred Robbins, Balt Md, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest)
1923 - William Windom, NYC, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote)
1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Rome Italy, actor (8«, La Dolce Vita)
1924 - Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet
1924 - Marcello Mastroian
1925 - Arnold Stang
1925 - Frank Latimore, [Kline], Darien Ct, actor (Patton, Breakin Up)
1925 - Arnold Stang, Mass, comedian/actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat)
1925 - Seymour Cray, inventor (Cray I computer)
1926 - Jerry Clower, Amite County Miss, country comedian (Nashville on Road)
1927 - Thomas J J Altizer, Mass, US Radical theologian (God is Dead)
1928 - Naphtali Kupferberg, singer (Fugs)
1929 - Marilyn Clark, Spokane WA, actress (House of Party Beach)
1929 - Nigel Althaus, British government broker
1929 - Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of USSR (1985-1991)
1930 - Ugo Gregoretti, Rome Italy, actor (Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty)
1930 - Robin Buchanan, CEO (NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth)
1930 - Tommy Collins, [Leonard Sipes], country singer (Don't Growl)
1931 - John E Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist
1932 - Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author (Cat Karina)
1933 - Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont
1934 - Brigitte Bardot
1934 - Brigitte Bardot, Paris France, sex kitten (And God Created Women)
1935 - Heather Sears, London England, actress (Room at the Top)
1935 - Koko Taylor, [Cora Walton], US vocalist (Queen of the Blues)
1935 - Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open)
1936 - Sherwood L Boehlert, (Rep-R-NY, 1983- )
1936 - Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor (Erik Hunter-Laredo)
1936 - Robert Hogan, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat)
1937 - Edward Applebaum, composer
1937 - Colin Berry, professor (morbid anatomist)
1938 - Ben E[arl] King, [Nelson], NC, singer (Stand by Me)
1938 - Charlie Thomas, singer (Drifters) [or Apr 7, 1937]
1940 - George Greenstein, author (Secret of a Jewish Baker)
1940 - Aleksandr Y Kalery, Russian cosmonaut
1940 - Alekander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29/31, T-6)
1941 - Lady Braye
1941 - Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver/running back (Wash Redskin)
1942 - Grant "Mudcat" Jackson, pitcher (1972 NY Yankees, Phillies)
1943 - Lou Piniella, outfielder/manager (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners)
1943 - J T Walsh, actor (Col Frank Bach-Dark Skies)
1943 - Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1960
1943 - Joel Higgins, Bloomington Ill, actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons)
1943 - Nick St Nicholas, Hamburg Germany, rock bassist (Steppenwolf)
1943 - Mike Kreidler, (Rep-D-Washington)
1943 - Susanne Jagd, Denmark, actress (Between the Sheets, Tinderbox)
1944 - Matthew Cowles, soap actor (Eban Japes-Loving, Billy-All My Children)
1945 - Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier (Olympic-gold-64)
1945 - Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox Va, actress (Framed, Hell's Angels '69)
1946 - Larry Breeding, Winchester Ill, actor (Who's Watching the Kids?)
1946 - Fiona Lewis, Westcliff England, actress (Stunts, Lisztomania)
1946 - Herbert Jefferson Jr, Jersey City NJ, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
1946 - Majid Khan, cricketer (great Pakistani batsman 1964-82)
1946 - Peter Egan, actor (Bean, Chariots of Fire)
1946 - Helen Shapiro, Bethnal Green London, rock vocalist (Culture Club)
1947 - Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer
1947 - Harold Dow, Hackensack NJ, news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours)
1947 - Jeffrey Jones, Buffalo NY, actor (Beetlejuice, Ferris Bueller)
1947 - Peter Hope-Evans, British singer/harmonicaist (Family)
1948 - Marielle Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1968) [or 1945]
1950 - John Sayles, Schenetady NY, actor (Brother from Another Planet)
1950 - Paul Burgess, British drummer (10cc-Not Alone)
1951 - Christian Marlowe, LA Calif, actor (Bram-Highcliffe Manor)
1951 - Dave Rajsich, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1951 - Silvia Dionisio, Rome Italy, actress (Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei)
1952 - Anthony Davis, footballer
1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Neth, actress (Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls)
1953 - Jim Diamond, Scotish singer/songwriter (I Should Have Known Better)
1954 - Steve Largent, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1954 - George Lynch, rock guitarist (Lynch Mob-Wicked Sensations)
1957 - Alannah Currie, Auckland NZ, rock xylophone/vocalist (Thompson Twins)
1957 - Marc Duret, actor (Dobermann, Hatred, Big Blue)
1958 - Med Lucart, rock musician (Wall of Voodoo)
1958 - Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1958 - Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, Miss Italy (1980)
1959 - Todd Worrell, Arcadia CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1959 - Billy Montana, Country/Western performer (No Yesterday, Angelia)
1959 - Angela Groothuizen, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1960 - Tom Byrum, Onida SD, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Panama City Beach-4th)
1960 - Jennifer Rush, singer/songwriter (Destiny, Ring of Ice)
1960 - Gus Logie, cricketer (WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder)
1960 - Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Infiniti
1961 - Ed Vosberg, Tucson AZ, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1961 - Michael-James Wixted, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Smith Family)
1961 - Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler (world record)
1961 - Anne White, Charleston WV, tennis (Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon)
1962 - Thomas Mork, Denmark, actor (Krystalbarnet, Bryggeren)
1962 - Irving Fryar, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1962 - Laurie Rinker-Graham, Stuart FL, LPGA golfer (1986 LPGA Corning)
1962 - Luis Enrique, spanish singer (Luces del Alma)
1962 - S C Grant, British Lt-General
1962 - Anne-Marie Fox, LA CA, playmate (Feb, 1982)
1963 - Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr, NBA guard (Spurs, Charlotte Hornets)
1964 - Susan Walters, Georgia, actress (Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John)
1964 - Janeane Garofalo
1964 - Janeane Garofalo, NJ, comedienne (SNL, Truth about Cats & Dogs)
1965 - Brigitte Roan, Toulon France, director/actress (Outremer)
1965 - Joel Rane, author (Step on Up)
1966 - Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman (Chic Bears)
1966 - Kevin Baker, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer (Manitoba Amateur-1988)
1966 - Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer (Spiegels, Lovely Liza)
1967 - Jake Reed, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings)
1967 - Moon Unit Zappa
1967 - Mira Sorvino
1967 - Oswald Drawdy, Hampton SC, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 SC Amateur)
1967 - Jason Dungjen, Detroit Mich, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Darion Conner, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, rocker (Valley Girl), Frank's daughter
1968 - Carr‚ Otis, SF Calif, actress (Wild Orchid)
1968 - Vanessa Vadim, Paris, daughter of Jane Fonda/actress (Last Party)
1968 - Jerry Evans, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos)
1968 - Jock Climie, CFL slot back (Montreal Alouettes)
1968 - Bess Singh, [Lennart Bes], Dutch pop drummer (Burma Shop-Hippies)
1969 - L Janusz Hooker, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1969 - Jack O'Keffe, Waterbury CT, Australasia golfer
1970 - Mira Sorvino, Tenafly NJ, actress (Quiz Show, Norma Jean & Marilyn)
1970 - Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star (1996 Japan Open)
1971 - Janet Evans, swimmer (Olympics)
1971 - Marcus Spears, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Chic Bears, Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - David Weightman, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Chad May, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Minn Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Matthew Elliott, cricketer (Australian Test opening batsman v WI 1996
1972 - Cathy Caverzasio, Switzerland, tennis star
1972 - Dena Querubin, Waterford NJ, Miss America-NJ (1996)
1972 - Greg Ivy, NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
1975 - Karan Ashley Jackson, Odessa Tx, actress (Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers)
1975 - Mandy Barnett, country singer (Maybe, Rainy Days)
1978 - Marzena Godecki, actress (Ocean Girl)
1978 - Nestaea Sealy, Miss Bahamas Universe (1997)
1979 - Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress (Ice Cream Man, Conagher)
1981 - Vincent Kartheiser, actor (Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart)
1991 - Saffron LeBon, London, daughter of Simon & Yasmon
1996 - Celeste & Johnny Edison, Assyria & Pele's twins, boy & girl
Events
235 - Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down
351 - Battle at Mursa: emperor Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius
351 - Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius
1066 - William the Conqueror troops sail to England
1106 - Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert
1322 - Battle of Mühldorf
1362 - Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V
1394 - Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragón chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII
1521 - Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade
1528 - Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die
1538 - Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish
1542 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay
1621 - Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks
1652 - English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
1678 - "Pilgrim's Progress" published
1687 - Venetians take Athens from the Turks
1701 - Divorce legalized in MD
1704 - Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher
1708 - Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland
1760 - Russian & Austrian army occupies Berlin
1767 - Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope
1781 - 9,000 American forces & 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown
1785 - Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1787 - Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
1815 - Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples
1829 - Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
1850 - US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
1858 - Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed
1864 - -30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)
1867 - Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
1868 - Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
1868 - Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
1879 - Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
1887 - Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million
1889 - Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908)
1892 - 1st night football game played (Mansfield Pa)
1894 - Simon Marks & Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester
1899 - Transvaal mobilizes
1901 - Guerrilla's assault unarmed US soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed
1904 - Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC
1906 - US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1912 - "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000
1912 - SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die
1914 - German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1915 - Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia
1919 - Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1
1920 - 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1920 - Dirk Fock appointed as gov-gen of Neth Indies
1921 - 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY
1922 - Mussolini marches on Rome
1923 - Radio Times 1st published
1923 - Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
1923 - Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4
1924 - French govt names Gen Serrail gov-gen of Syria
1924 - 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1924 - Gen Plutarco Calles elected president of Mexico
1926 - Russia & Latvia treaty of neutrality signed
1928 - Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler
1928 - 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)
1928 - NY Yanks clinch pennant #6
1928 - Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel
1928 - US acknowledge Chinese govt of Chiang Kai-shek
1928 - Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga," premieres in Moscow
1929 - 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-U of Alberta)
1930 - Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
1931 - Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)
1932 - NY Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3
1933 - Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson
1933 - Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown
1936 - Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)
1936 - Brooklyn & Boston play a penalty free NFL game
1937 - Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore
1937 - FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1938 - Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye," premieres in NYC
1938 - Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming"
1939 - Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio
1939 - Estonia accepts Soviet military bases
1939 - Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) & gives Lithuania to USSR, last
1940 - Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German
1940 - Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
1940 - Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands & attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at
1941 - Phillies lose club record 111th game
1941 - Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
1942 - NY Americans NHL team folded
1944 - Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1944 - 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
1944 - Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder)
1945 - Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci"
1945 - "Mildred Price" starring Joan Crawford opens at Strand
1945 - Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders
1946 - Greek king George II back in Athens
1948 - WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
1949 - "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
1950 - Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
1951 - Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yanks clinch pennant #18
1951 - Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton
1951 - Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
1953 - "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS
1953 - "Bob & Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC
1953 - "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
1953 - Dutch govt proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
1953 - KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
1955 - WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, NC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV
1956 - RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records
1957 - "Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1
1957 - "Gisele MacKenzie Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1957 - Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels
1957 - "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
1958 - France adopts constitution
1958 - Guinea votes for independence from France
1959 - Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin
1959 - "Hennesey," debuts on CBS-TV
1959 - Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth
1960 - Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
1960 - "Sunrise at Campobello" premiered at Palace theater
1960 - "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1
1960 - "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV
1960 - "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV
1961 - "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1961 - "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV
1961 - "Purlie Victorious," a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway
1961 - Ted Williams hits a HR on his last at bat
1961 - Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic
1961 - Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres
1961 - USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m
1962 - "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 - "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV
1962 - "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 - "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV
1962 - Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched
1962 - "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime
1963 - "Martian Hop" by The Ran-Dells peaks at #1
1963 - Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph (415 k) for 440 yds
1963 - "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1963 - "Surfer Joe" by Surfaris peaks at #62
1963 - "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2
1963 - Murray The K, a NY DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio
1963 - "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1963 - "Shari Lewis Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1963 - "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys peaks at #15
1963 - "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV
1963 - "Nick Teen & Al K Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95
1964 - 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
1964 - Suriname governor A Currie resigns
1965 - Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
1965 - Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines)
1965 - Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed
1967 - Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, DC
1968 - "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 286 performances
1968 - "Hey Jude" by Beatles peaks at #1
1968 - Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
1968 - Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship
1968 - "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore NYC for 17 perfs
1968 - Marisa Danisi of W Germany roller skates record 21,995 miles in 1 hr
1968 - Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1968 - Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
1968 - Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother & Holding Co"
1969 - SPD wins West German Parliament elections
1969 - Joe Kapp (Minn Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (52-14)
1969 - Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
1970 - Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup
1970 - Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar
1970 - Ringo Starr released his "Beaccups of Blues" album
1970 - "Words & Music," debuts on NBC-TV
1971 - Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile & flies to Rome
1971 - NY Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
1971 - Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in US Embassy in
1972 - Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
1972 - David Bowie sells out his 1st show in NY Carnegie Hall
1973 - Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train
1974 - Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0
1974 - 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy
1974 - "Surfin' USA" by Beach Boys reenters chart & peaks at #36
1974 - "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1
1974 - "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin peaks at #47
1974 - "I'm A Ramblin' Man" by Waylon Jennings peaks at #75
1974 - John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC)
1974 - "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31
1974 - Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople
1974 - "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
1975 - 6th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27
1975 - Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies
1975 - 5th NYC Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14
1975 - Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad & Rollie Fingers, no-hits Calif Angels 5-0
1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 - Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act
1976 - A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion
1978 - Syrians & Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon
1978 - Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa
1978 - Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shaver in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - "Charlie & Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 17 perfs
1980 - Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS
1980 - Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing
1980 - Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1981 - Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black jogger
1982 - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
1982 - NASA launches Intelsat V
1983 - STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 - Cleve Indians down 0-10 to Minn Twins, win 11-10
1984 - 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India v Aust, New Delhi)
1985 - "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4
1985 - "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25
1985 - "Freedom" by Wham! peaks at #3
1985 - "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87
1985 - NASA launches Intelsat VA
1985 - Race riot in London area of Brixton
1986 - Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds
1986 - Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-ya
1986 - Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
1987 - Gladys Knight & Smokey Robinson on "$10,000 Pyramid"
1987 - "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV
1988 - Bronx Museum for Arts opens
1988 - Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)
1988 - LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns
1990 - Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
1990 - Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House
1991 - "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers peaks at #85
1991 - UN weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq
1991 - NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
1991 - "Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse peaks at #5
1991 - "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV
1991 - "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10
1992 - Oakland A's win AL West title
1992 - "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV
1992 - "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater NYC
1992 - Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies
1993 - Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL & NL
1993 - Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live"
1993 - Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed
1994 - Ferry boat Estonia capsize & sinks in East Sea, 909 killed
1994 - "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS
1994 - "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line & Oh! Calcutta!)
1994 - 909 people died when an Estonian ferry capsized & sank in Baltic sea
1994 - "Ed Wood" premieres
1995 - Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win
1995 - "Batman Forever" released Czech Republic
1995 - Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS
1995 - Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
1995 - Yitzhak Rabin & Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank
1995 - Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle
1996 - Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
1996 - 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team & Sri Lanka
1996 - Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear
1996 - Nebraska & Penn State are 5th & 6th major colleges to win 700
1996 - Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Mic
1996 - NY Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
1997 - 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain
1997 - Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
1997 - St Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A's)
1997 - Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
1998 - Europe beats US in Ryder Cup, 14½-13½
Deaths
929 - Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered
1104 - Pedro I, king of Navarra & Aragon, dies
1197 - Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies
1296 - Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies
1509 - Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker)
1618 - Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 6
1649 - Ottavio Vernizzi, composer, dies at 79
1652 - John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42
1657 - Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75
1667 - Jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71
1694 - Mouton, mathematician, dies
1702 - Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
1757 - Andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60
1759 - Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67
1789 - Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire
1815 - Nicolas Desmarest, French geographer (Volcanos), dies at 90
1819 - Karl Haack, composer, dies at 68
1833 - Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88
1852 - Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60
1859 - Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies
1868 - Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40
1869 - Libri, mathematician, dies
1873 - Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37
1875 - Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet, dies at 58 [OS]
1879 - Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered
1884 - Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1891 - Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick), dies at 72
1895 - Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (Pasteurization), dies at 72
1899 - Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
1902 - Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies at 62
1903 - Jesus Monasterio, composer, dies at 67
1907 - Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81
1911 - Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies
1914 - Porsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (M lleysingjar), dies at 56
1914 - Stevan Mokranjac, composer, dies at 58
1920 - Nestor de TiŠre, Flemish playwright (Bride of the Sea), dies
1922 - Andrejs Jurjans, composer, dies at 65
1928 - Con Conrad, dies
1939 - Felicjan Szopski, composer, dies at 74
1942 - Evelyn Thatcher, dies
1943 - Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in S Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies
1943 - Fritzi Brunette, dies
1946 - Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies
1947 - William B Davidson, dies
1947 - Francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58
1948 - EJ Ratcliffe, dies
1948 - Gregg Toland, cinematographer, dies at 44
1952 - Paul Hastings Allen, composer, dies at 68
1953 - Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63
1954 - Morten Korch, dies
1954 - Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), dies at 69
1955 - Arthur Donaldson, dies
1957 - Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer, dies at 67
1957 - Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies
1959 - Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies
1961 - Michael Shepley, actor (Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54
1964 - Nacio Herb Brown, dies
1964 - Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75
1964 - George Dyson, composer, dies at 81
1965 - Eddie Gribbon, actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness
1966 - Lucky Millinder, bandleader/singer, dies
1966 - Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41
1966 - Andr‚ Breton, Fr Surrealist poet (Manifest of Surr‚alism), dies at 70
1968 - Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64
1970 - Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 5
1970 - John Roderigo Dos Passos, US writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies at 74
1972 - Maurice Thiriet, composer, dies at 66
1973 - Norma Crane, actress (Rayola-Mr Peepers), dies of cancer at 44
1973 - Wystan H Auden, British/US writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66
1973 - Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71
1974 - Raymond Largay, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88
1975 - Agnes Windeck, dies
1975 - Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77
1978 - John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], Pope (1978), dies after 33 days as pop
1978 - Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263rd Catholic Pope, died
1979 - Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist (Wings), dies at 26
1982 - Mabel Albertson, actress (Gazebo, Bewitched), dies of Alzheimer at 81
1982 - Larry Breeding, actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies on 36th birthda
1986 - Carmen DeRue, entertainer, dies
1986 - Robert Helpmann, actor (Second Time Lucky, Patrick), dies at 77
1987 - Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason
1988 - Ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94
1988 - Marjorie Bonner Lowry, actress (Reno, Poor Girls), dies at 83
1989 - Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72
1991 - Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, dies of pneumonia at 65
1992 - Leech, mathematician, dies
1993 - Peter De Vries, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 83
1993 - Alfonso Balcazar, dies
1993 - Gustavo Brillembourg, Venez/US advocate, dies in an accident at 35
1994 - Harry Saltzman, producer (Dr No, Nijinski), dies at 78
1994 - Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48
1994 - Juliette Lady Huxley Baillot, author, dies at 96
1994 - Warwick Hutton, artist, dies at 55
1995 - Eddy Grove, dies
1995 - Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner, dies at 77
1995 - Lynette Roberts, poet, dies at 86
1996 - Bob Gibson, folk singer, dies at 64
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